Chad’s concert picks for the week March 22-25
All the music that you don’t want to miss this week
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Mon., March 22 — Giant Lion recently finished recording a new album. The first three songs from the record are posted on their Myspace page. Sunglasses and Living Rooms open. ‘’Free. 9 p.m. 529. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.?
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Mon., Mar 22-- DJ Dookie Platters, DJ Zano, DJ Eiliyas. Free. 10 p.m. Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 N. Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.
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Mon., March 22 — Swedish trio Miike Snow plays the kind of electro psych pop that keeps fans of Animal Collective, MGMT and Peter Bjorn and John in bliss. Having just played South by Southwest, the band makes a rare Atlanta stop with Barcelona’s Delorean in tow. $14. 8 p.m. Masquerade. 404-577-8178. — Jonathan Williams
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Mon., March 22 — The Ruby Suns, Toro Y Moi, Oryx & Crake. $10. 9 p.m. The Drunken Unicorn, 736 Ponce de Leon Place.
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Tues., March 23 — Fresh out of Living Room Studio where they recorded a batch of new songs for an upcoming record, Customers play fast, loose, early Replacements-style punk shambles. Princeton, N.J.’s Home Blitz speeds through lo-fi, power-pop garage-rock numbers. Olympia, Wash.’s Broken Water takes on a morphine-afflicted side of power pop and distortion in the vein of Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, et. al. $5. 9 p.m. 529. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.
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Tues., March 23 — The Back Pockets, Dark Dark Dark, the Wild, House Cat. $?. 8 p.m. WonderRoot. 982 Memorial Dr. 404-254-5955.?
Dark Dark Dark[http://www.myspace.com/thebackpockets
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Wed. March 24 — Carnivores, Beach Fossils, Abby Go Go, The Clap. $7. 9 p.m. 529. 529 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-228-6769.?
Beach Fossils “Day Dream” mp3
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Beach Fossils “Desert Sand” mp3
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Wed., Mar 24- Damaged w/ Lost Cause DJ’s. Free. Midnight. Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 N. Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.
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