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A Noise Rager for the Record Books’ brain wave of a lineup

Doug DeLoachJanuary 14, 2019

Wickedly imaginative and aleatory music will fill the Bakery on January 17 at A Noise Rager for the Record Books, courtesy of Face of Knives Productions. The li...

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BASrelief’s alluring debut

Doug DeLoachJanuary 7, 2019

BASrelief by BASrelief Iconoclastic charm and thoughtful playfulness permeate BASrelief’s debut self-titled record, released January 1. The trio, consisting of...

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Year in Review: Our critics look back at the year in Art + Design

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 28, 2018

This was a remarkable year on the Atlanta art scene. From a total rethink of the High Museum’s permanent collection to the scrappy, ever-evolving Eyedrum celebr...

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Atlanta BeltLine mural "Rainbow Pupper" covered with graffitti

News: “Rainbow Pupper” mural has a new home on the BeltLine

Andrew AlexanderSeptember 25, 2018

Rainbow Pupper, the puppy dog that sparked a turf war, officially has a new home. In mid-August, Atlanta artist Linda Mitchell painted Rainbow Pupper on the ba...

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News: Atlanta BeltLine mural defaced with tags, cleaned by volunteers

Doug DeLoachSeptember 4, 2018

A new mural at Atlanta's Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark evoked a decidedly unfavorable response in the form of destructive tagging. Although a band of volunteer...

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For recovering singer-songwriter Angie Aparo, life is a flower, life is a gun

Doug DeLoachJuly 17, 2018

The title of Angie Aparo’s most recent album, Life is a Flower, Life is a Gun, is about as autobiographical as it gets. In 2002, already a singer-songwriter on ...

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Rolling Stone’s (and former Atlantan) Anthony DeCurtis delves into the complicated life of rock legend Lou Reed

Doug DeLoachMay 8, 2018

On October 27, 2013, rock ‘n’ roll icon Lou Reed, founder of The Velvet Underground, composer of “Walk on the Wild Side,” “Sweet Jane,” “Vicious” and other song...

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Everything takes place within a larger context: a conversation with Mark Bray

Doug DeLoachSeptember 21, 2017

ArtsATL's Doug DeLoach speaks with Dartmouth professor Mark Bray about antifa and the alt-right....

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The Zuckerman Museum of Art, the 2017 Luminary Awards Catalyst Award winner

Doug DeLoachFebruary 7, 2017

Editor's Note: This story is the first installment of four articles written in commemoration of the 2017 ArtsATL Luminary Awards, our commemoration of the passi...

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Preview: Inside the world (and studio) of Lonnie Holley

Doug DeLoachJanuary 11, 2017

Your ArtsATL correspondent, Doug DeLoach, in conversation with Holley over lunch. All photos by Ethan Payne. Having eaten his fill at “Prison Taco,” the affe...

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