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Ray Houska and For Real Fest 2008 -
Hardcore and punk fans, For Real Fest 2008 is here. This is the fourth
year of the festival that cellebrates the counter culture, punk music,
and vegan food? Read background info on the fest, and interview with
the fest organizer, Ray Houska, and check out the lineup. |
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Blackoutfest
2008, Lucky Number 13 - The Union will host yet another three-day-long
underground and indie rock fest starting Thursday April 17th, 2008
at 6:00 PM. Dozens of bands from around the nation are slated to
play. Check out the lineup, watch video, listen, check out photos
and more. |
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Interview:
The Revulvas, Reloaded - AMN contributor and Disjointed Records owner
Mike Makosky interviews Athens' only all-femaile rock group about the
new name and the new lineup. |
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Review:
Creator / Destroyer by We March - AMN contributor, Pencil, takes
a crack at the latest release by longtime Athens punk rockers, We March. Listen
to tracks, watch video, add your comments. |
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Opinion:
New Baker Center Booking Manager. More of the same Indifference from
O.U. - When O.U. decides to do something new, locals usually bear the
brunt. Is music next? A recent interview with Chad Barnhardt in the
Athens NEWS sparks a rant. Does O.U. intentionally try and squash local
music talent? Add your comments. |
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Review:
Magreenery by Papadosio - Papadosio blends jam and funk with electronica
and rock on their debut release. Listen to tracks, watch video, add your
comments. |
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New
Photos -
Check it: I, Crime, The
Neverevers, Spooktober, Wheels
on Fire, Paper
Machetes, Black Spyral
Dancer, El Fabuloso,
Ryan Smith, Junebug,
The Hillbilliy Gypsies, Russenorsk, Mason
Proper, zephuros, The
Doggers,
Good Company, Russenorsk, Flesh
World, White Album,
Red Dahlia, Loaded
Revulvas, White Album, Flesh
World, The Instant, The
Dragline Bros., The Sad Bastards, Beat
the Devil, The Meanz, Silo
Circuit,
Black Spyral Dancer, The
Blood Violets, Peelander
Z New Video's Too - check out the video section for clips from Wheels on Fire, The Neverevers, Russenorsk, Black Spyral Dancer, and more. |
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Photo
Backlog Update! - Months in the making, hundreds of new photos
of over 67 different performances from dozens of local and import bands
are now available on the AMN. Thanks to Jonas Hart and Milo for contributing
photos of new places and faces that I rarely get to see. Photos of the Hockhocking Music Festival in Nelsonville: The McGovern Brothers, The Carolina Chocolate Drops [ day 1, 2 ], Espers, Guy Clark, Espers, Guy Clark, The Everybodyfields, Michael Hurley, Devon Sproule, Furnace Mountain, Neil Jacobs, The Hunger Mountain Boys, Adam Torres, Backporch Swing Band, Zeb Dewar, Princes of Hollywood, Liz Pahl & The Pahlbearers, Erin Cameron-McElroy, Rev. Peyton & Big Damn Band, Todd Snider, Woody Pines & The Lonesome Two, Graham Weber. Photos of the Athens Community Music Festival: @ the Front Room - The Paranormals, Mike Elliot, Kent Lakkas, J.J. Reid, Liz Pahl. @ the Union - Chris Beister, The Neverevers, Dragline Bros, Double Gold, Geraldine. @ the Blue Gator (upstairs) - The Makebelieves, Liz Pahl & The Pahlbearers. @ the Casa Cantina - Men of Gentle Birth, Red Dahlia, Paper Machetes, Casual Future. @ Jackie-O's: LOADED REVULVAS, Wheels On Fire. @ the Salaam Cafe: Jack Oden. @ the Smiling Skull: We March, Mutalitia, The Alex Neff Band. Photos of the 3rd Annual Nelsonville Music Festival: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Bakelite 78, Erin McKeown. Rural Action Benefit: Silo Circuit, The Snails, Paper Machetes Zachout Fest: white album, Paper Machetes, Outskirts Everything Else: Gito Gito Hustler, The Little Darlings, Casual Future, The Midwest Kid, The Royales, The Highstrung, The Dragline Bros.,Wheels on Fire, Black Spyral Dancer, Mister Got Heat, Vellumn, The Serfs, Double Gold. |
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CD Review : Footnotes in the City Lights by Casual Future - Psychedelic pirates raise your glasses to Athens' favorite de-tuned indie rock band in celebration of their debut release. Check out or review, watch some AMN videos of the group with various hair styles, and check out some songs from the album. [ more ] | ||
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CD Review : A Change of Venue by The Princes of Hollywood - Athens' royal folk-rock Americana trio recently released a new CD through local indie label Manasseh Records. Read our review, watch videos, and listen to clips from the CD. [ more ] | ||
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Review: MMVI by The Makebelieves - More like a show review and a record review wrapped into one. Read about their stage presence, their wonderful new record, and their smell. Check out songs from the CD, watch videos, and explore links to helpful Makebelieve web sites. [ more ] | ||
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Interview: Troy Gregorino of The Jarts - Journalist, singer and song writer, cancer survivor, and champion of the local folk and coffee house scene, Troy Gregorino has returned to the local music scene with a new folk super-group, The Jarts. [ more ] | ||
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Distribute Your Music World-Wide with TuneCore - This story was originally supposed to introduce AMN readers to an online music sales system called TuneCore. It allows you to sell your music on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and much more. But boy did the story grow. Learn about UPC codes, tracking your Nielsen ratings with SoundScan, CD Baby and much [ more ] | ||
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Guitar Codex - Use this handy web page to learn chords, notes, or use it as a reference the next time you need to write tablature for yourself or someone else. | ||
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CDR Painting - Is the name of your band Memorex, Sony, or Fuji? Then why have that name on your CD demo? Spray paint your CDR's! Learn how. | ||
