
So I can't stop listening to this song. For real. CAN'T STOP. You know those hoarding shows where some seventy-year-old lady with 15,000 cats can't stop buying bald eagle quilts or commemorative Civil War plates (this is the South, after all) even though there's absolutely no room to move around in her house and there's cat shit in the sinks and all sorts of horrifying, heinous shit is moving, growing and dying all over the place? That's the sort of fanatical, crackhead-level devotion I have to this song right now. I've tried moving on. I even like the next [...]

I normally begin these posts highlighting upcoming local releases by taking a look back and discussing some of the records that came out the month before. But seeing as we've just crossed over into 2012, I think we should avert our eyes from 2011 and march relentless forward into the new year. And if January's crop of releases is any indication of what to expect, it appears that we're going to be in for an extremely productive and fruitful year in local music. There's a slew of great stuff to wade through here, both from established Atlanta veterans and newcomers [...]

I normally begin these posts highlighting upcoming local releases by taking a look back and discussing some of the records that came out the month before. But seeing as we've just crossed over into 2012, I think we should avert our eyes from 2011 and march relentless forward into the new year. And if January's crop of releases is any indication of what to expect, it appears that we're going to be in for an extremely productive and fruitful year in local music. There's a slew of great stuff to wade through here, both from established Atlanta veterans and newcomers [...]

Here's a collection of songs by local artists that just missed my 2011 blogging season. All of these deserve their own blog post, but I haven't had the time. So instead, I used them to build a mixtape. You can click on the album art images below to find more about each song: Shook Foil : "The Monument" Cute Boots [...]