The Whigs
Parker Gispert (vocals/guitar), Julian Dorio (drums), and Hank Sullivant (bass) create the rollicking indie rock sounds of the Whigs. With a jaunty mix of Westerberg-like style and a heartfelt country disposition, the Whigs played their first shows while attending the University of Georgia. Additional opening slots for the likes of the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, and the Futureheads quickly followed for the young trio, thus leaving their 2005 debut album, Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, to be picked up by ATO Records. Word quickly spread about the...[more]
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VINYL INCLUDES CD VERSION TOO! Mission Control, produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith) is a confident collection of songs that follows up the band's self-released / self-financed album, Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, which caught the attention of many, including Rolling Stone Magazine who declared the Athens GA three-piece "the best unsigned band in America." Sonically superior to anything the band has recorded to date, Mission Control is an album jam-packed with infectious melodies and dynamic r [ read more ]
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Mission Control, produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith) is a confident collection of songs that follows up the bands self-released / self-financed album, Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, which caught the attention of many, including Rolling Stone Magazine who declared the Athens GA three-piece "the best unsigned band in America." Sonically superior to anything the band has recorded to date, Mission Control is an album jam-packed with infectious melodies and dynamic rhythms. The urgency of opening [ read more ]
CD $9.99
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This 2005 indie release was scooped up and reissued by ATO a year later after Rolling Stone named the Athens, GA trio one of the "Ten Artists to Watch" in April of 2006. It's usually a good sign when a band creates a buzz without major-label money or influence, and that's the case with the Whigs (not to be confused with the Afghan Whigs). With a classy sound somewhere between catchy '60s pop, Gomez-styled bluesy indie rock, and a Southern sensibility, the Whigs' songs are snappy, tig [ read more ]
CD $9.48