Thursday, August 21, 2008
Music news Paste magazine's Best of What's Next list features two Atlantans
Posted by Rodney Carmichael @Rappin_Rodney on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:02 PM
It's easy to forget the good folks at Paste magazine are based in Atlanta since they're so good (too good, perhaps) at avoiding hometown favoritism.
But in Paste's September ’08 cover issue, Best of What's Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Must Know, two local yokels actually made the cut: Janelle Monae and Andy Hull.
Both are artists we've talked up (and sometimes down) in the pages of CL. Hull is best known as the lead for Atlanta indie rock act Manchester Orchestra. But his solo set, Right Away, Great Captain is a stripped-down concept album about a sailor from the 1600s, with each song representing journal entries to his captain and family.
Monae, whose Metropolis: The Chase suite was re-released last week, was the topic of CL's music feature last week, along with her Wondaland Arts Society label. Metropolis is another conceptual release that tells the story of an android from the future who must be destroyed when she falls in love with a human.
But Atlanta has no monopoly on fresh talent. Check the full list for such artists as Wale (Washington D.C.), the Everybodyfields (Tennessee), Black Kids (Jacksonville, Fla.), Mugison (Iceland) and more.
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Ok, I'm pretty sure J. Monae and Andy/Manchester Orchestra are one and two. Who's the third, Leila?
Too good at avoiding its hometown, huh? Is that why the magazine launched Paste:Local in Atlanta?
Creative Loafing(/Rodney?), you're getting so lazy. Between the magazine and the website, I've read about Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, Gentleman Jesse, The Coathangers, Outkast, Atlas Sound, Gringo Star, Howlies, Janelle Monae, Indigo Girls, Manchester Orchestra, Cabonas and countless other ATL artists. How many do you really need in a national publication, anyway? Try doing your homework next time, CL.
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