More ATL predictions for 2012
Mighty High Coup, heRobust, Cousin Dan, and more weigh in on the coming year
- Mighty High Coup
For this week's CL music feature, 13 predictions for Atlanta's music scene(s) in 2012, I got together with a pretty broad swath of local artists to talk about their New Year's resolutions, predictions for the upcoming year, and what they would like to see happen in 2012 that could make Atlanta's music scene better and stronger. Every day this week we'll release a handful of outtakes from the rest of these conversations we've had over the last two weeks.
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Boom rap trio Mighty High Coup set their 2012 banter to a beat!
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- Jeffrey Bützer
Jeffrey Bützer: Pianist, accordionist, composer, the Bicycle Eaters
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New Year’s resolutions?
a) I am going to give up sarcasm, for good this time!
b) Learn to tie a bowtie, clip-ons are embarrassing.
c) Start saying “it is a no brainer” more often. Then stop.
d) Read twice as many books and eat half as many French fries.
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I think Places are going to stop returning my calls next year. They are young, attractive, and write nice songs, and the “leader” is named Nico… It is a no brainer. Also, Small Reactions, 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra, Adron, Night Driving in Small Towns, and Oryx and Crake will carry on being incredible and surprising.
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I think dancing to music would help make the ATL music scene stronger, and going to see bands that you are not friends with. And it would be nice if we could learn to not care if another band is doing well or getting good press.
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Brannon Boyle, Speakeasy Promotion
I wish more Atlanta bands would go on tours, and I wish the people that go see popular music all the time would go see local music more often. I also wish all the people that go to crowded places and listen to bad music because they know it will be a party, would take a risk and go see some good music and MAKE it a party.
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Michael Keenan, singer for noise rock outfit HAWKS
More focus on live shows. More energy and more diverse bills, there are a lot of great bands that sound nothing alike in this town let's take it back to 2001 and mix those shows up a bit.