Grafton Tanner
Grafton Tanner is an English and Film Studies double major at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. While attending high school in Macon many moons ago, Grafton studied percussion and performed in several district, region, and state level wind ensembles. After a brief stint in music school that left him musically vapid, Grafton holed himself up in his dorm room (Reed Hall room 240), read Gravity’s Rainbow, lost his mind, and wrote the beginning songs for his now active synthrock band Space Ghost. Hoo nelly! He has a penchant for 20th Century classical music, late 70’s disco funk, avant-jazz, and soundtracks for early Disney Halloween cartoon specials (preferably on VHS format). At most hours of the day, Grafton enjoys writing poetry, eating at Keba, and saying “y’all.”
Grafton Tanner's Latest Contributions
Iceage – ‘You’re Nothing’
“Iceage has proven themselves with a sophomore album that favors melody and restraint, and for a punk with their pedigree, the result is just what 2013 needs.”
DRGN KING – ‘Paragraph Nights’
…“Wild Night” feels somewhat like waking up from the best dream with your alarm clock on full blast.” – Grafton Tanner weighs in on the newest release from DRGN KING, on Bar-None Records.
Grafton’s “Top 12 Albums of 2012″
As our staff weighs in on their top albums of the year, Grafton names out Pallbearer, Cloud Nothings, and Death Grips among others. Happy holidays from all of us at TheBlueIndian.com!
Show Review: Iceage @ Caledonia Lounge, Athens, GA 07-26-12
Iceage are four young musicians making the grittiest punk since punk’s spawning. This is punk born from the shadows of Copenhagen, and their reputation of putting on rollicking, bloody live performances precedes them wherever they go. They’ve sold out shows before in the United States, but on this night, they graced the city of Athens, [...]
Show Review: GOSPEL MUSIC @ Caledonia Lounge in Athens
“Everything started to sway and to get a little happy as soon as they raised their pre-show shots on the stage, and I knew it was about to get hip up in there.”
Primavera Sound: A Retrospective
Grafton Tanner covers Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain. Check it out!
Tribes’ “Baby”
There’s a word to describe “Baby”: generic.
The Long Shadows’ “Valor”
“Valor is quite an undertaking to get through, though it only clocks in at around forty minutes.” -Grafton Tanner
O’Brother’s “Garden Window”
“Only a musically mature band can offer an album with this much color.” -Grafton Tanner
