Artist	Song
Sleepy Horses	Down (heart Will Break Your Fall)
from Somewhere Out West, Lonesome for You (2006)
Acetate	Can't You Can't You
from This Band Makes Me Feel (2009)
OverflO	Out of Line
from Chasing the Noise (2004)
Nutria	Heard It from a Friend
from Cheef (2006)
The Good Ship	The Eggleston Guide
from The Good Ship (2004)
Full Fathom Five	Built You a Gun
from Sides (2003)
The Tom Collins	Back of Your Mind
from Daylight Tonight (2005)
hey, revolution!	Candyland
from ...Like It's HOT! (2005)
An Epic at Best	Carolina
from There Will Be Rain (2006)
Commander Chameleon	Tussin DM
from Commander Chameleon (2007)
Boulevard	Marie
from Vice & Daring (2005)
Matt Ryczek	Without You
from Six Year Plan (2005)
Forthfading	Perfect Imperfection
from Internal (2004)
Ceiling Fan	Burnt Sienna
from Hot Streets (2004)
The Bearfoot Hookers	Rain Don't Stop the Trains
from AthFest 2007, Vol. 2 (2007)
Chris McKay & The Critical Darlings	Colors In Black & White
from C'Mon, Accept Your Joy (2007)
Jason Harwell	Somewhere the Sun
from Alive In the Fall (2004)
The Late B.P. Helium	The Weeping Soul
from Kumquat Mae - EP (2004)
Mother Jackson	The Man On Top
from Suck On This (2005)
Southern Bitch	Come On
from Snake In the Grass (2005)
Nick Edelstein	Ripple
from Ripple (2006)
The 63 Crayons	Devils
from Spoils for Survivors (2007)
Gabriel Young	It's You
from Sidewalks and Dirt Roads (2005)
Dodd Ferrelle & The Tinfoil Stars	Lightning Strikes
from The Murder of Love (2005)
Wesley Cook	So Long
from We've Been Here Before (2005)

Comment:

If our Deep Cuts is any indication, Athens' hard-fought reputation is safe . . . and still developing. Acetate's "Can't You Can't You" blows out of the power pop gate [i]already jammed[/i] into maximum overdrive, with Keith Moon-y drum fills and a double-tracked harmony vocal that's tighter than Joan Rivers' next facelift. On the other hand, OverflO dials down their eight-cylinder energy to a lazy riverbank stroll in "Out of Line," the kind of tune you might play after you'd worn the grooves off your favorite Allman Brothers LP. And, sometimes, really great music is concealed behind a really questionable band name; such is the case with Nutria (named for an overgrown, swamp-dwelling, rat-like creature). Perfecting the garage formula of balancing a magnetic melody with a fistful of ragged edges to keep it interesting, the indie-pop duo's "Heard It from a Friend" sticks in your brain like sonic peanut butter.

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