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abandoned couches | 100 for 100: Day 95 – The Cure
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. February 9, 2015. Tagged 100 for 100. 100 for 100: Day 95 – The Cure. February 9, 2015. An experiment in writing and memory, in 100 days I’m documenting 100 concerts I’ve seen during my lifetime, in no particular order of relevance or date. August 1989, Capital Centre, Landover, Md. Is the best album ever. The Cure, Disintegration. The fact The Cure is not in the rock hall of fame is criminal, but that’s for another day. I saw the band for the first time during the.
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abandoned couches | Q&A with Carter King of Futurebirds
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. February 26, 2015. Q&A with Carter King of Futurebirds. February 26, 2015. 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. Flash forward a half-dozen years later and the Futurebirds, slated to headline Thursday night at the Georgia Theatre, has achieved a status every band wishes to reach they sound like themselves. Through years of touring, recording and refining i...
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abandoned couches | Joy Division and the power of music
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. April 10, 2015. Joy Division and the power of music. April 10, 2015. I saw Joy Division before I heard them. Rummaging through a Washington, D.C. record store, I looked up and there it was a large poster of Unknown Pleasures, the British band’s first album. The distinctive image, a series of radio waves in white on a black background, immediately lured me in. Who is Joy Division? I asked the guy behind the counter. This was not uncommon. It’s been more than 30 years,...
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abandoned couches | Foxygen remains ambitious as it continues to tour on double album
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. April 16, 2015. Foxygen remains ambitious as it continues to tour on double album. April 16, 2015. It was a merging of artistic oeuvres a band making an album inspired by film imagery while taking on the role of a new set of characters. The result had Jonathan Rado and Sam France, the rock duo behind the California band Foxygen, release an ambitious double album ( And Star Power ) in which Foxygen became Star Power in order to become Foxygen again. You look back and ...
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abandoned couches | Strand of Oaks stands tall despite a past filled with pain
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. April 19, 2015. Strand of Oaks stands tall despite a past filled with pain. April 19, 2015. It’s not easy sending pain into the world, but sometimes pain is all you have to give. It can be odd, then, when that pain finds a pulse with an audience and they love you for it. But the result, called HEAL, proved lasting, cathartic and (to Showalter’s surprise) popular. It found critical and commercial success. Finally, some needed pleasure from so much pain. It’s funny we’...
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abandoned couches | 100 for 100: Day 99 – My Morning Jacket
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. February 13, 2015. Tagged 100 for 100. 100 for 100: Day 99 – My Morning Jacket. February 13, 2015. An experiment in writing and memory, in 100 days I’m documenting 100 concerts I’ve seen during my lifetime, in no particular order of relevance or date. March 2007, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. My Morning Jacket, Z. They came out in colored tuxes blue, pink, orange (two wore this color), red and went right into One Big Holiday from. The main set was filled with many of these gr...
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abandoned couches | Sex BBQ uses its differences for eclectic sound difficult to define
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. April 5, 2015. Sex BBQ uses its differences for eclectic sound difficult to define. April 5, 2015. Sex BBQ, according to the Urban Dictionary, is an increasingly popular form of party among teens, similar to a bonfire with alcohol, but with food and sex. For our purposes here, however, it’s the name of an Atlanta-Athens band hoping to create some heat during the Slingshot Festival. What’s the difference between the music of Atlanta and the music of Athens? KJ: I real...
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abandoned couches | 100 for 100: Day 97 – U2
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. February 11, 2015. Tagged 100 for 100. 100 for 100: Day 97 – U2. February 11, 2015. An experiment in writing and memory, in 100 days I’m documenting 100 concerts I’ve seen during my lifetime, in no particular order of relevance or date. May 1985, Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Fla. But every time I run into someone who says they don’t like U2, I always ask the same question: Have you seen the band play live? U2, The Unforgettable Fire. Is a force of nature, as is.
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abandoned couches | Gogol Bordello: Provoking audience out of post-modern aesthetic swamp
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Revelation, In temptation, Isolation. March 5, 2015. Gogol Bordello: Provoking audience out of post-modern aesthetic swamp. March 5, 2015. The lead singer is from Ukraine, the violinist from Russia. The bassist hails from the Ethiopia, and the guitarist is from Los Angeles. Of course the band, led by the talented and fervent Eugene Hutz, sees itself in other non-musical terms. It’s mission statement reads:. The band was formed in 1999 on Manhattan’s lower-east side, and through the years has seen musicia...