New Music Tuesday 1/27

Periphery – Juggernaut Alpha/Omega (Sumerian Records) D.C. progressive metal band Periphery gives fans not one, but two new releases today. Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, the twin concept albums, are the third studio albums from the band whose high-grain, distorted signature has landed them at the forefront of the djent metal movement. Purchase the albums here. The Lone Bellow – Then Came The […]

St Vincent

Gotta Get Down On Friday: Best New Releases This Week

It’s finally Friday and we couldn’t be more pleased. Get down to this week’s best new releases and get ready for another awesome weekend. St Vincent – “Bad Believer” St Vincent released a brand new track earlier this week, “Bad Believer,” off of her deluxe version of St Vincent, to be released on Monday, Feb. 9 […]

AMG Weekend Picks 1/23-1/25

Friday Jan. 23 That 1 Guy @ Vinyl Genre: Varied, Classical, Electronica Sounds Like: Les Claypool, Sausage, Primus Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Find Tickets Here! The Liverhearts w/ Motherfucker and Vincas@ The Earl Genre: Varied, Rock Sounds Like: The Sunglasses, OVERWHELMED, Failures of Modern Science Tickets are $7. Doors open at 9 […]

Throwback Thursday: Flying Upside Down with Griffin House

Its been more than 5 years since AMG reviewed Ohio crooner Griffin’s House’s 6th self-released album Flying Upside Down. Since then, House has released 3 more albums on his imprint label, Evening Records. The latest of which, Balls, boasts nine tracks co-produced by House. The album “comes from a place I’ve never written from before,” claims House who turned to crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, […]

AMG Weekend Picks 1/16-1/18

Get your id’s out and your beer glasses raised Atlanta…this weekend is going to be a good one. Friday Jan. 15 Passafire @ The Masquerade With Passafire, you get the best of both worlds. They love to bring a harder rock edge, while maintaining a progressive reggae base. The group began in 2003 when students […]

Sweetwater 420 Fest Lineup

Full Sweetwater 420 Fest Lineup Announced!

Sweetwater 420 Fest has officially released its full lineup for 2015! Additions to the lineup include: The Wailers, AER, Big Data, The Floozies, Anders Osborne, The Revivalists, Delta Rae, The Wood Brothers, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Marc Broussard, The London Souls and Red Wanting Blue. These additions only make the already fantastic 420 Fest lineup even better, […]

Counterpoint 2015 Lineup

Counterpoint Festival 2015 Lineup Announced!

Counterpoint returns this year to the beautiful Kingston Downs, GA on May 22-24, 2015! The amazing roundup of Atlanta festivals continues with the drop of Counterpoint’s stellar lineup, one that we are quite impressed with. Looks like this year’s Counterpoint will be another one for the books! The lineup features headliners Widespread Panic, Zedd, The […]

Shaky Knees Lineup

Shaky Knees Festival 2015 Lineup Announced

The 3rd annual Shaky Knees Festival returns to Atlanta May 8-10, 2015 to a new location – Central Park in the Old Fourth Ward! Get ready for another shakin’ good time because this year’s line up is nothing short of awesome. The amazing lineup features headliners The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies, Social Distortion, […]

Cherub

Interview with Cherub, Playing @ The Buckhead Theatre 1/17

  Cherub has been heating up the live music scene for almost five years now, and have grown exponentially since their initial popularity of “Doses and Mimosas” to a bonafide force to be reckoned with. They just released a new EP Leftovers and are set to perform a sold out show at Buckhead Theatre this Saturday, […]

Panda Bear

New Tunes Tuesday 1/13

Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (Domino)                     “Fifth solo album by the Animal Collective contributor finds him in a class by himself with his hypnotic, electro-friendly pop.” – Fred Thomas. Buy Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper now on Panda Bear’s website. Mark Ronson – Uptown Special […]

J-Live

AMG Weekend Picks 1/9-1/11

Welcome to the weekend, Atlanta! It’s going to be a cold one but there are plenty of shows to keep you movin’! Friday, Jan. 9 J-Live w/ Willie Evans Jr. & more, Hosted by Fort Knox @ 529 J-Live first appeared on the underground hip hop scene in 1995, when he was a freshman English […]

Throwback Thursday: Exclusive Interview w/ Kris Allen

This interview was originally published on March 31, 2014. See Kris Allen live at Mill Town Music Hall in Bremen, GA on Friday, January 30, 2015. Most of the world recognizes the name Kris Allen from his rise to stardom on the 8th season of American Idol when he beat out Adam Lambert, and before […]

Kris Allen

Win Tickets to Kris Allen @ Mill Town Music Hall 1/30!

Fill out the form below to be entered to win a pair of tickets to see Kris Allen live at Mill Town Music Hall on Friday, Jan. 30! The former American Idol winner is on tour in support of his third album, Horizons, released on Allen’s independent label, DogBear Records. Fill out my online form. Tickets […]

Shaky Boots 2015 Lineup

Shaky Boots Festival 2015 Lineup Announced

Dust off those cowboy boots and get excited! The lineup for the first ever Shaky Boots Music Festival has officially been announced and it’s sure to be a shakin’ good time! The star-studded lineup includes headliners Blake Shelton, Braid Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Rascall Flatts. Other notable acts not to be missed are The Band Perry, Dwight Yoakam, […]