Blog Topic: Tonight

Homedrone: Matt Hudgins to Debut Three Videos Tonight at Ciné

By Gabe Vodicka | June 10, 2013 12:15pm

Tonight at Ciné, Matt Hudgins and His Shit-Hot Country Band will debut not one, not two, but three new music videos: for the songs "Hello Again 5am" and "Adderall & Alcohol," taken from Hudgins' upcoming 7-inch, the coyly titled The Singles Collection: 2009-2013, as well as "Wilkes County Jail" from Hudgins' terrific 2012 solo release Better Days are Coming.

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Homedrone: The Last Time Yo La Tengo Came to Athens, 37 Record Store Clerks Died

By Gabe Vodicka | April 29, 2013 1:39pm

With Yo La Tengo returning to Athens for the first time in several years to play the Georgia Theatre tonight, it's worth looking back on the last time the legendary indie rock trio swung through town. The band's April 2002 appearance at the 40 Watt Club, as was astutely reported by The Onion at the time, resulted in the collapse of the legendary downtown venue and the presumed death of 37 record store clerks.

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Culture Briefs: 24 Hour-ish Scavenger Film Festival Tonight

By Gabe Vodicka | April 26, 2013 2:09pm

Tonight, Flicker Theatre & Bar, in association with FilmAthens, presents a screening of all the entries in the 24 Hour-ish Scavenger Film Festival. Each participating team created an under-seven-minute film that had to follow three guidelines: utilize a designated prop, include a given piece of dialogue and a secret third requirement.
The audience and judges' favorites will receive cash prizes (disclaimer: I'm one of the four judges). The screenings begin at 10 p.m., and the event is FREE. You know what to do.

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Homedrone: Q&A With Little Tybee, Playing Melting Point Tonight

By Sydney Slotkin | March 6, 2013 2:40pm

Flagpole: You've been billed before with Adron. How did you start playing with her, and what makes her a good fit for y'all?

Little Tybee: We have known Adron for a few years now. She was a guest vocalist on our second album, Humorous to Bees, and will sing harmonies live from time to time with Little Tybee. She is an amazingly talented songwriter. I think her sound and Little Tybee's sound complement each other well because both bands share some really great musicians who pay a lot of attention to the details. I also think that both bands don’t follow trends and popular peer pressure when crafting their sound. We are both trying to create something new and unique.

FP: Your new album, For Distant Viewing, comes out Apr. 9. Can you talk about the evolution since Humorous to Bees?

LT: For Distant Viewing represents a more realized version of Little Tybee. We have been playing together for a long time now, and we know exactly how each member writes parts and what they will bring to the writing process for the songs. At a certain point in playing with other musicians, you start to develop a language of your own, and I guess we have just become more and more fluent over the years together. With this album, all of the band members were more directly involved in writing the songs. Josh Martin wrote two of the instrumental tracks, "Fantastic Planet" and "Left Right." That is a new feature that hasn't happened in our previous albums. We were inspired to write together, as a cohesive unit, and I think that it marks a huge improvement and a fuller sound.

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Homedrone: Q&A With Lantern, Playing Farm 255 Tonight

By Dan Mistich | March 5, 2013 10:27am

Give a listen to Lantern’s latest release, Dream Mine, and you might wonder what planet the band is from. From the ambient-dance sounds of "Untitled" to "Out of Our Heads," which drips of garage rock goo, it’s clear that the band’s musical palate runs the gamut. Flagpole recently caught up with Lantern guitarist Zachary Fairbrother to discuss the relationship between gritty cities and rock and roll, the risks of defining punk, and what it’s like to be a lo-fi rocker with a background in music composition.

Flagpole: You mention on your Bandcamp page that Dream Mine is a “loose concept album” that is a “a tribute to '80s dystopic cyber punk.” Can you say something of the concepts running throughout the album?

Zachary Fairbrother: I wouldn't say there is an obvious narrative throughout the EP, because there isn't. The concept more came about while I was putting the tracks together for the release. When we were finished assembling it we were like, "Wow, this really sounds scary." It comes off very cold and bleak. The idea of it being a tribute to '80s dystopic-cyber punk came from the track, “Untitled,” which I composed as a project separate from Lantern all together. It was the theme for an imaginary cyber punk movie. I really love the look of those movies, the gritty noir, the '80s technology. The '80s definitely seemed to have a fear of technology unlike today. We, however, might want to ask ourselves some of these questions again, but that's another discussion.

Also, there are lots of industrial themes running through the EP as well, such as “Fool's Gold,” “Train Song,” “You Can't Deny Me (Revisited).” I sort imagined it as a future primitive. To compare it to a movie, it might be like Escape from New York or The Warriors. We are playing rock and roll—it's an old genre, but we want to present it in a new a fresh way, or it might be thought of how punks in the future [will] try to play punk from the past.

FP: Although you’re originally from Canada, you’re now based out of Philadelphia. Despite being the City of Brotherly Love, your new home has a reputation of being a pretty rough place. How does the environment of Philly influence your music?

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