Honorable Mentions: BEST ATLANTA ALBUMS OF 2019
The Mainline is gearing up for our Best Atlanta Albums of 2019 list, but we have a few releases we want you to check out that, for one reason or another, didn’t quite feel right next to the rest of …
Music
Omni Cracks the Code with ‘Networker’
This article was written by Aja Arnold with Autumn James. Omni- combining form all; of all things There is no back-up plan.Better yet, there can’t be a back-up plan. I watched Omni play its album release show in early November …
Entering the World of Nadia Marie
In her debut release, Weekday Weekend (self-released on Aug. 23, 2019), Atlanta-based solo artist Nadia Marie displays an emotional potency with unnerving instability. In a small unmarked guitar shop, I watched Nadia sit on a leather couch inspecting two vintage …
On Your Radar: Linqua Franqa
We met Mariah Parker—better known to some as hip-hop linguistics master Linqua Franqa—for a photoshoot at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse steps on a gray November afternoon. Linqua sings about November in her 2017 single “Eight Weeks,” which stirred the pot …
Alive Inside: That Which Is Not Said
Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019. How do we know what’s real versus what’s imagined? You hang on to your beliefs. How do you, the reader, distinguish between what’s true and what’s false based on the words printed …
FROM ATLANTA’S OWN: TOP 5 ATL MUSICAL OBSESSIONS OF 2019
We can dish out our thoughts on what the best things in ATL music were in 2019, but let\’s be honest—who really cares what we think? (Don\’t worry, we did our due diligence and published a list of The Top …
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REVIEW: LIAISONS DANGEREUSES—S/T LP (Soulsherrif Records)
The only full-length from the West Germany trio known as Liaisons Dangereuses, this self-titled record (originally released via TIS records in 1981) is somewhat of a Holy Grail for fans of EBM and minimal synth. Thankfully, Soulsherrif Records has reissued …
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Show Review: Prism
For many Atlantans, Edgewood Avenue has garnered quite a reputation for attracting Buckhead Bros and their Betty counterparts, and that reputation is somewhat warranted. Edgewood has seen its fair share of changes—and with those, growing pains. Since 2005 (ish), the …
Review: Stereolab, ‘Dots and Loops’
With its many releases, it can be daunting to enter the world of the “Groop” known as Stereolab. My recommendation for an entry point is always Dots and Loops, originally released in 1997 and reissued as a beautiful three LP …
Review: Indian Summer, ‘Giving Birth to Thunder’
What can I say about Indian Summer? They were a mid-’90s emo band from Oakland, Cal., that recorded only a scarce amount of material—all of which is compiled into this collection from reissue experts the Numero Group released on Sept. …
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