Tom and the Bütz drink sweet tea and shoot the shit. Here we go son!

Dry Ink: I hear you have a new pair of boots and a new band. Can you tell us about it? Do you have a name?

Jeffrey Bützer: Indeed. It is called Jeffrey Bützer and the Bicycle Eaters.  More

Mathis talks about his songwriting approach, how is approach to writing solo is different then his writing with other bands and how he plans on presenting these songs in a live setting.  More

TT Mahony and Jeffrey Butzer are like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey hangin’ with the seven dwarfs in an ice cream parlor. I heard this said backstage at a Jeffrey Butzer show a few months back. That excited me very much and I can’t wait for this thing. We caught up with The Butz recently to talk to him about his Charlie Brown Christmas. Whitney and Mariah doing Charlie Brown, nice. This is gonna be a good night.  More

I first saw The Fox Hunt (John Miller, Matt Metz, Matt Klein, and Ben Townshend) at a show we played together in NYC last year. Not exactly what I would have expected on a bill with a bunch of rock and punk bands, these dudes gathered around one microphone with nary a drum or amp between them and delivered a set of old-timey string music that, to me, stole the show.  More

Halloween, Gore, Drinks and DJ Obama Spinladin. Dry Ink tells you where you need to go this weekend. We caught up with Rene Arriagada to find out about his latest project “Chambers of Horror” right here in Atlanta.  More

I first met Nick DuPey at The Chattanooga Fest a number of years ago. His band Giant Tiger was playing. They were fantastic. He is a handsome man, a great front man and just an overall sweetheart. Since then, we’ve played several shows together and destroyed quite a few brain cells.

Nick has put music full time on a hiatus and has been spending time on his new business Young Monster. He was kind enough to let us know a bit about it.  More

Marianne Dissard is a very skilled lyricist, singer and filmmaker. She was born in France but has lived in Tucson, Ariz. for many a year. She is about to set sail across Europe and the US of A to support her splendid new album titled “L’entredeux” produced and co-written with Calexico’s Joey Burns. Miss Dissard was kind enough to answer some of my hard hitting questions regarding music and film.  More

Wes Duvall is an artist based out of Brooklyn who is originally from Atlanta. We met at a hardcore show in the West End section of the ATL in the late 90’s. He was wearing pleated shorts and high top Ponys. My sweatpants were pleated and were tight at the bottom. We got drunk on wine coolers and played dominoes. He is an amazing person and artist and a lot of fun at parties. I spoke with Wes recently and did a brief Q&A with him about his upcoming show “Eve of Destruction” in Brooklyn.  More

Small Reactions play art punk ala Television/Wire without ever coming across as pretentious, and write extremely catchy pop songs without ever sounding square. Normally, bands described as “fun” are either debaucherous or a bunch of dorks, but these guys are neither. They play with un-jaded enthusiasm and handle their instruments like gentlemen. And fairly new to the Atlanta scene they are already in high demand.  More

Claire Lodge is an adorable guitarist who spends her time in London and Atlanta. That is about all I can tell you because she seems to be a mystery to most folks. I have heard stories of her popping up on stage and playing unannounced from time to time but most scheduled shows she winds up canceling. A friend of mine said he saw her pumping gas into an old Volvo on Ponce.  More