Former Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan plays Earthlink Live on Wednesday June 22nd. The show's sold out but our friends at 2-tickets.com have some tickets for face value! Just click here.

Acclaimed Brooklyn band Longwave are realeasing their new reocord There's a Fire on June 28. NME (who are hardly known for their subtlety) have already hailed the record as "F*cking amaing! Christ in a sonic cathedral!" Judge for yourself how Jesus-like the record really is by downloading the title track from our listening post.

DJ Luke Fair will kick off his club tour on Saturday June 25th at eleven50 . Fair is touring in support of album, OS_0.3 , released on legendary DJ John Digweed 's Bedrock Records. The DJ has also spun with the likes of Sasha as well.

Well, another year of Music Midtown has come and gone..We think we saw some incredible bands, and we vaguely remember throwing a party at the Masquerade unlike any other that Atlanta has seen with our friends at Virgin Mobile, AddVice Marketing, and DJs Kiss & Tell. The Killers decided to swing by to catch DJ sets from the likes of Paul Banks of Interpol, Bloc Party, Louis XIV, and She Wants Revenge. The highlight of the night for us was when Bloc Party decided to raid the dance stage, Kele (the lead singer) crowd surfed. We hope you had fun, and judging by the photos of the aftermath, apparently we had fun as well. If you want to check out photos from the party, crowd shots from Music Midtown weekend, and live photos, check out the Features page, including photos from Zack of usedfilm.com and Mark thecobrasnake.com. Check back with us soon for interviews and more!

Join Snowden, Sovus Radio, The Julia Dream, and Mike Willis & The Escape Artists rocking their versions of The Beatles, Stones and U2 hits at All Star Nights' Supergroups Part 1 -on June 17, 2005 at the Velvet Underground . The show will benefit Scottish Rite Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and ONE.org. Tickets are available at www.ticketalternative.com. For more information, visit www.allstarnightsatlanta.com.

Corndogorama is returning to The EARL on Friday June 24th - Sunday June 26th. The annual music/scarfdown will feature 3 days of some of Atlanta and Athens' best local bands on two stages, heavy metal petting zoo, and way more insanity. Plus, there's the corndog eating contest and crowning of Queen Corndog, and if that's not awesome, then we don't know what is. www.badearl.com

Decatur venue Jake's Toadhouse will play host to the Rogue Music Festival on June 18th and 19th. The forth edition of the festival will feature 12 progressive, psychedelic, and art rock bands from Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia and more. Tickets are $15.00 for a one day pass and $25.00 for both days and are available from www.ticketalternative.com. For more information, visit www.roguemusicfest.com.

Music Midtown Line-Up Annoucement - Multi-instrumentalist Tim Brantley has been selected to replace Dropsonic on the 99X Locals Only Stage. Tim will be performing with his full band on Sunday from 3:45-4:15. Dropsonic are currently away on tour in the Northeast. For more information on Tim Brantley and the other artists performing on the Locals Only stage, check out our featured artist page!

Coming September 2005 - The 2005 Atlanta Music Guide Music Awards V2.0 ! Voting will soon begin for the 2005 Atlanta Music Guide Music Awards, or as we like to call them, the AMGMA's. Be sure to cast your vote for Atlanta's best. This isn't your ordinary awards show and all the cool categories are back! We're again looking for the Best Local Rivalry, the Most Catastrophic Gig, the Best Publicity Stunt, and The Luckiest Break, as well as the Best Local Release, Best Front Person, Best Band, your favourite live venue and more. Click here for last year's winners.

Who Wants FREE Music Midtown Tickets..?! - In preparation for next week's Music Midtown festival, Atlanta Music Guide is feeling a bit generous..So, we're giving away six 3 day passes to Atlanta's premier festival ($75.00 value), courtesy of our friends at Peter Conlon Presents. If you want to get your hands on these tickets, send an email to info@atlantamusicguide.com with your name, daytime phone number, and your 3 favorite bands playing Music Midtown this year. We'll draw and notify the winners Thursday morning. Good luck!

Our featured band for June isn't really a band, but rather a selection of some of the city's finest local acts. This month, we've chosen to feature every artist on this year's Music Midtown Locals Only Stage, so click here to check them all out! Also be sure you grab all the details about THE AFTER PARTY we'll be throwing on June 11th with our friends at AddVice Marketing, along with information and performance set times for all the bands spinning our party!

Molly Bancroft, former lead singer of Atlanta rock band Lift - has been collaborating on songwriting with the hot duo DJ/producers GABRIEL AND DRESDEN. She just returned from San Francisco where she recorded 5 new songs (as featured vocalist) that will be on their new CD which has a September release. The first track the group finished, "At the Same Time," will make it's Atlanta debut at eleven50 (Saturday, June 4th). GABRIEL AND DRESDEN are well-known remixers of artists such as Depeche Mode, Dido, Coldplay, and have 11 Billboard Top 10 hits.

