The A List: New music from Keithcharles Spacebar and holders, Atlanta Magazine remembers Prince, and more music news
A roundup of local music links and happenings.
Photo credit: Dexter Dukarus
Watch the video for Keithcharles Spacebar's latest single "Chillin Killin" at Immersive Atlanta. "Chillin KIllin" appears on Chillin...Killin (Awful), which you can stream via SoundCloud.
Listen to "Full Moon," the latest single from hip-hop collective ART via SoundCloud.
ICYMI, Kennesaw garage-emo trio Holders have a new single, "Tough." You can catch them at Smith's Olde Bar this Sun., Apr. 24.
Local rapper Young Dro appears on a remix of fellow Atlanta rapper Dae Dae's single "Wat U Mean," which you can listen to at XXL Mag.
Prince's final live performance in Atlanta — as well as his life — took place at the Fox Theatre on April 5, and Steve Fennessy reflects on the concert over at Atlanta Magazine. There's also a live recording of the performance on SoundCloud. In somewhat related news, former Creative Loafing writer Max Blau spoke to Arrested Development frontman Speech on how Prince's music influenced him at Atlanta Magazine.
Outer Spaces have recently announced a show at 529 on Wed., May 25, with Ricci, Dear Mr. Peasant, and Athens' Grand Vapids. The group's next album, A Shedding Snake, comes out May 27 via Don Giovanni, but you can listen to singles "Heavy Stone Poem" and "I Saw You" at She Shreds and The A.V. Club, respectively.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are streaming the entirety of Nonagon Infinity (ATO) ahead of its April 29 release date at NPR. The group performs at the Earl on Thurs., May 5.
Woods and Ultimate Painting have released a split single, which you can listen to at Brooklyn Vegan, and both groups will perform at the Masquerade on Tues., May 3. Woods also have a new album out called City Sun Eater In The River of Light (Woodsist), and the band's former guitarist, Kevin Morby, has a new solo record out called Singing Saw. (He'll play at the Earl on Sat., June 25.)
Sara Watkins has shared the first single from her third solo record, Young In All The Wrong Ways (out July 1 via New West) at Brooklyn Vegan. She also just announced a show at City Winery on Sat., Sept. 24.
The new Mean Jeans record, Tight New Dimension, is out today via Fat Wreck Chords. The band will open for NOFX this Sun., Apr. 24, at the Tabernacle, alongside Karbomb and Milwaukee's Direct Hit.
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