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Vaudeville

There are currently two groups listed that share the name Vaudeville: 1) (A Coon Rapids, MN alternative, hardrock, electronic band) Vaudeville, brainchild of Coon Rapids, MN native Christopher Gummeson, began in the fall of 2007. Through numerous lineup changes the band now consists of Gummeson, friends Chris, Matt, and newest members Preston and Steph. In the summer of 2008 Vaudeville won a battle of the bands competition sending them to Nashville to record their debut album, "Dismantle the Sky" with Chris Mara.

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Lovers

Lovers are the brain child of gifted lyricist and heartbroken hero Carolyn Berk (CUBBY), the doe-eyed, silken voiced vagabond whose intimate tales of love and loss have garnered her overwhelming critical acclaim. Torrents of emotion fill each song on Lovers' sophomore release, The Gutter and the Garden, but an unflinching, underlying kindness runs throughout. Achingly beautiful string arrangements, subtle vocal harmonies, and layered soundscapes create a perfect musical accompaniment to Berk's breath-taking imagery and nuanced narratives.

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Folklore

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For a couple of years now, Folklore has been kicking around Athens (and some other places, with a few brief tours, mostly with their friends Summer Hymns), steadily building positive word-of-mouth. It might surprise you to learn that in such a short time they’ve already released two albums in limited pressings and various incarnations. Essentially the first two Folklore albums are flip sides of the whole, telling the same story, although stylistically they’re drastically different.

Read more about Folklore on Last.fm.

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Reptar

Athens, GA's breakout sexy groove machine Imagine you take a giant stuffed panda bear and you animate it using sparkling ultraviolet ray pulses. You also take Big Bird. You put them in a room to fight to the death with marshmallow swords. But then you realize that there is no such thing as death and so really they're just hitting each other, and every time they hit each other rainbows bounce off the walls and little morsels of marshmallow blast off.

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Nuclear Spring

1) Most awesome band out of Athens Ga. this century. 2) A punk band from Brooklyn, NY, featuring members of Natural Law, Creem, Nomos and PUTRIDA borrowing sounds from punk circa 1977-82. They have a five song demo tape out on Hysteria Records, a teaser tape of songs from an upcoming record and will release new material in Spring 2013.

Read more about Nuclear Spring on Last.fm.

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Allison Weiss

Allison Weiss is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. Weiss first picked up a guitar at age 14 in an attempt to become a punk rock star and impress her high school crush, and though the teenage romance died after one short month, her passion for music lived on. After moving to Athens, GA in 2005, Weiss spent the next five years in and out of various pseudo-relationships which fueled the fire for one infectious breakup song after another.

Read more about Allison Weiss on Last.fm.

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Pylon

There are at least four bands called Pylon..
1. An influential alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, United States
2. A rock band from Wakefield, England
3. An electronica producer from Poland
4. A space rock band from Finland 1. Pylon (US)
Despite failing to equal the commercial success or cross-cultural impact of their Athens, GA ,compatriots R.E.M. and The B-52's, Pylon's influence on the city's legendary music scene proved just as pronounced -- the group's propulsive...

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Madeline

In 2000 Madeline began performing her songs in Athens, Georgia at the age of 15. Over the next couple of years, Madeline worked on a full length album and fronted the locally successful psychedelic pop band, The Sugar Shakers. In 2002 Madeline self-released her album Kissing & Dancing. In 2003 the record was re-released by Plan-It-X records. That year, Madeline went on her first big tour, accompanied by Zumm Zumm.

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