We know we’ve flooded our blog with tons of St. Pats coverage today, BUT here’s your chance to WIN your way into MEEHAN’S SHAMROCK & ROLL featuring Kingsized & The Breakfast Club (from Rock 100.5)! Guests are welcome beginning at 10:30 a.m. Outdoor event with live music runs until 11 p.m., but the party will [...]
Spoken word poet, author, and host of Urban Grind’s 5th Thursday Open Mic, Amena Brown and her husband DJ Opdiggy, will perform a presentation of poetry, monologue, and music based on the themes in her debut book release, Breaking Old Rhythms, which explores how experiences such as deejaying, learning to dance, having a broken heart, [...]
Grab your Green & Get Ready! Rock 100.5, Guinness and Absolut along with our friends at RiRa The Irish Pub are teaming up, shutting down the street, and celebrating the most traditional of American holiday’s; St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday, March 16th. That’s right the party so big they had to take over Crescent Ave. [...]
Last night, Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta and Rock 100.5 hosted Qualifying Battle #2 (of Hard Rock Rising – The Global Battle of the Bands 2013) with local Atlanta artists NaJasism, HOTT with Harry Leggs, Nine Times Blue, and The Roycrofters. After 4 songs from each band, Hard Rock tallied the judges’ scores and The Roycrofters [...]
Photos by Hillery Terenzi/Lillian Hughes, Review by Molly Free As the movie Almost Famous quotes, “If you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.” and that is exactly what a handful of shivering live music fans and I did last night at local record store, Criminal Records in Little [...]
ADVENTŪS is the Latin word for arrival. And so Cody Canada and The Departed emerge with their first original album. Upon the disbanding of Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Departed took root; Cody Canada and his long time Ragweed band mate, Jeremy Plato on bass and vocals, with Seth James on guitar and vocals (Seth James [...]
Things are poppin’ tonight! Tons of shows happening and we love it. From dance-y indie rock to classic rock, and chilled out folk, take your pick and enjoy this Thursday evening! He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister w/ Paper Bird & Shakey Graves @ The Earl He’s My Brother She’s My Sister seem to invite [...]
Basking in the Spring sunshine while dancing to the hottest tracks, from some of the best artists and DJs, sounds pretty awesome right about now! Magnetic Music Festival, on Saturday, April 20th, just finalized their lineup and they’ve added Kid Cudi, Third Party, and Tommie Sunshine to the list. The latest additions to the inaugural [...]
Photos and Review by Hillery Terenzi If the ancient wisdom is to be believed, March comes in like a Lion. That lion roared loud and proud on March 4th when Boston’s beloved Dropkick Murphy’s brought their unique blend of Irish-Folk, Punk and Hardcore to the Tabernacle. Supported by Los Angeles’ countrified kindred spirits, Old Man [...]
Photos Courtesy of Hillery Terenzi
We’re halfway through the week and it’s an Alt-J kind of day! Their show at the Masquerade is sold out tonight, but have no fear, Criminal Records is hosting Alt-J for a special acoustic set at 6PM. Free tickets are limited. Click here for details on how to secure yours! If you’re looking for other [...]
After months of anticipation, and amidst the launch of the epic Destroid project, Excision is at the Tabernacle this Friday, March 8th for the Execution tour – a new submersion into bass music and an intense audiovisual experience that will completely blow you away. Excision will be recruiting audio support from heavy bass hitters PAPER [...]
FIELD REPORT is the creation of Chris Porterfield, who cut his musical teeth with DeYarmond Edison (the other members of which were Justin Vernon/Bon Iver and Megafaun). After their breakup in 2006, Bon Iver and Megafaun went on to success while Chris hung back in Wisconsin, thinking his career in music was over. It was [...]
It’s Tuesday and we took a little break from our “What’s Up” segment, but it’s back in full force and we’re ready to keep you posted on the shows each day! I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m glad to see that we’re creeping out of the cold winter weather and into spring! We’re ready [...]
