Ella Guru Closes Its Doors

Ella Guru Closes Its Doors

Sad news in the world of indie record stores. Right after our announcement of Trail of Dead's support of Record Store Day we got news that one of our ticket outlets and favorite music stores Ella Guru will be closing its doors for the last time in a short while. Owner Don Radcliffe told us […]

Second Shift Chat About Reunion

Second Shift Chat About Reunion

On February 20 one of Atlanta's best local acts will be reuniting for a one-off show at Star Bar. Courtesy of Team Luis, Second Shift will play after years of being apart, accompanied by fellow ace acts, Y-O-U (Atlanta), Hot Pipes (Nashville) and Lowry (Brooklyn). We chatted to Wes Hoffman and Jonathan Baker from Second Shift about […]

Congratulations to All Our Atlanta Grammy Winners!

Congratulations to All Our Atlanta Grammy Winners!

We were pretty bummed that Janelle Monae didn't win the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance (it went to Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am for "Be OK." Pah), but Atlanta was well represented among the Grammy winners last night: Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from Continuum (Columbia) Country Performance By A Duo Or Group […]

Merge Turns 20, Offers Fans Chance to Make Their Own Compilations

Merge Turns 20, Offers Fans Chance to Make Their Own Compilations

Merge has always been so cool. Now that they've been around for 20 years, their status as super-awesome indie label has been solidified. And to celebrate this birthday, the label is offering up lots of goodies. First up was a subscription service for the whole year, which has actually closed now (last chance to sign up was in mid-January) and is […]

Grammy Hopes and Predictions

Grammy Hopes and Predictions

Janelle Monae – New Music – More Music Videos Blimey, where did the first month of the year go? It's already time for the Grammys, which take place this Sunday. Atlanta is well represented, as are a fair few other hip indie artists, like MIA and Hot Chip, who we are keeping our fingers crossed […]

Flight of the Conchords Coming to Atlanta April 11; Enter “Flying/Soaring” Pun Here

Flight of the Conchords Coming to Atlanta April 11; Enter “Flying/Soaring” Pun Here

Just in case you haven't heard, HBO's singing New Zealand sensations Flight of the Conchords will be at The Fabulous Fox Theatre on April 11. The whole American tour is being put on by Live Nation, which means you have to buy tickets through the company's website, www.livenation.com, or go directly to the Fox and buy […]

Led Zeppelin and Journey/Gun ‘n’ Roses/Poison Tribute Bands for Andrews Upstairs

Led Zeppelin and Journey/Gun ‘n’ Roses/Poison Tribute Bands for Andrews Upstairs

This might have just been an excuse for me to look up Journey videos (specifically, "Don't Stop Believing"), but regardless, I think people wanted to know that tickets are now on sale for the Journey/Guns 'N Roses/Poison Tribute band, playing at Andrews Upstairs on February 6 (that's this Friday, y'all!). Get your tickets here. Also […]

CD Review: Pierce Pettis — That Kind of Love

CD Review: Pierce Pettis — That Kind of Love

Pierce PettisThat Kind of LoveCompass Records by Al Kaufman Pierce Pettis came out of that '80s folk movement that brought us the likes of Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman and Bill Morrissey. Like the three aforementioned songwriters, Pettis does not waste his time navel gazing or spouting platitudes. He writes honest little stories and slices of […]

Langerado Cancelled

Langerado Cancelled

Yup, it's true. The tough times are hitting everyone obviously, not least large music festivals like Langerado. The festival announced today that it was canceling it's 2009 Miami event due to sluggish ticket sales, which of course also means that our contest to win tickets has been cancelled. Tickets will all be refunded in the […]

Listen to Lily Allen’s Whole Album a Week Early

Listen to Lily Allen’s Whole Album a Week Early

You don't have to wait until next week to get your fix of Lily Allen's new record. MySpace is streaming the record, It's Not Me, It's You, on Lily Allen's MySpace page. The album will be on sale next week on February 10, and her single "The Fear" has already been making waves here and abroad. Lily will tour the U.S. with the record in […]