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Thanksgiving 2022

Read More R.E.M. One of the most important albums, R.E.M.'s Murmur was re-released yesterday as a Deluxe Edition by Universal Records. What sets this release apart from the original 1983 release and the "IRS …

This Thursday is Thanksgiving in America.

THE BAD ENDS
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Athens’ The Bad Ends features Five Eight’s Mike Mantione, Dave Domizi, Geoff Melkonian, Christian Lopez, and R.E.M.’s Bill Berry. Their debut album The Power and the Glory is coming out January 20, 2023, on New West Records, and features “Thanksgiving 1915”. The band liked the song so much that they’ve released it as their second single.

When they played the video on NPR’s “All Songs Considered”, singer Mike Mantione commented, “This should qualify for 'The Most Un-Rock and Roll Video Ever.' Dads working at the restaurant. Kind of like The Bear meets the Muppet Movie. It's shot at Geoff's restaurant called Breadwinner Cafe in Dunwoody, GA. Dave Domizi and my daughters are best friends and are in the flash mob scene. That's Bill's actual chef's hat and coat he wore to a practice one night!”

The Bad Ends will play their first ever live show this Sunday, November 27th at Nuci’s Space in Athens, Georgia. Their next booking is at the 40 Watt Club in Athens on January 28, 2023.

DANNY BROWN
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Detroit native and reigning ambassador of experimental rap, Danny Brown has announced the lineup for his 9th annual Bruiser Thanksgiving celebration.

The live event will take place on November 23, 2022 at the Russell Industrial Complex in Detroit, Michigan.

Featuring live performances from:

Danny Brown and Bruiser Brigade

Omar S

Brooklyn ink slinger MIKE

Tammy Lakkis

Hi-Tech

Ziggy Waters

  Danny Brown is planning to debut music from his highly anticipated sixth studio album Quaranta.  

THE JIVE TURKEYS
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Colemine Records is proud to announce the re-issue of Bread & Butter, the debut record from The Jive Turkeys.

The debut record established The Jive Turkeys as an old-school funk revival in the Oxford, Ohio, area. Originally a hip-hop group called Soundscape, featuring Matt Amburgy (organ), Terry Cole (bass), Andrew DeRoberts (guitar), and Rob Houk (drums), the band decided to go in a different direction: funk and groove! So Jive Turkeys was born, with their debut record Bread & Butter.

The Jive Turkeys’ Bread & Butter album drops December 9th on vinyl via Colemine Records.

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AthFest 2017 (23-25 June 2017)

Drivin’ N Cryin’ Setlist Eastern European Carney Man Scarred But Smarter Peacemaker Jesus Christ Little Record Store Just Around the Corner Let’s Go Dancin’ Honeysuckle Blue R.E.M. Straight To Hell Ain’t Waitin’ On Tomorrow Five Eight Setlist Square Peg I’m Still Around Criminal Pleaides Kids Palace Estates Song for Jim Gordon Behead Myself Read More AthFest Prepare yourselves to see and hear some amazing local and regional bands at AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016, running from June 24-26 in Athens, GA… Drivin’ N Cryin’ Drivin’ N Cryin’ (rock, Atlanta) headline the main stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The Club Crawl features of Montreal, Muuy Biien, Cindy Wilson (of the B-52’s) and Lazer/Wulf, among many others. … Five Eight Distortion is often a good thing and has always been a part of Five Eight’s unique sound, but when it eclipses everything else, then you’ve got a problem. David Barbe … Muuy Biien On October 28, 2016 Muuy Biien will release Age of Uncertainty on Autumn Tone Records. This is the Athens, GA post-punk group’s third LP, but their first true studio album. ... Monsoon On Saturday July 27, I went to the 40 Watt Club to see Athens’ much lauded punk pop powerhouse, the female-fronted Monsoon. They did not disappoint. Sienna Chandler .…

AthFest 2017 featured all kinds of bands and all kinds of weather.