Party in the Park is back on Saturday, May 18th! We are thrilled to share that Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, and GROUPLOVE will all be performing this year! SATURDAY, MAY 18 | 3:00pm – 11:00pm All Ages Welcome Tickets on-sale Saturday @ 10am www.TicketAlternative.com $35.00 General Admission For Information: www.facebook.com/partyintheparkatlanta Centennial Olympic Park: http://www.centennialpark.com/
Live Review & Picture Book: Ben Deignan and Special Guests @ Eddie’s Attic 5/23
Review by: Molly Free I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off my Memorial Day weekend than cozying up in my favorite corner table at Eddie’s Attic for their Songwriter Series featuring my good and mucho talented friend, Ben Deignan with his special guests Jessica Cayne and Scotty Cram. I have seen this [...]
Picture Book & Live Review: Paramore @ The Tabernacle May 21st
Photos and review by Jenna Hughes Paramore returned to Atlanta on May 21 at the Tabernacle, closing out the North American portion of the tour supporting their new self-titled album. The band released Paramore in January of this year and it debuted at #1 on the charts, proving to naysayers that the band has staying [...]
Interview: Imagine Dragons; Rocked Out @ Hangout Fest 5/19
After the last note played on the last song of a marathon set a few years ago, Dan Reynolds, frontman for Las Vegas based rockers Imagine Dragons, realized it was all starting to come together. Reynolds and his bandmates – guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman – independently released three EPs, [...]
Picture Book & Review: Party in the Park, 5/18
Photo Credit: CatMax Photography, LLC, Review by Gini Strobel If you couldn’t make it to Hangout Fest, like AMG’s Katie Caccavale, you still had your chance to see some of the awesome artists that played the popular beach festival. Back for year 2, Centennial Olympic Park packed in a sweet festival lineup for Party [...]
Picture Book: Avett Brothers @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 5/17
Photos by: CatMax Photography, LLC
Picture Book: Clutch @ Center Stage
Pictures & Review By Deidra Pinion If you were coming to see Clutch at Center Stage, you probably noticed that almost, if not every seat, was filled. Clutch started touring in March 2013 in support of their new album, Earth Rocker. People of all ages lined the theater. I was told that I was in [...]
5GB Interview: Shockwave Riderz; Playing with !!! @ The EARL 5/22
Shockwave Riderz are a three piece from Pittsburgh consisting of Phil Boyd, Sara Mac and !!! drummer Paul Quattrone who make fuzzy garage rock. The band started making music roughly a year ago, but they are already on a roll. They guys are starting a tour with !!! this week and were super stoked to [...]
5GB Interview: Cosmonauts; Playing 529 Thursday, May 16
By Jhoni Jackson Orange County outfit Cosmonauts boasts a blend of chaos and comedowns in their forever-fuzzy rock ‘n’ roll repertoire. Last year’s If You Wanna Die Then I Wanna Die (Burger Records) hits both amped-up, anxious highs and droning, lost-in-lament lows with equal intensity. Nailing an energetic, raucous jam like “Motorcycle #1” is a feat in [...]
5GB Interview w/ Twin Sister; Playing TONIGHT (5/15) @ 529
Twin Sister trade in a brand of dreamy pop that’s equal parts Galaxie 500, Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac, and Lynchian weirdness. They claim it will make you feel good enough to hook up with that one person you’re not supposed to hook up with. UH-OH! We caught up with the band before they hit the road [...]
5GB with Beth Hart – playing Smith’s Olde Bar Tuesday May 7
By Ellen Eldridge Beth Hart brought her life experiences, both positive and negative, together for her April 2 release, Bang Bang Boom Boom, which was produced by Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page/The Black Crowes, Dream Theater). The Kennedy Center Honors show-stopping performance of Jeff Beck and Beth Hart’s “I’d Rather Go Blind” [...]
5GB Interview: Telekinesis; Playing @ The Drunken Unicorn 5/4!
Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie rocker based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records. The band was signed to Merge Records in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the eponymously named debut album Telekinesis! on April 7, 2009. With the recent release of their third album, Dormarion, Telekinesis was ready [...]
5GB Interview w/ Device – Playing @ Center Stage 5/3!
By Ellen Eldridge David Draiman of Disturbed, and ex-Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo recently collaborated together to construct Device. The self-titled debut released April 9, taking strands from hard rock, industrial and electronica to form a focused, fierce and fiery new machine. It all started while the Grammy Award-nominated multiplatinum powerhouse Disturbed was on hiatus. Lenardo [...]
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