Blog Topic: Great Job

Culture Briefs: The 40 Watt Is Getting a Music History Mural

By Blake Aued | December 2, 2013 2:45pm

LEAD Athens is working with the 40 Watt Club to install a mural on the music venue's mostly-blank western wall.

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Homedrone: Hear a New Song From Madeline (Feat. Members of Wowser Bowser)

By Gabe Vodicka | December 2, 2013 10:51am

Photo by Daniel Fell

Locally bred singer-songwriter Madeline Adams has been camped out in Atlanta for a bit now, so it's unsurprising that the first bit of recorded material we've heard from her in months features contributions from three members of an ATL outfit, avant-pop group Wowser Bowser.

"Parents Houses," a reflective, holiday-themed song, is lusher and sleeker than Madeline's past work, though the singer remains the focal point; with its faded drum programming and icy synths, it's a lovely, grayscaled tune.

Listen after the jump.

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Homedrone: Live Review: Deerhunter at 40 Watt Club, Saturday, Nov. 16

By Gabe Vodicka | November 18, 2013 12:10pm

Photo Credit: Robert Semmer

Deerhunter

Elf Power, the opener at the 40 Watt Saturday night, was very good. It was no surprise; Elf Power is usually very good. But I'd like to take a quick minute to talk about Deerhunter, because Deerhunter was fucking great.

More after the jump.

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Homedrone: Hear an Explosive New Track from Uncle Pizza (Feat. JuBee, murk daddy flex)

By Gabe Vodicka | November 13, 2013 2:15pm

Below, stream a just-released track from Uncle Pizza, the mysterious, Italian-food-themed new collaboration between local MC Dwayne "JuBee" Webb (of JuBee and the Morning After), producer murk daddy flex, whose sample-driven instrumental hip hop has been a Flagpole favorite this year and "Tony Rigatoni," a.k.a. Woodfangs' Elliott Anderson.

The delicious "Dynomite" is a saucy, cheesed-up slice of fuzzed-out hip hop that goes decidedly hard. (There's the ridiculous cover art above.) JuBee assures us there's more coming, but for now, this two-and-a-half-minute jam will have to do.

Stream it after the jump.

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In the Loop: Frank Eberhart's House Burned Down; Here's How to Help

By Blake Aued | November 13, 2013 11:36am

Eberhart owns Marvin's Shoe Service, the popular cobbling shop on College Square.

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Homedrone: The New Cars Can Be Blue Video is Spooky, Scary

By Gabe Vodicka | November 5, 2013 11:37am

Photo Credit: Jim Hix

Halloween was last week, but you can keep the bad vibez flowing by watching the new video from local noise-pop outfit Cars Can Be Blue. "Monster" is a tune from the band's third LP, Trace the Tension (just out on HHBTM; look for a Flagpole review next week).

Like much of the band's output, "Monster" is kitschy and caked in grime, a tough and tawdry tale of nightmarish childhood memories. The black-and-white video, directed by Jordan Reyes, is a fun if slightly unsettling watch:

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Homedrone: Live Review: Neutral Milk Hotel at 40 Watt Club, Thursday, Oct. 24

By Gabe Vodicka | October 25, 2013 10:53am

The 40 Watt was packed to the gills Thursday for the conclusion of Neutral Milk Hotel's three-night stand. As it was more or less a locals-only show (slash a people-who-used-to-be-locals-only show), there was a distinct vibe of cameraderie (and, er, draaank) in the air; the band, especially the newly Teen Wolf-ed Jeff Mangum, seemed to respond in kind. Also, it was real sweaty up in there.

The band's set, which began in solo-Mangum fashion with "Oh Comely" and concluded an hour or so later with the similarly stripped-down "Two Headed Boy Pt. 2" (setlist here) was fast and loose in between; in fact, it got damn near rowdy at points. During uptempo songs like "Holland, 1945" and "Ghost," Mangum led a spontaneous pogo-dance charge onstage until the whole thing began to feel, well, sorta like a house show.

More after the jump.

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Homedrone: Live Review: Neutral Milk Hotel at 40 Watt Club, Wednesday, Oct. 23

By Blake Aued | October 24, 2013 2:30pm

We really need another photo of these guys.

Let's get this out of the way: Jeff Mangum is not some kind of reclusive, enigmatic indie guru sitting cross-legged on a mountaintop, waiting for you to climb up and shout his lyrics at him. He's just a guy who wrote some really honest, poetic songs about love in the face of impending death, then recorded them with a bunch of his friends.

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Homedrone: UPDATED: Can Nuci's Space Save the R.E.M. Steeple?

By Blake Aued | October 21, 2013 5:36pm

Nuçi's Space is hoping to preserve and possibly restore the steeple of a nearby former church made famous as the site of R.E.M.'s first-ever show.

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In the Loop: Here Are the AthHalf Winners

By Blake Aued | October 20, 2013 1:59pm

More than 3,000 runners took part in the AthHalf half marathon this morning. Winners below the jump.

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