Blog Topic: New Music

Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Boy (feat. Members of Waitress, Nurture): 'Art Donut'

By Gabe Vodicka | March 11, 2015 11:45am

Photo Credit: Asa Ferqueron

Get in on the ground floor with Boy, a brand new Athens-based punk duo featuring guitarist/bassist/vocalist Dionnet Bhatti (Nurture) and drummer Scott Chalfant (Waitress).

The band's first single, "Art Donut," which Flagpole is happy to premiere today, is a lean, aggressive slice of noise-rock that should please fans of similar slash-and-burn groups like Unwound and Pissed Jeans.

Check out "Art Donut":

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Fake Flowers, 'Don't Cry, Kiddo'

By Gabe Vodicka | March 5, 2015 12:25pm

Athens/Atlanta dream-pop trio Fake Flowers (full disclosure: Andy Barton, the band's drummer, is an occasional Flagpole contributor) have tooled around the scene for some time, releasing the five-song Opaque Pop EP last summer, a slick set of jangly, melodic tunes that referenced Kevin Shields, Teenage Fanclub and The Feelies in equal measure.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Slow Parade, 'Stink I'm In'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 29, 2015 12:01pm

New Athens/Atlanta-based rock trio Slow Parade features members of local moodsmiths Cicada Rhythm and Grand Vapids, and the music on the group's upcoming debut album, Big Plans, feels at times like a cross between the former's sepia-toned folk and the latter's slowcore shuffle.

But the kicker comes in the form of guitarist Matthew Pendrick, a former street busker and frontman of roots rockers Midnight Revival, whose insistent, twangy yowl anchors the band's free-floating instrumentation.

Today Flagpole is pleased to premiere the first single from Big Plans, set for release this spring.

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Homedrone: Watch New Videos from Monsoon, Kenosha Kid

By Gabe Vodicka | January 28, 2015 3:40pm

Two new videos to get you hyped on the current state of Athens music, which, ICYDK, Athens music is basically just like CRUSHING IT right now:

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Homedrone: Hear New Music From The Goons, Kissing Booth, Monsoon

By Gabe Vodicka | December 30, 2014 4:06pm

Kissing Booth

The concert calendar has slowed to a crawl these last few weeks of 2014, but a bunch of local bands are gearing up to release new albums in the coming days and weeks. Get a taste of three recommended recordings below:

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Homedrone: Listen to The Dream Scene's Christmas II

By Gabe Vodicka | December 17, 2014 12:18pm

Forget Black Messiah: Athens just got its own musical Christmas present in the form of a long-awaited surprise release from local avant-pop outfit The Dream Scene.

If you're unfamiliar with Javier Morales' excellent 2009 collection of lovingly warped holiday tunes, go check it out. I'll wait.

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Good, you're back. Wasn't that awesome? What's that? You want more? Well, pilgrim, you're in luck: Yesterday, Morales unveiled a sequel to Christmas.

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Homedrone: Hear a Song From of Montreal's Upcoming Album, Aureate Gloom

By Gabe Vodicka | December 10, 2014 12:25pm

Photo Credit: Ben Rouse

News came down yesterday that of Montreal, the long-running, shape-shifting Athens-based indie-pop project helmed by songwriter Kevin Barnes, will release a new full-length Mar. 3 via Polyvinyl.

Aureate Gloom will feature the same core cast of musicians as last year's Lousy with Sylvianbriar— Clayton Rychlik, Bob Parins, Bennett Lewis and JoJo Glidewell—though if single "Bassem Sabry" is any indication, Barnes and company have ditched the garage-rock of that record in favor of a strange, stripped-down dirty-disco sound.

Stream "Bassem Sabry" below:

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Homedrone: Hear Tracks From Grand Vapids' Upcoming Debut

By Gabe Vodicka | November 25, 2014 1:00pm

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Rising from the ashes of unpretentious and underrated local folk-rock outfit Androcles and the Lion, rockers Grand Vapids are currently prepping the release of a debut titled Guarantees, out Jan. 20. (You can pre-order the album on CD here.)

In advance of the release, the band has premiered five tunes from the record, four of which you can stream below (the fifth is available to stream or download over at Stereogum).

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Homedrone: The Weekly Three: Daniel Lanois, Radian and Howe Gelb, Marissa Nadler

By Gabe Vodicka | November 24, 2014 4:30pm

Photo Credit: Courtney B. Hall

Marissa Nadler

This week's new finds from the great beyond:

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Homedrone: The Weekly Three: Captain Beefheart, Loscil, Raekwon

By Gabe Vodicka | November 18, 2014 2:53pm

Captain Beefheart

This week's new finds from the great beyond:

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