Blog Topic: Tonight

Homedrone: Win Tickets: Helmet Plays 40 Watt Tonight

By Gabe Vodicka | September 24, 2015 10:22am

Photo Credit: Tom Hoppa

Alt-metal titans Helmet will play their 1994 album Betty in its entirety, as well as a second set of other material, at the 40 Watt Club tonight. We've got two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose two winners at 4:30 p.m.

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Homedrone: Tonight in Athens: The Welfare Liners, Eyelet, Thayer Sarrano and More

By Gabe Vodicka | September 18, 2015 1:05pm

Photo Credit: Krystin Keller

The Welfare Liners

Tonight's live-music options are numerous and promising, starting with Thayer Sarrano's album-release show at Seney-Stovall Chapel and continuing on to:

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Homedrone: Win Tickets: Swervedriver Plays 40 Watt Tonight

By Gabe Vodicka | September 16, 2015 12:02pm

Photo Credit: Giles Borg

UK shoegazers Swervedriver play the 40 Watt Club tonight, and we've got not one but two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose the winners at 4:30 p.m.

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Homedrone: Tonight in Athens: Jib Kidder, Mild High Club

By Gabe Vodicka | September 10, 2015 11:18am

Mild High Club

Lemme tell you about a couple primo opportunities to get your psych on tonight in Athens.

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Homedrone: Win Tickets: X Plays Georgia Theatre Tonight

By Gabe Vodicka | September 8, 2015 11:58am

Photo Credit: Gary Leonard

L.A. punk legends X play the Georgia Theatre tonight, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away. To enter, tell us why you deserve to go for free in the comments below. We'll choose a winner at 4:30 p.m.

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In the Loop: Where to Watch the GOP Presidential Debate

By Blake Aued | August 6, 2015 1:35pm

Photo Credit: Mike Licht/Flickr

Election season is officially upon us: The first televised Republican presidential debate airs at 8:50 p.m. today on Fox News. It will be HUGE, the CLASSIEST debate ever.

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Culture Briefs: R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Talks David Letterman

By Blake Aued | May 20, 2015 1:56pm

R.E.M. performs on "Late Night with David Letterman" in 1983.

R.E.M. and David Letterman go way back. The Athens legends made their national television debut on Letterman’s former NBC show in 1983. And when Letterman announced to his studio audience last April, musical guest Mike Mills broke the news on Twitter.

Mills recently gave an interview about Letterman to Salon.com editor David Daley, a former Athens resident. He talked about that tweet, the time Dan Rather (whose mugging inspired "What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”) sat in with the band, as well as that first appearance, when the up-and-comers followed up single “Radio Free Europe” with an untitled song that would become “So. Central Rain.”

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Homedrone: Tonight in Athens: Tall Tall Trees, Laser Background

By Gabe Vodicka | March 12, 2015 11:25am

Photo Credit: Ben Rouse

Tall Tall Trees

When the kiddies are away, the heathens will play, and there are a couple fine opportunities to get your Spring Break party on in Athens tonight. (Spring Break!)

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Homedrone: Win Tickets: Turquoise Jeep Plays 40 Watt Tonight

By Gabe Vodicka | March 6, 2015 10:50am

Hip hop oddballs Turquoise Jeep play the 40 Watt Club Friday with support from locals Playground Hero and Blacknerdninja, and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away.

To enter, tell us why you should win in the comments below. We'll choose the two best answers at 4 p.m.

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Culture Briefs: Oscar Best Picture Nominees, Reviewed

By Blake Aued | February 22, 2015 11:43am

After all the overly long speeches and cringe-inducing musical numbers, we'll finally find out what a few old white people in Los Angeles think was the best movie of 2014. Here's what Flagpole film critics Drew Wheeler and Derek Hill had to say about the Oscar best picture nominees:

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