Localized: The Album

Localized: The Album
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Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. THE ALBUM Jud Powell: Vocals and guitar Chris Peterson: Bass Chris Evans: Drums Jud and one of the

Localized: Cart!

Localized: Cart!
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Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. CART! Matt: Guitar and vocals James: Drums and vocals Deb: Bass and vocals MC: Noise and vocals CART!

Split Your Lungs with Blood And Thunder: Mastodon has the Ability to Rule Us All

Split Your Lungs with Blood And Thunder: Mastodon has the...
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In the winter of 2002, my friends asked me if I wanted to go out to Burt’s Tiki Lounge and check out some metal band from Atlanta named Mastodon. I declined since I had never heard of them and I was burnt out on bars in general. When they all told me how stupid I

Whip it Good: Prepare to be Dominated by the Coachwhips

Whip it Good: Prepare to be Dominated by the Coachwhips
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When I called to schedule this interview, I got an answering machine, which, in the spirit of George Castanza’s answering machine on Seinfeld, is a reworking of a famous pop tune (only in this case, the message is about “walking on down to K-Mart to buy some shoes” set to the music of “Electric Ave.”)

Big Black Monsoon: Yyrkoon Unleashes a New Storm With Occult Medicine

Big Black Monsoon: Yyrkoon Unleashes a New Storm With Occult...
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[Yyrkoon]Coming from France’s Osmose Productions as well as Salt Lake City’s The End Records is French metal thrashers Yyrkoon. After humble beginnings in 1995, the band released their debut full-length album, Oniric Transition, in 1998 and Dying Sun in 2002. Progressing to a different sound, the band’s third release, Occult Medicine, is a steamroller of

Localized: The Happies

Localized: The Happies
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THE HAPPIES Miles Biddulph: Guitar Ki: Guitar Elledge IV: Drums and Keys Linwood Biddulph: Keys and Drums Nate Biddulph: Bass   To find The Happies, I went down a narrow and silent alleyway to a little house with few lights on inside. There, I found The Happies and we proceeded to have a muted conversation.

Localized: Nate Padley

Localized: Nate Padley
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Localized this month is lovely and has a clean complexion. Localized talks to you in a whisper before tucking you in with a glass of water. Nate Padley and The Happies will play on the second Friday of March at the Urban Lounge, a private club for members only. NATE PADLEY Nate Padley: Guitar and

The Bellrays

The Bellrays
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Do Not Obey: The Bellrays Bust Boundaries with their One-of-a-Kind Rock n’ Soul When talked about in larger publications The BellRays usually get lumped in with the so-called “garage rock revival.” Not only have The BellRays been playing their patented brand of maximum rock n’ soul for much longer than that stupid tag has been

Low

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How Low Can You Go: High Times with Alan Sparhawk of Low.   [Alan Sparkhawk of Low] “I don’t know if that’s specifically the new direction. Going out on a limb was definitely a positive experience, and I think we’re going to do that more.”   Moses spoke with G-d, George Bush held private council