Blog Topic: Video

Homedrone: Watch Michael Stipe Induct Nirvana Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Gabe Vodicka | April 11, 2014 10:59am

Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn

The 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony happened last night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where acts like Hall & Oates, Kiss, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt and Peter Gabriel were bestowed with the designation (see the full list of this year's inductees here). But the biggest moment(s) of the night came when grunge pioneers Nirvana were honored, 20 years after Kurt Cobain's death.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe was on hand to introduce the group, saying, "Nirvana were artists in every sense of the word. Nirvana tapped into a voice that was yearning to be heard. Nirvana were kicking against the mainstream. They spoke truth and a lot of people listened."

"They were singular and loud and melodic and deeply original," he continued. "And that voice. That voice. Kurt, we miss you. I miss you. This is not just pop music. This is something much greater than that."

Watch the video after the jump.

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Homedrone: Watch a New Video from Sam Sniper

By Gabe Vodicka | April 10, 2014 1:44pm

In February, we gave you the first taste of Throwing Rocks, the new album from grunge-rockers Sam Sniper. Now, the group has released a video for "Nothing is Wrong," the album's second single. It's an upbeat and melodic jam, very much in line with the band's stated '90s rock steez.

Check it after the jump.

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Homedrone: Watch a New Video from Cottonmouth, Playing Go Bar Wednesday

By Gabe Vodicka | April 8, 2014 11:46am

After the demise of the Birdhouse Collection, several acts associated with the volatile and experimental-minded musical collective either imploded or went silent. But there have been rumblings of rebirth of late, with goth-punk faves Muuy Biien dropping a stellar second LP later this month and garage-pop miscreants k i d s re-tooling their lineup and sound (yet again) and readying a new album, reportedly called Take Forever.

Cottonmouth, Jacob Deel's noise/beats/avant-pop/whatever project, is back, as well. Last week, Deel released the Skin EP, the precursor to an upcoming full-length titled Man-Cub. That's the cover art above; you can listen to the EP here. After the jump, check out a rather disturbing new music video for "Firce," the record's industrial-inspired opening track.

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Homedrone: Watch a New Video from Four Eyes

By Gabe Vodicka | April 2, 2014 2:13pm

Here's another visually striking, Matthew MacCarthy-directed music video from local pop group Four Eyes. This one's for "Feel Blue," the succinct opening track from the group's very nice new record, Our Insides. (See the clip for the sweetly savage title track here.)

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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Paul McHugh

By Dan Mistich | March 25, 2014 10:38am

Welcome to Behind the Scene, a biweekly series where Flagpole and Dirtty Toe Productions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.

Photo Credit: Mike White

WHO HE IS: Paul McHugh

WHAT HE DOES: Guitar technician for Drive-By Truckers

Video and Q&A after the jump.

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Homedrone: Watch Drive-By Truckers' Jay Gonzalez Play His 'Acoustic Keytar'

By Gabe Vodicka | March 7, 2014 12:22pm

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Local musician Jay Gonzalez is a multi-talented fella—this much we know from his 2012 album Mess of Happiness, a headstrong blend of '70s AM Gold and rainbow-hued psych-pop, not to mention his instrument-swapping work with the Drive-By Truckers.

But who knew he would take it this far? In the video after the jump, you can watch Gonzalez play "Dios te Bendiga," Mess' striking instrumental closer, on what he calls his "acoustic keytar": a Casio keyboard attached to an acoustic guitar. Dude pulls it off beautifully, of course.

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Homedrone: Watch a New Video from Don Chambers

By Gabe Vodicka | March 6, 2014 4:49pm

Local songwriter Don Chambers has a new album coming out Apr. 1. Chambers describes Disquietude as "the ugly bastard companion" to last year's A Sudden Loss of Elevation, which was a stripped-down acoustic affair (check out the Flagpole premiere of "Three Steps Down," a plaintive tune from that album, here).

Chambers has delved into more experimental territory in general of late, working with Lucas Kane on a noise/drone project, The 19th Brood (Kane contributes to the new record, as does the Olivia Tremor Control's Eric Harris and longtime collaborator John Barner), so it's unsurprising that Disquietude's first single, "Which One is Worse," is more mysterious than his recent solo work.

Watch the video after the jump.

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Homedrone: Watch This Senate Candidate Cover Jimi Hendrix

By Blake Aued | February 24, 2014 11:14am

Derrick Grayson represents everything the tea party is all about: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Well, the latter one, at least. Grayson—a longshot Republican U.S. Senate candidate nicknamed The Minister of Truth—moonlights in a Jimi Hendrix Experience cover band called The AXIS Experience

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Homedrone: Here's Video of a Guy Playing Drums on a Sled During the Icepocalypse

By Gabe Vodicka | February 14, 2014 12:36pm

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Homedrone: What Are Your Favorite Snow Day Songs?

By Gabe Vodicka | February 11, 2014 2:24pm

Since we're all stuck inside for the next 36 hours and probably beyond that, we might as well listen to some good tunes together. Feel free to post YouTube links to your favorite snow-day/ice-storm songs in the comments after the jump. We'll choose our favorites throughout the storm and throw 'em in our video playlist.

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