Rest In Peace, Alex Cooley

Sad news spread this afternoon, longstanding Atlanta concert promoter Alex Cooley has died. He was 74 years old.

Since the late ’60s, Cooley had emerged as the Southeast’s most respected concert promoter, by breaking down the country's perceptions of the South and carving a touring path through the region.…

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Meat does lo-fi pop without pretension

Doug Bleichner, performing under the moniker Meat, makes the sort of summery psych-pop that would fit on any college radio playlist – with a wisdom that’s at least 40 years his senior. There’s still a sense of wariness or apathy towards introspection and self-analysis, but all this is overshadowed by his insatiable curiosity for the breadth of human experience.…

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'Oxford American' has Georgia on its mind

In case you missed the news, Oxford American's annual "Southern Music" issue hits newsstands this month, and it's all about Georgia. The issue is thick with stories by Peter Guralnick, Dust-to-Digital's Lance Ledbetter, and CL's own senior writer Rodney Carmichael. The accompanying CD features cuts from a diverse array of Peach State acts covering everyone from James Brown to Smoke, Killer Mike to Pylon, the Indigo Girls, Ruby the RabbitFoot, OutKast, and many more acts.

To celebrate, OA is hosting a launch party at Eddie's Attic on Mon., Dec. 7, with performances by Col. Bruce Hampton & the Madrid Express, Robert Lee Coleman & the Night Owls, Waiting for UFOs (featuring former Smoke members Bill Taft, Brian Halloran, and Will Fratesi), Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Art Rosenbaum.

$10.…

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Watch the Casket Girls' 'Deep Time'

Casket Girls 'Deep Time'

Thanks to those that picked up our new EP w/ Stardeath and White Dwarfs this weekend! We're told there's only a few left over at GRAVEFACE RECORDS.…

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Southern Comfort R.I.P.

Southern Comfort has closed its doors but negotiations with a potential new owner are ongoing. It looked like a scene from Roadhouse — all but the green laser lights slicing through the fog of cigarette smoke and the color-changing SoCo sign hanging as a backdrop to the dance floor. And no Patrick Swayze.…

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Tracklist: Jimmy Herring remembers

>> Last Night on Late Night: Pink told a holiday horror story and The Flaming Lips sans Miley did "Bad Day" on Fallon, 5 Seconds of Summer did "Hey Everybody" on Corden, Fall Out Boyz II Men did "Motownphilly" on Kimmel, and eariler in the day, Sia revealed her face on Ellen but wouldn't you know it the video ends right before that happens oh well.

>> "When we started playing our band was really just an experimental thing that happened in Atlanta one night a week.Then one night these cats walked in and heard us and invited us to open for them.…

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Tracklist: Sinead O'Connor safe and sound

>> Last Night on Late Night: Chris Brown did "Zero" and Jimmy, Rashida, Queen Latifah and Eric Nally did Holiday Parodies on Fallon, Gloria Estefan warned us about Latin rhythms on Colbert, A Great Big World did "End of the World" on Seth, Tove Lo did "Moments" on Corden, and earlier in the day, Adele did "Million Years Ago" on The Today Show.

>> "I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it ...…

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