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• Tina Tiquet Presents AMG's DRINKSHOP Live for December with Little Tybee and Last Chance Runaround!
  We're bringing together music, charity and fancy drinks in a swanky atmosphere for our holiday DRINKSHOP Live. The December 10 event will feature Atlanta up-and-comers Little Tybee (pictured above) and Last Chance Runaround. If you want more information - like how you can win prizes by being charitable - then you've got to our mascot Tina Tiquet's event page, become a fan and RSVP...Read More
  
  
• Picture Book: White Denim, Brazos, Howlies @ The EARL, November 18
  By Kevin Griggs... Read More
  
  
• Video of the Day: Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel
  Incredible Queen-borrowed drums, the stunningly electric voice of Saint Saviour, wicked lighting effects - we love this video! Can't wait for Groove Armada's new record (which this is from) to drop in February... Read More
  
  
• Skinny Puppy November 24 Show Moved from Center Stage to The Loft
  The November 24 Skinny Puppy show in Atlanta has been moved from Center Stage to The Loft... Read More
  
  
• Switchfoot's November 24 Show Moves from The Loft to Center Stage
  Due to the high demand for Switchfoot, their November 24 show has been moved from The Loft to Center Stage... Read More
  
  
• CD Review: Cadillac Jones -- Rhythm Method
  Atlanta’s Cadillac Jones continues to prove that they are masters of the jazz-funk genre with their fourth album, Rhythm Method... Read More
  
  
• CD Review: R. Garcia -- I Used to Write on Walls & Other New York City Stories
  Randy Garcia's other band, Nerd Parade, makes the kind of big Southern rock that you feel down in your bones... Read More
  
  
• News Update
  Icelandic electro-house quartet Steed Lord has announced that The Truth Serum Remix Project is available on iTunes now... Read More
  
  
• A Fine Alternative. A Midtown Service Takes On Ticketmaster
  From the article in the November edition of Atlanta Magazine, by Charles Bethea... Read More
  
  
• POST-MODern Returns to Mary's for Britpop Revisited #2 on Thanksgiving Night!
  Ditch the family and hang out with your mates! It's Britpop Revisited 2 with DJs POST-MODern and Todd Almighty... Read More
  
  
• Q&A with J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes) -- Playing @ The EARL, November 21
  A few months back I received the new J. Tillman CD to review. Not knowing much about the Tillman, outside of the fact that he was the drummer for Fleet Foxes, I decided I needed to do some serious research...Read More
  
  
• CD Review: Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel -- Live; Playing Criminal Records November 21
  The theremin was invented by Russian professor Leon Theremin in 1928. It is played by moving one's hands over the two antennae, controlling amplitude and frequency, so that it does not appear as if the musician is playing the instrument as much as conjuring up evil forces... Read More
  
  
• CANCELED: Bebel Gilberto @ The Loft, November 20
  Bebel Gilberto has canceled this leg of her tour, including the November 20 show at The Loft in Atlanta... Read More
  
  
• Live Review: Ezra Furman & the Harpoons and Rachel Goodrich @ The Drunken Unicorn, November 6
  Rachel Goodrich's music is the definition of DIY, with the ever present harmonica-turned-kazoo holder around her neck, the seemingly beginner acoustic guitar arrangements that serve as the foundation of her songs and the fact that her drummer's "kit" consists of a single bass drum... Read More
  
  
• The Black Lips to Play The EARL's New Year's Eve Show
  The EARL has announced it's sure-to-be-crazy New Year's Eve show, and it's with none other that Atlanta's primary rapscallions The Black Lips... Read More
  
  

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Feature: Music Man -- The Nasal Tone

• I partially blame Christopher Carrabba (aka Dashboard Confessional). He had a large hand in starting the whole thing that has since become entirely too common and even predictable in so much of the new music that's coming out these days, especially among the scene crowd. Nine out of ten demos I receive have it.
  
  The thing with Christopher though, is that he, while certainly not the first to sing almost entirely through his nose, connected with fans on such a personal level that they totally overlooked it. His timing was perfect, his lyrics struck a chord, and his word of mouth cult status helped get him to the point where the nasally tone of his voice became his signature sound, it was cool for its time (sorta).
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