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  Gabe Vodicka's Top 10 Non-Local Albums of 2017

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  This week, we published a list of our 17 favorite local albums of 2017, which you should make a point to dig into while knocking back a few 'nogs over the holiday break.

  For the fun of it—and because lists!—here are my top 10 non-local records of the year, with accompanying audio. You can also check out this Spotify playlist that includes a bunch of my favorite songs of the year.

  By Gabe Vodicka | December 21, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Kwazymoto, The Death of Darby Crash

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  Punk provocateurs Kwazymoto released Limerence Land, one of our favorite local albums of the year, back in October. Now, not two months later, the group is back with yet another collection of new material: the three-song concept EP The Death of Darby Crash. (Check out the album art above.)

  By Gabe Vodicka | December 7, 2017

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  Widespread Panic Auctions NYE Tix to Benefit Double Helix Scholarships

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  Photo Credit: Craig O'Neal

  Dave Schools

  If you missed out on tickets to this year's installment of Widespread Panic's massively popular three-night New Year's Eve stand at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, two tickets for the Dec. 31 show are currently being auctioned on eBay, thanks to a donation from Panic bassist Dave Schools.

  By Gabe Vodicka | December 6, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Space Brother, 'Freedom From Information' Video

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  When he's not charting cosmic sonic territory with Future Ape Tapes, Athens musician Donald Whitehead is laying down loose, lucid psych-rap grooves as Space Brother, which Flagpole's Gordon Lamb called "a nice counterpoint to the not entirely post-hip-hop, but definitely wide-open experimentalism of the Apes."

  By Gabe Vodicka | November 14, 2017

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  RIP Athens Musician Ash Rickli

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  Photo Credit: Desiree Sharpe

  The sad news came in over the weekend that Ash Rickli, an Athens musician known for playing in the experimental rock band Strictly Rickli, among other projects, died after suffering a cardiac emergency earlier in the week.

  By Gabe Vodicka | November 13, 2017

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  Watch Michael Stipe Perform a Set of Cover Songs at NYC Benefit

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  Photo Credit: Andrew D. Hurley/Wikimedia Commons

  It seems former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's favorite mode of performance these days is the pop-up solo covers set, whether he's opening for Patti Smith or paying tribute to David Bowie.

  By Gabe Vodicka | November 7, 2017

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  UGA Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship Gets His Own Hype Video Ahead of Florida Game

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  Photo Credit: Philip Williams / UGA Athletics

  Of all the bright spots on this year's 7-0 Georgia Bulldogs football team, none has been more meme-worthy than Rodrigo "Godrigo" Blankenship, the bespectacled redshirt sophomore kicker from Marietta whose unkempt-Clark-Kent appearance and swaggy demeanor have made him a fast fan favorite.

  By Gabe Vodicka | October 27, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Double Ferrari, Double Ferrari Album Stream

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  If you have a second, Athens musician Jace Bartet would like to speak with you about the life-altering power of the electric guitar. 

  By Gabe Vodicka | October 20, 2017

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  Q&A: Athensmusic.net's Jeff Montgomery Talks #Automatic25 Event

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  In honor of the 25th-anniversary reissue of R.E.M.'s landmark album Automatic for the People, the 40 Watt Club will host #Automatic25, a listening and viewing party, this Saturday. We caught up with Jeff Montgomery, the proprietor of local-music respository Athensmusic.net and an organizer of Saturday's event who has helped throw a number of R.E.M. listening parties over the years.

  By Gabe Vodicka | October 18, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Deep State, 'Time Unrivaled'

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  If there were an award for hardest-working rock band in Athens, it'd surely go to Deep State. The pop-punk four-piece has seemingly remained on the road since releasing the excellent Thought Garden in April, and it's somehow found time to begin prepping another new LP, reportedly titled The Path to Fast Oblivion.

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 27, 2017

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  WUOG's 10 Most Played Recordings, Sept. 20–26

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  1. Alvvays: Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 26, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Blanko, 'Hallelujah' Video

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  Relatively new Athens project Blanko isn't a band in the traditional sense. Rather, it's an audio-visual outlet for the skewed musings of local songwriter and artist Larson Collier, known for playing with indie rockers Big Morgan. 

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 21, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Elf Power, 'Cycling Aimlessly' Video

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  Photo Credit: Sandra Rek

  Local indie-rock stalwarts Elf Power are riding high after releasing Twitching in Time, a career highlight, back in May. Following a summer tour with Tobin Sprout, the band is settling back in to Athens life and ushering in autumn with an animated collage video for Twitching in Time gem "Cycling Aimlessly," which we're pleased to premiere today.

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 19, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Dream Culture, 'Likuid'

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  Photo Credit: Alex Slater

  Athens psych-rock crew Dream Culture is putting the finishing touches on its long-awaited debut LP, Heat Rises, which frontman Evan Leima recorded over the course of three years at makeshift studios set up inside six different houses. 

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 13, 2017

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  Win Tickets to Imagine Music Festival

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  Photo Credit: Imagine Music Festival

  Later this month—Sept. 22–24, to be exact—the Imagine Music Festival takes over Atlanta Motor Speedway. Featuring heavy hitters like Deadmau5, Tiesto, Big Gigantic, STS9, Datsik and others, the fest will feature a full weekend of EDM, funk, hip hop and more.

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 12, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Donny Knottsville, 'Strawberry Chandelier' Video

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  Athens rapper Malcolm Walters, aka Donny Knottsville, maintains a prolific recording schedule, having released a string of solid mixtapes over the past few years, and in July he dropped his most complex and cohesive album yet, Celestial Seasons, which you can download for free on Bandcamp.

  By Gabe Vodicka | September 6, 2017

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  RIP Athens Musician Juan Molina

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  Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

  Juan Molina, a longtime Athenian known for playing in the bands Little Tigers, Time Toy and Go Van Go, among other groups, died Friday, according to reports on social media. No cause of death has been given.

  By Gabe Vodicka | August 28, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Kwazymoto, 'Defamed Fatale' Video

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  Athens garage-punk group Kwazymoto has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on a new full-length titled Limerance Land—the successor to last year's On Mount Rennie—which it plans to release Friday, Oct. 13.

  By Gabe Vodicka | August 22, 2017

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  Win Tickets to Wildwood Revival 2017

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  Photo Credit: Nina Westervelt

  Shakey Graves

  The Wildwood Revival music festival returns this weekend to Cloverleaf Farm in Arnoldsville, just a few miles east of Athens. We've got two tickets to give away to the three-day outdoor event, which features performances from Shakey Graves, The Darnell Boys, JD McPherson, Nicole Atkins and many others.

  By Gabe Vodicka | August 15, 2017

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  Flagpole Premieres: Timi & Wonderland Rangers, 'Baby's Bread (Hard Times)'

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  Photo Credit: Ann Conley

  Local singer-songwriter Timi Conley is perhaps best known as the founder and spiritual ambassador of the annual Wild Rumpus celebration, but Athenians also know him for his tireless exploration of the funky far reaches of pop. With Kite to the Moon and, more recently, Timi & Wonderland Rangers, Conley crafts thoughtful, ecstatic music designed to make crowds move. 

  By Gabe Vodicka | August 10, 2017

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