THIS WEEK’S BEST BET:
Russian Circles
w/ Chelsea Wolfe, Marriages
Tuesday, August 14
The Earl – 466 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316
Admission $10 / Purchase Tickets
Touring in support of their most accomplished release to date, Empros, Chicago-based post-metal trio Russian Circles are coming back to Atlanta to obliterate whatever residual fragments are left of your brain after last year’s mind-blowing set at the Earl. If for some inexplicable reason you’ve never made it out to one of their shows, it’s time to remedy that failure of judgment this Tuesday night. The band has always had a reputation for impressive live shows with an array of monstrous riffs, delicate atmospheric passages and technical chops galore at their disposal. But Empros comes jam-packed with a killer set of songs that feel cohesive and seamless no matter how sprawling and expansive their compositions become. So far we’ve been lucky enough to keep the band confined to the intimacy of the Earl, but with a growing buzz continuing to build around the group, this may be one your last opportunities to catch Russian Circles up close and personal. Make it happen.
THE BEST OF THE REST:
The Memorials
w/ BOSCO, Fountnhead, Mission Bells
Monday, August 13
Smith’s Olde Bar – 1578 Piedmont Avenue NE in Atlanta 30324
Admission $15
The Catalyst
w/ Halmos
Tuesday, August 14
529 – 529 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316
Admission is FREE
The Eastern Sea
w/ The Viking Progress
Wednesday, August 15
The Earl – 466 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316
Admission $7 / Purchase Tickets
Sleepy Genes (EP Release Show)
w/ Freak Out (EP Release Show), Curio Museum
Thursday, August 16
Star Bar – 437 Moreland Avenue in Atlanta 30307
Admission is FREE
Brain
w/ Them Thangs
Thursday, August 16
Star Bar (Downstairs) – 437 Moreland Avenue in Atlanta 30307
Admission is FREE
The Drive Tour
w/ College, Anoraak, Electric Youth
Thursday, August 16
Terminal West – 887 West Marietta Street, Studio C in Atlanta 30318
Admission $12
Wowser Bowser
w/ Day Joy, Quiet Hours
Friday, August 17
Drunken Unicorn – 736 Ponce De Leon Place NE in Atlanta 30306
Admission $6
Cloudeater
w/ Kebbi Williams, Dark Room
Saturday, August 18
The Earl – 466 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316
Admission $5 / Purchase Tickets
A. Grimes
w/ Sultan Bathery, Get High Boys
Saturday, August 18
529 – 529 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta 30316
Admission $5
Five Eight
w/ Mic Harrison, Walk from the Gallows, Wet Rainbow
Saturday, August 18
Star Bar – 437 Moreland Avenue in Atlanta 30307
Admission $8
Dyess
w/ Hip to Death, Iron Whip, Uncle Touchy
Saturday, August 18
WonderRoot – 982 Memorial Drive SE in Atlanta 30316
Admission $5
