The B-52s and R.E.M. were instrumental in putting Athens, Georgia, on the musical map a few decades ago. But it was another band who just may have been everyone's favorite in that southern city. They ...

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Vanessa Briscoe Hay take the stage with Pylon at The 40 Watt in Athens, Ga. in the early 1990s. She was the Tasmanian Devil come to life, a ball of energy ...

In October 1979, 23-year-old Dacula, Ga., native Vanessa Briscoe was just biding her time in Athens after finishing her art degree at the University of Georgia, waiting for her husband to graduate so ...

Pylon Reenactment Society, a new band fronted by Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay, have announced their debut album. Magnet Factory is out Friday, February 9, 2024, via Strolling Bones Records. The ...

In 1979, Michael Lachowski wrote a lengthy letter to Robert Croker, his former art professor from the University of Georgia. Spanning nearly 24 pages in a college exam blue book, the letter was a ...