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ATL Death Fest schedule unveiled

Bobby Moore — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:00 -0400

Next Tuesday, May 28, the one-night ATL Death Fest will feature 12 bands, including seven out-of-town acts headed to the following weekend's Chaos in Tejas festival in Austin.

ATL Death Fest will be spread out across two venues in the East Atlanta Village, 529 and the Basement.…

Radar returns from four-decade hiatus

Christopher Hassiotis — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Reunion builds on ATL rockers psychedelic past by Christopher Hassiotis Four graying guys reforming a rock band four decades after its peak is a tried-and-true nostalgia trip, but the members of Atlanta's long-defunct Radar are convinced they've got something unique to offer. They're at a point in their lives when everything is coming back full circle, one more time.…

Cosmic Psychos to play the Earl on Sept. 26

Bobby Moore — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:00 -0400

The Cosmic Psychos announced today that the group is set to make a rare Atlanta appearance on at the Earl on Thurs., Sept. 26. Since forming in 1982, the legendary Australian punk trio has mixed wah pedals with '70s punk, and in the process became one of the strongest trestles in the bridge between CBGB's and grunge.…

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge blasted 'Twelve Reasons To Die' Saturday

Chad Radford — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:32:00 -0400

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Atlanta trap and bass music DJ HPNTK shot

Chad Radford — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:56:00 -0400

Word made its way across the Internet yesterday: Atlanta DJ and trap and bass music fixture HPNTK (Chris Tanner) took a stray bullet outside of Connect Lounge on May 15. Details are still coming together, but at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, an argument broke out near the entrance to the Auburn Ave. club, which erupted in gunfire.…

Rahbi, 'Release Date'

Chad Radford — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:08:00 -0400

Rahbi has been on the soundtrack for most of CL's parties since around 2007. Today we're premiering the video for "Release Date," the lead single from his forthcoming EP, GoldenChild: Trimester 2...…

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Who's your favorite Atlanta band?

Chad Radford — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:44:00 -0400

In honor of CL's 2013 Music Issue (out June 20), we're asking readers to chime in and name their favorite local band.

In the comments section of this entry, please drop us a line and let us know who you dig the most!

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The Breeders' 'Last Splash' at 20: An interview with Kelley Deal

Bobby Power — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:48:00 -0400

Having been almost totally quiet since 2009's self-released Fate to Fatal EP, the Breeders return playing songs from their now two-decades old breakout Last Splash LP. To celebrate, the band reformed with its most known lineup - twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Josephine Wiggs - to perform the album in its entirety along with ephemera from the lineup's golden era, including potential covers of Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, Pete Townshend, and more.…
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Deerhunter summons malevolent power with Monomania

Chad Radford — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:45:00 -0400
Atlanta art rockers' fifth album is their most defiant yet by Chad Radford Nearly three years after Halcyon Digest delivered crowd-pleasing permutations of Deerhunter's sound with such songs as "Helicopter," "Revival," and "Desire Lines," the group remains one of the dicier acts on the leading edge of American art rock. Although the group came into its own as an outsider amid Atlanta's garage/punk boon of the early to mid-aughts, Deerhunter's penchant for crafting singularly noisy and melodic avant-garde rock has been its defining trait from the very beginning.…
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Neutral Milk Hotel to play the Tabernacle

Chad Radford — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

If you weren't able to get tickets to either of Neutral Milk Hotel's shows at the 40 Watt, don't fret. On Saturday, October 26, the group (ft. Jeff Mangum, Scott Spillane, Julian Koster, and Jeremy Barnes) is heading to Atlanta to play a show at the Tabernacle.…
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Shaky Knees brought fans out for two days of music in the rain

Heather Hendricks — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:18:00 -0400

May 5, 2013 - The inaugural Shaky Knees Music Festival took place this past weekend in the Historic Fourth Ward Park and Masquerade Music Park. With three separate stages and a 28-band lineup that included Band of Horses, the Lumineers, Drive-By Truckers, and Dr. Dog, the persistent downpour did little to dissuade fans from donning their rain parkas and Wellingtons and trekking around in the mud for the two-day event.…
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Ian Svenonius asks: How should a rock band be?

Wyatt Williams — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:45:00 -0400
Underground icon's second book answers rock's existential questions by Wyatt Williams About one-third the way into Ian Svenonius' second book, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group, he implies a serious question: Why even bother starting a rock 'n' roll group anymore? Svenonius argues that the goals most commonly associated with rock 'n' roll success — fame, money, sex — actually come quite easier in other professions.…
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The Woggles' WFMU session hits the Internet

Bobby Moore — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:07:00 -0400

On Tues., April 30, Atlanta garage rock legends the Woggles made an appearance on Joe Belock's "Three Chord Monte," a long-running radio show featured on New York's WFMU, playing eight cuts from the band's 11th album, The Big Beat. The record was released in March on Little Stephen's Wicked Cool Records, and the entire WFMU set is available as a free download via the station's Free Music Archive.…
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Janelle Monáe sheds her signature tuxedo in 'Q.U.E.E.N.'

