Blog Topic: Video

Homedrone: Palace Doctor Releases 'There You Go' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | March 30, 2018 11:25am

After putting in work for nearly a decade with Athens rockers Modern Skirts, Phillip Brantley debuted his new trio, Palace Doctor, with last year's Mangled LP. In contrast to the Skirts' sunny indie-pop, Palace Doctor—consisting of Brantley on guitar and vocals, plus Nick Robbins (Velveteen Pink) on bass and Jeremy Wheatley (Crooked Fingers) on drums—deals in a moody, muted brand of rock that incorporates strains of grunge, doo-wop and Americana.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Cortez Garza, 'Immortal' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | March 22, 2018 3:36pm

Athens troubadour Cortez Garza releases his latest full-length, The Low Vibe, tomorrow. Flagpole's Gordon Lamb calls the album, tracked with Matt Tamisin at Japanski Studio, a "tight collection of a mere eight songs [that] is refreshing in both its brevity and strength of composition."

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Homedrone: Hear Holiday Tunes From Powerkompany, Shehehe, Gumshoe

By Gabe Vodicka | December 22, 2017 10:07am

'Tis the season—for Slackpole! But before we let readers take over the joint and head out for our annual holiday break, here's a selection of two local videos and a brand-new song guaranteed to put you in the Christmas spirit.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Kwazymoto, The Death of Darby Crash

By Gabe Vodicka | December 7, 2017 11:14am

Punk provocateurs Kwazymoto released Limerence Land, one of our favorite local albums of the year, back in October. Now, not two months later, the group is back with yet another collection of new material: the three-song concept EP The Death of Darby Crash. (Check out the album art above.)

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Space Brother, 'Freedom From Information' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | November 14, 2017 11:52am

When he's not charting cosmic sonic territory with Future Ape Tapes, Athens musician Donald Whitehead is laying down loose, lucid psych-rap grooves as Space Brother, which Flagpole's Gordon Lamb called "a nice counterpoint to the not entirely post-hip-hop, but definitely wide-open experimentalism of the Apes."

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Homedrone: Watch Michael Stipe Perform a Set of Cover Songs at NYC Benefit

By Gabe Vodicka | November 7, 2017 9:42am

Photo Credit: Andrew D. Hurley/Wikimedia Commons

It seems former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's favorite mode of performance these days is the pop-up solo covers set, whether he's opening for Patti Smith or paying tribute to David Bowie.

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Culture Briefs: UGA Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship Gets His Own Hype Video Ahead of Florida Game

By Gabe Vodicka | October 27, 2017 12:57pm

Photo Credit: Philip Williams / UGA Athletics

Of all the bright spots on this year's 7-0 Georgia Bulldogs football team, none has been more meme-worthy than Rodrigo "Godrigo" Blankenship, the bespectacled redshirt sophomore kicker from Marietta whose unkempt-Clark-Kent appearance and swaggy demeanor have made him a fast fan favorite.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Blanko, 'Hallelujah' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 21, 2017 10:21am

Relatively new Athens project Blanko isn't a band in the traditional sense. Rather, it's an audio-visual outlet for the skewed musings of local songwriter and artist Larson Collier, known for playing with indie rockers Big Morgan.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Elf Power, 'Cycling Aimlessly' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 19, 2017 3:02pm

Photo Credit: Sandra Rek

Local indie-rock stalwarts Elf Power are riding high after releasing Twitching in Time, a career highlight, back in May. Following a summer tour with Tobin Sprout, the band is settling back in to Athens life and ushering in autumn with an animated collage video for Twitching in Time gem "Cycling Aimlessly," which we're pleased to premiere today.

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Homedrone: Flagpole Premieres: Donny Knottsville, 'Strawberry Chandelier' Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 6, 2017 10:50am

Athens rapper Malcolm Walters, aka Donny Knottsville, maintains a prolific recording schedule, having released a string of solid mixtapes over the past few years, and in July he dropped his most complex and cohesive album yet, Celestial Seasons, which you can download for free on Bandcamp.

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