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Love Tractor
7,277 listeners
Love Tractor helped to establish the college town of Athens, Georgia as a mecca of alternative music in the early '80s along with lumi… read moreLove Tractor helped to establish the college town of Athens, Georgia as a mecca of alternative music in the early '80s along with luminaries like R.E.M., the B-52's, and Pylon. Comprising guitarist Michael Richmond, multi-instr… read moreLove Tractor helped to establish the college town of Athens, Georgia as a mecca of alternative music in the early '80s along with luminaries like R.E.M., the B-52's, and Pylon. Comprising guitarist Michael Richmond, multi-instrumentalist Armistead Wellford, drummer Kit Schwartz, and gui… read more
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Peter Holsapple
4,190 listeners
Co-leader of 80's jangle-pop band the db's with Chris Stamey. Holsapple continued the db's after Stamey's departure an… read moreCo-leader of 80's jangle-pop band the db's with Chris Stamey. Holsapple continued the db's after Stamey's departure and the reunited with Stamey for three albums: (MAVERICKS) in 1991, (HERE AND NOW) 2009 and (OUR BA… read moreCo-leader of 80's jangle-pop band the db's with Chris Stamey. Holsapple continued the db's after Stamey's departure and the reunited with Stamey for three albums: (MAVERICKS) in 1991, (HERE AND NOW) 2009 and (OUR BACK PAGES) 2020. He was an auxillary member of OUT OF TIME-… read more
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Oh-Ok
5,785 listeners
Even though their entire recorded output consists of two EP's and a compilation cut in the early '80's, Oh-OK weren't y… read moreEven though their entire recorded output consists of two EP's and a compilation cut in the early '80's, Oh-OK weren't your average band from Athens, Georgia. Led and formed by singer Hopper, bassist Lynda Stipe (siste… read moreEven though their entire recorded output consists of two EP's and a compilation cut in the early '80's, Oh-OK weren't your average band from Athens, Georgia. Led and formed by singer Hopper, bassist Lynda Stipe (sister of Michael Stipe) and drummer David Pierce, the group were… read more
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The Vulgar Boatmen
4,744 listeners
Pop with a delicate, intricate, urgency. Great melodies with point in time storied lyrics make the Boatmen a long time regional favorite in… read morePop with a delicate, intricate, urgency. Great melodies with point in time storied lyrics make the Boatmen a long time regional favorite in the midwest. Started as a Florida band, then two bands, one in Florida and the other in Indiana, … read morePop with a delicate, intricate, urgency. Great melodies with point in time storied lyrics make the Boatmen a long time regional favorite in the midwest. Started as a Florida band, then two bands, one in Florida and the other in Indiana, Dale Lawrence now leads the only version left from Indiana. … read more
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Archie Powell & The Exports
5,413 listeners
Has bemused cynicism and ennui ever been so fun? Archie Powell & the Exports have made a career of grafting prismatic power pop and sar… read moreHas bemused cynicism and ennui ever been so fun? Archie Powell & the Exports have made a career of grafting prismatic power pop and sardonic, dark looks at the world outside into guileless songs with hooks galore. Archie Powell makes… read moreHas bemused cynicism and ennui ever been so fun? Archie Powell & the Exports have made a career of grafting prismatic power pop and sardonic, dark looks at the world outside into guileless songs with hooks galore. Archie Powell makes it look simple; he is incapable of writing an un-danceable … read more
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Keene Brothers
3,263 listeners
Guided by Voices may be over, but the Robert Pollard song factory hasn't slowed production. The latest release in the Fading Captain s… read moreGuided by Voices may be over, but the Robert Pollard song factory hasn't slowed production. The latest release in the Fading Captain series of moonlighting projects is a one-off collaborative studio session with power pop cult figur… read moreGuided by Voices may be over, but the Robert Pollard song factory hasn't slowed production. The latest release in the Fading Captain series of moonlighting projects is a one-off collaborative studio session with power pop cult figure Tommy Keene, to which Pollard contributes lyrics and vocal… read more
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Mitch Easter
2,501 listeners
Multi-instrumentalist Mitch Easter is best known as the producer of REM's "Murmur" album and releases from (among others) Ve… read moreMulti-instrumentalist Mitch Easter is best known as the producer of REM's "Murmur" album and releases from (among others) Velvet Crush, Pavement, Game Theory, Marshall Crenshaw, Drive By Truckers and the Loud Family. In t… read moreMulti-instrumentalist Mitch Easter is best known as the producer of REM's "Murmur" album and releases from (among others) Velvet Crush, Pavement, Game Theory, Marshall Crenshaw, Drive By Truckers and the Loud Family. In the 1980s he was the principal member of Let's Active, w… read more
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Dreams So Real
3,121 listeners
Dreams So Real were a significant band in the Athens, Georgia music scene, gaining some national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s… read moreDreams So Real were a significant band in the Athens, Georgia music scene, gaining some national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including releases on Arista Records. The trio consisted of chief songwriter Barry Marler on lea… read moreDreams So Real were a significant band in the Athens, Georgia music scene, gaining some national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including releases on Arista Records. The trio consisted of chief songwriter Barry Marler on lead vocals and guitar, Trent Allen on backing vocals and bass,… read more
