Music List

Critical Athens: Songs of the South

By Jim Allen

There must have been something in the Southern air that made the Athens, GA alt-rock scene such a hotbed of creativity in the 1980s. Some of the bands busted out into the big time, while others were strictly local heroes, but the cream of the Athens crop are gathered right here.

CRITICAL LIST

Murmur

R.E.M.

The B-52's (Album)

The B-52's

Love Tractor (Album)

Love Tractor

Whisper Tames the Lion

Drivin' 'n' Cryin'

The Complete Recordings (Oh-OK album)

Oh-OK

Go Go Harlem Baby

Flat Duo Jets

Rough Night In Jericho

Dreams So Real

Jamboree

Guadalcanal Diary

This Is Still It

The Method Actors
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Chomp More

Pylon

The Deep End (The Swimming Pool Q's Album)

The Swimming Pool Q's

Little (Vic Chesnutt)

Vic Chesnutt