Tag: Curtis Crowe

Pylon vinyl box set to include ‘Gyrate,’ ‘Chomp’ and previously unreleased rarities

Pylon vinyl box set to include ‘Gyrate,’ ‘Chomp’ and previously unreleased rarities

Pylon, the deeply inventive Athens, Ga., band that married post-punk, new wave, dance and funk, will be celebrated this fall with a new box vinyl box set that collects newly remastered pressings of their first two albums and adds two records of rarities and early recordings. Full details here.

Premiere: Pylon at Athens PopFest 2005 — watch full hour-long reunion set

Premiere: Pylon at Athens PopFest 2005 — watch full hour-long reunion set

For the second premiere in our series of archival videos from Wuxtry Records in Athens, Ga., we explore a more recent vintage with the debut of this full, hour-long set from the hugely influential Pylon, performed at the fabled 40 Watt Club in the early morning hours of Aug. 13, 2005, during the annual Athens PopFest.