Lokal Loudness : News

DEC. 1, 2008 - YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE! CHOICE AWARDS!
The votes are in and within this upcoming first week of 2008 your top nominees for the Lokal Loudness Choice Awards will be announced!
Stay tuned also for event lineup for the Choice Awards to be held February 9th at 1102's Back Bar Downtown Augusta at 8PM!

NOV. 20, 2007 - WESTOBOU FESTIVAL UNVEILS MARKETING PLANS AND PERFORMANCES
A press conference was held today at the Morris Museum of Art Auditorium, and members of the Westobou Festival Steering Committee unveiled the Festival’s official logo, designs for the website home page and a billboard on I-16, a promotional rack card and announced plans for three initial performances/events. The Westobou Festival, a 10-day event celebrating excellence in the arts, takes place September 18 – 27, 2008, and will include local, regional and nationally-recognized performing arts groups and visual artists, specialty entertainment acts, and much more!

NOV. 15, 2007 - AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY TO HONOR THE GODFATHER
Augusta, GA - The Augusta Museum of History announced at a press conference yesterday in the History Theater at the Museum, plans to present a major exhibition and concert to honor the late James Brown.
The Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown exhibit’s grand opening will coincide with PAYBACK (celebrate James Brown), a concert event to be held at the Augusta Common in Downtown Augusta on May 3, 2008.

OCT. 24, 2007 - METAL BAND CHAIRLEG SEEKING NEW GUITARIST
Thats right the rumors are true. Dave Mercer is leaving Chairleg. Dave has just had an overload of stuff come on to him with school and some personal issues and is just unable to continue on.
With that Chairleg is looking for a new lead guitar player. Hairleg will be holding an OPEN GUITAR TRY OUT on Nov. 14th at Sector 7G for all interested.
For more Info visit www.chairlegband.com

MAY 21, 2007 - DOWNTOWN TEEN VENUE COMES UNDER ATTACK
As the only venue downtown that caters to the under 21 crowd, all-ages venue Sector 7G has now come under fire by someone passing around a petition against the venue. Sector 7G owner Nick Laws only found out about the petition when informed by a nearby business that such a petition was being passed around. The petition, or petitions, also singles out downtown skateboard youths that do little more than skate at an old downtown bus station.
This of course is not the first time an all-ages venue has been singled out downtown. Sector 7G was originally created to fill a void left by popular hangout The Hangnail after it was shutdown following reported complaints.
For more info about Sector 7GSector 7G Myspace.

MAY 20, 2007 - ACOUSTIPALOOZA/DOWNTOWN CLEANUP DEEMED HUGE SUCCESS
Saturday May 19th lokal musicians Jacob Beltz and Will McCranie enjoyed the culmination of months of work as downtown musicians and volunteers came together to clean up Broad Street as a leadup to the fifth edition of Acoustipalooza.
Meeting at Metro a Coffee House, nearly two dozen people came together to cleanup the sidewalks, medians and trash cans between 12th and 8th streets on Broad. The event was topped off by a great multi-artist show at Joe's Underground.
Future plans are to continue this as a monthly event the day after First Friday Each month.
To see pictures from the event visit Here

MAY 16, 2007 - REEL ROCK SERIES FEATURED ON MAJOR WEBSITE
No sooner had the schedule for June's Reel Rock Movie Series been announced, top KISS website KISSasylum dot come mentioned the June 13th event.
Labeled KISSfest II, the second June edition of this weekly cinematic series will feature an evening of KISS concerts on the big screen plus coinciding events. KISSasylum has long reported KISS events around the world no matter how big or small.
Making this posting even more impressive is the fact that KISSasylum is the leading online source for KISS news even over the bands official website.
To check out KISS Asylum online click Here.

