Blog Topic: New Music

Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Georgia Dish Boys, 'Meme'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 14, 2020 9:09am

Photo Credit: Sloan Simpson

Athens roots-rock band Georgia Dish Boys exude down-home charm, from their hand-stitched cover art to their unorthodox recording methods. Yet the group's music also radiates with weird North Georgia grit, as heard on 2017's cacophonous Get Gone.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Elijah Johnston, 'Find Your Bliss'

By Gabe Vodicka | November 29, 2019 12:05pm

Athens singer-songwriter Elijah Johnston jokingly refers to himself as a "recovering lo-fi addict," and his recent work has indeed found him ditching murky home recordings in favor of a clean, crisp full-band sound.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Bill Jr. Jr., 'Renaissance Man' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | November 26, 2019 8:26am

Led by Vancouver, BC, singer-songwriter Russell Gendron, the music of indie-folk act Bill Jr. Jr."meander[s], dreamlike, through feelings of uncertainty and loss, physical neighborhoods and change," according to the band's bio.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Brendan Abernathy, '3 Blocks Down the Road'

By Gabe Vodicka | November 13, 2019 12:25pm

Athens singer-songwriter Brendan Abernathy spent three years in the local rock band Light Brigade before setting out on his own as a singer-songwriter, using loop-based techniques to add live layers to his rich, melodic confessionals. For the past few months, Abernathy has been on a house show tour of the U.S., and he'll finish up the current run with a show at the 40 Watt Club on Nov. 19.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Sarah Zúñiga, 'I Like Knowing You're Around' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 25, 2019 1:52pm

Photo Credit: Logan Potter

Athens singer-songwriter Sarah Zúñiga specializes in the sort of earnest, heart-tugging folk-pop that's made for mid-afternoon drives and sunny poolside hangs. Last year, she released a debut EP, Someday Soon, and now she's back with a lighthearted new single and accompanying video, which we're happy to premiere today.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Hunger Anthem, 'Remedy' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 22, 2019 10:21am

Athens power-pop-punk trio Hunger Anthem has been quiet on the release front since dropping 2015's Cut the Chord EP, a five-song slice of hook-laden rock that "bursts with urgency and is packed with jaw-droppingly great tunefulness," per Flagpole scribe Gordon Lamb.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Je Suis France, 'Looking for Someone Like Me' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 9, 2019 10:48am

After forming at UGA in the late 1990s, Je Suis France established a reputation as Athens' go-to indie-rock party band, releasing a self-titled 2000 LP and 2003's terrific Fantastic Area—as well as a stream of exploratory CD-Rs that showcased the group's mischievous side—before its members scattered to various corners of the continent.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Magnapop, 'Leo'

By Gabe Vodicka | September 20, 2019 11:20am

Co-led by former Oh-OK member Linda Hopper and featuring the estimable songwriting and guitar stylings of Ruthie Morris, Atlanta band Magnapop saw minor U.S. success in the mid-'90s thanks to alt-rock earworms like "Open the Door." But the band has carved out a steady career since, thanks largely to its popularity among European listeners, and on Sept. 27 it will release a sixth full-length—the group's first album in a decade—titled The Circle Is Round.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Annie Leeth, 'Sherbet Sky'

By Gabe Vodicka | September 17, 2019 8:46am

With her canny pop-classical hybrid, violinist Annie Leeth has established herself as an Athens-music chameleon, able to slide seamlessly onto experimental and indie-pop bills alike. Since releasing her debut LP, Recurrence, last year, Leeth has continued to fine-tune her expressive, loop-based approach.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Future Lives, 'Huckabee' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 4, 2019 10:07am

Led by former King of Prussia frontman Brandon Hanick, Athens "spirit-folk" recording project/supergroup Future Lives also features members of Drive-By Truckers and Velveteen Pink, as well as violinist Annie Leeth and pop songsmith Nicholas Mallis, among others.

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