Corner Compact Disc in Virginia Highlands is throwing a special listening party at Limerick Junction tonight, Monday 11/12, to celebrate tomorrow's release of the new U2 record How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb . Beginning at 9pm, there will be lots of give-a-ways and special prices on pints of Guinness, plus you'll be able to buy the record for only $12.99. Limerick Junction is located at 822 N. Highland Ave. www.U2.com


Get your kicks early Friday night at AMG's Atlanta Community Food Bank Benefit at Vinyl - join us before the bands play (from 8:30 - 9:30), as we hold a listening party with our friends at Filter Magazine as we spin the latest disc from Elefant, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid , which will be released next Tuesday on Hollywood Records. And of course, it wouldn't be an Atlanta Music Guide event without free CDs, DVDs, and more from the band! Check out the band at www.elefantweb.com or listen to select tracks at www.hyfntrak.com/elefant/AFF8773

The Atlanta Chapter of The Recording Academy along with Johnny Colt (bassist for band Train and owner of Avatar Events Group), Kenny Cresswell (percussionist and owner of Avatar Events Group), Leslie Fram (Director of Programming for 99X and Q100), Mark Willis (founder of Atlantis Music Conference), and other industry leaders of the Atlanta Chapter Board of Governors invite valued members of the rock community to " SO, YOU WANNA BE A ROCK STAR? ", a panel discussion and industry mixer to learn more about careers in the rock music industry. This event will be held at 10 High on Nov. 29, 2004 at 7 p.m. The panel will explore major trends, developments and the outlook of rock music and will be moderated by Jan Smith of Jan Smith Studios. Space is limited at the FREE "meet-and-greet" event and so RSVP is required by calling the Atlanta Chapter office at 404.816.1380.

From catastrophic to LA! Now who's laughing? We've just got word that Lazyeye have recorded a rock version of the new Ludacris single Get Back. The track was produced by Billy Hume at the Zone Studios. The band will fly to LA in the next couple of weeks to appear on the Jay Leno show backing Ludacris ! www.lazyeyemusic.com

Head over to Andrews Upstairs tonight (Thursday) for the Beneath The Noise Holiday Jam Session . The event is free before 10pm, and it features musicians and MC's in local bands like JaD, Heavy Mojo, Trances Arc, Aerial, Gurufish, and more! For directions and venue information, visit the Andrews Upstairs page on AMG.

December's arrived , and along with it comes a new featured band of the month! This time, AMG has decided to feature the warm, sunny sounds of The Californias! To help you with any Winter blues you may be experiencing. Click here to check out our feature on the band & to get a link to their music. You can also catch their fun, energetic live show as they play our next benefit for the Atlanta Community Food Bank at Vinyl on Saturday December 18th, along with Blue Epic, The Rantings of Eva, and Modern Skirts. Tickets are $8 with 3 cans of food (which includes more of that free swag that you all know us for), or $10 without. Bring 5 cans of food, and you can get into the VIP party beforehand to hang out with the bands. Plus, you'll be in the running to score an AMG Prize Pack with tons of awesome CDs, shirts, and more...and even better, you're helping out a great cause. See you then!

It's the season for giving... so get off your butt and do something to help! With Thanksgiving right around the corner, no Atlantan should be left hungry, and along with your help, the Atlanta Community Food Bank can help make that happen. The Atlanta Music Guide is teaming up with our friends at Vinyl along with some kick ass bands - Second Shift, Avenge Vegas, and Noisemaker's Fife - for one special night Friday November 19th . Come by and rock out with some of your favorite local acts and help support a great cause at our food drive! Every person who donates food will get an awesome grab bag with tons of buttons, stickers, and free swag from local and indie acts (such as Snowden & United CDs, Garden State buttons, the latest issue of Civilian Magazine with their local music sampler, and more). With every 3 cans you donate, you will be entered into a raffle that night (bring 6 cans, and you get two raffle tickets, and so forth) to win an incredible prize package featuring goods from the bands, a $50 gift certificate from 2-tickets.com, a pair of 99X Mistle Toe Jam tickets, tickets to one show of your choice at each of Atlanta's best venues ( 10 High , Andrews Upstairs , Velvet Underground ), a pair of tickets to see Jem at Vinyl , a prize pack from Ruby Red Productions , and a whole lot more! If you're interested in donating to our prize package, contact iain@gotsorted.com. Just think - your donation may be only a little to you, but it's a hell of a lot to the homeless and hungry. Thanks in advance for your support - see you next Friday! www.vinylatlanta.com

AMG just got back from the 99X Unplugged At Sea Cruise! We can still feel the sway of the boat, or maybe that's the beer, but, as soon as the hangover wears off, we'll put up pictures and a review. Hosted by Matt master-speech-giver Jones and Jay one-for-the-road Harren, the 3 day cruise down to the Bahamas saw Ed and Joel from Collective Soul and Alan and Alex from Five Star Iris each play amazing, exclusive acoustic sets. Nearly 200 99X listeners and fans were treated to a fantastic time onboard Carnival's Fantasy Cruise ship. Plans are already in the works for Unplugged At Sea 2 at which we will definitely be.

The local musicians in AFAR and Jahah have been chosen as the NBA Atlanta Hawks home team band. They will be performing at Philips Arena during the Hawks' basketball games for the 2004-2005 season. You can catch them playing jazz, hip-hop, r&b, soul blends at various venues around Atlanta as well as the Hawks' home games. www.afarmusic.com

The Atlanta, Georgia-based band Frenzy is featured on NPR 's All Songs Considered this week with their song "Superfast." You can rate the song and find out more at www.npr.org.

Check out our new live review, complete with photos of 99X's Brouhaha with JET , The Donnas , and Pleasure Club this past Halloween weekend! Be on the lookout for our interview with Pleasure Club soon as well!

99X is having their CD release party for their latest Live X disc, Joyride on Wednesday November 3rd at Andrews Upstairs in Buckhead. For $10.00, you can get a copy of the new disc, which features tracks from The Cure, The Strokes, Butch Walker, Auf der Maur, and more. The best part? Your admission also includes a special Live X from Interpol . The party starts at 6pm, and Interpol goes on at 8pm. For more information, visit www.99x.com.

November's here, and you know what that means - a new featured band! Read how Second Shift has become one of Atlanta's most popular bands, and follow the links on the feature to listen to their single "Bethany." The Atlanta Music Guide is sponsoring their show with Noisemaker's Fife and Avenge Vegas November 19th at Vinyl as a benefit for the Atlanta Community Food Bank . More details will come soon. Click here to check out the feature. www.secondshiftmusic.com

Congratulations go out to Angela Hartland from Acworth, GA who won the Ticket Alternative 20GB Apple iPod packed full of local Atlanta music. Angela bought 3 tickets for the East Andrews Fall Festival, saved money by buying in advance from Ticket Alternative and now is the proud owner of a brand new iPod loaded with music from Atlanta bands like Homeroom , Subject2Change , Y-O-U and more. The competition was such a sucess that Ticket Alternative has decided to give a 2nd iPod away at the end of the year! The same rules apply... just buy any ticket for any show, anywhere in the country and you're automatically entered to win. The winner will be drawn on Jan 2nd 2005! .. Happy New Year or what!!!!!!