Being a band from Athens has its perks and curses — the town’s past lends a band some credibility while also bringing it up for constant comparison. Six years ago
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Germans make things tougher than they need to be, but I think it’s because they like the challenge. Look at their language, filled with 21-letter words with sometimes complex, existential
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Musical styles can migrate, like birds. It doesn’t happen all at once, a song here, a band there, but given some time to marinate, what was the groove in one
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As great as the Internet is (I mean, how else would you be reading this, right?), it’s also a ruthless killer. It’s taken down book stores, civil discourse, privacy, porn
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July 2013, Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheatre, Peachtree City, Ga. It’s not an easy thing to do, making an album more than 15 years after your last one, especially when those
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June 2013, AthFest, Athens, Ga. I’ll be up front about this — I loved Catalogue of Generous Men and will never understand why the Modern Skirts moved away from the