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Flagpole Premieres: Dog Daze Festival Compilation
This weekend, the Dog Daze Festival returns for a fourth year to the 40 Watt Club. On Friday and Saturday, you can catch a frighteningly good selection of local bands and a couple regional hotshots—as well as a psychedelic light show Friday and DJs both nights—for a mere $5 each evening. (Read our preview here.)
Today, we're pleased to premiere the 2014 Dog Daze Festival Compilation, a free-to-download collection of songs from many of the groups performing at this year's DDF, including Faux Ferocious, Monsoon, DIP, Wild of Night, Timmy and the Tumblers and many others.
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Futurebirds, Jittery Joe's Team Up for 'Baba Java' Blend, EP
Alt-country band Futurebirds has teamed up with beloved Athens-based coffee roaster Jittery Joe's to release "Baba Java," the first release in what's purported to be a line of "Athens music coffee." The collaboration between the band and the coffeemaker was inspired by a famous local performance, according to the press release:
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New Earth Announces New Management
Daniel Robertson, formerly of Savannah-based promotions company Live Wire Sounds, will assume the role of general manager at downtown music venue and community space New Earth Athens, the venue announced on its Facebook page this week.
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The Weekly Three: J Mascis, Pallbearer, FKA Twigs
J Mascis
This week's new finds from the great beyond:
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Members of Futurebirds, The District Attorneys Pay Tribute to Whiskeytown at Green Room Tonight
If you're a fan of Whiskeytown, the seminal but defunct Ryan Adams-led act from North Carolina, you're not alone amongst your fellow Athenians. Our little town boasts a rather sizeable and influential alternative country contingent; twangy rockers like Drive-By Truckers and, more recently, Futurebirds have even gone on to represent the Classic City on the national scene.
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The Weekly Three: David Kilgour, Lewis, Gobby
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights
This week's finds from the great beyond:
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Yes, That's Ruby the RabbitFoot Holding Hands With Macklemore in This Music Video
Seattle band Fences unveiled a music video for their song "Arrows" yesterday. The tune features Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, which in and of itself is not news, even if we gave a hoot; all those folks have worked together before.
But Athens residents watching the clip were surprised to see a familiar face among the highly stylized, Wes Anderson-like sets and confusing circus imagery. Yes, that's local singer-songwriter Ruby Kendrick—aka Ruby the RabbitFoot—holding hands with Mr. 'More in the still above.
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