Blog Topic: New Music

Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Georgia Dish Boys, 'I Can’t Act (Like I Don’t Feel Good)'

By Gabe Vodicka | May 21, 2019 9:18am

As unpredictable as they are hard-working, Athens band Georgia Dish Boys are set to follow up last year's rocking Nine Song Movie, which blended trashy Crazy Horse riffage with aching alt-folk, with a new LP, Good Country Livin, in July.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Partials, 'Walls Fall'

By Gabe Vodicka | May 3, 2019 9:26am

With the release of last year's Glossolalia—one of Flagpole's favorite local EPs of 2018—Athens group Partials established themselves as the thinking-person's party band, blending heady funk and Afrobeat grooves with rich, provocative lyrics exploring themes of technology and isolation.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Dope KNife Featuring Linqua Franqa, 'Make Perfect Remix'

By Gabe Vodicka | April 30, 2019 8:43am

Though currently based out of Savannah, rapper and producer Kedrick Mack, aka Dope KNife, has formed a close relationship with the Athens scene over the past couple of years, appearing regularly on local bills and collaborating with local artists.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Cicada Rhythm Covers Simon and Garfunkel's 'Cecilia'

By Gabe Vodicka | April 19, 2019 9:42am

Photo Credit: Jason Huffer

Athens duo Cicada Rhythm released one of Flagpole's favorite local records of last year with the electrified Everywhere I Go, a cool and confident album that showcased the roots group's expanded palette. Today, we're excited to premiere another new Cicada Rhythm recording: the group's cover of Simon and Garfunkel's lovelorn pop song "Cecilia."

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Walden, The Static EP Stream

By Gabe Vodicka | April 4, 2019 4:02pm

Athens four-piece Walden boasts a soaring, radio-ready sound inspired by melody-drenched megastars like U2 and Coldplay. In a testament to its mainstream appeal, the band won the Road to Roo competition in both 2016 and 2017, earning it a spot on the Bonnaroo lineup and a legion of new fans to boot.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Ryne Meadow, There Are Clouds in the Sky Album Stream

By Gabe Vodicka | April 2, 2019 8:44am

Singer-songwriter Ryne Meadow, an Athens native, moved to the New York City area a few years back, but a debilatating bout with depression and anxiety during what he dubs the "dark, two-year stint" left him unsteady and uncertain. Returning home, he "set out to create a new set of songs documenting his daily battle with mental health issues," according to a press release.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Nicholas Mallis, 'Artificial Irrelevance' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | March 26, 2019 12:24pm

Photo Credit: Ben Rouse

Local songwriter Nicholas Mallis traffics in the sort of crisp, easy guitar-pop that can just as easily soundtrack a midday Hendershot's hang as a post-Go Bar A.M. comedown. Bright and tuneful but with enough existential angst to keep things from turning too florid, Mallis' music nods to his soft-rock forebears while remaining rooted in Classic City strange.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Adam Klein, 'Dog Days'

By Gabe Vodicka | February 21, 2019 11:09am

Guitarist and songwriter Adam Klein is an Athens roots-music trailblazer, as evidenced by his seven-album discography, which started with 2006's Distant Music and continues with Low Flyin' Planes, a new LP out Mar. 1 on Klein's label, Cowboy Angel Music.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Curt Castle, If I'm Here at All Album Stream

By Gabe Vodicka | February 8, 2019 11:42am

Photo Credit: Rose Egle

As the bassist for voguish local eclecto-pop outfit Reptar, Ryan Engelberger specialized in bubbly rhythms and spirited melodies. With Semicircle, he helped craft thoughtful arrangements that were delivered in hushed tones.

Now, as Curt Castle, he has found a satisfying middle ground, mining pathos from pop on his debut, If I'm Here at All, which is out today on True Blue Records. To coincide with the release, we're pleased to provide a stream of the new LP in its entirety.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Grand Vapids, 'Dead Syllables'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 18, 2019 9:35am

Photo Credit: Alec Stanley

Believe it or not, it's been four whole years since the release of Guarantees, the impressive debut album from Athens mood-rockers Grand Vapids. That record, which Flagpole's Andy Barton called "an album of sheer beauty, featuring a dense wall of guitars and a chugging rhythm section," received praise from regional and national outlets and established the foursome as a Classic City band to watch.

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