Creative Loafing Atlanta

Host Chad Radford speaks to Julia Furgiuele and Anna Barattin of Shantih Shantih.

Photo by John Boydston

Victory Hands was born in the summer of 2014, when bass player Jimmy Ether convened with Haricot Vert alumni drummer Kip Thomas and guitarist Shawn Christopher to write songs built around lyrics pulled from redacted Richard Nixon tapes and speeches.

The group recently stopped by CL’s Short Notice studio talk about the parallels they’ve discovered between President Nixon and President Trump’s tactics and strategies, writing new songs, and what’s in store for 2020.

Imagine Music Festival returns for the 6th annual Aquatic Fairytale at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sept. 19-22, bringing a weekend-long EDM extravaganza under the sun and stars. This year’s lineup features performances by DIPLO, Marshmello, Alison Wonderland, Leah Culver, and more playing amid a scene that includes a pool, circus acts, yoga, camping, and various other activities.

Festival founders and IRIS Presents promoters Glenn and Madeleine Goodhand stopped by CL’s Short Notice Studio to talk with Chad Radford and Ema Carr about fostering a homegrown music festival that draws more people each year. Press play to hear the conversation.

Photo courtesy Caren West PR.

The Southern Surf Stomp Fest returns to Little Tree Art Studios in Avondale Estates on Saturday, September 21, with a day filled with pure kerrang and science fiction-fueled rock ‘n’ roll.

The festivities begin the night before, (Sept. 20) with a Friday night pre-party at Trader Vic’s in the Hilton Hotel Downtown. The Disasternauts, the Manakooras (feat. Jeremy DeHart formerly of the Aqualads), and DJ Big Tiki Dude set the weekend in motion.

Saturday’s festival lineup features performances by The Madeira from Indianapolis, Insect Surfers from Los Angeles (celebrating the group's 40th anniversary), Surfer Joe from Livorno, Italy), the Flamethrowers from Athens, the Intoxicators from Tallahassee, alongside hometown heroes Fiend Without A Face (feat. Brent Hinds of Mastodon), the Mystery Men?, the Surge, and El Capitan and the Reluctant Sadists.

Surf Stomp founder Chad Shivers stopped by CL’s Short Notice Studio to talk about the festival’s history and its place in Atlanta. Press play!

Both events are free and all ages are welcomed to attend. Friday night’s pre-party at Trader Vic’s starts at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Surf Stomp kicks off at noon at Little Tree Arts Studio, 2834 Franklin St. in Avondale Estates.

Music: “Stylized” by the Mystery Men?

Rob Milton performs live from the Creative Loafing archives room.

Go ahead and grab a beer, ATL Jo is still celebrating winning the Open Cup! Two cups in two weeks. It’s been a heck of a run for the 5 stripes and we hope to use the momentum Saturday against second place Philly to secure our place at the top of the east. It’s time for the international break so get caught up on who will be off playing for their country and what the next few weeks look like for Atlanta United.

Join Blake and ATL Jo for a double recap and double preview. The guys recap the home heart crusher Red Bulls game, our latest game in the 2019 Open Cup and who we will play in the next round and preview Sunday’s game against Seattle and Wednesday’s game against Houston. It’s a busy week filled with soccer but don’t worry there is always time for a beer… every week.

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s weekend roundup podcast for September 6-8! Will Cardwell, Jacob Chisenhall, and Chad Radford talk about their top picks for the weekend, including ONE MusicFest at Cenntenial Olympic Park, Kælan Mikla at 529, And That's Why We Drink at Buckhead Theatre, and more! Tune in and turn out.

Photo: Nathan Bajar

If you want to legalize, Ted Terry is a politician to have in your corner. The “Millennial Mayor” Ted Terry was the first to decriminalize marijuana in Georgia, starting with his city of Clarkston.

Host Ema Carr talks to Mayor Terry about the details of his successful career as a politician, and his next step, running for US Senate in 2020, vying for Senator David Purdue’s spot.

Clarice Jensen, the composer, cellist, and Artistic Director with the Brooklyn-based ACME — that’s the American Contemporary Music Ensemble — has a new cassette release out via Geographic North, titled Drone Studies.

The two pieces that make up this release, titled “The Organ that Made You Bleed” and “One Bee” show off an improvisational and naturally expressive tonal exploration that veers away from the compositional works she’s created with ACME, and via collaborations with artists such as Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Dustin O’halloran, Stars of the Lid, and more.

Host Chad Radford met up with Jensen and Jonathan Turner at Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears festival in March of 2019, where they discussed these two side-long pieces and their relationship to her body of work.

Photo by Ryuhei Shindo.

Learn more about Clarice Jensen's "Drone Studies" tape at https://claricejensen.bandcamp.com/album/drone-studies