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Another branch of the Elephant 6 collective family members tree, Marshmallow Coastline was the alias of avant popster Andy Gonzales, also a satellite television person in both Of Montreal as well as the Music Tapes. Beyond an EP, The Fragrance of Credibility, along with a break up solitary with Midget …

The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal was among the next wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective. A indigenous of Athens, Georgia, Barnes was motivated to create the euphoric indie pop group within the wake of the broken love with a female from Montreal. …

In 1996, multi-instrumentalist Joshua McKay and his drum-playing brother Mischo McKay found themselves both surviving in Athens, GA, following a three-year separation (that they had last lived jointly in Gainesville, FL, where these were both in a band called Emperor Moth). Back again jointly within an offbeat university city, the …

Boasting a variety of Southern take great pride in, erudite lyrics, along with a muscled three-guitar assault, Drive-By Truckers became probably one of the most well-respected alternative country-rock functions from the 2000s. Led by frontman Patterson Hood and having a revolving solid of Georgia and Alabama natives, the music group …

Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1996, Great Lakes certainly are a psychedelic-tinged indie pop/indie folk group led by songwriter Ben Crum. The very first model of the group was set up by Crum and Dan Donahue, two musically likely friends who fulfilled in senior high school; they started writing songs …