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It’s the time of year for basketball mayhem and new music. Here’s some more of what’s around the corner as far as music (you’re going to have to fill out your own bracket)
Free Energy from their debut LP of the same name on DFA Records (March 9)
Listen: Free Energy – Hope Child
The Drive-By Truckers [...]

Feb 28th, 2010 | Filed under Indie (music)

Elyssa East, a native of Marietta now residing in the city of a million trees, will discuss and sign copies of her new book Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town. The book examines a grisly murder and an abandoned colonial-era village on the outskirts of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
That town, [...]

Feb 28th, 2010 | Filed under Literate (books)

Jer Coons dropped into our in box this week (that has been happening with increasing frequency lately) and we listened to it almost right away (which regrettably happens with less frequency).
We started with the track below, “Girl in My Head,” and liked it enough to drop this post. We haven’t heard much [...]

Feb 28th, 2010 | Filed under Live (more music)

Dear John Dan,
It’s been a while since we first got together. A lot has changed since then. You’ve changed, but so have I. Some might say we’ve grown, but I don’t know if we’ve done that together.
I admit that I saw you first about the same time everybody else started taking notice. I certainly [...]

Feb 26th, 2010 | Filed under Book Reviews

Yes it’s that time of year. March releases will soon be upon us. We plan on a slew of reviews covering all kinds of styles from debut artists to established veterans. Until that happens though, we wanted to share the teaser tracks from some releases we are looking forward to.
Ted Leo & [...]

Feb 25th, 2010 | Filed under Live (more music)

In a quote that seems inspired by a line from the original Blues Brothers film, Dave Alvin will tell you that he plays both kinds of folk music: soft and loud. It’s been enough to get him Grammy nods and a legion of loyal fans.
His latest efforts, Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody’s Dreams [...]

Feb 25th, 2010 | Filed under Live (more music)

UPDATE: In a turn of events good for the band and only somewhat less good for us, Ha Ha Tonka has been picked up to support the national tour of Murder by Death. They will still make it to Atlanta this spring but we will have to wait until April 20th and the show [...]

Feb 24th, 2010 | Filed under Live (more music)