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Watch Athens Songwriter Sam Burchfield On 'American Idol'
Last night, "American Idol" hit Atlanta for another round of auditions (What? You're not watching "American Idol?" GET WITH THE PROGRAM), and like most episodes of the now 13-year-old show (!), it was tense, emotional television. Who would make it to HOLLYWOOD? Who would have their hopes and dreams squashed like so many tone-deaf cockroaches?
Among the contestants who sang and/or played their hearts out for judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. (who is so great in this role BTW) was Sam Burchfield, an Athenian who gigs regularly around town under his own name and with his band Street Rhythm and Rhyme. Burchfield sang Louis Prima's "I Wan'na Be Like You"—yes, the song from The Jungle Book—but did he make it through to the next round?
Hit the jump to find out.
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40 SoundClouds to Follow in 2014, Pt. 1
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.
Resolutions: practice, patience, focus, absorption, fitness, witness. To start off this new year, .ext is going to pick up right where it left off—a full year ago. In the interest of moving forward, I'm going to share some things from the past that are worth bringing into the future.
Our first list is a series of SoundCloud accounts worth following. I'm not trying to advertise for the site; obviously there are many, many ways to find new work, but this one has been the most fruitful and fulfilling for me over the past few years. Accounts are free, and even if you aren't uploading, you can follow artists and their new uploads will be organized into a dashboard for you. It's a great way to engage with exciting creators at every point in their process.
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Win Tickets: The Ringers Play Georgia Theatre Friday
The Ringers, a funky, jammy rock and roll supergroup featuring Jimmy Herring of Widespread Panic and an A-list cast of session players—Wayne Krantz, Michael Landau, Keith Carlock and Etienne Mbappe—play the Georgia Theatre Friday, and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away. To win, tell us after the jump why YOU deserve to go for free. We'll choose two winners Friday at 1:30 p.m.
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Live Review: Against Me! at 40 Watt Club, Tuesday, Jan. 21
Pardon me in advance for forgoing a lengthy discussion of Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace and her recent gender transition. That story has been told and re-told hundreds of times by now. Grace’s coming out is simultaneously relevant and yet irrelevant to how the band’s new record, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, will be received by the public.
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Download T. Hardy Morris' Live at the Georgia Theatre
Fresh off his solo debut Audition Tapes' No. 1 slot on Flagpole's Top 10 Albums of 2013 list, local troubadour T. Hardy Morris is offering up free downloads of his new live album, Live at the Georgia Theatre. The six-track album, recorded last year with the help of Thayer Sarrano and Matt Stoessel, features five tunes from Audition Tapes, as well as an unreleased song called "Drinking of You." Download it here.
Morris will embark on a short tour in February, when he'll support acts like Drive-By Truckers, Robert Ellis and Wilco bassist John Stirratt's side project The Autumn Defense. He plays Athens with Ellis on Thursday, Feb. 27 at Normaltown Hall.
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Win Tickets: Against Me! Plays the 40 Watt Tonight
Pop-punk mainstay Against Me! plays the 40 Watt Club Tuesday with openers The Sidekicks and The Shondes to celebrate the release of its terrific new album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. We've got a pair of tickets to give away. To win, tell us why YOU deserve to go for free in the comments after the jump. We'll choose a winner at 4:30 p.m.
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The Rock*A*Teens Return to the Stage
Big news out of Atlanta, as The Rock*A*Teens, the beloved Cabbagetown garage-rock outfit whose last show was 11 years ago at the Caledonia Lounge, announced last night on its Facebook page that it will return for a pair of shows at The Earl on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.
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Against Me! to Host Listening Party at 40 Watt Monday
Venerable pop-punk outfit Against Me! will play the 40 Watt Club next Tuesday, Jan. 21 (read our feature on openers The Shondes), which happens to be the release date for the band's long-awaited album Transgender Dysphoria Blues. On the terrific album (which NPR Music premiered earlier this week), singer Laura Jane Grace chronicles her experiences since coming out as transgender in 2012.
More after the jump.
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