Blog Topic: Local Music News

Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Nana Grizol, 'Future Version' Video

By Jessica Smith | April 7, 2020 1:30pm

Nana Grizol

Local label Arrowhawk Records announced a new album by folk punk sweethearts Nana Grizol today called South Somewhere Else. Seventeen years in, songwriter Theo Hilton—who moved from Athens to New Orleans in 2016—uses the band’s fourth album to explore ideas pertaining to the Southern queer experience, activism and allyship, and complicated histories of place.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Listen to Dream Tent's New EP, 'Songs From the Quarantine Tent Vol. 1'

By Jessica Smith | March 20, 2020 12:00pm

Woolfolk initially planned on only releasing a single today, but after this hellacious week—which has left him and Strout temporarily unemployed and left home alone to jam for the time being—he managed to crank out an entire EP called Songs From the Quarantine Tent Vol. 1.

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Homedrone: Support Local Musicians Today While Bandcamp Waives its Revenue Share

By Jessica Smith | March 20, 2020 1:00pm

To raise awareness surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on musicians, Bandcamp has decided to waive its revenue share on all sales placed Friday, Mar. 20. From midnight until midnight Pacific Time, all proceeds will go directly to the artists. If you’ve been meaning to donate or purchase music, now is a great time to do so. Below, find a list of 35 local bands and performers to help get you started.

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Homedrone: Pinky Doodle Poodle Members Return to Japan After Work Visa Expires

By Gabe Vodicka | August 5, 2019 12:27pm

Photo Credit: Whitley Carpenter

Pinky Doodle Poodle, we barely knew ye: After taking Athens by storm over the past year, touring the Southeastern U.S. and playing a particularly memorable set at the 2019 Flagpole Athens Music Awards, the Japanese punk band's work visa has expired, and core members George and Yuria Hattori will return to their home country this week.

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Homedrone: Lydia Brambila Wins Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award

By Gabe Vodicka | May 17, 2019 12:39pm

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Thursday evening at The Foundry, the 2019 Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award was presented to Lydia Brambila, a local singer-songwriter who was nominated for the song "Sirena," from her 2018 album Migraineur.

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Homedrone: Friends Host Medical Benefit Sunday for Local Musician Ty Manning

By Gabe Vodicka | May 2, 2019 3:25pm

Ty Manning is an established and beloved Athens songwriter and guitarist known for his work with several local bands, including the Bearfoot Hookers and, more recently, Ty Manning and the Slawdog Biscuits—a nominee for this year's Flagpole Athens Music AwardsFolk/Americana category.

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Homedrone: Guadalcanal Diary's Jeff Walls Hospitalized With Rare Illness

By Gordon Lamb | May 1, 2019 1:30pm

Photo Credit: David Palmer

Jeff Walls (third from left) with Guadalcanal Diary in 1982.

For weeks, decades-long Athens musician, Marietta native, walking encyclopedia and friend Jeff Walls (Guadalcanal Diary, Hillbilly Frankenstein, The Woggles) has been suffering from what we now know is an exceedingly rare condition.

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Homedrone: Of Montreal, Linqua Franqa, The Whigs, More AthFest Performers Announced

By Gabe Vodicka | April 30, 2019 4:12pm

Photo Credit: Stacey-Marie Piotrowski

Linqua Franqa

Following the recent announcement of this year's outdoor AthFest headliners, the festival has revealed more of the performers who will take the stage during the 2019 event, scheduled for June 21–23.

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Homedrone: AthFest Announces 2019 Outdoor Headliners

By Gabe Vodicka | April 16, 2019 4:09pm

Dreams So Real

Right on schedule, AthFest Educates has announced the outdoor headliners for this year's AthFest Music and Arts Festival, which will take place June 21–23 in downtown Athens.

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Homedrone: Artist Crowdfunds Chiptune Version of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

By Gabe Vodicka | March 15, 2019 10:43am

Philadephia-based artist Levi Buffum, aka Doctor Octoroc, is known for his Nintendo-inspired takes on various pop culture staples, including a series of 8-bit film parodies and an imagined video-game version of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

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