Day 1 was the day of the woman. The three-female, one-male band Powerkompany mixes performance art and dance with electronic beats and violin. They played the Hull Street stage, but they are most certainly destined for the main stage in the future. Their onstage antics bring of Montreal to mind. They utilize masks, makeup, gauzy sheets, feather boas and leotards. Their music and stage presence make you want to dance, goggle and swoon all at once. These ladies and this gentleman are just lovely all across the board.

Speaking of the surreal, Harlot Party played a relaxed, low-key set at Cine. Singer KyKy Renee Knight was tending bar and took a break from work to perform. Her band is super tight, and she has the voice of a melancholy angel.

Monsoon totally punk-rocked the Caledonia Lounge. There was crowd surfing, groping of Sienna Chandler’s hair and general ecstatic mayhem.

Day 2 brought with it intermittent rain. Brooklyn’s Super Yamba Band had to cut short their incredibly skillful funk performance due to the weather. That day's headliner Zoogma moved to an alternate location and played a smokin’ show inside where it was dry at Live Wire Athens.

Intermittent precipitation continued during the Club Crawl, but not so much that anyone really noticed.

At Flicker, Don Chambers played in a darkened room while illuminating himself with nothing but a utility light on a long cord that he either attached directly to his microphone or allowed to swing from his guitar. This gave his face an otherworldly appearance to go along with his hauntingly beautiful music.

And now we come to the pièce de résistance: Material Girls. This is how they describe themselves on their Bandcamp page:

“Think Captain Beefheart (mid 70’s vintage), Sun City Girls, The Sonics and your mother’s underwear drawer.” 

This is a fitting and clever description, and it really captures the spirit of this delightfully flamboyant band.

Material Girls did not allow a little bit of rain to scare them one bit; their show on the Georgia Theatre rooftop carried on in all its glory.

These men and this woman make up their faces to go onstage, but not just that; they bring the whole package. Dresses, stilettos and a horn section… oh my! Their singer resembles Lux Interior of The Cramps, and he can really rock a natty suit and stiletto heels. The horn section consists of a couple very tall and slender drag queens who know just how to strut while making their instruments sing. Add to that a kickass drummer, a moody and masterful guitarist and a superb bassist who resembles a beautifully risqué Bettie Page. Often the band members will switch instruments and vocal duties, and this makes for an even more exciting and dynamic performance.

Material Girls beat all I’ve ever seen. They are wonderful to hear and to gaze upon. They don’t just stay quiet between songs either. They create a rowdy rapport with their audience, and they are not at all shy. Now that I’ve witnessed what they can do with their looks, attitude and music, I hereby include them on my “highly recommended/must see” list.

After Material Girls’ set, things got bittersweet. Muuy Biien played what they say might be their final show, because frontman Joshua Evans is moving to Los Angeles. Given the fact that he is probably the best frontman in Athens (and undoubtedly beyond), L.A. seems like where he truly belongs. He and the band will be missed, but it’s exciting to envision what his future holds.

If ever a band embodied the spirit of Athens, Georgia, that band would be Five Eight. They rocked the Hull street stage on Day 3. I first started going to their shows when I moved to Athens in 1993. These were some of the very first shows I saw at the 40 Watt Club. I went to just about every single one, always front and center. Singer Mike Mantione contorts, leaps and wreaks just as much frenzied, beautiful havoc now as he did back then. Not only the musical connection but also the friendship between these guys is palpable. Mike Mantione, Dan Horowitz, Patrick Ferguson and Sean Dunn make up a huge part of the backbone of our musical community.