Max Blau — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:34:00 -0400

On the heels of her brilliant new single, "Q.U.E.E.N.," Janelle Monáe has now unveiled the song's extended music video.

The six-minute flick opens inside a sterile museum.…
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With 'Cruising," Black Lips pen an ode to life on the road

Bobby Moore — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:38:00 -0400

On Willie Nelson's 80th birthday, the Black Lips had their own anthem about life on the road, "Cruising," unveiled by Rolling Stone. The song will be part of Adult Swim's Garage Swim compilation, available May 6 as a free download, along with tracks by several of the Black Lips' Southern garage contemporaries, including Bass Drum of Death and JEFF the Brotherhood.…
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The Doors open and shut

Chad Radford — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 -0400
Drummer John Densmore puts Jim Morrison's legacy on trial with 'Unhinged' memoir by Chad Radford In October 1968, the Buick Motor Company paid the American rock 'n' roll group the Doors $75,000 to use the song "Light My Fire" in a commercial for a new luxury car, the Opel. For drummer John Densmore, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and guitarist Robby Krieger, the deal was simply a way of getting paid for their song.…
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Tim Sweetwood talks Shaky Knees

Christopher Hassiotis — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0400
Masquerade promoter discusses what sets the inaugural two-day music fest apart by Christopher Hassiotis When it comes to a music event, Atlanta prefers extreme sizes. Shows in venues?…
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Faun and a Pan Flute's Daniel Bailey readies solo LP

Bobby Power — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:25:00 -0400

Daniel Bailey doesn't seem to be interested in taking any downtime. Between his duties with scruffy, math-focused outsiders Faun and a Pan Flute and Babar, Bailey moonlights as Carey, a solo project that intersects modern classical, krautrock, prog, and psych rock.…
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Adron's 'Pyramids' finds beauty in the mundane

Chad Radford — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:54:00 -0400

Back in September 2012, Adron put out a call for anyone interested in donating junk items or cash funds to aid in the construction of a 10'x16' pyramid along the Atlanta Beltine. It was to be the centerpiece of a Barry Alexander Brown-directed video for the song "Pyramids" from her latest album, Organismo.…
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Janelle Monáe upholds inner freak on 'Q.U.E.E.N.,' feat. Erykah Badu

Bobby Power — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:38:00 -0400

Janelle Monáe just dropped "Q.U.E.E.N.," the first single off her upcoming The Electric Lady LP. Featuring the First Lady of Neo-Soul Erykah Badu and trademarked cartoon enthusiasm, Monáe takes on all comers, challenging social and religious norms by just wanting to get freaky.…
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Third annual Tunes From the Tombs lineup announced

Bobby Power — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:43:00 -0400

Tunes from the Tombs returns for its third go-round of music and revelry in Atlanta's oldest cemetery on Saturday, June 8. Presented by and serving as a fundraiser for the Historic Oakland Foundation, the event features an eclectic mix of local acts, including Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, the 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra, ~~Atlanta Funk Society~~, Bird City Revolutionaries, the Bonaventure Quartet (featuring Amy Pike), Caroline and the Ramblers, Roxie Watson, Slim Chance and the Convicts, Rolling Nowhere, Little Country Giants, Wasted Potential Brass Band, and more.…
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Storm Thorgerson: A visual primer

Chad Radford — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:17:00 -0400

In the secret history of rock 'n' roll, Storm Thorgerson was one of those hidden persuaders who played an immeasurable role in the perception of popular music. You may not know his name, but you most certainly know his work, be it the cover art for any number of Pink Floyd albums, or records by Black Sabbath, the Who, Styx, Ween, or Yes.…
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After Hours: 'Fast Life'

Jenna Humphrey — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:25:00 -0400

I wasn't sure whether this chillwave R&B track was a cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel" until Bill Jabr crooned his first "baby girl." The only part of the original that's unmistakably borrowed, other than that endearment, is the melody.…
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The day of the wrecking ball cometh for Lenny's

Chad Radford — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:57:00 -0400

It's ironic that the new Lenny's was torn down before the old Lenny's was torn down.

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Record Store Day is nearly upon us

Chad Radford — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:07:00 -0400

I stopped by Criminal Records last night to find that pallets upon pallets of Record Store Day releases are piling up in the back room, waiting to be unleashed this Saturday, April 20. This is the gold that backs up the money!

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