2014, as much as I would like to think of every year as a giant piece of shit, this one has turned out to be not so bad. Atlanta, has been so on point with music and multiple bands from this city went onto my mix for the end of the year. Dasher, Uniform, Predator, Wymyns Prysyn, GHB, RAPTUROUS GRIEF, GG KING, SCAVENGER OF DEATH RECORDS, NO BREAKS/MUCKMAN RECORDS, Nurse, Slugga, Hawks and I'm sure there are a few more that I am forgetting about, have made this city the place to get real wild in 2014. To end this bad boy of a year, Josh Feigert put together a sick show of the bands that got started this year and Breakout from Austin. Here is a link to the show info, I'll update the calendar on here soon, this show is on Dec. 30th at the Earl. and to get the New Year started off right, January 7th is this show, it is going to be a real fuck off.
When I was living in Gainesville, FL. I got a small book by Aaron Cometbus and Travis Fristoe about this Radon LP. It is a great record and both of the above mentioned are really good writers with a flair for really capturing a great thought from mostly irrelevant parts of everyday life. The main thing that this book really captured was the relationship between good music and good people and how the two CAN be mutually exclusive. In punk, we have the tendency to overlook mediocre music because of the caliber of person that is creating that music. It really made me think that maybe my judgement has been clouded.
Being new to this city and coming to know people AFTER I knew their music makes me realize what a truly special place this city really is. Our bands are better, our neighborhoods are cooler, our rent is cheaper and our Tea is sweeter. When one house venue shuts down, Daniel's House, two more show up in its place, Hill Street and the Cunt Cave. We record our own bands, we put out our own records and we push each other to do something that matters, sometimes. THIS IS ATLANTA AND WE RULE OK!
Here is the mix of some of the songs that were pretty solid from this past year.
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