For the first time in years the weather during AthFest was relatively cool. In that respect, the rain did us a favor. At 7:00 pm, a decidedly un-sweaty audience gathered at the main stage for the festival’s headliner, Atlanta’s own Drivin’ N Cryin’. Their rock-with-a-twang went well with the likes of Roadkill Ghost Choir and Futurebirds; fans of the genre were in virtual heaven this weekend. As with every one of the many times I’ve seen Drivin’ N Cryin,’ they rocked the neighborhood up, down and sideways. Singer/guitarist Kevn Kinney penned and always plays what is perhaps the world’s best song to sing along to. I’m talking about “Straight To Hell” from 1989’s Mystery Road. It’s quite possibly the best song you’ve never heard. After kneeling and contorting to get some photos in the press pit, the opening chords of “Straight To Hell” sent me straight to that other place. I rested my head against a muralled wall and watched the stage from a comfortable distance in one of the festival’s many beer gardens. Then and there, the stress of working for the past three days melted away.

Drivin’ N Cryin’ (Kevn Kinney) at AthFest 2017 (06/25)

Harlot Party (KyKy Renee Knight) at Cine (06/23)	Monsoon at Caledonia Lounge (06/23)	Monsoon (singer Sienna Chandler) at Caledonia Lounge (06/23)
Material Girls at Georgia Theatre (06/24)	Five Eight (Mike Mantione) at AthFest’s Street Stage (06/25)	Five Eight (Mantione & bass player Dan Horowitz) at AthFest’s Street Stage (06/25)

 

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Athens VS Trump Comp 2017

Athens VS Trump Comp 2017 Track Listing The Powder Room – On Notice Five Eight – I Knew This Lago – World Wars III & IV Monsoon – I’m Sick Mean Queen – Accelerated Hunger Anthem – Leave Karbomb – Pralines and Dick Shehehe – Red, White, F*** You Tabloid – Dressing The Stage Hot Fudge – King Of Ooh Hello Cobra – Old Fashioned Trash Fire Space Brother – True Power Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men – Oleta Hardin Monsoon – Over Now White Rabbit Collective – We’re The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For Honey Sliders – The Night The Toy Soldiers Came To Life Meth Wax – Local Music Lingua Franca – A Man’s World Broken String Band & Friends – Mr. Cow Fester Hagood – Uncharted Waters Read More Five Eight Distortion is often a good thing and has always been a part of Five Eight’s unique sound, but when it eclipses everything else, then you’ve got a problem. David Barbe … Shehehe ... Athens punk favorites Shehehe and the hard to define noise-rock of Bambara, a band that started in Athens and currently resides in Brooklyn..… Monsoon On Saturday July 27, I went to the 40 Watt Club to see Athens’ much lauded punk pop powerhouse, the female-fronted Monsoon. They did not disappoint. Sienna Chandler .…

On Athens VS Trump Comp 2017, hip hop, bluegrass, country, punk and rock come together to find common ground and a common enemy. That’s right. He of the orange hair.

I remember the morning I got the news. I woke up around 6 am. I asked my husband “what happened?” And then came the words “somehow he won.” It was like a punch in the back of the head; you’re never prepared for something like that. But did I see it coming? I think so, yeah. I may live in Athens, but we’re surrounded on all sides by cities and counties that are a lot more conservative than us. I saw the signs in all those yards…

I heard his praises on the lips of family members and co-workers. But he had pulled so many stupid stunts toward the end, said so many ridiculous things. If nothing else, he demonstrated that he was simply unqualified for the job. We wouldn’t want someone without a CDL to drive an eighteen-wheeler on a highway we travel every day, so why would we want someone like him at the helm?

These bands from Athens, GA are preaching to the choir; most of us who enjoy the music on this album didn’t vote for Trump in the first place. Yet there are a lot of people on the fence, and hopefully these kickass songs will appeal to them and help to educate them as to what the real issues are: things like discrimination…  against minorities, women, the disabled and the elderly; women’s rights to bodily agency; war and corporate greed. Just to name a few.

You’ll find amusing, creative and downright “hell yeah”-inducing song titles on this musical collaboration of 20 Athens artists. You’ll find thoughtful lyrics and you will be educated. Maybe you’ll even change your mind, if you’re unsure of your political stance.

