Blog Topic: Flagpole Premieres

Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! Party Dolls: 'I Am Not the One You Love'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 14, 2014 12:14pm

Photo Credit: Brian Manley

Party Dolls, an Athens/Atlanta pop-rock ensemble led by The District Attorneys' Drew Beskin and also featuring area notables Tedo Stone, Jeremy Wheatley, Walker Beard and Frank Keith IV, is gearing up to release its debut LP, Love Wars Baby. The album is filled with what Beskin calls "dark, honest, therapeutic and true" songwriting, personal tales of triumph and loss.

The record, engineered by Keith at his home studio, is out Feb. 14 via This Is American Music, but you can get a sneak peek by streaming one of its tracks, the plaintive "I Am Not the One You Love," after the jump.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! WereWyatt: Fuck Depression

By Gabe Vodicka | November 8, 2013 12:48pm

Local songwriter Wyatt Strother is best known for fronting the poppy folk-punk band Werewolves, but while that group was on a yearlong hiatus, he hunkered down and wrote himself a solo record as WereWyatt. Flagpole is pleased to premiere the result, Fuck Depression, available today for the low price of $4 via Strother's Athens Horse Party label. (There's the cover art above.)

Though album is officially a "solo" effort, it eschews the familiar trappings of that term in favor of a lush and layered sound featuring banjo, piano, horns, drums and much more. It also explodes with positive energy; like the title suggests, the record is a rejection of loneliness, an ode to stepping into the light.

Stream it after the jump.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Like Totally!, 'Veggie Wrap' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 22, 2013 11:46am

Local kindie rockers Like Totally! unleashed their debut LP, Good Mews, back in January. The album was chock-full of kid-friendly tunes that stood in awe of the many wonders of the world: rocketships, cookies, dolphins.

Now, Flagpole is happy to premiere an exclusive new track—recorded at The Glow Studio—and an accompanying music video directed by Zach Cowan.

Watch it after the jump.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! Hand Sand Hands: 'Before Home' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 3, 2013 11:25am

Hand Sand Hands, the experimental pop project from local guy Jonathan Miller, releases its debut LP, Lord of Talk, on Oct. 12. (You can stream the whole thing here.) Today, we're excited to premiere a video for one of the album's tracks, the distorted, skittering "Before Home."

Stream the video after the jump.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! The New Sound of Numbers: 'Complete'

By Gabe Vodicka | September 20, 2013 10:33am

Local post-punk/dance crew The New Sound of Numbers has been working on its new LP Invisible Magnetic for the better part of this year; back in March, we gave you a taste of the title track. Now, finally, the album is prepped for mass consumption, and the group will celebrate with a release show at Flicker Theatre & Bar tonight.

Today, Flagpole is beyond excited to premiere an exclusive new tune from the record, which is out on local imprint Cloud Recordings. Below, stream "Complete," a joyous, psychedelic dance workout and Invisible Magnetic's second track.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! Elf Power: 'Lift the Shell'

By Gabe Vodicka | September 18, 2013 10:38am

Elf Power celebrates the release of its 12th studio album, Sunlight on the Moon, with a show this Saturday at The World Famous. (Read our Q&A with frontman Andrew Rieger.) At the show, folks can grab advance copies of the record, which is officially out Oct. 1 via Orange Twin. The band has been teasing the album for several weeks, leaking two singles, the ebullient title track and the fuzzed-out "A Grey Cloth Covering My Face."

Today, Flagpole is excited to premiere an exclusive third track from the album. "Lift the Shell" is an insistent, invigorating trip of a song. It's also the album's most experimental track, with all its (literal) bells and whistles, though a luminescent pop core shines through.

Stream the song after the jump.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres! Grant Evans: Roman Persuasion

By Gabe Vodicka | September 3, 2013 11:29am

Grant Evans

Welcome to Flagpole Premieres!, where we debut exclusive new material from local artists.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Don Chambers, 'Three Steps Down'

By Gabe Vodicka | May 14, 2013 12:14pm

Don Chambers

Local songwriter Don Chambers has spent much time exploring the "whiskey-soaked bootstomps" of a certain rowdy brand of Southern folk music, but A Sudden Loss of Elevation, Chambers' upcoming solo LP, finds him quieting down. "These are solo, acoustic, diminutive, romantic, natural recordings," says Chambers, "nothing too tricky, though a few songs did have some help from Thayer Sarrano and my wife Sanni Baumgaertner."

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: k i d s, 'Give it Up' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | May 8, 2013 1:56pm

Since its inception, Jared Collins' k i d s project has become less of an enigma, solidifying into something sleek and sure. This doesn't mean it's any less exciting; with each release—and there are lots of them—the group, which finally features a steady cast of charaters thanks to Velocirapture's unforeseen but brilliant assignment as Collins' backing band, continues to hone its sound in unexpected ways.

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