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Flagpole Premieres: Blanko, 'Hallelujah' Video
Relatively new Athens project Blanko isn't a band in the traditional sense. Rather, it's an audio-visual outlet for the skewed musings of local songwriter and artist Larson Collier, known for playing with indie rockers Big Morgan.
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Flagpole Premieres: Elf Power, 'Cycling Aimlessly' Video
Photo Credit: Sandra Rek
Local indie-rock stalwarts Elf Power are riding high after releasing Twitching in Time, a career highlight, back in May. Following a summer tour with Tobin Sprout, the band is settling back in to Athens life and ushering in autumn with an animated collage video for Twitching in Time gem "Cycling Aimlessly," which we're pleased to premiere today.
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RIP Versatyle tha Wildchyld
Athens rapper Versatyle tha Wyldchild died in his sleep Sunday night, friends of the popular musician and activist confirmed tonight.
Versatyle (real name Anthony Bernard Little) had been in poor health for some time, but his death was unexpected, according to friends.
He was a fixture on the local hip-hop scene for many years. He was part of the socially conscious Dreaded Mindz collective and more recently had formed his own clique of younger artists, The Wild Wolf Pack. Flagpole ran a three-part series on Little's life and career in 2014.
He was also active politically, volunteering in schools, working with the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement and speaking out about issues facing the African-American community. Sunday, he attended Tim Denson's Athens-Clarke County Commission District 5 campaign kickoff at Bishop Park.
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Flagpole Premieres: Dream Culture, 'Likuid'
Photo Credit: Alex Slater
Athens psych-rock crew Dream Culture is putting the finishing touches on its long-awaited debut LP, Heat Rises, which frontman Evan Leima recorded over the course of three years at makeshift studios set up inside six different houses.
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Win Tickets to Imagine Music Festival
Photo Credit: Imagine Music Festival
Later this month—Sept. 22–24, to be exact—the Imagine Music Festival takes over Atlanta Motor Speedway. Featuring heavy hitters like Deadmau5, Tiesto, Big Gigantic, STS9, Datsik and others, the fest will feature a full weekend of EDM, funk, hip hop and more.
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Flagpole Premieres: Donny Knottsville, 'Strawberry Chandelier' Video
Athens rapper Malcolm Walters, aka Donny Knottsville, maintains a prolific recording schedule, having released a string of solid mixtapes over the past few years, and in July he dropped his most complex and cohesive album yet, Celestial Seasons, which you can download for free on Bandcamp.
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First Tuesday One-Year Anniversary Show Celebrates Growth of Athens Hip Hop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Miller (right), with MC Ziggy RoxXx at the 2016 AthFest hip-hop showcase.
The one-year anniversary party of the First Tuesday series, happening tonight at The World Famous, carries a clear message best summed up by host Montu Miller: "Our arms are open, our hands are extended, so please come and enjoy everything that we have to offer."
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Live Review: Red Bull Culture Clash Hits Atlanta for the First Time
Last week, Red Bull held its annual Culture Clash event in Atlanta for the first time. For those who don’t know, Culture Clash is basically the summer blockbuster version of a sound clash competition. Originating in Jamaica, a sound clash features two or more groups of artists and DJs coming together to battle it out on stage, with the crowd deciding who reigns supreme by the end of the night. Crews spin their best tunes and bring out artists to perform and play “dubs”—remixed or re-recorded versions of popular songs that are meant to shout out their crew and diss the competition.
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