Other Sound fest takes over L5P
September 16th, 2009 by Chad Radford in music briefs
EVERYTHING’S STRANGE: Untied States plays Other Sound fest.
The Other Sound festival got quite a nudge this year when New York indie-rock darlings Yo La Tengo announced its plans to play an in-store at Criminal Records the same day as the annual local music festival. It’s a happy accident. But the real genius of the fortuitous pairing lies in the design of this year’s fest — which puts the music where the people are.
Over the last four years, Other Sound has served as a showcase for the many indie-rock and outsider musical acts in Atlanta. Rather than relegate the festival to a handful of 21-and-up bars, organizers Kat Colohan, Justin Sias and Eric Holder have descended upon Little Five Points for a day-long event that utilizes the neighborhood’s infrastructure in some inventive ways.
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