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FAT BAT / 40 WATT

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Here we have Athens, GA Rock and Rawers, The HUMMS playing “FAT BAT” at the 40 WATT last week.  Special thanks to Daniel P of athensrockshow.com for shooting.   Catch them at up coming gigs in :

Memphis, Nashville, Murfreesboro, Atlanta and Athens in the coming months. – Keep your eyes and ears on THEHUMMS.COM for further rumors and none sense as it unfolds.

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Craig Lieske RIP

Another Athens spirit, unexpectedly retired from the world, for now.  “Local musician Craig Lieske has passed away, reportedly due to an aneurysm.  A member of local improv-rock group Garbage Island, as well as a member of the Drive-By Truckers’ touring crew, [Lieske] contributed his talents to countless other local bands during his many years in Athens.  He was 48.”

Taken from Flagpole’s Homedrone Blog / Article

**Flagpole Magazine is publishing a memorial in next week’s issue.  Please send thoughts, remembrances and photos to music AT flagpole.com by Monday morning.

— All the best until we cross paths again Craig

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STRANGE TIMES in the land of Pizza and Punch

GFRK 2013 — Night 3 @ Mount TIBBETTs.   Woody is spotted going for a REE-FEEL, mid SAD DADs’ set.  Thanks to every fool that came out, booked, cooked and shook to make it all a MARVELOUS 4-day xxxperience.  LOOK OWT  for 200014 to be a special Third Tyme Charm-Winner.

 

 

 

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GFRK FEST 2013 RETURNS

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One year ago, three houses in Athens GA were overran by a musical orgy of Garage Raw, Pop, Punk and Strange – and it was known as “RODNEY LUTHER KING / GYPSY FARM FEST” and despite last year’s noise violation SIGH’TATION, we’re happy to say it will be happening again for the 2nd annual time– and we’ve added a 4th night!

SSStarting THIS THURSDAY night at FLICKER Barin downtown Athens, followed by Freaky Fryday at the FARM 255 before moving over to Tibbett St on Saturday, ending with the Secret SWAMP on Sunday, SUNDAY.

RSVP and SHARE the GFRK OFFICIAL EVENT PAGE

Line up / Schedule : (this will get CHEWED, as always)

Jan10 / THURSDAY Flicker Bar Flick-Off party
Hand Sand Hands
Bubbly Mommy Gun
Black moon

Jan11/ FRYDAY at Farm 255
Glass Crafts
Pretty bird
Jamaican Queens
K(v)ids
Bubbly Mommy Gun (part II)

Jan12 / SATURDAY MNT Wyatt/Tibbetts Train-Tracks-Party
Timmy Tumble n the Tumbletons
Ritvals
Sad Dads
Woodfangs
Dana Swimmer
Days of Beyond Thunder
Velocirapture
Nurture

Jan13 / SUNDAY at the Secret SWAMP
The Rodney Kings
Get High Boys
Pussy Pussy
Mr Clit and the Pink Cigarettes
Coombsbot
Murkdaddy Flex ft. Ricky Digits making his debut to the game

***SUPER SECRET after-PPParty show next door at the Secret Squirrel with***

The HUMMS
Bubbly Mommy Gun (part III)
Darkminster

IT’s ALL REAL, IT’s ALL GOOD, IT’s ALL HAPPENIN

Do you feel lost? Are you in search of GFRK 2013?  Have a question?

DON’T FRET! CALL THE GYPSY HOT LINE!

1-714-8764881

and we’ll SEE YEW THERE

GFRK1

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MAD AXES / “NEW WAVE” Video

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Athens Hip Hop owtfit “MAD AXES” unleash a video for their single titled “NEW WAVE”.   Catch them performing at the Caledonia Lounge on January 11th 200013 for the “You Are The Real Monster” CD Release party  (and you can download it for free  over at the Axes’ BANDCAMP page)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eWXt-CTClYo

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The BLACK LIPS in Athens

On a Wednesday evening, we made our way down to “The Manor” in Athens, GA – a venue known for it’s Lazers, Fog and Ying Yang Twin hosted events.  At around 10pm the curtain raised, The RODNEY KINGS chomped down on the sound and folks where physically fine to show for it, bless their hearts. They throbbed and bobbed their bones baby. There was a middle band, Tallycox that seemed well rounded with “top notch musical-movement-minded-musicians”-no doubt.  I slipped upstairs and bumped into D-ROC and KAINE momentarily.

Sliding into the midnight hour, the lips kicked things off with “SEA OF BLASPHEMY”–and a sea it soon was of beer, bottles, cans, shoes and bodies as the band played new cuts direct from their latest release (Arabia Mountain) with older material in between.  It was the usual Lipsy show without the gimmicks, although I believe some of the new comers where still in “shock from the rock” said one innocent groove stricken-lady.  They played an Almighty Defenders song (Bow Down and Die) and then soon after ended somewhere around “BAD KIDS”. Seeing the lips many a time between all of ourselves, the show still came nothing short of a rawkously recharging–perhaps an alcoholic reboot for some, and simply a twist of the hips for others.  / WJ

Pictured : Ian Saint Pe (Guitar/Vox for BL)

Photo Credit : KELLY O

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MUUY BIIEN / KNIFE FIGHTS 7″

These Raww-thrashin punks from Athens, GA have produced (for lack of more appropriate slang) a 7INCH for Virginia’s WONDERTRICK label — and rarely does any firecracker on this devil-dish fizzle any longer than 40 seconds.  The music is maddening, spaced out mostly from your own imagination in-between muffed out little teases–Yet, a flip over to side B oozes the repetitive (and unexpectedly relaxing) drone of ROTTER.   Read more about MUUY BIIEN in this article from VICE

BUY THE 7INCH in STORE 

Distro Item from WONDERTRICK RECORDS

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GF004 / THE RODNEY KINGS 7″

Here we have our 4th official release. But just what does “official” even mean anymore. You know who it is.  It’s your late night / get right boys, THE RODNEY KINGS, and they are serving OWT some of the best Poppin’ Punk we’ve heard in ages, GET BENT says they “might be the loudest and most obnoxious band to come from the land of REM”

Stream the flow and then Spin that WaxX

 

 

The 7″ is available in our STORE  (Get it while it’s fressh folks)

or DEMAND IT at your favorite local record store.