AFTERLIFE . 7/26 . 18+ . 11pm

After a month long break, we’re finally ready to jump back in and get back to business as far as AFTERLIFE is concerned. We figured a month or so of disappearing would shake all the random people who just stumbled into AFTERLIFE by accident and give everyone a chance to break out of the routine. So, we are incredibly excited to have KISSATLanta.com’s very own:

Dani Deahl

(Calamity Jane / Chicago)

Just to remind you, Dani played our February 9th AFTERLIFE, which was conveniently the largest AFTERLIFE we have held to date. Her set destroyed the crowd and we’ve been eagerly awaiting her return ever since.

with support from

Rrrump

(Fuck Yesss / Atlanta)

and

Preston Craig

(KISSATLanta.com / Atlanta)

Master of Ceremonies

D.R.E.S. Tha Beatnik

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I’m at a loss for words. I’m just going to put this out there and see what you guys have to say about it. Read the bio… watch the Youtube and then let the comments begin.

(I am simply copying the bio from the band’s Myspace… so you are getting it as it was originally written by the band.)

formed in 2002, the Seraphix (seraph fix) has lived its lyrics: a tornado of sex and drugs , that would have broken up weaker bands, ” i have always known though out the five years we’ve been together the songs are bigger than any one member of this band” says singer Will Lewellyn, who met drummer Micheal a Robinson while working on a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, this soon morphed The Seraphix into its most powerful incarnation. Micheal A says of the band ” we just rock as hard as we possibily can” which sums up the bands work ethic that has seen these performers playing with broken ribs , brusied lungs , diseased and driven by demons . Lead guitarist Oscar Rhea says he sees the Seraphix as ” five metal heads playing indie rock” this definition explains the uncompromising vision of musicians not afraid to play their instruments in a scene dominated by hipsters trying to dummy down and play garage rock or white trash wannabes recycling ac/dc riffs. The Seraphix bring the evil, heavy but with melody, diverse yet focused , with the emphasis on dynamics not 100 dollar hair cuts and tight pants. It only gets darker from here

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Finally Comcast came to our house yesterday to install internet. Well, I say that loosely. The tech spent three hours here and couldn’t even get our laptops to recognize the wireless router, so we were left to call Comcast directly after he left. Damn you Comcast *shakes fist*!

In celebration of having internet after almost two months in my new house, and thus being able to now post songs quickly and on a regular basis once again, I thought it was fitting to post this new DJ Kue remix that I found floating around in my inbox of Kanye West’s “Homecoming.”

I’m baaaack!

Kanye West: Homecoming (DJ Kue Squirrel Funk Remix)

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I started this article explaining why I haven’t been posting music lately. I explained my lack of drive, inspiration, and direction. Then, I realized that years ago, I never put so much thought into posts. I just posted music I liked at the moment… whether I was the first or the very last person to discover it. So, I’ll just get back to that.

Unless you live in North Korea, you’ve probably heard Lykke Li by now. I’ve gotten sucked into the album head first over the past month. More recently, the remixes that have come out of the album have had me rethinking what I play and how I play it.

Since spring of 2005, I’ve been pushing further and further into electronic dance music in my sets… to the point that I feel like I’ve worked myself into a corner. It started as a natural progression. Rock turned to dance punk… then dance punk turned to remixes that just lightly reinforced the original. As that developed, a whole new movement of pop emerged… and the remixes of those songs also still just reinforced the original in most cases. From there we basically dove head first back into the rave.

However, the Black Kids remix of Lykke Li’s “I’m Good, I’m Gone” immediately reminded me of those early days of 2005 and how much I loved them. Walking live basslines and basic re-arrangement keep to the original song structure for the most part, but make the song perfectly danceable.

If I get onto the subject of the CSS remix of “Little Bit.” I could be prone to ramble on forever. The remix doesn’t jostle the laid back feel of the original, but instead just darkens and dirties it… all while throwing in a little Caribbean flavor in the way of synthetic steel drums.

Sorry I’ve been away for so long.

Lykke Li - I’m Good I’m Gone (Black Kids Remix)

Lykke Li - Little Bit (CSS Remix)

Lykke Li - Dance, Dance, Dance (Christian Flores’ Phones Edit)

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From one blog to another. Creative Loafing writer Erin Everhart spent a night with me in the notorious sugar rush on wheels Friday at the opening of Eastern Bloc. Read all about it here and stay tuned for more info on Bodega as well as upcoming events and parties!

Want Bodega at your event, club or post-collegiate-drink too much and pass out house party?? Contact Preston@kissatlanta.com or TheMissLinds@gmail.com for more info!!

ps: show your local ice cream girl some love

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