International Platinum Artists the Ying Yang Twins, are an Atlanta based group, most know for Crunk Music! with several HUGE hits like, “Get Low”, “Salt Shaker”, “The Whisper Song”, “Whistle While You Twurk”, “Shake” featuring Pitbull, “Badd”, “Say Iy Yi Yi” and many more! AND you guessed it! They’re back with brand new music! Now [...]
Happy Hump Day music lovers! We’ve made it half way through the week and with this killer lineup to look forward to the day should fly by! Check it out for yourself! !!! with Special Guests @ The EARL !!! is a bicoastal band with over a decade of history. Offer, keyboardist Daniel Gorman, and [...]
Four GRAMMYs, 3 American Music Awards, and the First Lady of MTV- Pat Benatar has had quite the career! She continues to perform and introduce new fans to her classic songs, while allowing long-time fans to reminisce and belt out hit after hit! This summer, Atlanta is in for a treat! Pat will play at [...]
The Music Tapes started life as a creative outlet for the 16 year old Koster, who would create tapes of songs and stories, as means of escapism, which he would share with his friends, culminating in ‘The American Phoam Rubber Co. Symphony Orchestra Proudly Presents the 2nd Silly Putty Symphony for Edison Wax Cylinder’, which [...]
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 [...]
Happy Tuesday Atlanta! The sun is out, the air is warm and the birds are chirping! It’s the PERFECT day to catch a show later on! We’ve got a pretty sweet lineup tonight. Check it out below! Josh Schicker and Jacque Jordan @ Eddie’s Attic JOSH SCHICKER is a singer-songwriter who has been working hard [...]
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 [...]
Join us Sunday, May 26th at The Loews Atlanta Hotel for a late night jazz experience with Dionne Farris and The Russell Gunn Quartet! This event is part of the Atlanta Jazz Festival, happening this Memorial Day Weekend 5/24-5/27. Dionne Farris’ latest recording effort “Dionne Get Your Gunn” features the incomparable songstress, alongside Grammy nominated [...]
The 4th of July is just around the corner and it’s time to start making some plans! The perfect 4th event combines 5 key ingredients: Music, Cocktails, Food, Fireworks, and the Peachtree Road Race! Cook Hall, at the W Hotel in Buckhead, is whipping up one great party: Fourth Fest! Enjoy watching the 2013 Peachtree [...]
Hailing from Tennessee, indie-rock quartet, The Features have been releasing music for over a decade. Time may not always make for a great band, but it sure does help. They have played at Bonnaroo, been compared to Manchester Orchestra (Atlanta’s own), and have been featured in Twilight. With their new self-titled album out, the Features [...]
Good morning Atlanta! Was this weekend AMAZING or what?! Between Party in the Park, Springfest and Rome River Jam, this weekend was loaded with fun! Luckily, tonight we have a light show schedule so we all have time to play catch-up! Just what we need! For those of you who need MORE music, check out [...]
By: Shelby Lum It’s my favorite time of year! It’s a weekend for festivals! Rain or shine: Party in the Park, Springfest, and Rome River Jam will be going on. Feeling more Rock and Indie-pop? Head down to Centennial Olympic Park to catch Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, and GROUPLOVE at Party in the Park. This lineup is [...]
Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, GROUPLOVE, Yeasayer, and The Electric Sons will be at Centennial Olympic Park this Saturday, May 18th! We’ll be there checking out all of these Awesome bands, but if you’re just going to see your “Faves” then here is the Lineup: Gates Open at 3PM! 3:15 – The Electric Sons 4:30 – [...]
Southern soul artist Randall Bramblett has just released his 9th studio LP, Bright Spots, on New West Records. Drawing inspiration from classic pop, soul, blues and gospel alike, he says the album was his “easiest and most organic to record.” Bramblett is holding a CD release party tomorrow at Eddie’s Attic, and we were lucky enough [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Picture Book: Titus Andronicus @ The EARL 5/14 & Criminal Records 5/15
Photos by Hillery Terenzi: So So Glos: Titus Andronicus: Criminal Records In-Store Performance:
Picture Book & Live Review: Justin Furstenfeld @ Center Stage 5/14
Photos and review by Jenna Hughes The atmosphere at Center Stage was quiet and calm on Tuesday night as fans eagerly awaited the stripped down solo performance of Justin Furstenfeld (of Blue October). The standing room floor was transformed into a seating area and those seats filled up fast with dedicated fans. Strangers chatted and [...]
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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