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Help Black Lips, Carbonas and Others Pay for Atlanta Rocker Bobby Ubangi's Funeral
Atlantans who read this week's Creative Loafing will be struck by some sad news... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWe Fun is Fun: 10 Reasons to Love the Atlanta Rock Doc
Over the course of the last seven days, Atlanta rock 'n' roll documentary We Fun was available for viewing as Pitchfork TV's "One Week Only" feature. But fret not if you missed it; your friends at Paste are here to help. See below for merely 10 reasons why We Fun is worth 72 minutes of your life. And if you live in Oxford, Miss., be apprised that the film will be screening at The Lyric Theatre on June 1. More news is expected from the We Fun camp soon.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGonerfest 6 Goes Full Throttle with The Clean, NOBUNNY, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Box Elders, Many More
Memphis, Tenn.'s Goner Records has helped hold together a worldwide scene's worth of ragged, sleazy guitar rock with little more than willpower since 1993. They've released full-lengths from Atlanta's Carbonas, Melbourne's Eddy Current Surpression Ring and Memphis' own clown prince of the gutter, Jay Reatard. They run a vibrant record store in the heart of Tennessee. And they put on their yearly Gonerfest, which tends to fill three days with so much overdriven, yelp-tastic rock 'n' roll that, for the slightest moment, the city of Memphis becomes one big parents' garage.... read more
Found in: NewsLive Photos & Review: Atlanta Mess-Around, Day 1 (Blade II, Carbonas, Baby Shakes and more) @ The Earl 11/14/08
[Above: Baby Shakes play the first night of the Atlanta Mess-Around.]Though the three Atlanta labels behind the two-day Atlanta Mess-Around have released a diverse array of music, their punk and power pop offerings have evolved into the unquestionable centerpieces of the scene, as evidenced by the Mess-Around's line-ups: The second night would boast a strong pop sensibility, but the first was almost all about punk rock. ... read more
Found in: Local:AtlantaThe Black and Whites tour, Mess Around
"I need a good girl," go the very first words of The Black and Whites self-titled debut, "one who will not make out with her friends." It's a not-very-rock-'n'-roll sentiment from a quintessentially rock 'n' roll band, one that seems to pull equal influence from the poppiest moments of bands like Weezer and Guided by Voices and the punkiest moments of bands like the Ramones and Black Flag. Some of their songs are fast, some of them are slower. Many of them, such as "That Girl Ain't No Good," are about the ladies.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLive Photos: Fringe Binge @ Star Bar 8/1/08-8/2/08
[Above: Gentleman Jesse and His Men, 8/1/08]Atlanta's second annual Fringe Binge, a two-day punk festival, took place the first weekend in August at the Star Bar in Little Five Points.... read more
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