You Need More Reasons To Visit Athens?

School is out and the Bulldogs won’t take the field at Sanford Stadium until September. If great restaurants, coffee shops and indie record stores are not enough to get you to Athens this summer than maybe Athfest can convince you. The Modern Skirts, Perpetual Groove, Bubba Sparxxx, Cracker, Packway Handle Band and Kinchafoonee Cowboys headline this summer festival that will fill the streets, bars and venues of Athens.

This year Athfest spans five days (June 23-27) and will focus on in-town local music, art and film while bringing some acts from neighboring counties and a few from out of state. For three decades, Athens has been fertile soil for up-and-coming musical acts and this festival will shine a bright light on these talented artists.

The film festival will feature a number of documentaries concerning local music, including two about local singer/songwriter and all around music hero, Vic Chestnutt, who died December of last year. The film portion will also include feature length and short film submissions from local directors.

An open-air artist market will round out the festival from Friday, June 25 til Sunday, June 27. 40 artist booths with everything you need to spice up your dorm room or add to your local artist collection.

Visit Athfest’s official site to purchase tickets and get all the details on the local artists, bands, and films you won’t want to miss. Also, Athfest, Inc. is a non-profit dedicated to music and arts education so you can feel good about this one all the way around.

Supercluster Schedules CD Release Shows in Atlanta and Athens

With an ensemble line-up of musicians, Supercluster is a project that rose out of Athens, Georgia in 2007. Formed by Vanessa Hay and Hannah Jones of The New Sound of Numbers/Sound Houses, their current performing members encompass musicians from a wide range of genres, including previous members of The Elephant 6′s Of Montreal, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Circulatory System, along with members of Pylon, Deerhunter, Casper & the Cookies, and Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars.

Supercluster CD release shows

CMJ Music Marathon Under Way in New York

The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival is underway in New York, bringing hundreds of bands, musicians, filmmakers, and industry professionals to one spot to figure out, and share with us, the best of things indie.

More on the CMJ Music Marathon