Malkmus, Mascis, Brock Headline July 4th Fest

[bob]

Malkmus, Mascis, Brock Headline July 4th Fest
Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch bone up on their "kvetching Jew" characters

Ray "Ticketmaster" Suzuki reports:
Stephen Malkmus, J Mascis, and Ugly Casanova have been tapped to headline the first-ever
I-FI Fest in Atlanta, GA’s Masquerade Music Park this July 4th. The Sunshine Fix, The
Kingsbury Manx, Jet By Day, L.O.A. and the Jawz of Life are among the local acts rounding
out the bill. Assuming gargantuan saucers with Apple-compatible propulsion software don’t
simultaneously converge over each of the planet’s major cities like that one year, it should
be one hell of a weenie roast, what with Malkmus and the Jicks trotting out their new material
and Mascis debuting yet another new band.

Indie promotors I-FI, a relative newcomer to the Atlanta music scene, has brought an
impressive roster of great shows to the city over the last year, including …And You Will Know
Us by the Trail of Dead, John Vanderslice, and American Analog Set. Mounting an
indie-leaning bill on a major holiday– not to mention luring artists from the Pacific Northwest
and New England to muggy-ass Georgia in the middle of summer– is an impressive feat, and
if you agree you can get a henna tattoo that says as much at the show.

As previously reported, Malkmus and the Jicks are busy recording their second album for
Matador which should hopefully be out in early fall. Mascis, who’s also been piecing together
an album for fall release, recently recorded some tracks with members of Cobra Verde (and
by extension, ex-members of Guided by Voices). You may recall GbV’s Bob Pollard sang
backup vocals on Mascis’ last effort, More Light.

.: Pitchfork Review: Ugly Casanova: Sharpen Your Teeth
.: Pitchfork News: Stephen Malkmus to Record New Album in May
.: Pitchfork News: J Mascis Leaves the Fog at Home for April Tour
.: Pitchfork News: Ugly Casanova, Modest Mouse Tour This Summer
.: Stephen Malkmus: http://www.stephenmalkmus.com
.: J Mascis: http://www.freakscene.net
.: Ugly Casanova: http://www.subpop.com/bands/uglycasanova
.: I-FI Festival: http://www.i-fi.com

[SG]

J is working with Cobre Verde,that should be cool <img>
Thanks for posting that Bob <img>

ps-I`m hoping that J will join Malkmus on stage for Range Life and maybe with Brock for Trucker`s Atlas <img> <img> <img>

[sarsaparilly]

i am planning on heading down south from new england to attend the july 4th fest in atlanta. i reckon this is one show i do not want to miss and the fireworks should be ok too. i really wanna see malkmus and the jicks as i NEVER got the chance to see pavement, not ever. oh and to see J with a band will rock, fer sure. but i do not get the feeling it will be as intimate and up close as his show at t.t.’s in cambridge a while ago. bother… nevertheless i intend to deal with the heat and humidity and possible pugilistic rednecks with aplomb and mebbe some help from deepsludge or slush as the case may be?

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