Cook Hall, at the W Hotel Buckhead, will host Yacht Rock Revue, Moontower, Ralph Roddenbery, Donna Hopkins and friends on the 4th of July! Food and drink specials will be offered during the entire event. Guests will enjoy viewing the amazing Lenox fireworks in a comfortable and private setting. Check out the great room rates [...]
The Athens Music and Arts Festival is a highly acclaimed event held annually in historic downtown Athens, GA, a town long renowned for its thriving music scene. For the past 15 years, AthFest has used the festival to showcase the best in regionally and nationally recognized Athens-Atlanta based talent. Attending AthFest this weekend?! Of course [...]
Marijuana Deathsquads is the ever-evolving, experimental project lead by Ryan Olson, (producer/writer of POLIÇA and GAYNGS), Isaac Gale, and Stefon Alexander (P.O.S). With multiple drummers, a slew of electronic instruments, and highly effected vocals, their live shows are a violent onslaught of improvised yet tightly woven, jagged, intricate experimental sound. “Marijuana Deathsquads’ party squad morphed [...]
The Basement at Graveyard Tavern welcomes RAC, Penguin Prison and local artist, Cousin Dan on Saturday, June 15th! Of course, Atlanta Music Guide has your tickets! That’s right! We’re helping you WIN your way into this killer show. RAC, or Remix Artist Collective, built a fanbase on a whole lot of remixes (200+) for all [...]
At each stage of Carrie Rodriguez’s career—as a fiddler, singer, and songwriter—the Austin, Texas, native has learned the importance of letting go. That was certainly true when it came to recording her fifth solo album, Give Me All You Got, her first of largely original tunes in several years. On Give Me All You Got, [...]
With Father’s Day coming up next Sunday, June 16, we’re sure everyone is scrambling around trying to find the perfect gift for dad. Well hey, scramble no more because Atlanta Music Guide has an awesome gift for dad and we’re giving it away! Writer, actor, and popular stand-up comedian, Jim Gaffigan, best known for his [...]
Billy’s bio says it all, “Rock stars come and go, but Idol is forever…” It’s true, with hit after hit, Billy Idol has remained a favorite of those who have grown up in the 80′s and those that are just plain passionate about great pop music! From “Rebel Yell” to “Mony Mony”, “White Wedding”, and [...]
Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson formed Vampire Weekend in 2006 while attending Columbia University. In 2007 the band signed to XL Recordings. On May 14, the foursome released their much anticipated third album, Modern Vampires of the City. Today, May 22, their album is #1 in the country! Believe me, this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Decatur Beach Party is back by popular demand! AND, of course, we’ve got your tickets! The 2013 Decatur Beach Party is here and will be taking place on Friday, June 14 from 5pm-11pm, so come dig your toes into the sand in downtown Decatur! Celebrate the start of summer at the famous Ponce de [...]
More than three decades have passed since Los Lobos released their debut album, Just Another Band from East L.A. Since then they’ve repeatedly disproven that title; Los Lobos isn’t “just another” anything, but rather a band that has consistently evolved artistically while never losing sight of their humble roots. After proving themselves one of the [...]
R.E.M. achieved global success with the 1988 release of GREEN, the Athens, Georgia, quartet’s sixth studio album and first for Warner Bros. Records, which would be the band’s label home for the rest of their recording career. While R.E.M. was fast becoming one of the most acclaimed and revered acts in the U.S., GREEN was [...]
Pure X are headlining at The Drunken Unicorn and Atlanta Music Guide is getting YOU in for FREE! That’s right we are GIVING AWAY a PAIR of tickets to the show on May 18! “Crawling Up The Stairs” is the second LP from Austin, Texas’ Pure X. Made up of principal members Nate Grace, Jesse [...]
Picturebook: Midsummer Music Fest @ Candler Park June 15th!
Photos by: Rhiannon Bradley Photos featuring: The Whiskey Gentry, Soul Rebels and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Picture Book & Live Review: Matthew Mayfield @ Eddie’s Attic June 14th
By Lindsey Borders Ever since Matthew Mayfield began his journey over 11 years ago, his performances get better with each live show he performs, acoustically or with a full band. I prefer him acoustic because he’s genuine, raw, and vulnerable with his audience; especially if there’s a great turn-out. Which there was with Matthew’s CD [...]
Picture Book & Review: Billy Idol @ The Tabernacle June 11th!
Billy Idol still has it…sneer and all. 80’s MTV icon Billy Idol played to a packed Tabernacle audience on Tuesday, June 11th. The crowd consisted of former rockers and suburban housewives with their teenage kids, proving to them that mom was once “cool”. If you came to hear the “Billy Idol Experience”, you got it [...]
Picture Book & Review: Sting @ Chastain Park Amphitheater June 10th!
Photos & Review by Hillery Terenzi I admit that I was a little concerned Monday morning when dark clouds were covering the Atlanta sky, but the music gods must’ve known Sting would be playing Chastain Amphitheater that night. The nearly sold out crowd was a mixture of young and old, tattooed and preppy and I [...]
Picture Book: Noot D’ Noot with Sailing to Denver @ The EARL, June 7th
Photos by Ken Lackner. Noot D’ Noot Sailing to Denver
Interview: Charlie Mars; Playing @ Eddie’s Attic June 20th!
Charlie Mars’ recently released album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane is his fifth studio record, but can be best described as a new debut. Over 11 songs, Mars hits a groove that does not signify any specific genre but instead is hardwired to hearts and hips. This is an album that writhes through the [...]
5GB Interview: Marc Broussard playing at People’s Fest 2013 in Atlantic Station, 6/22
Marc Broussard is an artist with a unique gift of channeling the spirits of classic R&B, rock and soul into contemporary terms. Throughout his life, Broussard has been tapped as a talent to watch. Marc’s song “Home” was successful at radio and catapulted him onto the national touring stage. His music has been placed in [...]
Interview: RAC & Penguin Prison; Playing @ The Basement June 15th!
RAC stand for Remix Artist Collective. They’ve built a fanbase on a whole lot of remixes (200+) for all kinds of artists. A few years ago Karl and Andre started DJ’ing all across the globe. Recently, Andre wrote a song with Penguin Prison and put it out through Green Label Sound. That song is the [...]
5GB Interview: Jacuzzi Boys; Playing the EARL Saturday, June 8th!
By Jhoni Jackson As far as bands on Instagram go, Jacuzzi Boys (@jacuzziboys) are among the best. Well, maybe enviable is more accurate. Their feed is full of goofiness, rockin’ and rollin’ and, you know, the occasional hang sesh with Iggy Pop. Onstage, however, they’re not so silly. The trio rips through their psych-laced garage [...]
5GB Interview: Stephen Kellogg; Playing @ Eddie’s Attic June 6th!
Although his music has been described as Americana, Country-Rock, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, and, somehow, pop, Stephen Kellogg has always thought of it as American-rock n’ roll. It’s a product of his father’s record collection, from Jim Croce and Cat Stevens to Eagles and The Band. Somewhere along the way, he fell in love with showmanship and [...]
5GB Interview: Eric Sardinas; Playing @ Smith’s Olde Bar June 7th!
American blues-rock slide guitarist, Eric Sardinas, is on tour and ready to rock at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta! Known for his electric live performances, we couldn’t help but get excited when we heard he was coming to town. Atlanta Music Guide caught up with the guitarist before the big gig. Check out what he [...]
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