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You could call Buenos Aires a late-night kind of town, sure, or you could call the American economy right now a bit shaky. Exercises in understatement aside, know this: If you were to show up at a club in the capital of Argentina at, say, 1 a.m.
Testing, Testing: Alela Diane escapes her comfort zone to be still.
By Chris Hassiotis
Folk singer Alela Diane Menig splits most of her time between Oregon and California, and that’s worth paying attention to because of how frequently a sense of place plays a defining role in her gorgeous songs.
Hard work eventually pays off—or so goes the mantra indie musicians often repeat to get through the day. nBands that have been around for years still struggle just to get a few pairs of feet through a club’s doors, and a night’s hard work can often result in barely enough cash to gas up the van and trudge on to the next venue. For Athens, Ga., band Dead Confederate, though, years...
In October 2005, Dark Meat made its public debut, and what started out as two roommates steeped in rock & roll knowledge cranking out Neil Young tunes in the fecund musical college town of Athens, Ga., ballooned into an impossibly vigorous, sprawling...