APRIL 30, 2007 - FIRST TEE ANNOUNCES ROCK FORE! DOUGH SUCCESSFUL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
COURTESY EMILY CARDER: The First Tee of Augusta is pleased to announce that once again the annual Drive For Show, Rock Fore! Dough concert drew a crowd of over 5,000 fans to its driving range and raised funds for The First Tee of Augusta.
“Rock Fore! Dough” has raised approximately $200,000 over the past three years, all of which goes directly back to the First Tee of Augusta. The funding helps support The First Tee of Augusta golf and life skills programs and outreach activities.

APRIL 24, 2007 - SOUL GENERALS TO BE PART OF GODFATHER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
On Tuesday April 24th representatives of James Brown, the Arts Council and the City of Augusta gathered at the James Brown Memorial Statue to announce the participation of the Soul Generals in the upcoming First Friday celebration dedicated to the Godfather's birthday. Mr. Brown's birthday is May 3rd with a movie celebration at 1102 on the 2nd and Funky First Friday festivities to be held on the 4th. The Soul Generals will perform in the Commons with several opening acts.
Also included on First Friday will be a music tribute with screen projection and a birthday cake on 10th street.
For more info Greater Augusta Arts Council.

APRIL 10, 2007 - PURSUIT OF ANGELS 2007 MASSACRE CHAMPS
Lokal Loudness congratulates PURSUIT OF ANGELS for becoming this years Masters Massacre Champions topping 9 other great bands over two nights.
PURSUIT OF ANGELS' blistering performance garners them not only bragging rights for a year, but also 4 hours of recording time courtesy of Sector 7G, a nifty accessories package from Rock Bottom Music including strings, drums sticks and more plus some cold hard cash!

PETITION TO BE RECOGNIZED
After a couple of years of investigating, Lokal Loudness has created an online place for supporters to sign to have Augusta added to the Georgia Music Trail.
The Georgia Music Trail is a sort of "tourist highlight" of Georgia music history that includes events and landmarks in the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Macon Savannah.
To find out more about the Georgia Music Trail visit the GA Music Hall Music Trail page.
To sign the petition to include Augusta visit Here.

ACOUSTIPALOOZA TO CLEAN UP ITS ACT
For this years Acoustipalooza concert co-organizors Will McCranie and Jacob Beltz have a more proactive idea in mind. To clean up the sidewalks of Broad Street.
Between now and the still to be announced annual event planned for early, McCranie and Beltz will be asking downtown businesses between the 800 and 1300 blocks of Broad Street to pledge donations or services in exchange for the army of volunteers that will clean off the sidewalks in that area during the day of the show. Participating volunteers and businesses will also recieve paid admission to Acoustipalooza to be held later that night.

S TO FILM HISTORIC VIDEO
Augusta rock trio S have reported that they are in the midst of filming a video at the famed Miller Theater in downtown Augusta.
Originally scheduled to be for a song off their upcoming CD "I Love This", theater officials felt the videos storyline was more suited for older S classic "Happy to Be Alive". According to frontman and band namesake Billy S. the video will be about awaking sleeping spirits and bringing the Miller Theater back to life.

FORMER METRO SPIRIT WRITER STEPS UP
Andy Stokes, who entertained locals through his articles in the Metro Spirit the past couple of years has stepped out of Augusta and become a contributing writer to one of the nations largest magazines.
Formed in 1974 under the name "Dead Relix" as an outlet for Grateful Dead tape traders, Relix over the years has grown to cover other artist in genres such as blues, reggae, bluegrass and jazz.
A quick trip to the Augusta Borders found Mr. Stokes nestles neatly in the front credits page and filtered throughout the periodical. Stokes will now bring his talented writing style that Augustans have followed for years to a much larger audience!

HELLO CLEVELAND!
Athens alt legends REM were inducted into Clevelands Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this past Monday March 12th. The honor comes less than a year after the foursome were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon.
Following a rousing version of "Gardening at Night", the band welcomed Pearl Jams Eddie Vetter and fellow inductee Patti Smith for a pair of rocking songs including a blistering version of "I Wanna Be Your Dog".

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