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A crisp October evening painted by a golden sunset welcomed Birmingham audiences as they entered Avondale Brewing Company to listen to up-and-coming artist, Wyatt Flores. The 23-year-old kicked off his “Welcome To The Plains” tour in October, playing hits off his debut album under the same name.
This past Saturday, The Tabernacle in Atlanta transformed into a vibrant retreat for indie rock fans, with Benches and Inhaler delivering an electrifying night of music and camaraderie.
I have had a soft spot for Maggie Rogers ever since I saw her open for Kacey Musgraves on the "Oh What a World II Tour" in late 2019. I thought she was a captivating performer - she seemed to be in her own little world as she frolicked about the stage. Not too long afterwards, during the height of the pandemic, hers was one of about five NPR Tiny Desk Concerts on a near-constant rotation in my house.
On a still Sunday night in September, I arrived at the Coca-Cola Roxy in the heart of ATL to see a line stretching for many blocks past the entrance. A sold-out show billed as Fletcher's, but it was Maude Latour, the evening’s opener, who left an unforgettable impression. While Fletcher delivered her signature emotional sassy punch, Latour had the crowd hooked from the moment she stepped on stage, embodying the spirit of early 2000s pop-punk with an alt-pop feel.
New Misphoria, a two-piece band from Tucson, Ariz., performed at Termminal West on Sept. 16. They walked off the stage, as if leaving us intoxicatingly elated with music was another casual weekday evening.
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Bruh Collective, Tan Kaelin, and D. Roscoe Lee - "Shoebill" - Aug. 23, 2024
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"BRAT" - Charli XCX
It was a stormy night on April 10th, 2024. Fans packed into John Emerald Distillery to escape the rain and see Christian rock/folk artist Chris Renzema. The show marked Renzema’s debut in Opelika and the first show at John Emerald Distillery in 2024. He brought Christian rock band Citizens along as the opener.
When the pandemic happened in 2020, the whole world shut down. For the first time in existence, every human shared a collective sense of loneliness and isolation. In Rapture Waltz, Johnny Manchild captures his feelings of isolation and fear into a rock opera for the Poor Bastards 4th album.
Oklahoma-born roots rocker JD McPherson brought his crack band and a loose vibe to Waverly, Alabama on Feburary 25th. Playing the Little House at Standard Deluxe, McPherson said they were going to play some stuff they don’t normally play because “you’ve got this incredible place.” The band delivered an inspired mix of originals and covers, including his most well-known songs like “North Side Gal” off his debut album Signs & Signifiers, “Bossy,” “Lucky Penny” and “Head Over Heels.”
Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards - "Fake Me Out"
This month marks fifteen years since the release of Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2009. When I was only six and practicing addition facts in my first grade classroom, the indie scene was absorbing what has aged to be one of the most iconic psychedelic pop albums of the 21st century. Arguably their most accessible album (besides possibly 2023’s Isn’t It Now?), MPP is a more marketable angle on the sounds they explored in their 2007 album Strawberry Jam. However, some major differences include the use of a classic verse-chorus song structure and increased bass in the mix. Still, the band maintains their strange lyricism and avant-garde ambient choices throughout the album. Animal Collective creates a wall of sound throughout each song where each note appears muffled in whatever noise is already smothering the song. A fan favorite moment in any piece of Animal Collective’s work tends to be at the halfway mark of the opening track “In the Flowers” where the calm and tonally unclear first half of the song is essentially interrupted by a glamorous explosion of offbeat pulsating synths and drums just after the lyric “if I could just leave my body for the night”. The album then transitions into what remains the band’s biggest hit, “My Girls”. The pulsating synths continue and Panda Bear sings about just being able to provide a stable home for his wife and daughter, save material possessions. A less than obvious formula for an indie cult classic, but years later the shiny sounds and homey lyrics have stapled their place in the indie scene. My personal favorite track and top song of last year, “Summertime Clothes”, feels like the hysteria of a sleep deprived 2AM open highway road trip with the windows down to buy a milkshake with friends. Lyrically, it quite literally is with lines like, “it doesn’t really matter, I’ll go where you feel; hunt for the breeze, get a midnight meal.” The words oscillate up and down adding to the hysterical feeling but the message zones in after all the chaos of each verse saying, “and I want to walk around with you; and be here with you, we’re going.” The rest of the album continues with these musical themes and rhythms, opting to write about less conventional topics. The song “Taste” includes one of my favorite lyrics ever, “Am I really all the things that are outside of me? Would I complete myself without the things I like around?” Paradoxically the running theme of simplicity in many of the songs is covered by a noisy eclectic swarm of synths and noise. Every song here tells a story beyond just the lyrics. While many experimental bands trade meaning for a gimmick, Animal Collective uses their unconventional sound to add to the story of each song instead. Impressively, MPP only showcases one side of the band’s musical ability, but that said, it showcases their ability at a time when they were at a creative peak. If you are a fan of experimental pop music and haven’t heard MPP yet, I hope that you do soon. After fifteen years, its grandeur sound still captivates fans new and old.
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