Local releases July 15 2000 Local Music Features
CATFIGHT! Frustrated (Worry Bird); second full-length by female rock trio; recorded at Bakos Amp Works with Jeff Bakos; website: www.catfight.net
EMERALD ROSE, Bending Tradition (self-release); Celtic folk quartet’s debut CD; release party Fri., July 14 at the Red Light Cafe; website: www.emeraldrose.com
THE GLANDS, self-titled (Capricorn); second CD from Athens quirky pop quartet; first on...
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Greasepaint send up the clowns Local Music Features
The skinny on Slim Fatz Local Music Features
Woggles’ wild Wednesdays Local Music Features
Bulletin Board July 08 2000 Local Music Features
Eddie’s Attic strikes again on July 9 when it hosts a show to help Berne Poliakoff, aka Frenchy of Cowboy Envy. Funds raised go to pay off the medical bills accrued during her recent successful bout with breast cancer. Performers include Elsie Witt, Doria Roberts, Lift, Gracie and the Slipcovers and Gentle Readers. Suggested donation is $10; show time is 5 p.m. Additional donations can be sent...
Sharp notes July 08 2000 Local Music Features
“Nothin’ Like a Train,” a song from Athens roots rockers Vigilantes of Love’s most recent album, was featured on the WB’s hit show “Felicity” May 17, a sure sign VOL frontman Mallonee has upped himself a few notches on the teen hipness meter. Mallonee and his revolving bandmates have hit the road to try to capitalize on the achievement.
She’s no scrub herself. Kandi Buruss, former member of...
| more...Friends, family and Los Vecinos del Mundo Local Music Features
Bulletin Board July 01 2000 Local Music Features
Sharp notes July 01 2000 Local Music Features
The Black Crowes have parted ways with Sony and taken up with Richard Branson’s fledgling V2 label. Not wanting to rush into things, the band will release their debut album in the spring of 2001, well after they complete their summer tour with Zepp-meister Jimmy Page. In this week’s TLC breakup news, Rozonda “Chili” Thomas has clarified her statement to Mademoiselle magazine about leaving the...
Ebony and ivory Local Music Features
Dancing for freedom Local Music Features
Prestige-ous man, again Local Music Features
Southern delicacies Local Music Features
Kathleen Turner Overdrive gets back in gear Local Music Features
It was a hard decision to make back then, says Tim Nielsen, remembering his 1994 departure from Kathleen Turner Overdrive, the Atlanta band he founded in 1993 and recently reformed. “I quite possibly made a huge mistake when I chose to go with Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ instead.”
At that time, KTO was widely considered the city’s best rock group - a reputation solidified by their self-titled ‘94 CD....
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Spittin’ out sparks with STB Local Music Features
This is not folk music, says singer/songwriter/guitarist Sonia Tetlow of her band STB.”Sometimes, we get booked with folk acts, and the reaction is always the same. They go ‘Wow, we didn’t know you rockedthat hard!’ And I say, ‘Well, what did you expect?’”
Tetlow’s fiery approach on STB’s recently released CD, Spit, resembles that of Chrissy Hynde or Melissa Etheridge, but without imitation....
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Local Releases April 22 2000 Local Music Features
COMES WITH THE FALL, self-titled (self-released); debut CD by rock quartet formerly known as Madfly; recorded at Tree Sound and Audio Art with Russ Fowler; website: www.comeswiththefall.com
GREAT LAKES, self-titled (Kindercore); Elephant Six trio’s debut; mixed with Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo; featuring Neutral Milk Hotel’s Scott Spillane; website: www.kindercore.com
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| more...Bulletin Board April 22 2000 Local Music Features
- The Hip-Hop Political Action Committee, formed just a few months ago with the support of Afeni Shakur, former Black Panther and mother of the late Tupac Shakur, is holding a rally Sunday, April 16, 5 p.m. at the Hip Hop Café, 4909 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain. Admission is free for the event, where the group will discuss their plans to organize support and endorse political candidates...
In The Studio April 22 2000 Local Music Features
- THE EVILS, just finished recording eight songs at Red Lab Studios, with no specific release plans at this point
- HERITAGE CHERRY, recording their as-yet-unnamed second album at Song House Studios in Newnan with engineer Alex McCollough, planned for summer release
Free to be the Young Antiques Local Music Features
We call it Euro-cana, says drummer Mason Brazelle of the Young Antiques’ unique mix of pure pop and traditional country found on their debut album, due out this summer. “We have plenty of British pop and punk influences,” adds bassist Blake Parris.
“But,” continues Antiques singer/guitarist and songwriter Blake Rainey, “I’m from Cedartown, and I grew up hearing country music, so it’s natural...
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