Athens Popfest 2006 Pre-Coverage Begins!Athens Popfest 2006 Pre-Coverage Begins!
Starting today, we'll be featuring bands performing at Athens Popfest 2006 in Georgia. In just one short week Brett, Kaela and I will be heading up to Mark's new abode away from home in Athens. Mark will be covering part of the event alone, but we'll help him break in that new house smell with 3 more sweaty, partying bodies for Thursday and Friday's shows.
Lets just see what $40 will get you (including the free show on Tuesday):
Gordon Lamb, Fabulous Bird, Vietnam, Russian Spy Camera, Sleepy Horses, The Visitations, Summer Hymns, Col. Knowledge & The Lickety Splits, Joe Signey, The Specific Heats, My Parents, Velcro Stars, Gift Machine, Baby Calendar, Flash To Bang Time, The Maybellines, How I Became The Bomb, So Many Dynamos, The Instruments, New Sound Of Numbers, Megaband, Dog Palmoa, The Besties, Bugs Eat Books, Ocelots, Patience Please, 8 Track Gorrilla, The Smittens, Cars Can Be Blue, Marshmallow Coast, The Gazetteers, The Love Letter Band, Oh-Ok, The Mountain Goats, The Passerines, The Bicycles, Ryan Anderson, So L'il, 63 Crayons, Mouser, Keith John Adams, Casper & The Cookies, Cinemechanica, Poison Control Center, We Vs. The Shark, Deerhoof, The Cocker Spaniels, Pegasuses, Astronomy Club, The Happy Bullets, Telenovela, Red Pony Clock, Fishboy, The High Water Marks, Ideal Free Distribution, Bunnygrunt, The Circulatory System, The Apples In Stereo.
With a total of 50 bands (not counting the 8 of which are a free show) that works out to 80 cents a band. For less than the cost of one of their songs on iTunes you can see the Mountain Goats live. Now that's a deal!
They still have 4-day passes available. Whether you are in Atlanta (90 minute drive), Gainesville (5 hours), or just in need of a damn good road trip, it looks to be a killer time.
Impatient? Want to hear what some of those bands sound like right now? Go check out the Podbop Athens, GA page for over 2 dozen mp3s from performing bands.
