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Powerkompany reveals the story behind “Another One Born In New York” in American Songwriter exclusive

Check out “Another One Born In New York” off I Am More Than This, a gorgeous track from Athens, Georgia dream-pop duo Powerkompany’sdebut LP.

The song was inspired by some unusual circumstances (or, if you will, a typically normal day in the teeming metropolis of New York City.) Band members Marie Davon and Andrew Heaton met a girl who wanted to get married — to both of them.

“Maybe it was all a joke, maybe she was serious or maybe it was a little bit of both—who knows?” recalls Heaton. “She was from New York. She’d been a model, was a talented photographer and her father had been a Broadway producer. She sort of started courting Marie and me as if we were one person. It was madness, really.” Read more…

Georgia Innocence Project / Life Sentence

To set up an interview with Life Sentence, or get your hands on press passes, advance music, hi-res photos, album art or videos, contact stevelabate@babyrobotmedia.com.

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Clarence Harrison is an innocent man who spent nearly 18 years in prison before he was finally exonerated by DNA evidence. Since he’s been free, Harrison has devoted his life to supporting the organization that helped clear his name, social-justice nonprofit the Georgia Innocence Project.

Harrison’s latest endeavor—all proceeds of which benefit Georgia Innocence Project—is an autobiographical collaboration with musicians Melanie Hammet and Ben Holst. The trio’s soulful, affecting new EP Life: 20/20, tells Harrison’s tragic yet ultimately redeeming story through songs and spoken word, carrying a powerful emotional resonance.

In 1987, at 28 years old, Atlanta native Harrison was wrongly convicted of rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, and sentenced to life plus 20 years, plus a second 20 years. After serving nearly 18 years of that sentence, Clarence was finally exonerated and released in 2004 because of DNA evidence uncovered by the Georgia Innocence Project.

While in prison, the initially optimistic Harrison languished as hopes of clearing his name slipped away, along with nearly two decades of his life. He was estranged from his daughters, aged 7 and 9 at the time of his incarceration, and was unable to attend the funeral of his beloved mother, who never saw her son exonerated. Trapped in a living nightmare, Clarence became convinced he would die in prison.

In Harrison’s darkest hour, though, hope appeared in the form of a gracious woman he’d never met before. Yvonne Zellars wrote Clarence regularly in prison, reviewed his case, believed in his innocence, and even took on a third job to hire an attorney in hopes of freeing him. After six years of dead ends, though, and with their options running out, Zellars suggested Harrison contact then-new organization the Georgia Innocence Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to free the wrongfully convicted using DNA evidence.

Harrison had been told that the slides from the victim’s rape kit—along with all of the other physical evidence in his case—had been destroyed. Still, when the staff at the Georgia Innocence Project received Clarence’s letter, they worked tirelessly on his behalf, eventually discovering a single remaining slide containing DNA evidence. The test results proved, irrefutably, that Clarence could not have committed the crime.

Having had so much of his life taken from him, one might expect Harrison to be bitter or angry, but he chooses not to be. Upon his release, he married Yvonne, the woman who had given him something to live for in the face of such great injustice. And now, instead of dwelling on the wounds of his past, Clarence uses them as fuel in his quest to help others, whether imparting hard-earned wisdom to at-risk kids in tough Atlanta neighborhoods or raising money and awareness for the organization that helped free him.

For his most recent effort, Harrison has teamed up with a pair of immensely talented friends he met through his continued involvement with the Georgia Innocence Project—Melanie Hammet and Ben Holst, the producer-songwriters behind Life: 20/20.

Hammet—a Georgia Innocence Project volunteer—has shared the stage with the Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, releasing more than a dozen albums in her career. The most recent, Edifice Complex, is a collection of songs about urban planning inspired by Pine Lake, Ga., where Hammet serves as Mayor ProTem.

Holst—a close friend and collaborator of Hammet’s—is creative director at legendary Atlanta recording studio Southern Tracks and co-owner of award-winning music production company Tunewelders, where he produces music and radio spots for clients such as The Atlanta Braves and Full Throttle Energy Drinks. As a touring musician, he’s shared bills with ZZ Top, Lady Antebellum and Aaron Neville.

The trio’s Life: 20/20 EP was set in motion in early 2012 when Melanie and Ben met Clarence at the ramshackle Georgia Innocence Project office, crammed snugly beside a smoky underground bowling alley in Decatur, Ga. As Clarence sat with them recounting his tragic experiences, it stirred something in his future collaborators and they immediately set to work writing the empathetic songs that would end up on the new EP.

But Hammet, Holst & Harrison don’t plan to stop with Life: 20/20. They have even bigger plans for their next release. Life Sentence: The Album (coming in 2014) will feature fully-produced versions of their songs about Clarence’s life, performed by a diverse collection of renowned Georgia artists across a variety of genres, from hip-hop and R&B to rock, pop and country. Once again, their goal is to raise money and awareness for the Georgia Innocence Project so that the organization can continue its mission to exonerate the wrongly convicted.

