Live Review: Deerhunter, Pylon, Jay Reatard and Times New Viking @ Variety Playhouse; The Spooks, Cola Freaks and Mourdella @ Star Bar, 10/31/08

[Above: Jared Swilley of the Black Lips plays in Halloween-appropriate band The Spooks.] More good bands than Bonnaroo . The release of a long-awaited record . A 3-D extravaganza. A horde of crazed Danes . A theremin. A cassette so limited it doesn’t really exist. The Black Lips wearing bed sheets. And Jay Reatard playing (gasp) an acoustic guitar. It’s just another Halloween in Atlanta, as Deerhunter headed a line-up of hipster-approved indie rockers at the Variety Playhouse ...

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