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, […]

Gotta Get Down On Friday: Best New Releases of the Week

Happy Friday Atlanta! Get down with these hot new tracks just released this week. Kanye West ft. Paul McCartney – “Only One” Kanye West teamed up with Paul McCartney on his new single, “Only One,” which is exclusively available for purchase on iTunes. You can preview the track on Kanye’s website now! Buy in iTunes […]

Surfer Blood

AMG Weekend Picks 1/2-1/4

It’s the first official weekend of 2015 and what better way to celebrate than with some great live music! Check out one of these awesome shows going on in the ATL this weekend and enjoy! Friday, Jan. 2 Surfer Blood @ The EARL Surfer Blood have recently performed at Coachella Festival, released a new video […]

Extended interview with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde; Playing Eddie’s January 11th

By Al Kaufman Concrete Blonde’s “Joey” is the type of song that, when it comes on the radio, people stop what they are doing and listen. If there is a group of people, and they happen to have a few beers in them, they try to hit all the high notes. Johnette Napolitano, lead singer […]

AMG Weekend Picks 12/26-12/28

Happy post-holiday weekend Atlanta! Even though it’s a holiday weekend, there is no shortage of amazing shows to check out over the next few days! From rock and roll to funk and soul, there’s a little something for everyone this weekend. Check out our roundup and let us know what you’re looking forward to seeing! […]

Throwback Thursday: 5GB With Kelly McFarling

This interview was originally published on April 11, 2012. See Kelly McFarling at Eddie’s Attic on December 28, 2014.  Homegrown and haunting,Kelly McFarling‘s voice spirals powerfully, and progressively over a bed of oldtimey instrumentation. She is from Atlanta, GA, where she learned to sing in church choirs and baseball stadiums, and learned to write through the stories […]

Kendrick Lamar

Gotta Get Down On Friday: Best New Releases of the Week

Get down this Friday with the best new releases we collected for you from this past week! Modest Mouse – “Lampshades On Fire” Being that the last new Modest Mouse album was released in 2007, the release of the first single off their new LP (Strangers To Ourselves) dropping 8 years later is quite an exciting […]

Throwback Thursday: 5GB with Ryan Horne

This Interview was originally published November 29, 2012. Ryan Horne will be taking part in the  5th Annual Christmas Extravaganza with Nathan Angelo, Dwayne Shivers & Jonathan Rich at Eddie’s Attic on December 19, 2014.      Independent singer-songwriter, RYAN HORNE, brings his insatiable creative thirst to the table with his latest release, The Whistler and […]