Five Eight sums up our country’s situation perfectly with the lyric “I knew this.” And I love how Monsoon’s Sienna Chandler calls Donald Trump “son.” Lingua Franca tells it like it is with her promise to “turn you feminist by the time we’re well acquainted, baby.” Shehehe brings a rowdy good time with Red, White, F*** You. And Karbomb adds a terrific reference to ‘Wayne’s World’ with Pralines and Dick. Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men’s Oleta Hardin- the story of a minority’s death gone unpunished- reminds me a lot of the song Ramon Casiano from Athens’ Drive-By Truckers’ own protest album American Band. Hot Fudge’s King Of Ooh has spot-on lyrics and flows like a classic protest song.

Yes, this album has already caused quite a stir in our small southern town. In the comments section of the 2017 Flagpole Athens Music Awards page on Facebook, a Trump supporter has already complained about the album’s cover art (a zombie-fied Trump-head floating in a sea of Cheetos), likening it to the photos of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a severed Trump-head-in-effigy. He informs the reader that Flagpole Magazine endorses the album… simply because they’re writing about it!? He then goes on to warn the reader to “be aware of what you’re endorsing” if they attend the awards ceremony. No one from Athens even dignified this comment with a response.

Athens VS Trump Comp 2017 is available now as a free download at Bandcamp via this link: athensvstrump.bandcamp.com

A $5 donation to the ACLU is encouraged but not required, and can be accomplished by following this link: action.aclu.org

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AthFest: Kishi Bashi, Monsoon, Five-Eight (26 June 2016)

Kishi Bashi Setlist    AthFest - Pulaski Street (6/26/2016) Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It! Carry On Phenomenon Atticus, In The Desert Bright Whites Who’d You Kill? Can’t Let Go Q&A Bittersweet Genesis For Him And Her Manchester Say Yeah Ode The Ballad Of Mr. Steak M’lover It All Began With A Burst I Am The Antichrist To You Big Star Monsoon Setlist Never Knows Best Let’s Go To The Grit Shotgun Wedding Ford Ranger Baby Medicine Ride A’Rolla Big Man Five-Eight Setlist Everything I Say I Can’t Stand It (Lou Reed cover) Criminal You Know Me Too Well Song For Jim Gordon Motorcycle You Never Look In My Eyes Depressed All The Time Orlando God Damn It Paul Palace Estates Read More AthFest Prepare yourselves to see and hear some amazing local and regional bands at AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016, running from June 24-26 in Athens, GA… Monsoon On Saturday July 27, I went to the 40 Watt Club to see Athens’ much lauded punk pop powerhouse, the female-fronted Monsoon. They did not disappoint. Sienna Chandler .… Five Eight Distortion is often a good thing and has always been a part of Five Eight’s unique sound, but when it eclipses everything else, then you’ve got a problem. David Barbe …

AthFest Music & Arts Festival 2016 just celebrated their 20th anniversary in Athens, Georgia, on June 24 to 26.

AthFest Day Three: 6/26/2016

AthFest 2016 was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Athens’ stellar music and arts festival, and there was a lot to celebrate.

Arrested Development at AthFest (06/25)

Just to recap Saturday’s headliner: Arrested Development showed us that they’re still going strong after all these years, having come back in a slightly different incarnation after a mid-90s breakup. They played early 90s hits the crowd knew and loved- Mr. Wendell and Tennessee- in addition to some exciting new material. Their bright colors and Caribbean love vibe really brought something positive and refreshing to the festival. It’s nice to see how the music of AthFest has evolved into such a diverse collection of genres that appeal to a wide range of people. Arrested Development left the crowd happy by closing with a slightly altered cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s Everyday People, which they call People Everyday.

Sunday marked the final day of this year’s festival, with bands playing exclusively on the two outdoor stages, with the main stage at Pulaski Street.

