"Atlanta’s Pillage & Plunder have just released their debut record, a six-song EP entitled Look Inside for the Prize full of quirky, angular pop and rock that sounds like nothing else going on in this town right now. " - Latest Disgrace
"Pillage and Plunder is a strange beast. The six songs on their debut EP find an unusual intersection between bright, clean indie-pop and math-rock complexity, resulting in a sound that’s a little jarring on first listen. Give the songs a little time, though, and it all starts to come together...There’s something unique here, and I look forward to hearing from them in the future." - Little Advances
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"With the dive bar his sanctuary and minimalist story-songs about failed romance, long-distance running, sharks and unrequited love his psalms, Gospel Music’s debut full-length album, How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL, will be released on October 25 on Kill Rock Stars. Contrary to its moniker, there’s nothing religious about Gospel Music, that is unless you worship at the altar of clever lo-fi indie pop and your holy trinity consists of Lou Reed, Stephin Merritt and Jonathan Richman. The musical alias of Jacksonville singer/multi-instrumentalist Owen Holmes, who pulls double duty as bassist for Black Kids, Gospel Music’s first LP takes its album title and cover art from a pamphlet produced by a turn-or-burn evangelical church he attended as a Southern Baptist teenager. (A lot has changed since then.) A copy of the original pamphlet is included in the vinyl version of the album.
The forthcoming long-player sees Holmes picking up where he left off with his acclaimed 2010 EP duettes, a five-song collection of charming duets with members of Camera Obscura, Vivian Girls, The Magnetic Fields, Hefner and French singer-songwriter SoKo that Pitchfork described as “long on infectious melodies but short on arty pretension...Fans of lo-fi pop would be hard-pressed not to be won over by his lyrical specificity, melodic infectiousness, and vocal collaborators.” Using a musical arsenal of toy piano, banjo, acoustic guitar, organ, ukulele, bass and drums, Holmes casually delivers 11 stories with a conversational baritone reminiscent of David Berman, Adam Green or any of the aforementioned male vocalists. Jacksonville pal Madeline Long acts as the perfect foil to Holmes, adding a sweet, girlish counterpoint to his deep register." NK / Earbuddy
Gospel Music "This Town Doesn't Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us" from Kill Rock Stars on Vimeo.
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"Young Atlanta group Noel Stephen & the Darlings crafts the kind of un-ironic rococo pop that winks at its musical forefathers (Serge Gainsbourg, Rufus Wainwright) while concurrently, and proudly, declaring its independence. The band's first album, Ten Years Too Late, has a very appropriate first-album feel. The production is inconsistent, vocalists trade off from song to song, and the band has a stylistic tendency to veer rather wildly back and forth from barroom country to the baroque and beyond. But there's a sweetness to the Darlings' blue-eyed approach, an honesty that's missing from most new music, that saves Ten Years Too Late from itself. Likewise, certain unanticipated moments — the dramatic downshift halfway through "Your Scarf," for instance — flirt with profundity. The Darlings' best moments are certainly ahead of them, but this altogether solid debut should prove a fine jumping-off point." - Gabe Vodicka / Creative Loafing Atlanta
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“Inspired by the soul of the South and the spirit of gypsies, Lily and the Tigers play what they call gothic americana music. The band's foundation rests in the words, voice and guitar of Casey Hood and the restless beats of upright bassist Adam Mincey. The two call Atlanta, Georgia home and the musicians around town family. Their debut album, Sojourner, pulls in several other tigers. From trumpets and accordions to harpsichords and harmonicas, every song tells a different story. Since the band’s 2009 conception and their first national tour, Lily and the Tigers has blossomed into a full sound including alto clarinetist Mikhail Ally, lead guitarist Jared Pepper, and fiddler Ryan Gregory.”
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$6 in adv, $8 DOS, 18+
Doors @ 9 pm
Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.
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