Dead Confederate's WRECKING BLAHG

Thanks Flagpole...

So it was very flattering to see Wrecking Ball make several "year end" lists...however, none were as cool to us as the fact that it was chosen as Best Local Album of 2008 by the Flagpole here in Athens, GA.  As you know, this town produces amazing bands which produce amazing music in turn creating amazing albums...Therefore, we were flattered to be this years selection.  Thanks Flagpole.  Thanks Athens. Glad you enjoyd the noise.

Here's a link to how it went down

** Best Local Albums of 2008 **

1. Dead Confederate Wrecking Ball

2. Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark

3. Harvey Milk Life…The Best Game in Town

4. Elf Power In a Cave

5. Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping

6. The Whigs Mission Control

7. Twin Tigers Curious Faces/ Violet Future

8. Pride Parade Descendants

9. Don Chambers + GOAT Zebulon

10. Liz Durrett Outside Our Gates

"Wrecking Ball" & Pampelmoose/ "Chinese Democracy" & Klosterman/ Mustaches & Mustaches

I just came across this: Gang of Four's Dave Allen put "Wrecking Ball" at #5 on his year end list over at his blog, Pampelmoose. Hey, our friends Ume are on there as well. Nice Dave!

Also, a little late finding this, but... One of my favorite authors, Chuck Klosterman, reviewed Guns 'N Roses "Chinese Democracy" over at the Onion's AV Club, if anyone is interested. I don't always agree with him but I LOVE the way he analyzes music and culture in a different light than everyone else. Wow... an intelligent and creative review I can read without falling asleep.

ALSO... If I grew a mustache, me and Juan would look alike. Just saying. It's important news like this that I feel is my duty to bring to you people.

DC Is A Fricke's Pick In This Month's Rolling Stone

If you pick up a Rolling Stone  this month, you can find Dead Confederate under "Fricke's Picks." David Fricke is easily one of the most respected music journalists in the industry, and we are completely overwhelmed that he put us in the list. This rules. Here's the article quoted directly from the pages of RS:

REBEL YELLERS
"I caught only the last quarter-hour of Dead Confederate's set opening for R.E.M. at SXSW this year.  But even that short shot of the Athens, Georgia, quintet's buckskin-metal racket was enough to confirm (a)Dead Confederate are even better than their name and (b)could give My Morning Jacket a very hard time in Dixie-guitar-hurricane combat.  The Smiths-with-a-sledge-hammer jangel of "The Rat" and the slow-blues-Nirvana crusher "Goner," on Wrecking Ball(TAO), Dead Confederate's first full-length album (following a recent EP and an early independent CD under another name), prove this is also a band with a post-punk-underground heart.  Live, Dead Confederate are known to cover Sonic Youth's long feedback ride "The Diamond Sea," which certainly explains the exciting, oceanic distemper here in "The News Underneath" and at the end of "Wrecking Ball."  There isn't a lot of good news in these songs - "Start Me Laughing" sounds more like a dare - but when they hit full howl, Dead Confederate are the living end. "

by David Fricke, Rolling Stone - Issue 1063 - October 16, 2008

Awww snap!

"Wrecking Ball" reviewed.....

We have had several reviews of the album recently and I figured some folks may want to take a gander at a few.  Fron A.V. Club to Spin.com, lots of different opinions on lots of different aspects of the record.  Yo, at least they find it interesting!!

A.V. Club

Spin

another music blaaaag

There's lots more out there too if you're interested...