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Stream the New EP from New Wives, Playing New Earth Friday
Whew, that's a lot of "new"s. After the jump, check out the just-released five-track EP from local "doom-pop" outfit New Wives. The band describes the self-titled effort, which it also refers to as the Black EP, as denser and darker than its debut outing, appropriately dubbed the White EP.
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Stream the First Single from Muuy Biien's Sophomore Album
We've been waiting over a year-and-a-half for the proper follow-up to This is What Your Mind Imagines, the hard-hitting bummer-thrash debut from willfully contentious local outfit Muuy Biien (Flagpole review). Sure, its members have dabbled successfully in ambient and dronein the meantime, but those itching for another slab of death-grooving doom-punk have been left unfulfilled.
Until now, that is. After the jump, stream "She Bursts (Reprise)," the first single from Muuy Biien's sophomore LP, titled DYI and out Apr. 29 via HHBTM. Folks who have caught one of the group's live sets over the past few months will recognize the tune in all its driving, assonant, early-Deerhunter-esque glory.
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Tonight in Athens: Outer Spaces, Nether Powers, A Night at the Morton
Cara Beth Satalino
There are plenty of options for live music goodness to help you get over the proverbial hump this week. After the jump, three of our picks.
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Q&A with King of Prussia's Brandon Hanick, Playing Flicker Thursday
Photo Credit: Cory Moore Smith
Psych-pop outfit King of Prussia started in Athens, but its leader Brandon Hanick has since traveled the globe, settling for a spell in Barcelona, Spain, where he wrote and recorded half of what would become King of Prussia's new double-album, Zonian Girls… And The Echoes That Surround Us All.
The other half of the record, which marries lilting pop melodies with dense, deliberate arrangements and is out Apr. 8 via Minty Fresh, was put to tape right here in Hanick's onetime home with the help of The Glow Recording Studio's Jesse Mangum, and features contributions from notable locals like Mike Mills.
Flagpole caught up with Hanick, who kicks off a 23-date U.S. tour Thursday, Mar. 27 at Flicker Theatre & Bar. Read the Q&A after the jump.
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Here's the First Taste of the New Circulatory System Album
In our feature on the Slingshot Festival last week, we told you about the upcoming album from Elephant 6 mainstay Circulatory System. Mosaics Within Mosaics, the group's third LP, will be out June 24 via Cloud, and now you can hear the first single from the double-album via Pitchfork. (There's the cover art above.)
More after the jump.
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Behind the Scene: Paul McHugh
Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and Dirtty Toe Productions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.
Photo Credit: Mike White
WHO HE IS: Paul McHugh
WHAT HE DOES: Guitar technician for Drive-By Truckers
Video and Q&A after the jump.
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40 SoundClouds to Follow in 2014, Pt. 3
With the semi-regular feature .ext e n s i o n, Will Cash reaches deep into the Internet to map electronic sight and sound.
In part three, the stylistic threads between artists are a little more stretched while the cultural ones run a little tighter. These artists bring a powerful and refreshing sense of international queer culture to their work. That said, the content isn't niche or constrained by that quality. The tracks released by these men are elite examples of the genres they work in and most of them are forging entirely new hybrids of their own. Here you'll find some of the most creative variations on dancehall, ballroom, vogue, house, rap, cumbia and anything in between.
Check the list after the jump.
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Slingshot Festival in Photos: Elf Power, Tinariwen, Programs
The Slingshot Festival took over downtown Athens from Wednesday to Saturday of last week. After the jump, check out a few photos from the action.
Tinariwen
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