Head over to The EARL this Friday for YOU ROCK LIKE A GIRL, a girl band tribute show to benefit the Atlanta Battered Women's Shelter. Six local bands are playing their favorite 'girl band' covers (e.g., Cyndi Lauper, Bananarama, Madonna, PJ Harvey). The line-up includes local favorites like Luigi, The Jupiter Watts, Ruvolo, Black Kites, Envie, and Rolling Sixties. Tickets are $7.00, and doors are at 9:30pm. www.badearl.com

24 Hour Party People... Just a reminder - We are throwing a killer party, and you're all invited! AddVice Marketing + Atlanta Music Guide present THE AFTER PARTY on June 11th from 10pm - 4am at the Masquerade (in Hell), hosted by Atlanta's infamous DJs Kiss + Tell. Join us for special DJ sets by Paul Banks of Interpol, Bloc Party, Louis XIV, The Features, She Wants Revenge, and DJs Kiss + Tell, along with tons of bands like Keane and Atlanta locals A Fir-Ju Well dancing and drinking the night away! THE AFTER PARTY is FREE for everyone 21 & over and only $5.00 for our underage friends. Plus, there will be a photo booth by Mark the Cobrasnake and gift bags filled with tons of great stuff. So come out, look good, get sweaty, and make us proud!

Music Midtown Tickets for $10.00...? We just caught wind that if you come down to the Midtown Best Buy (located on Moreland Ave. between Little 5 Points and East Atlanta) and sign up for their Rewards Zone program (which costs $9.99), you can get a FREE 3 Day Music Midtown ticket while supplies last (only 150 tickets are available). Not a bad deal for a $75.00 ticket...

OFFICIAL AMG AFTER PARTY - England's Embrace may not ring a bell to many of you, but these brit rockers are multiplatinum overseas and predecessors to bands like Coldplay and Keane. In fact, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin mentions the band several times in this month's issue of Blender and penned their single "Gravity" for them. Now, Embrace are gearing up to release their number one album, Out of Nothing, in America and will be wrapping up their tour at The Loft on July 6th with our friends in Long-View and Epic Records' Augustana. It's going to be a phenomenal show, and to celebrate, Atlanta Music Guide is throwing the Official Embrace End of Tour Party after the show! Come join us in the VIP room as we party with the bands. The first 100 people to order tickets to the show will receive VIP wristbands to meet the band in The Loft's VIP room. Click here to check out AMG's review of Out of Nothing in our features section!

The annual 99X Virginia Highlands Summerfest returns to the intersection of Virginia and North Highland Avenue on Saturday June 4th and Sunday June 5th. The yearly free festival will include music from local acts like Angie Aparo, Charlie Mars, The Drexlers, Cigar Store Indians, Tim Brantley, and more. For more information, visit www.99x.com.

Former AMG featured band Heavy Mojo are releasing their debut CD It is What it Is on June 7th. The seven piece hip hop/rockers have just returned from playing the main stage at the Florida Music Festival, where they caught the attention of acclaimed producer Rodney Jerkins (Michael Jackson, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears), who arranged for them to play the festival main stage again on the following night. Heavy Mojo's self-produced disc features the upcoming single "Radio" and a killer cover of Nirvana 's "Polly." The band will celebrate their new debut with a CD release party June 3rd at The Loft with Aerial 2012, Family Force 5 and FreeSol. www.heavymojomusic.com

Tomorrow (May 24)'s Lifehouse show at The Loft has been moved to Earthlink Live (same building) due to popular demand. All previous tickets will be honoured. You can still purchase tickets at www.ticketalternative.com.

The 29th annual Atlanta Film Festival will kick off Friday June 10th at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts with the Atlanta debut of Hustle and Flow, the Audience award winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The acclaimed film features Ludacris, Taryn Manning, Issac Hayes, and more. The popular festival will invade theatres across the city with over 70 screenings from June 10 - 18th. Tickets are available through www.ticketalternative.com. For more information on the Atlanta Film Festival, visit www.imagefv.org.

Gorillaz will be doing an exclusive in-store appearance at Criminal Records on Wednesday May 25 at 6:00 p.m! The three masterminds behind the cartoon band, Damon Albarn (of Blur), Atlanta’s own Brian Burton, AKA Danger Mouse, and Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz artist and creator of Tank Girl comics, will be available for signings and photographs. Criminal Records will have a professional photographer on hand, and everyone who gets their photo taken with the band will get a copy emailed to them for free! As if this wasn’t exciting enough, Criminal will have the exclusive Japanese limited edition Gorillaz toy sets available for purchase. Gorrillaz new CD, Demon Days, is released on May 24th (Buy) www.gorillaz.com

Not For Tourists, publisher of little black city survival guides, is coming to Atlanta. The first Not For Tourists Guide to ATLANTA will hit the stores this May and to celebrate NFT is throwing a party at the Atlanta Brewing Company on Friday, May 20th from 5pm-7pm. NFT will be giving away 500 Atlanta books as well as free Atlanta Brewery ales and other prizes for attendees. Violinist Bobby Yang is releasing his CD, No. 1 Tribute, that night as well. The Atlantan is known for his unconventional ability to shred classic Van Halen and Led Zeppelin solos on his violin. Yang has recently done string arrangements for Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker, Default, and Collective Soul. $5.00 includes the show, all-you-can-drink beer, hors d'oeurves, and the first 500 people will receive a copy of Not for Tourists Guide to Atlanta . www.notfortourists.com | www.bobbyyang.com