Blog Topic: New Music

Homedrone: Arbor Labor Union Releases Video for Eight-Minute LP Centerpiece 'Volume Peaks'

By Gabe Vodicka | May 19, 2016 11:52am

Photo Credit: Dorothy Stucki

Last November, Athens/Atlanta band Pinecones, a fast Flagpole favorite, announced it was changing its name to Arbor Labor Union and signing with indie juggernaut Sub Pop, which released the group's new album, I Hear You, May 13.

The band recently revealed a music video for the record's eight-minute centerpiece, the muscular, meandering "Volume Peaks." The clip was filmed at Jekyll Island's Driftwood Beach and a Ruth Street house and features lighting by local psychedelic-projection collective Eye Gate.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Orca Mug, 'Yeah, The Void'

By Gabe Vodicka | May 19, 2016 10:02am

Athens musician JJ Posway fronts the emo-tinged indie-pop outfit scooterbabe and creates dark, textural instrumental music as Aprotag. Now Posway has a third project, the electronic-minded Orca Mug, and today we're happy to premiere the title track from Orca Mug's upcoming EP, Yeah, The Void.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: The Quiet Pack, 'Meet Me On the Astral Plane'

By Gabe Vodicka | April 26, 2016 11:44am

Athens-based indie hip hop artist Marshall Moore retired his Hairy Confucius moniker last December, but fret not: Moore is back as The Quiet Pack, and today we're happy to premiere the project's first single, the jazzy, understated "Meet Me On the Astral Plane."

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Scott Low, 'Body Bag'

By Gabe Vodicka | April 19, 2016 11:11am

Alt-country troubadour Scott Low has deep Athens music ties, as the former frontman of Efren and Scott Low & the Southern Bouillon. Currently, Low is prepping the release of The New Vintage, a solo record that's out June 17 via South Carolina imprint 10 Foot Woody Records.

Today, we're pleased to premiere the album's second single, the boisterous, somewhat menacing "Body Bag." Stream it below:

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Homedrone: Behold a New Video From The Rodney Kings

By Gabe Vodicka | March 3, 2016 1:05pm

After a substantial hiatus, local three-piece street-punk outfit The Rodney Kings has returned with a new EP, Friday Night With… The Rodney Kings, two songs from which you can currently stream on Bandcamp. The band plans to release the second half of the EP later this month.

Below, check out a video for one of the new tracks, "Black Out." The clip stars the band's three members, as well as a certain Athens-based alternative weekly that continues to defy all odds by thriving in the midst of a frankly terrifying print-media landscape.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Futo, 'Green' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | March 2, 2016 10:35am

Patrick Brick, the songwriter behind Athens-based one-man electro-pop project Futo, is prepping a new LP, Futo's Greatest Hits. The follow-up to last year's Flagpole fave I Wish I Had Been Born as the Rain That Forms Rivers That Carve Out Canyons will drop Apr. 20.

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Homedrone: Here's a Trippy New New Madrid Video

By Gabe Vodicka | February 24, 2016 12:18pm

Athens rock foursome New Madrid are prepping a new full-length, magnetkingmagnetqueen, which'll drop Apr. 29 via local imprint Normaltown Records. The follow-up to 2014'sSunswimmer looks to expand on that record's subtle psychedelic edge, and new song "Knots" hammers the point home with effects-laden guitar work and a spaced-out vocal delivery from singer Phil McGill.

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Homedrone: Stream Mothers' Stunning Debut Via NPR

By Gabe Vodicka | February 18, 2016 10:34am

Photo Credit: Erez Avissar

If any local band is currently Having a Moment, it's Mothers, songwriter Kristine Leschper's solo project turned full-band stunner. After turning heads on tour with of Montreal, taping an NPR Tiny Desk Concert and earning praise from Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and other tastemaking blogs, the group is set to release its debut LP, When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired, Feb. 26 via Grand Jury.

Now you can stream the album in its entirety thanks to NPR, who premiered it via its First Listen series yesterday:

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Homedrone: Hear a Bangin' Tune from Eureka California's Upcoming Album

By Gabe Vodicka | February 1, 2016 2:18pm

Photo Credit: Stacey-Marie Piotrowski

Local rock duo Eureka California is gearing up to release Versus, the band's third LP, on Mar. 25 via local label HHBTM Records. Recently, they dropped the album's first single, the fierce, fuzzed-out "Sign My Name With an X." You can stream the track below:

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Homedrone: Watch a New Video from Scott Low

By Gabe Vodicka | December 15, 2015 10:58am

Photo Credit: Ryan Myers

Former Efren frontman and solo Americana troubadour Scott Low just dropped a new, five-song EP, Stole & Spent. You can stream or download the record over on Bandcamp, and below, you can watch a video for one of the EP's tracks, the wistful "Keep On Getting Lost."

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