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Drive-By Truckers, of Montreal to Release Record Store Day Exclusives
In addition to the R.E.M. "Unplugged" 4-LP set we told you about the other day, two other well-known Athens groups will release exclusive, limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day, which is Saturday, Apr. 19.
Info after the jump.
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Sprockets Music Video Fest Dates Announced, Deadlines Approaching
The 2014 incarnation of the Sprockets International Music Video Festival will happen July 18 and 19 at Cine and the 40 Watt Club, respectively, according to a press release from parent nonprofit Film Athens.
The festival, whose panel of judges awards the prize for Best Music Video and also includes the crowd-sourced Audience Choice and Best Georgia Video awards, seeks to highlight emerging and established filmmakers and their work alongside musicians. Groups from Athens and the wider world are encouraged to submit videos. Last year's grand prize went to Craig Sheldon and Lauren Gregg for their clip for local band Grape Soda's "Obvious Signs."
Submission details after the jump.
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Citywide Series to Celebrate Elephant 6
The Olivia Tremor Control
Though it was officially founded in Denver, CO, and many of its mainstays hailed from rural Louisiana, the Elephant 6 Recording Company and collective put Athens on the cultural map in the 1990s in much the same way R.E.M. had the previous decade. Bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal and Apples in Stereo offered inspired variations on a similar theme, exploring the contours of pop music and psychedelia with equal parts passion, subversiveness and ingenuity.
The world took notice, and when Neutral Milk Hotel, arguably the most successful of the E6 crowd, reconvened last year, it inspired yet another wave of attention. Now, per a press release, several Athens venues and organizations "are coordinating to celebrate the impact of [E6] in a season-long series of exhibitions, screenings and events."
Details after the jump.
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R.E.M. to Release 'Unplugged' LP Set for Record Store Day
In honor of Record Store Day, the now annual event whose 2014 incarnation takes place Saturday, Apr. 19, R.E.M. has announced it will release a limited edition, four-LP collection titled Unplugged: The Complete 1991 And 2001 Sessions. As the title implies, the set will compile both of the band's appearances on MTV's once-essential "Unplugged" series.
The two performances are separated by 10 years (as the press release notes, R.E.M. was the only act to ever headline the program twice). The first, from 1991, is heavy on material from the then-new Out of Time; the other, from 2001, aired soon after the release of the still-underrated Reveal.
More info after the jump.
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Tonight in Athens: Amy Godwin, Peach Kelli Pop
Amy Godwin
If you need a dose of live music to take the edge off this dreary Monday, there are two shows this evening particularly worthy of your time. First, at the Caledonia Lounge, enjoy a terrific triple-bill headlined by E6 comeback kids Circulatory System, who will release a long-awaited third LP, Mosaics Within Mosaics, this summer. Along with Drag City psych-folk duoNew Bums (read our feature on that band here), the openers include Atlanta-based songstress Amy Godwin, whose ghostly, loop-based ukelele-and-voice compositions offer a more earthy local counterpoint to artists like Julianna Barwick.
Stream music and read on after the jump.
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SXSW in Photos: Dead Confederate, Bo Ningen, Eagulls and More
Photo Credit: Katie Bell Moore
Flagpole was in Austin, TX last week for SXSW. Below, check out a selection of Katie Bell Moore's photos from last weekend's action.
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SXSW in Review: Pujol, No Regrets Coyote, Diarrhea Planet
The Parish Underground on Friday night was presenting a showcase from Nashville venueExit/In, made up bands stationed out of that city. Although that city may bring to mind country stars, the bands on the bill proved they could bring the rock just as well.
No Regrets Coyote kicked off the showcase. I caught word that Evan Donohue from Diarrhea Planet was filling in for an absent guitarist, but I couldn't tell. The band played loud and fast for a 30-minute set and seemed to impress the rest of the Diarrhea Planet guys that were hanging out in the crowd and swilling beer. There's a little early-Green Day cheekiness to the band, singing songs about the singer's hair while chugging along to straightforward rhythms held down by punchy bass riffs. It isn't as structured as the veteran punks' work, and the leads provided by Donohue gave it a character that you wouldn't find on the radio.
More after the jump.
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SXSW in Photos: Major Stars, Ex Hex, Tyvek and More
Flagpole was in Austin, TX last week for SXSW. After the jump, check out a selection of Mike White's photos from last weekend's action.
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