{"id":14647,"date":"2014-07-07T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=14647"},"modified":"2014-07-21T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:17:12","slug":"new-madrid-to-shake-up-proud-larrys-and-the-end-of-all-music-on-friday-july-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/new-madrid-to-shake-up-proud-larrys-and-the-end-of-all-music-on-friday-july-11\/","title":{"rendered":"New Madrid to Shake up Proud Larrys’ and The End Of All Music on Friday, July 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Suanne Strider<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in The Local Voice<\/em> #207.
\nTo download a PDF of this issue, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stop by The End of All Music<\/strong><\/a> on Friday, July 11th to catch Athens, Georgia-based band New Madrid<\/strong><\/a>, who will be playing a free in-store show at 5 pm in support of their new record, Sunswimmer<\/em>, which is out now on Normaltown Records. Later that same night, they will take over Proud Larry\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>, joined by Hartle Road<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"NewMadrid\"<\/a>This is yet another installment in the SEC-oriented band\u2019s tour schedule, carrying on what is becoming a tradition of sorts\u2014when these guys play Larry\u2019s. I see a lot of bands come through there, but this is one that always draws a crowd\u2014no matter what else is going on in town. Not only do they draw a crowd, but the show is fun, and these guys are super-nice. Their good and kind personalities transfer to the crowd, and it draws you in. In this way they remind me of Widespread Panic or Phish\u2014they get up there and play well, or not, but the crowd will love them, anyway, because their lyrics are good, they try, and they are super-nice guys. It makes you want to support them as a fan.<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, New Madrid has proven themselves to be worthy of the strong fan base they have developed. Their first try at studio work resulted in the critically-acclaimed Yardboat<\/em> from 2012, which is a must-have for any jam band fan. This album was recorded in three days, if you can believe it, and engineered by David Barbe<\/strong> (REM, Deerhunter, Drive-By Truckers) at Chase Park Transduction. It was then mastered by Brooklyn-based engineer Joe Lambert<\/strong> (Black Crowes, Animal Collective, Dan Deacon).<\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite part of the album is a three-song theme that starts with \u201cCountry Moon Pt. I\u201d then flowing into the next song, \u201cPond.\u201d After ten minutes of the song, \u201cPond\u201d delivering exactly that\u2014the auditory equivalent of a country pond scene\u2014comes \u201cCountry Moon Pt. 2,\u201d again following the Southern theme and the country theme. The whole album is great\u2014proving itself to deserve being Flagpole Magazine<\/em>\u2019s \u201cBest Album of the Year\u201d in 2013<\/a>, as well as receiving \u201cArtist of the Year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band released its second studio effort earlier this year, Sunswimmer<\/em>. \u201cThe songs were heavily informed by the live setting, and were written while steadily running around the South playing shows in a variety of spaces,\u201d said guitarist and vocalist Phil McGill<\/strong>. It is live where these guys thrive, also like the jam icons that go before them, Widespread Panic, Phish, and The Grateful Dead. Another thing they share with those bands is a loyal fan base. If you can figure out the magic formula to create these two things in just the right way, which is what New Madrid seems to pull off beautifully thus far, you have a recipe for success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local painter and philanthropist Chandra Williams<\/strong> will be at the show painting portraits of the scene as the live show goes on. Chandra is well-known in the artist community of Oxford for her beautiful, one-of-a-kind renditions of live music with subjects such as Kenny Kimbrough, Shannon McNally, and Cedric Burnside. Even if you aren\u2019t a big jam-band fan, it is worth it just to come out and see how Chandra works her magic to create art that is definitively hers and definitively Oxford.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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