On Saturday, November 28, Grinder Nova will set up outside The Imperial for the group’s second annual reunion show. Free. Music starts at 3 p.m. 726 W College Ave, Decatur.
A-Hole Santa comes to town December 5-6
A-Hole Santa and his elves are hosting a socially distant photo opp on Saturday, December 5 from 4-7 p.m. on the patio at 529. If you can’t make it out, they’ll bring their shenanigans to your house on Sunday, December 6.
Visiting A-Hole Santa has become a depraved Atlanta holiday tradition. This year, to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Santa and Co. are making house calls (in and around East Atlanta, Grant Park, Cabbagetown, and Reynoldstown). Santa and his band of merry mischief-makers will come to your house and be total A-Holes in your front yard, while you watch from a safe distance. A professional photographer will be on hand to take a picture of your family and the A-Holes.
Donations are being taken to benefit Camp Olio. Suggested donation is $30.
RSVP: aholesantaeav@gmail.com.
Include: name, address, phone number, and preferred time for visit (morning, early afternoon, late afternoon).
Head over to the Facebook event page for more details.
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W8ing4UFOs ‘Don’t Let the Asshats Burn You’ release party at Waller’s Coffee Shop Sunday, December 13
W8ing4UFOs play the Don’t Let the Asshats Burn You LP and CD release party at Waller’s Coffee Shop’s Outer Space Bar.
Sunday, December 13. $10 (adv). $15 (day of show). Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Music from 3-5 p.m. 240 DeKalb Industrial Way, Decatur.
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West End Motel: ‘Raisinha’
As promised, West End Motel is back with a new song for November.
This month, the group unveils “Raisinha,” a Brent Hinds-penned numbed that’s dedicated to his wife. “Raisinha” features Hinds taking the lead on vocals and guitar, while Tom Cheshire and Ben Thrower come in for the back up chorus. It’s a love song that ebbs into some power pop terrain, exploring a smoother and more blissful approach in ways that West End Motel hasn’t really embraced before. The songs is also a rich counterpoint to West End Motel’s most recently released singles, “All The Witches,” which arrived in October, and “New Wave Kid,” which arrived in September.
“Raisinha” is part of a larger work in progress. The plan is for West End Motel to drop a new single each month for the next several months. After that, the group will turn around the fourth proper West End Motel full-length album. In the meantime, press play above.
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Elmyr Holiday Pop-Up Market in the Heavy Metal Parking Lot Saturday, November 21
On Saturday, November 21, Elmyr is hosting a Holiday Pop-Up Market in the Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Kelly’s Death Pickles, Sarah Keys, Forged and Foraged, Ghouliewood, Heavy Metal/Honky Tonk, Vintage Vannity and High n’ Wasted Vintage will be on hand to take care of all of your holiday shopping needs. Also, burritos and Grizzes are always on the menu.
Wear a mask to shop, and practice social distancing.
12-6 p.m. 1091 Euclid Ave. NE in Little Five Points.
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‘Sites & Sounds from Big Ears’ presents Lonnie Holley & Friends streaming at The Mill & Mine Friday, November 13
Sites & Sounds from Big Ears is streaming a performance by visual and performing artist Lonnie Holley on Friday, November 13.
For this pre-recorded performance, Holley is joined by ensemble featuring cellists Ben Sollee and Dave Eggar, guitar players Christopher Paul Stelling and Phil Faconti, fiddler Evie Andrus, and drummer Jordon Ellis playing in-the-round at Knoxville’s The Mill & Mine.
Tickets are $14 (adv)-$16 (dos). Music starts at 8 p.m.
Antagonizers ATL, Rotten Stitches, the Hanging Judge, StrikeFirst, and Billy Batts & the Made Men Saturday, November 21
Antagonizers ATL, Rotten Stitches, the Hanging Judge, StrikeFirst, and Billy Batts & the Made Men play at matinee show at Vision Studios on Saturday, November 21.
This show is an Atlanta Community Food Bank benefit. Music starts at 3 p.m. Masks are required for entry. BYOB.
$6 (or $5 + canned goods) for 21+
$11 (or $10 + canned goods) for under 21
Vision Studios, 3875 Green Industrial Way, Chamblee.
Papa Jack Couch plays Waller’s Coffee Shop Saturday, November 21
Papa Jack Couch plays the Outer Space at Waller’s Coffee Shop. Saturday, November 21. $20. 6-8 p.m. 240 Dekalb Industrial Way, Decatur.
Head the Facebook event page for more details. Click below to hear RadATL’s conversation with Papa Jack Couch.
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It Came From Memphis: A conversation with author Robert Gordon Thurs., Nov. 12
A Cappella Books presents a virtual event with award-winning writer and documentarian Robert Gordon to celebrate the forthcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of his captivating deep-dive into the cultural underground of the 1950s Memphis arts and music scene.
Gordon will join Atlanta music writer and Smithsonian Folkways editor Chad Radford for a Zoom discussion of the updated and revised It Came from Memphis, published by Jack White’s Third Man Books. The interview will be followed by an online Q&A session, and is free and open to the public.
The updated and revised 25th Anniversary Edition of It Came From Memphis features more than 80 new photos, a new layout, an updated text featuring more voices, and forewords by Peter Guralnick and Hanif Abdurraqib.
A Cappella Books will have copies of It Came From Memphis featuring a bookplate signed by Gordon available after the event. Pre-order your copy and learn how to sign into the conversation at A Cappella Books.
Thursday, November 12. 7 p.m. Free to sign in to the Zoom chat.
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