Blog posts by Gabe Vodicka, Editor
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Win Tickets: Gang of Four Plays 40 Watt Tonight
Blog: Homedrone
Legendary post-punk act Gang of Four plays the 40 Watt Club tonight, and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose two winners at 4:30 p.m.
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Flagpole Premieres: Art Contest, 'Tokyo Megaplex'
Blog: Homedrone
Join us in welcoming Art Contest to Athens.
The duo, which recently relocated to the Classic City from just up the road in Greenville, SC, specializes in twitchy, explosive math-pop, of which we haven't seen much around these parts since the mid-aughts.
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Win Tickets and Dinner: Polyphonic Spree Plays Georgia Theatre Tonight
Blog: Homedrone
Psych-pop pseudo-cult The Polyphonic Spree plays Georgia Theatre tonight (Friday, Oct. 23) to play its debut 2002 album, The Beginning Stages of…, in its entirety.
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Widespread Panic to Play Classic Center Feb. 9–10
Blog: Homedrone
Though Athens-born jam-band juggernaut Widespread Panic continues to tour nearly constantly and regularly hosts a two-night New Year's Eve stand in Atlanta, the group rarely plays its hometown. Since the (in)famous Panic in the Streets concert in 1998, which brought nearly 100,000 people to downtown, Panic has only played Athens a handful of times—most recently in 2011, when it headlined the newly renovated Georgia Theatre.
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Flagpole Premieres: Antlered Aunt Lord, 'The Beezwax' Video
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Brigette Adair Herron
Antlered Aunt Lord, the slow-simmering local garage-pop project led by songwriter Jesse Stinnard (also of Tunabunny fame), is all set to release its Ostensibly Formerly Stunted (and on fire) LP Nov. 20 via HHBTM. Today, we're tickled pink to provide y'all with a first taste of the LP via the video for "The Beezwax," the record's fuzz-forward, steadfastly hummable lead single.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 19
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
Mux Blank
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 12
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
Alice Walker
1. Alice Walker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author speaks at the UGA Chapel Wednesday as the university's inaugural Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. See this week's paper for more.
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Win Tickets: Toro y Moi Plays Georgia Theatre Tonight
Blog: Homedrone
Psych-poppin' indie faves Toro y Moi play the Georgia Theatre tonight to kick off this year's Athens Intensified, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us what your favorite Toro y Moi song is and why in the comments below. We'll choose a winner at 4:30 p.m.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 5
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
1. Gordon Lamb
The Flagpole columnist and all-around swell fella flexes his music-scene muscles with the fourth installment of Athens Intensified, which hits town this week. See this week's paper for more.
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Tina Whatley Chesnutt Responds to Documentary Director's 'Open Letter'
Blog: Homedrone
Last October, Ciné hosted a star-studded "rough-cut screening" of What Doesn't Kill Me… The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt, a documentary film directed by former Athenian and Chesnutt associate Scott Stuckey.
At the time, Stuckey and producer John "JoJo" Hermann told Flagpole they were unsure when the film would actually be released; rumors swirled that a rift between Stuckey and Chesnutt's wife, Tina Whatley Chesnutt, was the reason for its delay.
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Peter Buck Announces 'Magnum Opus' Warzone Earth
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Joe Mabel/Wikimedia Commons
Buck yeah! Yesterday, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck announced via the band's site that he's got a new solo record on the way. Warzone Earth is out Oct. 16 via Portland, OR-based Mississippi Records, and folks will be able to pre-order the vinyl-only release here.
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Flagpole Premieres: The Hernies, 'Learn to Live Alone' Video
Blog: Homedrone
Local indie rock outfit The Hernies has existed in some form since 2013, but its lineup has recently solidified into a four-piece unit featuring Henry Barbe, Winston Barbe, Glenn Reece and Evan Amburn. The band is reportedly prepping the release of its debut album, which it hopes to have out early next year.
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Win Tickets and Food: Cave and Shade Play The World Famous Sunday
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Chris Olsen
Chicago psych-rockers Cave and Athens dope-groovers Shade play The World FamousSunday, Sept. 27, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away, plus food from the venue's awesome kitchen.
