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The New Song from The Dream Scene is the Best Thing You'll Hear All Week
If you haven't been paying attention, you've been missing out one one hell of a creative evolution over in The Dream Scene's camp. The nebulous project, the brainchild of Javier Morales (Grass Giraffes, Quiet Hooves), has existed in some form for years (if you're unfamiliar, check out Morales' excellent collection of Christmas covers), but Morales has only relatively recently begun treating it like a real-live band, performing knock-em-dead, Prince-would-be-ashamed sets at various locales like Go Bar and Farm 255.
Flagpole's Gordon Lamb called the group's work "pop music for twilight sleep and futuristic Olympic games"; Impose Magazine said it was "like an 'L.A. Law' nightmare."
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Pretty Bird Talks Athens, Art, Forward Motion
Love 'em or hate 'em, over the past couple of years, the Birdhouse Collection has been responsible for some of the most vital and uncompromising music in Athens. From the sneering, propulsive art-punk of Muuy Biien to the subversive, retro-fi love-pop of k i d s, the collective has spanned the stylistic gamut, existing largely in an intensely insular state, self-supportive and self-assured.
It should come as no surprise, then, that its most vocal members are both brainy and brash; they bear the mark of self-confidence that is both the root of creative genius and the most glaring fault of many a foregone micro-scene, collapsed in on itself from the force of sheer self-love.
Flagpole recently sat down with members of the collective's most experimental-minded group, the polarizing a capella/freakout squad known as Pretty Bird, for a beer and a chat about how the Birdhouse fits in the grand scheme of Athens music and how—or if—it will sustain itself going forward.
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Clarke County School District Recognized for Music Education Efforts
The Clarke County School District (CCSD), in association with AthFest Educates, has been named one of the 2013 Best Communities in Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants, thanks to CCSD's commitment to arts education.
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SXSW in Photos: The Zombies, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Thermals, The Soft Moon, Paws and More
On Wednesday, we'll unveil our 10 favorite photos from SXSW. Below, view a final selection of shots from Saturday's action.
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Watch a Video for Easter Island's "You Don't Have a Choice"
Here's a new music video from local post-rockers Easter Island. The essence of the tune—the pensive and melodic "You Don't Have a Choice," from the band's well-received 2012 album Frightened—is captured nicely by the bright, affecting clip.
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More Jason Aldean Tickets on Sale Friday
Live Nation has announced that it will release an unspecified number of additional tickets to the Jason Aldean show at Sanford Stadium, which happens Saturday, Apr. 13. The concert, which also features country stars Luke Bryan, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, will be the first ever held between the hedges, and a whopping 60,000 people have already purchased tickets.
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Tupac, Biggie and Marco Rubio: Hip-Hop's Strange Political Associations
“You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.”
—The Notorious B.I.G.Recently, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sat down at a local Capitol Hill bar for an interview with BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith. Among the topics discussed were immigration reform, climate change and his thoughts on the late great rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. Granted, those first two issues have important policy-making implications in the 113th Congress and for the country as a whole. But that last point of discussion, a question regarding rap music’s largest-looming legends, is what captured my attention.
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Hey, Let's All Forget Our Troubles and Dance to the New New Sound of Numbers Single
The irresistible "Invisible Magnetic" is the title track from the band's upcoming album. Get pumped.
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