Blog Topic: Great Job

Homedrone: The Rock*A*Teens Return to the Stage

By Gabe Vodicka | January 21, 2014 10:34am

Big news out of Atlanta, as The Rock*A*Teens, the beloved Cabbagetown garage-rock outfit whose last show was 11 years ago at the Caledonia Lounge, announced last night on its Facebook page that it will return for a pair of shows at The Earl on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.

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Grub Notes: Terrapin's New Beers for 2014

By Blake Aued | January 20, 2014 3:43pm

The hophead herpetologists at Terrapin have a busy year ahead of them. The Athens brewery recently announced additions its 2014 lineup:

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In the Loop: Watch President Obama Give a Shout-Out to a Clarke Central Advisor

By Blake Aued | January 17, 2014 10:52am

President Obama announced a new initiative Thursday to help low-income students attend college. In his speech, Obama mentioned Lawrence Harris, a University of Georgia graduate who's now a college advisor at Clarke Central High School.

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Homedrone: OutKast to Play Counterpoint; Shaky Knees Lineup Also Announced

By Gabe Vodicka | January 15, 2014 11:11am

In case you have been without Internet for the last couple days, the big news is that beloved Atlanta hip hop duo OutKast is reuniting for a 40-plus-date festival tour this spring and summer. Here are a few appearances that have been confirmed: mid-April at Coachella in Indio, CA; late April at Counterpoint outside of Atlanta; mid-May at Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, AL; early June at Governors Ball in New York; and later that month at Firefly in Delaware.

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Homedrone: Elf Power's 'Transparent Lines' Video Features Some Hot and Heavy Clogging

By Gabe Vodicka | January 13, 2014 4:02pm

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Below, watch the new music video for "Transparent Lines," a track from Elf Power's latest record,Sunlight on the Moon. (That record came in at No. 8 on our Top 10 Albums of 2013 list, which you can peruse here.)

The video, directed by Brittainy Lauback and filmed here in Athens at Orange Twin, features clog dancer Naomi Merchant, whom you might remember from her, um, previous work. It is weird and cute and kinda psychedelic. Check it out after the jump.

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In the Loop: Moral Mondays Are Coming to Georgia

By Blake Aued | January 13, 2014 3:05pm

North Carolina's Moral Monday protest movement is coming to Georgia.

The Georgia NAACP is organizing its first Moral Monday rally at 4 p.m. today outside the state capitol to urge Gov. Nathan Deal to accept federal funding to expand Medicaid. Rallies on subsequent Mondays will focus on other issues.

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Homedrone: Flagpole's Other Favorite Albums of 2013

By Gabe Vodicka | January 8, 2014 10:32am

Powerkompany

This week, we published our top 10 list of local albums released in 2013 as voted on by members of our music staff. And while all those releases were certainly great, there was a ton of other great stuff that we thought deserved some recognition. After the jump, check out a bunch of other albums that received votes in our writers' poll (and one that came out just past our deadline), with links to Flagpole's original coverage where available.

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Homedrone: Stream Gripe's Final Album via NPR (Yes, Really)

By Gabe Vodicka | January 6, 2014 10:39am

Back in June, we published a Q&A with local grindcore workhorse Gripe, wherein band members revealed that their upcoming album, In His Image, would be the group's swan song. On Jan. 14, that album will finally arrive (via North Carolina imprint Hygiene Records), but you can hear the whole thing early via NPR's First Listen.

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Culture Briefs: Zumba to Help Hungry Kids

By Blake Aued | January 3, 2014 11:57am

Food 2 Kids, the Athens chapter of The Links, Inc. and the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia are hosting a Zumba-Thon from 4–7 p.m. The price of admission is a book bag with school supplies that will be filled with non-perishable food and distributed to local students in need.

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Homedrone: Live Review: The Whigs, New Madrid, Velveteen Pink at Georgia Theatre

By Dan Mistich | January 2, 2014 10:13am

Photo Credit: Joshua Black Wilkins

The Whigs

If you’re tired of making New Year’s resolutions that you can’t keep, let me offer an alternative: How about you resolve to listen to more of the bands that rang in the New Year at the Georgia Theatre Tuesday night?

Shortly after 9 p.m., New Madrid took the stage to a sizable crowd. Having won Artist of the Year at the 2013 Flagpole Athens Music Awards and garnering a recent Pitchfork mention, the band is poised to become Athens' next big thing. The group is in awfully good hands under the guidance of David Barbe, so I eagerly await the rest of its forthcoming album, Sunswimmer (due in February via Normaltown Records).

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