Group Hugs

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Matt talks to Ian about his arc playing music in Atlanta and beyond both solo and in groups

Features the songs "Heartbreak #2" and "The Printmaker"

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Matt talks to Sky Hy about his early days singing church music in Godsends, rapping under the name Noize before reimagining himself as Sky Hy, his other projects Doorways
and The Church Electric, and his showcase series at MJQ

Features the songs "Black Leather" and "Self Care"

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Matt talks to Henry about his musical life, including playing with Group Hugs alumni Lightnin' Ray in Weary Heads, his Bowie in Sweats collab with other alums TT Mahony and Jed Drummond, and his experience playing in the band Entertainment

Features the songs "The Greater Roadrunner" and "Song of Xeethra"

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Matt talks to Streety Murphy about his production brand West End Icon, the recording project Shinchaku Saikou, Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, and the definition of street pop

Features the songs "McFly" and "Look Over My Shoulder"

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Matt gets the dirt from Ben Davis, one of Atlanta's most professional musicians. His history spans from early efforts like Habeus Corpus to long term project The Purkinje Shift, his time in the funk group Noot d'Noot, and how all this led to his solo projects Setups and Prince Clifton

Features the tracks "In Real" and "Xavier's Idea"

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Matt talks to Tom about his life writing songs and working with musicians to put on shows. Tom details his time in the bands Rent Boys, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, West End Motel, and of course his most recent project The Tom Cheshire Band

Features the song "New Wave Kid"

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Matt talks to JB about playing music when he served in the U.S. Army, how that led to him being the drummer for Arrested Development, how the Multiple Dimensions Band was formed, and his experience recording the album "Drop It From The Top"

Features the songs "Stink of Me" and "Dreams to Forget"

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Matt talks to Kent about his upbringing in Illinois and how that brought him to his career playing music in Atlanta

Features the songs "Ways of the Weak" and "I Don't Scare Easy"

Kent's got a show at Smith's with his band The Swear:

https://www.facebook.com/events/300224278725869?ref=newsfeed

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Matt talks to Eric about his early experiences playing metal, hardcore, and punk music with projects like Zero Tolerance, Orange 9mm and H2O, and how that led him to his newest band, Drifter

You can see Drifter live for free at Sabbath Brewing in Atlanta on Sunday, February 27th

https://www.facebook.com/events/979686129638119/

Features the song "Colors"

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Alex gets Shaheed to open up about his journey on the first episode of Group Hugs' second season

Features the songs "What I Say" and "Sand Castle"