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Get Hip to Autumn Saints
PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
HOT FIRE: You’re gonna have to visit a few
different URLs to listen in on everything
Athens hip hop group Autumn Saints has
going on, but I promise it’s worth the extra
effort. This is some of the most creative
and exciting stuff I’ve heard from a group
of UGA students in a long time. First is the
nine-track Phoenix Rising mixtape, available
at soundcloud.com/saevon-springer. Second
is the six-track entry Metamorphosis, posted
at soundcloud.com/ahead-of-our-time. Both
feature deftly intelligent beats made by
Will the Producer and, with only marginal
deviations, are perfect for fans of conscious-
but-not-political hip hop such as Jurassic 5.
Caveat: The casual misogyny-via-heartache
on tracks like “Actin’ a Fool” is boring,
obvious and stands out like a sore thumb.
Member Chance Attipoe (aka Chancellor)
has a new solo track named “Autumn
Leaves,” as well as a bunch of older tracks
and group podcasts, available at sound-
cloud.com/chance-attipoe. The podcasts
are great, too, and provide essential insight
into the group and its values, opinions and
personalities. You can find everything men
tioned above at that final URL, but I encour
age you to explore the stuff available via all
three links. Autumn Saints seems poised to
be a newly foundational Athens collabora
tion, and any fan of Classic City hip hop will
do well to catch up with them.
NAME CHANGE: Songwriter Jianna Justice
has retired her Penny Lame moniker and is
now making music under the name Gal Pal.
New recordings are in the works, and as
soon as anything happens I’ll let you know.
For now, fan up over at facebook.com/
galpalmusic and dig her archives at galpal.
bandcamp.com.
GOOD MORNING: Athens MC Cassie Chantel
has gone through a few stylistic changes
since her start, and it seems she’s totally
come into her own. She released a new col
lection of songs a few months ago titled
Free Vibes, which really punctuates her
metamorphosis from a glossy pop-’n’-party
oriented approach to a deeply personal and
highly aware one. There’s still a street-level
toughness on this new collection, but now
the street also has a library and community
center on it, not just a house party. I hate
to make comparisons with regard to some
thing so fresh and necessary in Athens, but
for the sake of convenience, let’s say fans of
Lauryn Hill, Black Star, Tupac Shakur and,
to a lesser extent, A Tribe Called Quest will
find a lot to like about this. Find her music,
including some more recently released
stuff, at soundcloud.com/cassiechantel,
be a fan at facebook.com/CassieChantell,
and watch a bunch of stuff at youtube.com/
CassieChantel.
BREAKING RAD: Meth Wax just fired shots
across the bow of every other aggressively
tuneful guitar band in town. The Daniel
Tanghal-led project (fleshed out with Tiger
Li on guitar, Dylan Diener on drums and
Ryan Taylor on bass) just released its new
est full-length; it’s self-titled and clocks
in at 12 tracks. The first two
songs especially are a wake-up
slap in the face with regard to
their strict adherence to the
two-fingered salute of pop-
punk tradition (in this case
more Angry Samoans than,
say, Screeching Weasel). After
these the record falls, with a
couple of notable exceptions,
into more traditional Meth
Wax territory (i.e., hyper-
melodic pop songs rendered in
short bursts). Although I could
do without the drunken Bob
Dylan-isms—not to mention
the ridiculously cringeworthy
title “Sea of Blowjobs”—these
are the only marked flaws in
what is already a substantial
Meth Wax catalog. Grab ahold of this at
methwax.bandcamp.com.
PORCH PICKIN’: It’s time again for another
installation of Kurt Wood’s Front Porch
Record Sale. This time it’s taking place
Saturday, Mar. 26 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and
Sunday, Mar. 27 from noon-6 p.m. The
records are literally on his front porch
located at 1080 Oconee St. (the part that
shoots up Carr’s Hill where those dumb
condos are now). As a special treat, visual
artist Jill Carnes is having a pop-up show
of her artwork at the same place and times.
Wood has long been known as one of the
most ardent record pickers in the nation, so
it’s always a safe bet that the stuff he both
ers selling is heads and tails above lots of
other available stock.
GET THE DROP: Yatusabes Entertainment,
coordinator Antenor Orrego and director
Victor Brian Smith will present their film
Shine On: A Documentary About Athens
Electronic Dance Music Friday, Mar. 25
at Live Wire. The night begins at 11 p.m.
and features a screening of the film as well
as live performances from Will Weber,
Andy Bruh and Robbie Dude. Shine On
was shot at various locations, including
the Counterpoint Music Festival, Terminal
West and the Georgia Theatre, and is 35
minutes long. O
Cassie Chantel
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