WJHU goes unplugged with Atlas Chugged.
It’s a Sunday afternoon. You’re with your friends, sipping on some cold Blue Moon while watching your new favorite band. A few beers later, you’re dancing your happy little heart out to some great music with a couple hundred smiling faces.
Are you thinking about papers or midterms? Absolutely not.
Are you having a great time? Obviously.
Where are you? The Spring Fair Beer Garden.
This Sunday, WJHU presents “Atlas Chugged,” a curated concert in the beer garden featuring live music from noon until 5:00 p.m in the President’s Garden. Entry is free, and the lineup features Hondorus, Deaf Scene, Fort Knox Five and Field Mouse.
Deaf Scene hails from our very own Baltimore, and will fill the beer garden with good vibes and chill riffs.
Their instrumental rock (think Explosions in the Sky) is the perfect match for a warm spring day. Deaf Scene will be playing from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Fort Knox Five, the infamous DC DJ crew, will be spinning eclectic beats originating from across the world, with layers of funk, reggae and electronica.
FK5 has been in the game for over twenty years, collaborating with members of Thievery Corporation and Thunderball and distributing a number of successful acts through their Fort Knox Recordings record label. They will be on from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Two of the bands are New York City based — from Brooklyn, to be exact.
Honduras, which will open the beer garden from 12:30 to 1:30, is a hard hitting garage rock outfit, while Field Mouse, which will close the show, crafts sparkling folk rock that will have you spinning in lazy, drunken circles.
And if you still aren’t convinced that going to Atlas Chugged is the right way to spend your Spring Fair Sunday, check out these ten reasons why you might miss Atlas Chugged (and why they’re lame):
1. You’re studying or writing a paper.
This is Spring Fair, which we can all agree is the greatest weekend of the school year.
If you’re not enjoying it properly by listening to live music with a beer in your hand, then you need to take a serious look at your life and reexamine your priorities.
2. You don’t like beer.
Seriously, how did you make it this far?
Beer is great, and what better place to expand your limited tastes of the wonderful world of beer than at a beer garden?
3. You aren’t 21.
Well, this is a pretty legitimate reason, but try your best to age a few years before Sunday.
4. You’re too busy sampling the food vendors.
This presents no dilemma at all.
The only thing better than music and beer is music, beer and fried food, so hit up the venders between acts.
5. You are too hungover from the night before.
If you have yet to be informed, beer and live music combined is a fantastic hangover cure.
Don’t believe us?
Test it out yourself at the beer garden on Sunday.
6. You don’t like alternative rock.
You’re in luck, because Atlas Chugged is featuring four very different bands, with jams ranging from instrumental and folk to garage and electronic.
Also, don’t let genre fool you into forming preconceived notions; decide for yourself at the beer garden.
7. You’re asleep.
Wake up. This isn’t class. If you’re really that tired, come to Atlas Chugged and sleep amongst friends, beer and good vibes.
It’ll be the best nap of your life.
8. You’re gluten-free.
That sucks, but it’s no excuse to miss the beer garden.
It’s free entry, so just come for the tunes.
9. Beer gardens aren’t your scene.
Slap that pretentious anti-fun notion out of your head immediately. Anthropologists claim that the development of beer has increased mankind’s sociability and overall chances of surviving in this harsh world. It’s anthropologically proven — beer gardens are everybody’s scene.
10. You get lost on the way there.
If you’re not a complete idiot, you’re likely too drunk to function. Either way, it’s probably best that you don’t come.
Don’t be lame.
Come to Atlas Chugged this Sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. in the President’s Garden.
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