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Win Tickets: Helmet Plays 40 Watt Tonight
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Tom Hoppa
Alt-metal titans Helmet will play their 1994 album Betty in its entirety, as well as a second set of other material, at the 40 Watt Club tonight. We've got two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose two winners at 4:30 p.m.
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Flagpole Premieres: Houston in the Blind, 'Sleeping Pill'
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Anne Yarbrough
New Athens/Atlanta four-piece band Houston in the Blind is building some nice buzz in advance of its debut album, Limbs, out Oct. 9 and available to pre-order on Bandcamp. Today, we're pleased to give y'all a taste of the record in the form of "Sleeping Pill," Limbs' heartfelt, minimalist closing number.
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Tonight in Athens: The Welfare Liners, Eyelet, Thayer Sarrano and More
Blog: Homedrone
Tonight's live-music options are numerous and promising, starting with Thayer Sarrano's album-release show at Seney-Stovall Chapel and continuing on to:
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Win Tickets: Swervedriver Plays 40 Watt Tonight
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Giles Borg
UK shoegazers Swervedriver play the 40 Watt Club tonight, and we've got not one but two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose the winners at 4:30 p.m.
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R.I.P. Albert Ligotti, Athens Symphony Founder
Blog: Culture Briefs
Albert Ligotti, the founder of the Athens Symphony and its conductor from its inception in 1978 until 2012, died Saturday, according to an Athens Banner-Herald article. Ligotti was 88.
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Tonight in Athens: Jib Kidder, Mild High Club
Blog: Homedrone
Mild High Club
Lemme tell you about a couple primo opportunities to get your psych on tonight in Athens.
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Flagpole Premieres: New Madrid, 'Manners' Live Video
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Chelsea Kornse
Athens band New Madrid has spent much of the past year on the road in support of their debut LP, Sunswimmer. Part of that time is documented on Dawn Teeth Rattling, a live EP engineered by David Barbe and released on Record Store Day.
Today, we've got the premiere of the official video for "Manners," a Sunswimmer standout that appears in live form on the RSD EP.
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Homedrone | October 26, 2015 11:53am
Win Tickets: Gang of Four Plays 40 Watt Tonight
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Homedrone | October 26, 2015 10:38am
Flagpole Premieres: Art Contest, 'Tokyo Megaplex'
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Homedrone | October 23, 2015 9:48am
Win Tickets and Dinner: Polyphonic Spree Plays Georgia Theatre Tonight
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Homedrone | October 21, 2015 10:18am
Widespread Panic to Play Classic Center Feb. 9–10
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Homedrone | October 20, 2015 10:11am
Flagpole Premieres: Antlered Aunt Lord, 'The Beezwax' Video
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In the Loop | October 19, 2015 10:28am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 19
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In the Loop | October 12, 2015 10:30am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 12
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Homedrone | October 7, 2015 10:25am
Win Tickets: Toro y Moi Plays Georgia Theatre Tonight
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In the Loop | October 5, 2015 3:18pm
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 5
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Homedrone | September 30, 2015 4:32pm
Tina Whatley Chesnutt Responds to Documentary Director's 'Open Letter'
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Homedrone | September 30, 2015 1:41pm
Peter Buck Announces 'Magnum Opus' Warzone Earth
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Homedrone | September 30, 2015 12:45pm
Flagpole Premieres: The Hernies, 'Learn to Live Alone' Video
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Homedrone | September 25, 2015 10:53am
Win Tickets and Food: Cave and Shade Play The World Famous Sunday
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Homedrone | September 24, 2015 10:22am
Win Tickets: Helmet Plays 40 Watt Tonight
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Homedrone | September 22, 2015 11:15am
Flagpole Premieres: Houston in the Blind, 'Sleeping Pill'
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Homedrone | September 18, 2015 1:05pm
Tonight in Athens: The Welfare Liners, Eyelet, Thayer Sarrano and More
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Homedrone | September 16, 2015 12:02pm
Win Tickets: Swervedriver Plays 40 Watt Tonight
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Culture Briefs | September 15, 2015 12:33pm
R.I.P. Albert Ligotti, Athens Symphony Founder
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Homedrone | September 10, 2015 11:18am
Tonight in Athens: Jib Kidder, Mild High Club
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Homedrone | September 9, 2015 10:27am
Flagpole Premieres: New Madrid, 'Manners' Live Video