Sweet Lil: Spooky Storytellers
By Garrett Bower, Copy Chief Combining intriguing lyricism and intricately layered sound, Athens-born gloomy drone rock band Sweet Lil...
Ladies and Queers Rock Athens: Cindy Crabb Shoots For An Inclusive Space For Music
By Sarah Weingarten, Staff Writer The music scene in Athens is in the midst of change. The number of women and non-binary musicians in...
Feature: Musical Global Warming – The New Environment for Independent Music
By Chris Reinbold, Staff Writer Today’s music industry is a hurricane of change. Revenue from physical music sales continues to fall...
Record Store Day Picks
Abbie Doyle, Editorial Director David Bowie/Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come [Rhino, RSD 2015] I must admit, despite the sad size of my...
Feature: Carnivalesque 2015 DIY Music Fest
By Marlena Scott, Features Editor It is “Fest Season” in Athens, more commonly referred to as spring. As temperatures warm up, winter...
One Last Time: Saying Farewell To Hostage Calm
By Megan Fair, Copy Chief The morning of February 27 arrived with the gentle nudge of my alarm clock, but even a quiet, buzzing phone was...
End of the Year 2014: Top 10 Songs
Music is about songs. It’s about the experiences that are inevitably linked to these tiny snippets of music, the way we connect to what’s...
End of the Year 2014: Favorite Concert
As much power as music has coming from your earbuds or the speakers of your car or from your turntable, there's nothing like seeing it...
End of the Year 2014: Throwbacks
Megan Fair, General Manager & Copy Chief Descendents It’s kind of insane that I never really got into the Descendents until 2014, seeing...
End of the Year 2014: Our Biggest Disappointments
Don't get us wrong, 2014 was an incredible year for music. But every great year also comes with it's slew of bummers, last year had the...
