Category: NOISE
That damn genre term (you know the one) where no tangible explanation is muttered beyond, “They’ve got a 90s sound.” Sure it’s a connotation for bands that will sport four-day foul working clothes on stage, forego thoughts on commerce for art and never write the same song twice (even though “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and [...]
Those who have had the privilege to attend an Andrew W.K. performance since his release of I Get Wet in 2001 are undoubtedly familiar with his gleeful, fist-pumping, raucous anthems such as “Party Hard,” “She Is Beautiful,” and “Party til You Puke,” as well as the hog-wild, enthusiastic behavior that accompanies the ballads both in [...]
We ran into this man on a Friday at 11:11 AM for lunch. No lunch was had but much Stella and Jameson was consumed. The conversation never got stale. Music and song and women and band names and pints. He reads and he sings and he tickles the ivory and wants to tap dance in your face. Ladies and men, this is Tom Cheshire.
By day, while lounging in his basement off Boulevard Southeast, Daniel Scoggins may be wearing jorts and a black tee cut into a tank top. But by night, before heading to East Atlanta venues like Star Bar, 529 or the Earl, Scoggins slips on an earring, leopard skin leggings and a mirrored codpiece. This is Scoggins as Cousin Dan, a musical persona that’s emerged over the course of many open mic nights, inside his basement and with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne as moral support. Purge talked to Scoggins about who inspires him musically, how he creates his own stage props and what to expect from his upcoming debut.
Written by: Johnny Carroll. Photography by: Tim Song