Five-Eight at AthFest (06/26)

Five-Eight has not slowed down much at all during their twenty-odd years as a band; they’re still a bundle of energy and they also have a new album in the works. Mike Mantione (vocals, guitar), Dan Horowitz (bass), Patrick Ferguson (drums) and Sean Dunn (guitar) are one tight unit of rock’n’roll. The connectedness and synchronicity between these four guys is something both beautiful and rare. Dan kept us laughing with his impromptu jokes and banter with Mike between songs. It was impossible not to be blissfully carried back in time when they played the classic God Damn It Paul from 1992’s I Learned Shut Up.

Mike began the set wearing- of all things- a suit and tie. Everyone else was sweating profusely in the 90+ degree heat. He could tell we were hot, so he picked up a bottle of water and gave us a heads-up to cover our cameras. He removed the cap and hurled the bottle into the crowd, and we were thankful for a little something cool.

Monsoon at AthFest (06/26)

Monsoon took their rightful place on the main stage this year. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sienna Chandler, wearing her customary red attire, radiated charm and personality. She has mastered the art of stealing the show with her frenetic energy and expressive eyes. Widening her eyes at the ecstatic crowd and tackling her lead guitarist, she ran around onstage and even went airborne on a couple of occasions. The music from this band was even more impressive than at last year’s AthFest when they played the 40 Watt Club. It’s nice to see such an awesome and fun band hone their chops even further. They especially impressed with Shotgun Wedding and Ride A’Rolla.

The AthFest 2016 lineup was amazing, and I can’t think of a better headliner to close the festival than Kishi Bashi. This band is pure joy. There is no way you could watch them play and not fall in love with their music, which makes it impossible not to dance. During The Ballad of Mr. Steak, the band was joined onstage by a gigantic T-bone who danced, shook his booty and generally drove the crowd wild. The band’s founder, lead singer and violinist Kaoru Ishibashi radiated love with his dazzling smile and beautiful music.

As AthFest 2016 drew to a close, I looked around at all the people who had come to see Kishi Bashi. There were people of all ages and all backgrounds dancing together on the hot pavement of Washington Street. It was a blast, as always. We were all hot, but the music took our minds off the weather, and that’s the thing that really matters.

Kishi Bashi at AthFest (26 June 2016)

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Five Eight: Weirdo re-issue review

Weirdo Track Listing 01. Mystery James 02. Karaoke 03. Behead Myself 04. Fall Asleep 05. What They Did 06. You Never Look In My Eyes 07. Stars 08. Tense It Up 09. Hurt You 10. Weirdo 11. Shouldn't Be Here 12. Drummer Divorce* 13. Nowhere In A Circle* 14. Strings* 15. The Only One* 16. Ghost In This Town* * Bonus Tracks Out Now on Chicken Ranch Records. Read More Five Eight Club Crawl Five Eight at The Foundry (June 26) Tunabunny at Little Kings Shuffle Club (June 26) …

Distortion is often a good thing and has always been a part of Five Eight’s unique sound, but when it eclipses everything else, then you’ve got a problem. David Barbe of Chase Park Transduction (by far the coolest name for a studio ever) did the original mix of the Athens, GA band’s third album, Weirdo, back in 1994. Barbe broke away from 90s conventions, creating an album with a clean sound and a raw feel. The band- vocalist/guitarist Mike Mantione, bassist Dan Horowitz, guitarist Sean Dunn and drummer Patrick Ferguson- was happy with his work and ready to release the album when all hell broke loose. A purposely unnamed individual- referred to only as “the A&R man”- got hold of the recording, had someone else remaster it to add more distortion than the band ever intended, and ruined the band’s original vision. In the debate over which mix sounded best, Sky Records- their label at the time- took the A&R man’s side, and Five Eight was pressured into releasing a much modified version of Weirdo; one which both they and Barbe feared would sound dated and stuck in the 90s.

With the July 2015 re-release of Weirdo, the band finally got the mix they wanted all along. You can better hear the individual vocals and instruments on the newly remastered album because there is less distortion and background noise.

