Damnit. I knew I was going to forget a phenomenal album in my end of year list for 2010. Serial Killer , by Night Driving In Small Towns easily should have cracked the top 20. But they failed to make my list, not because they didn't deserve it, but because I simply forgot how great it was. Last year I became obsessed with this band, relating them to Headlights. Today, however, hit the speakers and I did a double-take. When , [...]
Sind das jetzt schon 39? Und warum fehlen Menomena, Caribou, The Drums, Titus Andronicus und warum ist ein Lied von The Rural Alberta Advantage dabei, das eigentlich erst 2011 erscheint? The pains of being pure at heart / Say no to love French Films / Golden Sea Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You The Rural Alberta Advantage / Stamp Strange Boys / This Girls Taught Me a Dance [...]
Photo by Meqo Sam Cecil THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Wolf Parade Friday, November 12 Variety Playhouse - 1099 Euclid Avenue NE in Atlanta 30307 Admission is $25 / Purchase Tickets Wolf Parade songs are generally tense and tenuous; there's a vague sense of unease and paranoia that inhabits their dark, out of the way corners. It's not always the easiest or most pleasant music to embrace, but those that make the effort to wade through their [...]
THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: Titus Andronicus w/ Free Energy, Turf War Monday, September 19 The Earl - 488 Flat Shoals Avenue in Atlanta, GA 30316 Admission is $10 ADV / $12 DOS / Purchase Tickets The restless urgency of Titus Andronicus' music and the sprawling anthems it produces have made for some of the rowdiest, most gloriously uproarious noise to be committed to wax in recent years. Despite their cynical and paranoid "us against them" themes, the mood always feels celebratory—a [...]
I know, I've owed this one to you, my readers, for a few months now. The plan originally was to concoct a sort of mid-year recap of the first half, dictating a slew of wonderful albums that may or may not come to find a spot on the inevitable end-of-year list. A hint at what may come. But that didn't happen. I added a few hobbies to my seemingly never ending list of things that eat away at my time (see above photo) and it fell down the priority list. [...]
By Matt Jarrard If you ask me, Dare Dukes is one of the best things the state of Georgia has to offer. He's right up there with peaches, R.E.M., the HOPE Scholarship, Jimmy Carter, and CRUNK. Dare resides in Savannah, but has been making trips to Atlanta and Athens pretty regularly to record his album, [...]
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By Rebekah Goode-People and Ryan Peoples Our best of half list wherein we reveal our musical crushes. The National - High Violet I know many of the music bloggers say The National isn't cool anymore, but Matt Berninger's sexy-as-hell vocals will never get old for me. I skip the last few tracks, like "Vanderlyle Crybaby [...]
By Matt Jarrard It's been a good year, (so far)...let's not jinx it! Here's my favorite albums of 2010 so far: 10. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come 9. Jonsi - Go 8. Skybox - Morning After Cuts 7. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 6. Night Driving In Small Towns [...]
Abandoned Pools - " Legionnaire " (mp3) The Vicious Guns - " Newchain " (mp3) from Killing Is Easy Night Driving In Small Towns - " Barstool " (mp3) from Serial Killer Mobile Wash Unit - " Second Glance " (mp3) from Tent Jihae - " Succubus " (mp3) Places and Numbers - " Waking the Dead " (mp3)
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For Flagpole : Night Driving In Small Towns Serial Killer Lower 40 Nodding to every seminal and referential pop band from Headlights and Architecture in Helsinki to Mazzy Star and even Belle and Sebastian, Serial Killer , the debut LP from Atlanta group Night Driving in Small Towns, capitalizes on the mild-mannered example put forward by artists like Azure Ray and Eux Autres...[ Read more ]
Here's my weekly collection of five songs that I'm currently loving - a one-off postponement of SOIWT's avid London focus: Midnight Juggernauts - Vital Signs Things I like about Australian band Midnight Juggernauts ' latest, Vital Signs: 1. The fact that the singer sounds like he's letting out of flecks of saliva while singing through gritted teeth. 2. The sudden injections of pacy chorus, like a horse making random bursts in the Grand National. 3. The messed-up screeches, a la Metallica circa '95. 4. The word "juggernauts". 5. The angelic oohs in the [...]
Night Driving In Small Towns are the duo of Andrea Rogers and Colby Wright. They recently released their debut album, Serial Killer , a melodic blend of folk and indie, personal lyrics, and fairly easy going conclusions. Make your own mind up with the tunes below. Think for yourself, its more challenging, but always more attractive. Barstool mp3 Come And Tell Me mp3 http://www.twitter.com/nightdr iving [...]
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It's hard to think of Night Driving In Small Towns as a duo. The band has a sound that is much, much fuller. Andrea Rogers and Colby Wright probably take their name from that which they grew up doing, having scoured the small towns of Georgia before relocating to the city of Atlanta. Serial Killer is the sort of pop album you'd expect from a post Elephant 6 band like The Essex Green or Elf Power. It's leans toward being romantic, has hints of folk and orchestration, but is [...]
[ download ] Some bands seem innately blessed with the ability to conjure up songs that get stuck in your head after only one listen. Night Driving in Small Towns is one such act. The Atlanta group authors tunes which, while superficially modest and straightforward, are fiendishly designed to enter your brain via your ear canal, set up camp, and refuse to leave. Led by Andrea Rogers and Colby Wright, who have written songs together for over a decade, Night Driving makes music that is striking in its [...]
It's an all Canadian edition as Drake sums up the latest from Caribou and some classic Dan Bejar re-releases. Would have loved to have seen the "Hat Trick" with Plants and Animals or Rufus Wainwright , but I'll take what I can get I suppose. -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 04.20.10 This week is again a bit thin, but there's some gold to be found in reissues, with Merge Records releasing early recordings from Dan Bejar's Destroyer , including the [...]
Here's a quick look at things that almost slipped passed me this week: Night Driving In Small Towns, Serial Killer Following in the footsteps of a long line of Georgia indie acts, this group has just released an album of engaging, easily accessible jangle pop. Grab the track "Barstool" and hear for yourself. Night Driving In Small Towns' Myspace
I hope everyone had a happy and green Earth Day this year. Skip the plastic and packaging and download your music. Okay, that's my pitch for the year... on to the mixtape. I've been a busy busy boy- outside this blog of mine, so I'm afraid I've not really put the best effort in this week. No matter, I apparently missed the step of the mixtape process last week where I actually upload the files- and nobody noticed until just two days ago. Thanks to Jeff to pointing out though. It's been fixed since. Anyway, here's this weeks mix, including [...]
Night Driving In Small Towns, " Come and Tell Me " (MP3 courtesy of Team Clermont ) A special kinship develops when the music comes from Georgia. My wayward home...(well, I guess I'm the one who's wayward, not Georgia...) Website Twitter I think it's entirely possible that someone in this photo just farted. Using deduction and cunning observational skills, I will conclude that it's the dude in the vest. Look at that shit-eating grin!
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