There’s an excitement that’s undeniable in Billy Mitchel and Maddy Davis’ presence. Mitchel smiles as an interview about their glee club project, Ding Dong Family Circus, became a conversation of ideas to hash out. Davis’ enthusiasm wraps the moments with laughter and delight as she looks over a notepad, cluttered with names and song titles.
When it was time to begin filming, I nervously disrobed and took my place next to Chris. My unease was replaced by glowing acceptance, love, and happiness for the beautiful experience I was having.The video isn’t special because we are all naked. It is special because of how we all felt while making it.
And while that may sound like every other up-and-coming band out there struggling to get known, there are still a few unique things about The Sexual Side Effects that set them apart from those other bands, especially in the Atlanta scene. Namely: Taylor is a transgendered woman, McClure is gay, and Sidner and McDougall are straight.
There are no words, no introductions, to the beginning of a set by Stallone. There is just that moment before the amps became an open-throttle for twisting noise and then abrupt folding collapse into silence that comes at the end. Stumbling crumbs of open air accidentally break through the cracks in between songs, but they are soon crushed under the combustion of the next riff and masked by the gigantic smiles that are coupled with guitars being jerked into the audience.
Get ready for the ultimate showdown! Newmerica’s “Free for Ya’ll” is this Thursday at the Star Bar. To promote the show, the trailer for the ‘so-fictitious-it’s-real-fake’ midnight movie, “The Blazers”, is being shared like a disease to rev up concert-goers.
I have a lot of respect for the one-man band. I love that we live in an age where we can create music from the safety and comfort of our bedrooms. You don’t have to deal with annoying band mates or restrictions on your creative control; you can smoke weed alone and get lost in your reverb pedal and headphones for however damn long you please.
Carbonas has no interest in recording new music as Carbonas. In days leading up to the Mess-Around, Carbonas barely wanted to rehearse as Carbonas–not with new, scorching and rollicking efforts bearing their names (Gentleman Jesse, GG King, Barreracudas).
After spending half a decade publicly viewed as a heavy music hotspot, talent buyer Tim Sweetwood and crew have taken it upon themselves to reclaim their venue’s reputation and give the public what they want…
Through the Back Pockets, I found my self drinking freely from fountains flowing through the souls existing next to you and yet in you. Together carrying the weight of a new idea of family, and the implications and responsibilities of taking to the wind as a strange collection of offbeats.
Newmerica’s Free-For-Y’all is an offshoot of the Little Five Festival. Due to the success of the Fest last year, Newmerica was approached by the owners of the Star Bar about having a free monthly show. Thus the FFY was born and continues the second Thursday of every month.