What’s Up This Week 5/25-5/28

Monday, May 25   GHOUL w/ Phobia & Nekrofilth @ The Earl Genre: Grunge Rock, Thrash metal Sounds like: Impaled, Frightmare, Cannibis Corpse Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 on the day of the show. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Find Tickets Here!  Red Wanting Blue @ Eddie’s Attic Genre: American Rock Sounds like: Parmalee, Under the Flood, Like A […]

Throwback Thursday: Back to Black with The Black Lillies

A band on the precipice of greatness, The Black Lillies know what it takes to survive the turbulent waters of the music industry. It’s only through trust and a sense of familial camaraderie that the band is able to bid adieu to long time members Tom Pryor and Robert “Bobby Dix” Richards. After playing nearly […]

Throwback Thursday: Same Kopecky. Hold the Family

The second album from Nashville-based six-piece Kopecky, Drug for the Modern Age, takes the many shake-ups the band’s endured over the past few years and turns them into inspiration for groove-driven, melody-heavy alt-pop that’s intensely emotional and strangely exhilarating. Formerly known as the Kopecky Family Band, the group looks at such life-altering events as the […]

Know Before You Go: Shaky Boots @ KSU Sports and Entertainment Park 5/16-5/17

After months of anticipation, it’s finally here! The festival that had us shaking in our boots from the moment we first saw that epic lineup. It’s the Shaky Boots Music Festival and we’ve got all the deets that you should know before you go so that all you’ll have to do is suit up, boot up, and […]

Event Preview: Milky Chance @ Center Stage Shaky Knees Fest Late Night

As if the Shaky Knees Festival lineup wasn’t awesome enough, German indie-pop duo, Milky Chance, announces an encore performance at Center Stage for the Shaky Knees Late Night Fest on Saturday, May 9. The international sensation added the venue to their already stacked North American tour schedule, whose 39 dates sold out immediately and includes appearances […]

Throwback Thursday: Going Toe to Toe with The Shadowboxers

Two years ago, we caught up with The Shadowboxers, a budding band of buddies from Atlanta. Their smart perspective and soulful lyrics catapulted them to the forefront of the Atlanta music scene. After touring with the Indigo Girls as both an opening act and backing band, it’s safe to say they earned their place among […]

Weekend Picks 5/1-5/3

Friday, May 1   Of Mice and Men, Crown the Empire, Volumes @ The Tabernacle Genre: Rock, Pop Sounds Like: Sleeping With Sirens, Memphis May Fire, Issues Tickets are $24. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find tickets here! Steve Winwood @ The Fox Theatre Genre: Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues, R&B Sounds Like: Glen Frey, Bruce Hornsby, […]

Throwback Thursday – Photobook: Death Cab for Cutie @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 8/11/11

For 17 years, we’ve followed the coming-of-age story of alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie. Now with the release of their eighth studio album, we are introduced to a slightly more nuanced and mature sound that tells of love lost, the realities of adulthood, and a band trying to hold itself together after co-founder and […]

What’s Up This Week 4/20-4/23

Monday, April 20 Wild Child @ Vinyl Genre: Indie, Folk, Pop Sounds like: The Oh Hellos, Bronze Radio Return, Mother Falcon Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 on the day of the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! Protomartyr, Warehouse, and Wymyns Prysyn @ 529 Genre: Punk Sounds like: Parquet Courts, Angel Olsen, Ratking  […]

ATL Traffic Playlist: Five Songs to Keep You Sane in Five O’clock Traffic

The clock hits 4:50 and you are filled with joy because you know the 5 o’clock hour is upon you and that can only mean one thing: The workday is over! You clean your coffee mug, sign out of your email, and try your darndest to look busy for the next five minutes. And then […]

AMG Weekend Picks 4/17-4/19

Friday, April 17 Graf Orlock @ The Earl Genre: Grindcore Sounds like: Ghostlimb, Glasses, Children of God Tickets are $7. Doors open at 9 p.m. Find tickets here! Hot Tuna @ Variety Playhouse Genre: Blues, Rock Sounds like: New Riders of the Purple Sage, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia Band Tickets are $27.50 in advance, $30 day of show. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. […]

AMG Picks: Top 10 Karaoke Bars in Atlanta

We’ve all been there. 2 a.m. surrounded by our closest friends, too many empty shot glasses, and one empty stage calling your name, haunting you, reminding you of all your rock star ambitions. We’re talking about karaoke! This is our love song (pun intended) to the ancient art form practiced by kings and perfected by the inebriated […]

AMG Weekend Picks 4/10-4/12

  Friday, April 10 The Decemberists @ The Tabernacle Genre: Indie, Folk, Rock Sounds like: Band of Horses, The Shins, The Mountain Goats Single tickets are $45.50. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! Dustbowl Revival w/City Hotel @ Vinyl Genre: Americana, Bluegrass, Swing, Gospel Sounds like: Rope, Fox and the Bird, Cowboy and the Indian Tickets are $8 […]

Throwback Thursday: Interview with Paul Deakin of the Mavericks

We don’t know many bands that can go from “plush, pre-rock pop ballads” to “peppery Tejano rhythms” (Billboard), but one thing’s for sure: We love the ever eclectic sound of the Nashville band led by frontman Raul Malo. That’s why, after 13 months, the guys have returned to give us Mono, an album full of fresh but […]

AMG Weekend Picks 3/27-3/29

Friday, March 27 The Shondes, Hailey Wojcik and The Haze @ The Masquerade Genre: Rock Sounds like: Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! The 11th Annual Atlanta Blues Festival @ The Fox Theatre Genre: Blues Sounds like: Shirley Brown, Clarence Carter, Latimer Tickets are $52.50 to $75. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! […]