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Band of the Week: Bloodkin

By Steve LaBate on 8:00 AM on May 4, 2009

It's a scorching summer afternoon in Athens, Ga., the last day of Athfest 2003, and a few hundred people wait in the middle of Washington Street for the next act to take the hastily assembled outdoor stage...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band of the Week: Stateless

By Jon D'Auria on 8:00 AM on April 27, 2009

Though there's no shortage of ambient, mood-conjuring bands emerging from England these days, few are quite as slicked-out or down-tempo as the mates of Stateless...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Artist of the Week: Anni Rossi

By Chrstina Hansen on 8:00 AM on April 20, 2009

On her new album and sometimes during live shows, Anni Rossi covers a song that tends to stump even the most dedicated audiophiles...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band of the Week: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

By Joel Weickgenant on 8:00 AM on April 13, 2009

When you watch Black Joe Lewis enthrall a crowd of hipsters with soul riffs hotter than Bo Diddley’s kitchen stove, keep one thing in mind...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band of the Week: The Coathangers

By Rebecca Bowen on 8:00 AM on April 6, 2009

“People tell us, ‘Oh, I thought you guys were gonna suck!’” says keyboardist Candice "Bebe Coathanger" Jones...  read more

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Artist of the Week: Wavves

By Reed Fischer on 8:00 AM on March 30, 2009

Twenty-two-year-old surf-punk wunderkind Nathan Williams, who performs as Wavves, is an unlikely candidate for the voice of a generation...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band of the Week: Harlem Shakes

By Julia Askenase on 8:00 AM on March 23, 2009

“Maybe it’s just like a personal delusion, [but] I feel like I relate to, say, Akon, more than I do Death Cab for Cutie,” quips Harlem Shakes lead singer Lexy Benaim.  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Artist of the Week: William Elliott Whitmore

By Matt Fink on 8:00 AM on March 16, 2009

William Elliott Whitmore needed a change of pace. After concluding his Southern Records trilogy, a series of albums steeped in country-folk and Delta blues variants...  read more

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Artist of the Week: DM Stith

By Justin Cober-Lake on 7:30 AM on March 9, 2009

As the son of a choir director and pianist, young David Stith was positioned to follow a similarly musical path. But at age eight, he began refusing to sing...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band of the Week: Abe Vigoda

By Gary Moskowitz on 8:00 AM on March 2, 2009

The members of Abe Vigoda once sarcastically described their music as “tropical punk,” a mix of Captain Beefheart and weird African tribal rock, but things have changed...  read more

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