What’s Up Monday?

  Happy Music Midtown week! I know you might be saving up all of your energy  for Music Midtown, but this week is filled with great concerts! Here’s a couple of things to kick off your week! -Brooklyn by way of Texas indie electro band, Neon Indian, will be taking over Heaven at the Masquerade. […]

Q&A With Sunny Sweeney; Playing Chastain Amphitheater, Sept. 17

By Amanda Miles Sunny Sweeney was named “One to Watch in 2011” by Country Weekly, praise that would prove prophetic as Sunny had the highest charting debut single for a female country artist in over four years. Her new album Concrete debuted to accolades and fans could not get enough of the smash hit ‘From a […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Journey, Incubus, Kaiser Chiefs, Ray LaMontagne, & More!

Wow! As the end of September rolls around there are a ton of cool concerts and events going on throughout this city. Bieber sitings, Usher, Ray LaMontagne, and so, so, so much more! Honestly this might be one of those weekends you wish you could teleport yourself to several events at once! Enjoy your weekend […]

Win Tickets To See Lupe Fiasco; Playing The Tabernacle Sept. 20

  Rapper extrordinaire and Jay-Z pal, Lupe Fiasco is coming to The Tabernacle, and AMG is giving away 10 PAIRS OF TICKETS for the show! This will be a see and be seen show including performances from The Cool Kids, Sarah Green, and Young Marqus. Enter below to win!

What’s Up Thursday?

As many children who grow up to be music-heads, there was some concert or event, that totally made you who you are. For me, that was The Who. My dad worshiped that band, and thus The Who was my first concert. I was blown away. Fortunately, we live in a city where all of these […]

What’s Up Wednesday?

Happy Hump Day little Atlantians! It’s Wednesday, and I hope your day is filled with more debauchery than a Led Zeppelin afterparty. Here are a couple of things to hopefully get that going. -It’s Indie Songwriter night at The Earl (oxymoron?) with songbirds Allison Weiss, Bess Rogers, Ian Axel, and Allie Moss. -British guitar slayers, Gunslinger […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

Happy Tuesday Everyone! There is something about Tuesdays that I just love, especially as we are entering coat weather. Since is seems to be that Brooklyn has decided to descend upon our city, get out your jean jacket and put your skinniest jeans on as you head out to some of these cool events. –TV […]

CD Review: Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events

Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events Roadrunner Records (for 9-13-11 release) By Ellen Eldridge Dream Theater is really good. I say that because I first heard the band when I was an angst-filled teen and I wrapped my tormented soul around songs like “Wait For Sleep,” and skipped past the often-lengthy guitar solos. But, […]

5GB With Jay Clifford (Jump Little Children); Playing Smith’s Olde Bar, Sept. 17

By Eileen Tilson Growing up in the height of 99X, pretty much everyone I knew was a fan of Jump Little Children. Some of my fondest memories involve being at Big Day Out, watching JLC jam out with Ben Folds Five. Jay Clifford, the man with the golden voice, is back from his hiatus, with […]

What’s Up Monday?

It’s a quiet little day in the city, but here’s a couple of fun things to do just in case you feel like enjoying these last days of summer. -Smith’s Olde Bar presents The Miller Lite Concert Series featuring Blackfoot Gypsies, JP & The Gilberts, Waking the Bates. -French band, Cheveu, will be gracing the stage […]

Mastodon Release Single “Spectrelight”: Album, The Hunter, Released Sept. 27th

Quote of the morning?  “This sounds like Godzilla shitting out a million blue whales. THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME.” Only hometown boys, Mastadon could get a response like that from their upcoming album, The Hunter.  Being released on Sept. 27th, here is a teaser of the band’s first single, “Spectrelight.” (NOTE TO LISTENERS: Do NOT operate heavy machinery […]

AMG Weekend Picks: The Beach Boys, Travis Tritt, The Black Lips & More!

It’s football time again! Besides the sea of Red & Black that will now be flooding our city, it is the Falcons kick off game! Fortunately for us Atlantans who can’t fly to watch the Dirty Birds, there are a ton of cool music events happening this weekend, and with this cooler weather happening, there […]

What’s Up Thursday?

Happy Thursday everyone! Hopefully your four day work week has been going by a little bit more quickly. Here are some fun things to keep your night occupied: -All the Super Dope kids will be at The Buckhead Theater for Superschunk who will be kickin it old school with the Conversed, sweater-wearing indie rockers. Supporting […]