May 2010, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. I can’t understand why The Hold Steady is not a huge band, I can’t. The band writes tight, inventive, crowd-pleasing sing-along songs — they
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April 2010, 40 Watt Club, Athens, Ga. It was a different view from the stage than Alex Turner is used to seeing. Earlier in 2010, Turner and his band Arctic
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With recording ability at their fingertips, fans have made concerts multimedia events. Does it hurt, or help? David Lowery doesn’t dread the camera flashes or the crude YouTube videos –
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You’ve heard them, this new barrage of bands paying homage to the late ’70s and early ’80s, playing their “wanna sport the keytar” synthesizer pop/rock. Not naming any names (Empire
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Cool is an overused word, and I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to usage. I’ll drop the word in conversation with the effect of an Altoid — trying
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Suddenly, Will Cullen Hart is talking about stray cats. And no, not the 1980s rockabilly band. “There’s so many of them in Athens, they’re all over the place,” he said,
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For many musicians, writing, playing and recording music is not their full-time job. Too often (and this is certainly true in Athens) the singer in the midnight slot at Caledonia