Blog Topic: Video

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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Homedrone: Video: Athens Cowboy Choir Played Flagpole's Parade of Lights Float

By Gabe Vodicka | December 4, 2015 10:30am

Last night, the annual Parade of Lights took over downtown Athens for a celebration of all things festive. As has become tradition, Flagpole, the 40 Watt Club and AthFest Educates teamed up to sponsor the official Athens Music Scene float. This year, we invited the Athens Cowboy Choir to regale onlookers with holiday songs "from just outside the city."

Check out two videos of the action below, shot by Flagpole production director Larry Tenner:

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In the Loop: Video: Rally to Decriminalize Pot in Athens

By Blake Aued | December 3, 2015 11:52am

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Athens CARE (Campaign for Access, Reform and Education) and Georgia CARE rallied outside City Hall on Tuesday in an effort to convince the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission to decriminalize marijuana possession. Flagpole photographer Joshua L. Jones was there:

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Homedrone: Watch a Live Video of Adam Klein's 'Song for a New Year'

By Gabe Vodicka | October 27, 2015 10:45am

Last month, Athens alt-country troubadour Adam Klein released Archer's Arrow, his sixth album. The record, a collaboration with now-defunct Athens band Nutria, had been in the works since 2010; Klein shelved the project for several years, releasing Sky Blue DeVille with his live band, The Wild Fires, in 2013.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Antlered Aunt Lord, 'The Beezwax' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | October 20, 2015 10:11am

Photo Credit: Brigette Adair Herron

Antlered Aunt Lord, the slow-simmering local garage-pop project led by songwriter Jesse Stinnard (also of Tunabunny fame), is all set to release its Ostensibly Formerly Stunted (and on fire) LP Nov. 20 via HHBTM. Today, we're tickled pink to provide y'all with a first taste of the LP via the video for "The Beezwax," the record's fuzz-forward, steadfastly hummable lead single.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: The Hernies, 'Learn to Live Alone' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 30, 2015 12:45pm

Local indie rock outfit The Hernies has existed in some form since 2013, but its lineup has recently solidified into a four-piece unit featuring Henry Barbe, Winston Barbe, Glenn Reece and Evan Amburn. The band is reportedly prepping the release of its debut album, which it hopes to have out early next year.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: New Madrid, 'Manners' Live Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 9, 2015 10:27am

Photo Credit: Chelsea Kornse

Athens band New Madrid has spent much of the past year on the road in support of their debut LP, Sunswimmer. Part of that time is documented on Dawn Teeth Rattling, a live EP engineered by David Barbe and released on Record Store Day.

Today, we've got the premiere of the official video for "Manners," a Sunswimmer standout that appears in live form on the RSD EP.

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Culture Briefs: This Year's UGA Football Hype Video is Not as Good as Last Year's UGA Football Hype Video

By Gabe Vodicka | August 23, 2015 2:42pm

With two weeks (!) until UGA's season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, it's time yet again to evaluate the team's annual preseason hype video.

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In the Loop: Body-Cam Video Shows Officer Beating UGA Student

By Blake Aued | August 11, 2015 4:52pm

Photo Credit: Clarke County Sheriff's Office

Former Officer Jonathan Fraser.

A former Athens-Clarke County police officer hit a University of Georgia college student in the head with a baton, then struck him again while he was already on the ground, according to body-camera footage obtained by 11 Alive news.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Louie Larceny, 'White Money' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | July 16, 2015 10:35am

Good news for fans of defunct local hip hop group Mad Axes: One of that act's founding members, Louie Larceny, is gearing up to release White Love, a 12-track effort recorded, mixed and mastered by Joel Hatstat, this fall.

Earlier this week, Larceny posted the album's moody, menacing first single, "White Money," tohis Bandcamp page. Today, Flagpole is pleased to premiere the song's stylish video.

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