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Live Review: the xx at Variety Playhouse, March 24

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By Emily Hogan The xx played a sold out show on Wednesday, March 24 at the Variety Playhouse. They were accompanied by Los Angeles-based DJ Nosaj Thing and Swedish duo jj. Unfortunately I missed Nosaj Thing, but he is worth checking out. And I highly recommend the remix he did of The xx’s “Islands” which you can hear [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

April 2nd, 2010 at 7:28 pm

Live Review: Girls, Feb. 5 at the Earl

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By Brock Scott [We are pleased to welcome our latest contributor - artist, multi-instrumentalist, Little Tybee frontman, and darn good writer - Brock Scott. The illustration above is also by Brock.] Girls played the Earl on Friday, February 5th to a sold-out crowd of sing-a-long devotees. This band has been making headlines since September of last year [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

February 17th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Live Review: Little Tybee, January 14 at the EARL

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Last week we got to finally catch up with Little Tybee live and on stage. Performed live, Brock Scott’s carefully crafted songs exuded an energy and dynamism beyond what we caught when we first spun their latest record, Building A Bomb. The musicianship of this band is remarkable – a feast for fans [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

January 25th, 2010 at 9:14 am

Live Review: Oryx & Crake, Jan. 9 at the EARL

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We have found our favorite Atlanta band of 2010. It’s Oryx and Crake. They floated us a demo track from their forthcoming LP in the fall and we’d run into them around town, so we decided to show up for their show at the Earl on Saturday night. We were blown away. The [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

January 16th, 2010 at 8:50 pm

Best Shows of 2009

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By Rube Ambler Let’s just start by saying we were inspired to create this post this way by Paste Magazine’s Josh Jackson. Like Mr. Jackson we’re only going to list those shows where we can post some kind of YouTube video stream from the show. We know from friends, and rumors, and the interwebs that there [...]