have u ever made love to a weerdo?

In my opinion, Atlanta’s independent music scene has always been sort of ahead of the curve. One of the more recent examples to support that theory? Hollyweerd.

A quartet that consists of: The Dreamer, The Love Crusader, Tuki and Staggo Lee,  the group describes their sound as “hip-hop, new wave ghetto tech”.  The 18 tracks on their latest album, Edible Phat, mingle techno and electronica influences with no-nonsense lyrics and Dirty South Cadillac-cruising beats. Not since Gonzo have weirdos been so cool.

Read more

big boi’s ballet debuts at the fox

Trying to describe the Atlanta Ballet’s debut performance of big would be like trying to describe an obscure chemical reaction between two elements on opposite sides of the periodic table (yes, i’m a bit of a science geek). Only metaphor and simile would do the job, but even the best of those would inevitably fall short of imparting the essence of the experience. The best description I can offer is this: Imagine you’re sitting at home listening to one of your favorite Outkast albums while flipping through TV channels with the volume muted. You happen across a ballet on PBS and you pause just long enough to think to yourself, “heyyyy… isn’t that funny? It almost looks like those ballerinas are dancing to ‘Bombs over Baghdad’”. 

Read more