Brrrr! We hope you are all staying cozy with this lil’ cold kick we’re getting. At least it’s making us feel the proper holiday spirit – after all, how can you feel Christmassy when it’s too hot to drink your hot chocolate? In the spirit of the season, we have some lovely holiday shows up for you, as well as some other rockers. … Continue Reading
Everyone’s getting in the holiday spirit. Timeless bluegrass band Chatham County Line are having their own holiday show at Variety Playhouse on December 17, and they’re bringing along Johnny Irion, Jay Brown and Zeke Hutchins to fill out the festivities.
We have a pair of tickets to give away. Enter the competition by filling out the form below, or buy tickets at the button.
By Michael Koenig (http://vacantmoon.viewbook.com)
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Happy December everyone! We hope everyone had a brilliant Thanksgiving and has digested the remainders of all those leftovers. The holiday season is officially on now, with Hanukkah now started and twinkling lights going up everywhere. This weekend is an Atlanta act extravaganza, and we’re happy to celebrate the holidays with our hometown lads and lasses. Don’t forget the on sales at the bottom for all your Christmas present needs!
Can you feel it folks? Fall is properly in the air. We have leaves changing color and everything – and it’s not just from the lack of water. It’s the perfect crispy cool weather for taking in some great rock shows. Whether you want aging legends, need-to-know newbies or locals with their foot firmly in the door, we’ve got your weekend sorted. And don’t forget the on-sales at the bottom!
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com)
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We have a pretty rock ‘n’ roll weekend coming up, with a heavy dose of the rock. Some stalwarts of their own genres have returned to us after an absence, up-and-comers are blazing trails, and, thank heaven, The Roots will be wowing audiences with a kick-ass competition. Not to mention we have your head-start for 2011′s upcoming gigs in on sales.
By Michael Koenig (http://vacantmoon.viewbook.com/)
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By Al Kaufman
Nick Cave and Halloween go together like Christmas and Santa. Even when he’s not sporting the porn star mustache, there are none more creepy than Nick Cave. When part of Grinderman, Cave turns his creepiness up a notch or five. It’s almost as if Cave had been holding back all those years with the Bad Seeds, when he sang songs about getting hard-ons while murdering a woman. With Grinderman (same musicians, different band), Cave peels away any reservations with glorious glee. … Continue Reading
Finally, we can all step outside and breathe in the glorious cool air. Fall is officially here! And to celebrate the lovely new temperatures, there is a couple of great outdoors events for you this weekend, and well as some great rock shows, brilliant comedy and of course some great on-sales. … Continue Reading
We have a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for the full-on-rockin’ show that is coming to Variety Playhouse this Friday. You should really know both of these bands: Menomena is blazing right now with the killer track TAOS (available for free download HERE!); the four members of Suckers have been each creating videos for “A Mind I Knew,” with the latest being featured on IFC.com this Monday (the other three were revealed on Pitchfork, Stereogum and My Old Kentucky Blog).
For your chance to win the tickets, just fill out the form below.
By David Courtright
There are no more tidy boxes in music anymore. Genres are decaying on their stalks. The blight of mainstream. People ask, “What kind of music is it?” You shrug. “Good.” Fair enough. The good thing, one may suppose, is that a band like Deerhunter can become, well, mainstream. If that still means what it used to. You are no longer fed corporate alt radio by a DJ named Bones. Your palate is all yours to color.
It was refreshing to see Deerhunter play Variety to such an enthusiastic audience. They have captured a wide swath of people, everyone from high school punksters to aging hipsters. Perhaps it’s part of the act that at least one of the band members looked really mad at all the other ones. Gives the audience a more participatory role in constructing a narrative. While Bradford Cox may be one of the stranger front men in the business today, his oddness and angularity are erased by the clarity and phrasing of his songs. … Continue Reading
Oh hurrah for fall! Hurrah for fall weather! Hurrah for the start of fall beer festival! There are so many things to celebrate this weekend – and the start of October is just one of those things. We’ve got some great local stars playing packed homecoming gigs, metal legends, food and beer festivals, and of course your round-up of on-sales. … Continue Reading
By Giles Turnbull
Two great things about the Variety Playhouse are that it’s in Little Five Points, Atlanta’s bohemian heart, and that means it’s a short stroll from the best frozen margaritas in Atlanta at the Tijuana Garage. One less great thing is that the venue can be all-seated, which raised a minor complaint from the audience towards the end, though, as Aimee Mann reasonably pointed out, her songs aren’t really the kind that demand to be danced to. The lack of dancing certainly didn’t seem to spoil the enjoyment of an attentive crowd, who filled most seats from early on.
By David Courtright
CocoRosie has always been an entity steeped in mystery. Their history borders on mythology: a pair of sisters with a transient childhood, vision quests through the desert with their father, separation and estrangement. Only in early adulthood did the sisters reconcile and find their love for making music together. Their visual presentation is inseparable from their music, as they delve into the macabre and the occult, using elements of cabaret and vaudeville and bizarre or obscure instruments. In the music criticism world, their authenticity and relevance is a hotly contested debate. Their music generally moves people quite violently in one direction or another: adoration or loathing. … Continue Reading
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