The album was re-released by Chicken Ranch Records of Austin, TX and only David Barbe got his hands on it- he produced, remixed and remastered the album. This new and improved version of Weirdo contains five previously unreleased bonus tracks.

When I found out Weirdo had been reissued, I was eager to review it. I was quite familiar with the album, having purchased a copy of the original release in 1994. Listening to the remixed and remastered version, I was pleasantly surprised to realize that one of my favorite Five Eight albums was indeed improved for the better. The changes are subtle. These are still the same songs we all know and love; they are just crisper, less drowned in distortion, and indeed more raw and timeless. Here are my own personal highlights from the 2015 reissue of Weirdo:

I always liked how the intro to Karaoke begins with what appears to be the sound of rustling paper. Multilayered voice tracks in the verses give the vocal a tinny quality, which remains- yet to a lesser degree- in the remixed version. The new version is fuller and not as busy; there are less vocal tracks piled on top of each other. This song is infinitely fun and danceable. Mike pronounces ‘karaoke’ the proper Japanese way (‘ka-ro-kay’), which uses three syllables instead of four. This makes the song much easier to sing along to. After all, isn’t that the point of karaoke?

Behead Myself is a beautiful and melancholy song about suicidal urges. Its effectiveness lies in the fact that it doesn’t glamorize suicide, but also doesn’t make it overwhelmingly dark and gloomy. The delivery of its message is refreshingly matter-of-fact, as much so today as it was two decades ago:
“when I hurt / who will change / when it hurts / will you remain / I’m gonna behead myself.” Bass and guitar provide the hook. There is even a bit of a country-influenced twang. I use the term ‘country’ because in 1994 I don’t believe Americana had fully emerged as a musical genre. The song comes to a close with machine gun-like guitar and rapid stop/start repetition, and the ending is abrupt; a piece of chopped-off guitar feedback. There is some nice guitar reverb (toned down on re-issue) at the end with Mike yelling/singing “behead myself” over & over.

What They Did is a ballad about meeting a mentor who gives the singer an honest evaluation of some things he’s been doing wrong in his pursuit of becoming a musician, and the self-discovery and self improvement that results. It’s about letting go of old patterns and bad habits in order to become a better person & musician. It’s about living a genuine life; not trying to emulate the ‘cool kids’ or the latest trends. Patrick Ferguson demonstrates his musical versatility by playing jazz style drums on this song. What They Did also shows the softer, more melodic side of Mike’s vocals; he hits high notes and shows his inner crooner. “The light comes from any angle” is a wonderful lyric of hope.

Stars is one of my favorite songs on the album; it’s lulling, dreamy and rocking all at once. Once again Mike hits some high notes with his versatile voice. The song gets less lulling and becomes more angsty toward the end, and features some Neil Young style guitar. By the way, Five Eight plays an excellent cover of The Needle and the Damage Done on their album The Angriest Man.

Hurt You is a slow and beautiful ballad about a relationship coming to an end. It’s got some truly heartbreaking lyrics: “Well you caught me, I was practicing hurting you / I thought it through at work. It made my day go a little slower / ‘Til I got it right, and left your heart lying there one the floor / I could’ve hurt you, you know I should have, I could have, done it before.”Fellow Athens musician Dave Domizi’s cello playing adds sadness to the song.

Weirdo shows us the angst of being a teenage outsider; trying to be cool but being called “weirdo,” sleepless nights and loneliness. There is a pleasant tension between vocal and guitar at the song’s beginning. This song features a lyric that is both masterful and unforgettable: “Here’s a phone call to you from / the all night diner of my mind.” Sparse instrumentation in the form of a simple guitar riff puts the main focus on Mike’s voice. His final lines are “What I said I thought it was funny / what I did, I tried to be cool / what I showed is my impersonation of you all and I’m the weirdo.” The final firm declaration of “weirdo” at the end of the song has no instrumental accompaniment; it’s just Mike’s voice abruptly ending the song and driving home the finality of his words.

both masterful and unforgettable

Shouldn’t Be Here is a song of frustration about being in a place where you don’t feel like you belong. It features fast paced rock guitar and speeds up even more towards the end, building up to Mike’s climactic moaning yell of “I quit, I quit, I quit.” The song ends with a final yell of “I quit!” which is more dramatic, raw and effective than on the original recording.

