Buckhead Shaman, the brainchild of Atlanta musician Tyler Hobbs, has a track record of glossy, sparkling pop music under its belt. Most exemplified in the 2019 album Truly, Hobbs has shown his ability to produce a genre-fusing record of baroque […]
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DKA Records returns with its third installment of cassette tape compilations featuring local, national, and international artists DKA Tape Programme Vol. III by DKA Records Atlanta\’s own electro and darkwave authorities DKA Records presents us with some more heavy duty
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Jonathan Merenivitch kicks off the year with his newest release Radio City Killa as solo rap/rock infusion Big Star Mafia Radio City Killa by Big Star Mafia Okay, so 2020 isn\’t off to the most stellar start. Tensions are rising
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I’ve always felt the coolest women in bands perform outside the traditional normative standards of beauty. To be clear, when I mention “bands,” I’m referring to a holistic four- or five-piece musical group in which all members contribute equally. I’m
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Almost immediately, the first thing you hear about Sequoyah Murray is the comparison to Arthur Russell. A few years ago when Sequoyah began playing live, people started talking about the now 22-year-old ATL native who invoked comparisons to the acclaimed
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Meet Upchuck: they are Kaila Thompson (vocals), Spuzz Dangus (guitar), Hoffdog (guitar), Armando Arrieta (bass), and Chris Salado (drums). For a very young band (about 1.5 years old), Upchuck has already gained a solid footing the Atlanta scene. They cite
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