Deerhoof, Mountain Goats, Oh-Ok Head Athens Popfest

For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records are working their twee butts off in preparation for the Athens Popfest, taking place in Athens, Georgia August 8-12. The self-described "Indiepop summer camp" will bring flocks of cute kids in ringer tees to the legendary 40 Watt Club and the slightly smaller and slightly less legendary Little Kings Shuffle Club, where they will take in sets from the likes of Deerhoof, the Mountain Goats, Bunnygrunt, and High Water Marks, as well as local heroes like Apples in Stereo, Circulatory System, and the reunited Oh-Ok (featuring Michael Stipe's sister Lynda and Linda Hopper of Magnapop.)

But since indie pop is all about the little guy, we've got the whole lineup listed below for ya. We hope that How I Became the Bomb don't get in a fight with Poison Control Center, the Happy Bullets, or Russian Spy Camera. That could get ugly.

Athens Popfest:

August 8 - Little Kings (free show):

Col. Knowledge & the Lickity Splits
The Visitations
Russian Spy Camera
Vietnam
Fabulous Bird
Gordon Lamb

August 9 - Little Kings:

Megaband
New Sound of Numbers
The Instruments
So Many Dynamos
How I Became the Bomb
The Maybellines
Flash to Bang Time
Baby Calendar
The Gift Machine
Velcro Stars
My Parents
The Specific Heats
Joe Sidney

August 10 - Little Kings:

Patience Please
Ocelots
Bugs Eat Books
The Besties
Dog Paloma

August 10 - 40 Watt Club:

The Mountain Goats
Oh-Ok
The Love Letter Band
The Gazetteers
Marshmallow Coast
Cars Can Be Blue
The Smittens
8-Track Gorilla

August 11 - Little Kings:

63 Crayons
So L'il
Ryan Anderson
The Bicycles
The Passerines

August 11 - 40 Watt Club:

Deerhoof
We Versus the Shark
Poison Control Center
Cinemechanica
Casper & the Cookies
Keith John Adams
Mouser

August 12 - Little Kings:

Telenovela
The Happy Bullets
Ponies in the Surf
Darren Hanlon
The Cocker Spaniels

August 12 - 40 Watt Club:

The Apples in Stereo
Circulatory System
Bunnygrunt
Ideal Free Distribution
High Water Marks
Fishboy
Red Pony Clock
The Capstan Shafts

Posted by Kati Llewellyn on Wed, May 31, 2006 at 4:05am