The bonus tracks continue the themes of loneliness, frustration, social anxiety and broken relationships. Of these five songs, The Only One has the best hook. It really sticks in your head. This song could quite possibly achieve the commercial success that has inexplicably eluded the band for so long.

Lead singer Mike Mantione’s lyrics tackle some tough subject matter: mental illness, social anxiety and suicide, to name a few. Yet he’s not flip or ironic about these things; he doesn’t glamorize them, and at the same time he also manages to craft songs which are neither dire nor depressing. He is matter-of-fact in his delivery of such lyrics as: “and now you know that I want to take my life… I want to behead myself.” Mantione uses these unlikely tools to craft beautiful, melodic and haunting songs that actually make the listener feel good. You may have to hear it to believe it, but it’s absolutely true, as the band’s swarms of loyal fans will not hesitate to tell you.

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W♥M238: Athfest 2015

W♥M238: Athfest 2015 (53 mins) Athfest Outdoor Line-up Friday, June 26 Main Stage 5:00pm Wrenn 6:30 Sam Burchfield 7:45 New Madrid 9:00 The Whigs Hull Street Stage: 6:00pm Purses 7:15 Tedo Stone 8:30 Blue Blood Saturday, June 27 Main Stage 12:00pm Drift 1:00 Walden 2:15 Athens Band 3:30 Emily Hearn 4:45 Sol Driven Train 6:00 Stokeswood 7:45 Kuroma 9:00 of Montreal Hull Street Stage: 12:30pm Check the Signs 1:45 Flamethrowers Surf Band 3:00 Big C & Velvet Delta 4:15 Halem Albright Band 5:30 Sumilan 7:00 Blacknerd Ninja 8:25 T. Hardy Morris Sunday, June 28 Main Stage 12:30pm Ruby Love Jr 1:45 Hobohemians 3:15 John King 4:30 Ruby Velle 5:45 We Love Tractor 7:00 Baseball Project Hull Street Stage: 1:15 Ken Will Morton 2:45 Houston in the Blind 4:00 Lona 5:15 Partial Cinema 6:30 Honeychild Read More AthFest As excitement for the 19th annual AthFest Music and Arts Festival mounts, AthFest Educates, the organization behind the three day long celebration of Athens’ music and art scene, released the full line-up for the free outdoor stages. …

Vu and Dena talked about Athfest 2015 on W♥M Radio.

Topics/Quiz:

BB King passed away on May 14 at age 89

Mike Mills & Peter Buck, of R.E.M., are in a band called The Baseball Project

Denitza Torodrova, aka DENA, released Flash in March 2014. The Berlin based singer just played Woman Of The World Festival on May 15, 2015.

Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke (from Radiohead) had his image stolen and used in Russia to advertise for medicine (apparently Thom looks unwell), according to @local_stigmatic: russia. "we will help you to forget about your headache and insomnia"

Athens Jazz Fest 2015 was postponed due to the death of Carl Lindberg

Vu approves of D-Box Seating for Mad Max: Fury Road.

AthFest Educates Free Stage - June 26-28:

The Whigs

of Montreal

T. Hardy Morris & The Hardknocks

The Baseball Project

Club Crawl

Five Eight at The Foundry (June 26)

Tunabunny at Little Kings Shuffle Club (June 26)

Timmy and the Tumblers at Flicker Theatre (June 27)

SheHeHe at the 40 Watt Club (June 27)

Grape Soda at Flicker Theatre (June 26)

Monsoon at the 40 Watt Club (June 27)

Song of the show:

Icky Blossoms: "Sex to the Devil"

BONUS: The Video Nasty and Sean & Julian Lennon.

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