Mill Town Music Hall: All about music

  Music venues often indulge in dive reputations, where patrons avoid touching the walls and drink the booze because the tap can’t be trusted. But Mill Town Music Hall, located at 1031 Alabama Avenue in Bremen, Ga., doesn’t offer alcohol. The venue is all about music and the experience. General Manager Steve Bennett says instead […]

Baroness release Purple Dec. 18; full album streaming now

Baroness’ highly-anticipated new album, Purple, releases Friday Dec. 18 and is currently streaming via a variety of partners as part of a fan-fueled #FindPurple promotion. Pre-order packages for Purple, which feature instant downloads of “Morningstar,” “Shock Me” and “Chlorine & Wine” as well as a limited edition colored vinyl version of the new album, two […]

Grammy-nominated Highly Suspect to play Tabernacle Dec. 18

  Highly Suspect has been busy this year. Over the summer, the band released its debut album, Mister Asylum, which quickly became one of the best selling debuts of 2015 by a new rock act. They toured with Catfish And The Bottlemen, played Bonnaroo for the first time, and received tons of hype for their […]

Adele plays Philips Arena Oct. 2016: tickets on sale Dec. 17

  Adele will play Philips Arena in Atlanta Oct. 28 and 29, 2016, in support of her wildly popular album, 25. Tickets will go on sale Thursday Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. at live.adele.com/north-america/, Ticketmaster.com, Philips Arena Box Office, by phone (800-745-3000) and at all Ticketmaster outlets.  

Maisy Kay Receives 2015 ASCAP Foundation Desmond Child Anthem Award

Maisy Kay is the 2015 recipient of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Desmond Child Anthem Award. Kay accepted the prestigious songwriting award during a ceremony last night at New York City’s Lincoln Center, where she also performed the new song “Don’t Ask Me to Love You.” Kay launched onto the music […]

DJ Shadow’s Liquid Amber imprint gears up for DJ Harrison cassette release

DJ Shadow has taken yet another young artist under his wing for a release with the burgeoning Liquid Amber imprint. The first taste of DJ Harrison’s Songs From The Black Water EP, out Friday Dec. 18 exclusively on a limited run of cassettes, is now available in the form of a Soundcloud sampler featuring several […]

Skrillex releases “Make A Move” remix with only 1,000 downloads

Skrillex has revealed his remix of Torro Torro’s “Make A Move,” available now and limited to 1,000 downloads via Red Bull 20 Before 16. The album will be out everywhere Jan. 8 via OWSLA. The original track is out now on OWSLA and will be joined by the the Skrillex remix, new cuts from Habstrakt, […]

Tool plays Atlanta Jan. 25: check out opening band, 3Teeth

  An industrial/multi-media quartet from Los Angeles, 3TEETH, will be performing in support of Tool at the Infinity Energy Arena, Monday Jan. 25. The guys, who got together in 2013, evoke the likes of early Nine Inch Nails, Godflesh and KMFDM. 3Teeth prides itself on mounting an intense a/v attack on their audience. Combining scathing […]

Ex-Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé plays The Earl Friday Dec. 11

Former Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé has been touring recently with his eponymously titled new project Saint Pé (featuring former members of Turf War, Gringo Star, Zoners and Concord America), sharing bills with friends such as Dead Confederate’s T. Hardy Morris, Natural Child & Bobby Bare, Jr. They play The Earl […]

Mumford & Sons unveil trailer for documentary, Homme Less

  Mumford & Sons are pleased to unveil a video for the film Homme Less, the directorial debut of fashion photographer, Thomas Wirthensohn, using the band’s new single Tompkins Square Park. Wirthensohn has told the story of his long-standing friend, the model/photographer Mark Reay, in his acclaimed emotional documentary, Homme Less. Described as the ‘underbelly […]

Tickets on sale Friday: Flogging Molly at Tabernacle

Flogging Molly will be appearing at the Tabernacle on Wednesday, March 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30. All tickets are for general admission and all ages are welcome. Tickets are on sale Friday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. at TabernacleATL.com, Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or at the box office on show nights. […]

Lord RAJA shares new single, new album out Dec. 24

Lord RAJA shares “Stoked Tourist,” the second single off his upcoming LP, Para. Para was inspired by a trip to the famous synth store “Switched On” in Austin, where Lord RAJA got to work recording all of the modular synths, drum machines and more, coming away with a base of new sounds to explore. “Bryndon […]

Owner of Ken Stanton Music picks best album of 2015

Kenny Stanton has music in his blood. His father, Kenneth E. Stanton, founded Ken Stanton Music in 1949 to bring music to the six schools in Cobb County at the time, with a music program where Stanton would provide the instruction and the instruments at a cost of one dollar per student. The Cobb County […]

The weight of Scott Weiland’s death

I fell in love with a boy for the first time while listening to Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple.   The album was released in June 1994, less than two months after Kurt Cobain’s tragic death. I was 15 years old.   Purple consoled my high school sweetheart and me from the immense loss; the album […]

The Delta Saints play Atlanta Dec. 8

Nashville band The Delta Saints play Atlanta’s Aisle 5 Dec. 8 as part of a world tour in support of their debut album, Bones, released with Loud & Proud Records. Bones was produced, engineered and mixed by Third Man Records alum Eddie Spear, who assisted on projects with Jack White, Arctic Monkeys and Neil Young. The […]