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The Head

To set up an interview with The Head, or get your hands on press passes, advance music, hi-res photos, album art or videos, contact stevelabate@babyrobotmedia.com.

“The bright-eyed Atlanta trio have mastered the beloved science of catchy, toe-tapping melodies plus rich vocal harmonies.” – Spin

“Great classic power pop music is a tough proposition. One man’s Cheap Trick, Raspberries, Badfinger or Big Star is another man’s cloying top 40 schlock. Well, guess what? The Head get it right. They make me feel like it’s 1979 and I’m digging through my closet for my very best skinny tie. And that, my friend, is a very good thing.” – Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, The Baseball Project, Miracle 3)

“A freshly melodic spin on ’70s AM-radio rock … this young group shows a rare ability to channel an older tradition but plays it with a full slate of personal inspiration.” – Glide Magazine

Reminiscent of the peppy hits from the 1960s golden age of pop … fun, harmony-rich power-pop that insists you dance the night away.” – Creative Loafing

“The Head exemplify the DIY work ethic.” – The Blue Indian

“Atlanta’s youngest rock & roll veterans” – Blurt

Bio:

Barely old enough to drink a legal beer, hook-centric trio The Head has already logged 7 years, two LPs, an EP and a 7-inch, sharing bills along the way witheveryone from The English Beat and Paisley Underground staples Rain Parade to Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Shovels and Rope and Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3.

The Head was born back in 2007 when all three members—guitarist Jacob Morell and lead-vocal-sharing twin-brother rhythm section Jack and Mike Shaw—were just 14 and still freshmen in high school. “We all had the same taste in music,” Mike explains. “The Beatles, R.E.M., Stone Roses.”

While they started out as a cover band with impeccable taste, The Head soon graduated to writing their own songs. The three best friends rehearsed weekly at first, then almost daily—and the practice made damn near perfect.

In 2009, The Head blasted from the gates with the epic debut Puckered . Two years later, they sidestepped the sophomore slump, making their first critical splash with Hang On. “The bright-eyed Atlanta trio have mastered the beloved science of catchy, toe-tapping melodies plus rich vocal harmonies,” wrote legendary rock mag Spin.

The band’s new EP, Girls of the Yukon (out Oct. 22) is yet another triumph. Named for a 1980s Canadian Playboy photo spread, Yukon is chock full of chiming, straight-ahead, harmony-driven rock & roll anthems. It was cut almost entirely live, save for the vocals. “We wanted it to reflect the energy we radiate during our live shows,” Jack says. “It’s a lot more raw—more stripped-down, honest and to-the-point than anything we’ve done before.”

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BLURT MAGAZINE premieres “Commotion,” a track from The Head’s new EP Girls of the Yukon.

Heavily-tipped Atlanta garage/power pop/anthem-wielding trio’s new EP dropped last month.

The Head are Atlanta’s youngest rock & roll veterans. Barely old enough to drink a legal beer, the hook-centric trio has already logged 7 years, two LPs, an EP and a 7-inch, sharing bills along the way with everyone from The English Beat and Paisley Underground staples Rain Parade to Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ to Shovels and Rope. Doug Gillard and Steve Wynn have signed on as “big fans.” That’s no small endorsement.

We are chuffed to unveil this kickass track “Commotion” from their just released EP Girls of the Yukon:

CNN airs moving segment on Life Sentence member Clarence Harrison

CNN recently aired a segment on Clarence Harrison, an innocent man who spent nearly 18 years in prison before he was finally exonerated by DNA evidence. Since he’s been free, Harrison has devoted his life to supporting the organization that helped clear his name, social-justice nonprofit the Georgia Innocence Project.

Harrison’s latest endeavor, Life Sentence—all proceeds of which benefit Georgia Innocence Project—is an autobiographical collaboration with musicians Melanie Hammet and Ben Holst. The trio’s soulful, affecting new EP Life: 20/20, tells Harrison’s tragic yet ultimately redeeming story through songs and spoken word, carrying a powerful emotional resonance. View the video here…

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VICE premieres “The World is Yours” by Greg Porn

Rapper Greg Porn is branching outside of his collaboration with The Roots—he contributed to their last four albums, including the Grammy award-winning undun—to focus on his solo career. He just wrapped up the music video for his first single “The World Is Yours” from his new mixtape Amerikin Junkie. We were so excited by the clip, which features a sketchy bank robbery scenario, Greg wearing a Reservoir Dogs-style black suit, and porny-POV cinematography, we decided to premiere it right here on VICE. We caught up with Greg last week to discuss the video and how the criminal act of robbery can also be an inspiration. Read more…