Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Band/Performer of the Year 25 May 200914 Feb 2014 (Art/Ziona Kocher, lizzybknits.deviantart.com)You might have noticed that the ballot for Band/Performer of the Year of the Flagpole Athens Music Awards is blank. Which means you have over 500 Athens bands…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Best Album 24 May 200914 Feb 2014 The second hardest category to vote on for me is Best Album. What makes it the best? The best of the band's career? Better than the rest of the nominees?…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Live Band 24 May 200914 Feb 2014 I remember my first real show in Athens. Pylon. The power, the energy going back and forth from audience to band and back again in the space it took for…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Upstarts 22 May 200914 Feb 2014 They're the noobs, the openers, the little rookies that older bands can smash under their feet on the way to the top. Ironically, most of these bands nominated in Upstarts…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Solo Performer 21 May 200914 Feb 2014 ADAM KLEINThe first time I saw Adam Klein, I was on assignment for Flagpole. It was one of my first show reviews and I was a bit nervous. I shouldn't…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Metal 20 May 200914 Feb 2014 I've been under the impression that metal is all about how loud and how fast you can play a guitar. After listening to the nominees for Metal on the Flagpole…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Tribute Bands PLUS CONTEST 19 May 200914 Feb 2014 GUESS THESE BANDS!!Tribute bands. Love 'em or hate 'em, they are a big part of the Athens music scene. There are times when I'm not sure what the Georgia Theatre…
Album Artwork… Flagpole Music Awards: Best Album Artwork 17 May 200914 Feb 2014 It should be noted that the following is compiled from the personal tastes of everyone at Athens Music Junkie and some of our friends. Since the section is blank on…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Punk/Hardcore 17 May 200914 Feb 2014 (Art/Ziona Kocher, lizzybknits.deviantart.com)They're loud, rude, and the perfect people to let crash on your parents' couch if you really want to annoy them. Actually, these nominees are all really nice…
Awards… Flagpole Music Awards: Pop 16 May 200914 Feb 2014 (Art/Ziona Kocher, lizzybknits.deviantart.com)They write the tunes they want the whole world to sing. If you haven't seen the following bands yet, make sure you do before one of them ends…