Homedrone
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Bonnaroo Behind the Scenes: A Strange Universe
Editor's Note: Reptar guitarist Jace Bartet (pictured below) recently filed a series of behind-the-scenes reports from Bonnaroo. Below is his final transmission. Catch Reptar at Flagpole's AthFest showcase at the Georgia Theatre this Friday, June 21.
All the hoo-ha about the limited potential of the artist to engage the audience at music festivals helps explain why electronic music has thrived in the expansive environs of festivaldom. Electronic music can be readily tweaked and catered to the vast array of music festival sound systems in unique and more direct ways than rock music, in real time. On Saturday, Death Grips (sans drummer Zach Hill), Bjork and Boys Noize all commanded the crowd as well or better than most rock bands I witnessed over the weekend, with minimal live instrumentation (it might sound flippant to call Bjork's set "minimal," considering the 30-odd-piece Icelandic choir that accompanied her on each song, though most of the rest of her music was digitally sourced.)
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Q&A With Local Grindcore Band Gripe, Playing Caledonia Lounge Thursday
Flagpole recently caught up with Brandon, DJ and Tom from local grindcore band Gripe to discuss the circumstances surrounding the group's upcoming "final album." Also: robots, alcohol, dystopia. Read on:
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From the Archives: Herb Guthrie's Missionary Work in Uganda
The news of local musician Herb Guthrie's passing was another tragic blow in a year that has dealt the Athens music community too many of them.
But while we mourn Guthrie's death, we also celebrate him for the compassionate and hard-working man he was. A February 2009 Flagpole article focused on Guthrie's missionary work in Uganda, which is where he was at the time of his death.
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The Music Midtown Lineup is Very Music Midtown-y
Jane's Addiction
Festival season marches on: The lineup for this year's Music Midtown, which happens Sept. 20–21 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park, was unveiled yesterday.
It's generally pretty OK: Along with Queens of the Stone Age, whose new album has been blowin' up the webz, the lineup features rapper Kendrick Lamar, Georgia rockers the Black Lips, French popsters Phoenix and the newly reinvigorated Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Even the headliners, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a reunited Jane's Addiction (see funny photo above), are nothing to scoff at.
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Bonnaroo Behind the Scenes: The Paul McCartney Zone
Editor's Note: Reptar guitarist Jace Bartet (pictured below) recently filed a series of behind-the-scenes reports from Bonnaroo. Catch Reptar at Flagpole's AthFest showcase at the Georgia Theatre this Friday, June 21.
People often ask us what we like playing more: house shows and intimate club gigs, or big festivals and places like the Georgia Theatre. There's no easy answer to this question, because they are extremely different experiences that are each fun in their own right, and I'm grateful to have ever done any of it. One thing that I do enjoy about larger festival crowds is that they are generally devoid of pretension and posing. No one at Bonnaroo seems remotely worried about their cred, and sometimes I'd actually rather see the shirtless fat guy with a "COEXIST" (like the bumper sticker) tattoo on his chest walk into my life than the self-conscious, joyless suburban punk painted into his corner at a lot of dive bars and house shows. Of course I know that nothing is anything all the time, so comparing caricatures sounds a little overly-polarized, but Bonnaroo is an extreme place.
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R.I.P. Athens Musician Herb Guthrie
Multiple sources report that Herb Guthrie, an Athens drummer known primarily for his work with the Michael Guthrie Band, has died.
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Bonnaroo in Photos: Nas, R. Kelly, The National, Edward Sharpe, Billy Idol and More
Flagpole was at Bonnaroo all weekend long. Here are some shots of Saturday and Sunday's action. See also: Thursday; Friday.
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Bonnaroo in Photos: Reptar, Wu-Tang Clan, Foals, Passion Pit and More
Flagpole has been at Bonnaroo all weekend long. Here are shots of Friday's action. Read part one of Reptar's Jace Bartet's behind-the-scenes blog here.
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