Athens

Indie Rock Rock 

Spencer Thomas: Everybody’s a Cynic

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Athens, Atlanta, Futurebirds, Georgia, Lou Reed, Randy Newman, Spencer Thomas, Strolling Bones Records, Video Farm

A quick chat with ‘whip-smart’ Atlanta songwriter and former Futurebird

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Holiday Pop Post-Punk Punk 

Five Eight Team Up With James Hall for New Holiday Single 

December 4, 2025December 5, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Athens, Atlanta, Charlie Brown!, Christmas, Christmas Without You, Five Eight, Georgia, James Hall, Stiff Records

Listen to ‘Christmas Without You’ below

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Elijah Johnston: ‘Soul’ Man

June 22, 2025June 22, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Athens, Atlanta, Bruce Springsteen, Elijah Johnston, Georgia, Ron Sexsmith, Strolling Bones Records, Stupid Soul, Tunnel Of Love

Catching up with Atlanta’s hottest new singer-songwriter

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Power Pop Punk Rock 

Pylon Reenactment Society to Tour with Richard Barone

June 4, 2025June 5, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Athens, Georgia, Hoboken, Pylon Reenactment Society, Richard Barone, The Bongos, Tour, Vanessa Briscoe Hay

The week-long trek kicks off June 14 in Nashville

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Alternative Rock Rock 

WATCH: Love Tractor Shares Lyric Video for “J.E.B. Pharoahs”

July 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 10000 Maniacs, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Around The Bend, Athens, Dream Syndicate, Georgia, Husker Du, Indigo Girls, Love Tractor, Meat Puppets, Propeller Sound Recordings, Robyn Hitchcock, The Bongos, The dB's, The Feelies, The Gun Club, The Replacements, Violent Femmes

The celebrated Athens, GA, band is reissuing their 1983 sophomore LP Around The Bend on September 1st

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Alternative Rock Folk Indie Rock Post-Punk Rock 

Talk About the Passion: R.E.M.’s Murmur at 40

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Athens, Bill Berry, Georgia, IRS Records, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Murmur, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

Celebrating the mumbling brilliance of the Athens band’s debut LP

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Remembrance Rock 

Hero Worship: Remembering Ricky Wilson of The B-52’s

March 19, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Athens, Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kate Pierson, Ricky Wilson, RIP, The B-52's

The guitarist would have turned 70 today

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop 

Love Tractor Revisits Classic 1988 LP

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, 2022, Athens, Georgia, Love Tractor, Pylon, R.E.M., Themes From Venus

The Athens, GA scene legends to reissue Themes From Venus with extra tracks, etc.

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New Wave 

Her Tin Roof Never Rusts: Cindy Wilson @ 65

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 65th birthday, Athens, Channel Z, Cindy Wilson, Cosmic Thing, Fred Schneider, Georgia, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Love Shack, Ricky Wilson, Rock Lobster, The B-52's

Looking back on the career of the Beehive Queen of The B-52s

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Matthew Sweet: Year of the Cat

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Athens, Catspaw, Girlfriend, Ivan Julian, Linda Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Oh-OK, Omnivore Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Rick Menck, Robert Quine

After spending 30 years working alongside such fiery gods as Robert Quine, Ivan Julian and Richard Lloyd, the power pop great himself takes lead guitar duties on his excellent new album

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk 

PYLON: The Art Students Who Took Their Fun Seriously

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments “Cool”, Athens, Chomp, Curtis Crowe, Georgia, Gyrate, Michael Lachowski, New West Records, Pylon, Pylon Box, R.E.M., Randy Bewley, The dB's, Vanessa Briscoe Hay

A stacked new box set offers the most complete look at the band who helped put Athens, GA, on the map

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

R.E.M.’s Little America 

October 9, 2019April 11, 2024 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, Athens, Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years, Bill Berry, binaural, Fables of Reconstruction, IRS Records, Joe Boyd, Let's Active, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Reckoning, Robert Dean Lurie

A chat with Begin the Begin author, Robert Dean Lurie, about the band circa 1984

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Punk Rock 

Holly Golightly: The Country-Punk-Blues One-Take Wonder

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Bill Kopp 3 Comments Athens, Garage Rock, Holly Golightly, Thee Headcoatees, Transdreamer Records

Thee onetime Headcoatee talks about her horse-themed new album

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