Manchester Orchestra Bring Their Favorite Gentlemen to Center Stage on Thanksgiving Eve

Manchester Orchestra Bring Their Favorite Gentlemen to Center Stage on Thanksgiving Eve

We’re super-excited to hear that Manchester Orchestra’s label Favorite Gentlemen is going to be putting on an awesome Thanksgiving feast. A feast of bands that is! On Wednesday, November 24, Manchester Orchestra will be taking the stage with bands like Dead Confederate, Kevin Devine, Death On Two Wheels, Harrison Hudson, All Get Out and more […]

Bits and Bobs: Steve Lillywhite, Smith’s Olde Bar, Vince Vaughn, Atlanta Arts Festival

Bits and Bobs: Steve Lillywhite, Smith’s Olde Bar, Vince Vaughn, Atlanta Arts Festival

– Want to meet one of the coolest producers in the world? Here’s your chance: Steve Lillywhite – Grammy award-winning producer to the likes of Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Crowded House, Matchbox Twenty and many more – will be speaking at NARIP‘s September 22 program. It’s free to members ($15 to non members) and […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Dean Wareham, The Satorialist, Aziz Ansari, The Whiskey Gentry and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Dean Wareham, The Satorialist, Aziz Ansari, The Whiskey Gentry and More!

Is fall here yet? Almost? Well, at least we have some slightly cooler weather so we can chill out with King of Pops and others at the East Atlanta Strut on Saturday. And there is still plenty of indoor entertainment to rock out to in air conditioned heaven – comedy, rock ‘n’ roll, killer dance […]

Bits and Bobs: T.I., Paste, Decatur Book Festival, DragonCon, PleaseRock

– Oh dear. T.I. doesn’t really know how to stay out of trouble. He’s been arrested again (while on probation) with his wife Tiny for smoking weed in his car. Some details on what this means for him are on the AP now. – We hate to have to report that Paste Magazine has folded. […]

Q&A with Marshall Chapman; Playing Eddie’s Attic, September 5

Q&A with Marshall Chapman; Playing Eddie’s Attic, September 5

By Jim Simpson “‘Rode Hard and Put Up Wet’ was the first song I wrote by myself that felt like I wasn’t trying,” Marshall Chapman wrote in her 2003 memoir, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller. “It just poured out one hungover afternoon in late summer of 1973. I’d woken up around noon facedown in my […]

Midtown Festival of the Arts to Take Over Peachtree Street, September 25 and 26

Midtown Festival of the Arts to Take Over Peachtree Street, September 25 and 26

Atlanta’s “Midtown Mile” is really coming into its own. Chic stores, fab restaurants, people actually walking everywhere – just like a real city! And to celebrate just how far Peachtree Street and its offshoots have come in the past few years, Midtown Atlanta is throwing the first annual free Midtown Festival of the Arts this […]

Bits and Bobs: Rosanne Cash, Band of Horses, Scissor Sisters, R.E.M., Big Boi

Bits and Bobs: Rosanne Cash, Band of Horses, Scissor Sisters, R.E.M., Big Boi

– Rosanne Cash, country star and daughter of the legend that is Johnny Cash, will be signing her book, Composed, at Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall on August 14. The event is presented by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival (AJC DBF) and Yuengling Beer and is hosted by Agnes Scott and A Cappella Books, […]

Bits and Bobs: Pinkberry, ATL Throwdown, Glastonbury, BET Awards and More!

Bits and Bobs: Pinkberry, ATL Throwdown, Glastonbury, BET Awards and More!

Looks like it was a busy weekend, with a fabulous awards show, an epic U.K. festival and more. Here’s some bits and bobs we think you should know about: – The famed frozen yogurt company Pinkberry has opened its first Georgia shop on Cobb Parkway. Atlanta Dish was there and has some crazy yummy-looking pics. […]

Red Stripe Light MidSummer Music Fest – Saturday, June 19 at Candler Park

Red Stripe Light MidSummer Music Fest – Saturday, June 19 at Candler Park

Hooray for the weekend! It’s MidSummer Music Fest time! Sponsored by Red Stripe Light, the day-long event this Saturday, June 19 is packed with an artist market, family activities, a corn hole tournament and much more! Musical guests include Lefty Williams, Soulphonics and Ruby Velle, Gringo Star, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, The Wailers and Better Than Ezra. For […]

Art-B-Que with The Biters, The Booze, Gringo Star and So Many More – June 11-13

Art-B-Que with The Biters, The Booze, Gringo Star and So Many More – June 11-13

It’s getting hotter, more humid and grossly muggy in Atlanta – time for outdoor weekend festivals! This weekend is the 3rd Annual Art-B-Que in Avondale Estates – and to us, that means rad local art & crafts, delicious BBQ and some of the coolest bands intown! The band lineup for the Art-B-Que is looking good. […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Yelawolf, ARTLANTIS, Psychobilly Freakout and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Yelawolf, ARTLANTIS, Psychobilly Freakout and More!

Friday, June 4 – Yelawolf and Hollyweerd at Smith’s Olde Bar Yelawolf has got to be in a good mood these days. Last week the Alabama-based rapper opened for Big Boi at a secret free show at the Yaarab Shriner Temple. Pretty sure it doesn’t get any cooler than that. Tonight Yelawolf will be sharing the stage with […]

Freak Out at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Monster Bash at Starlight Six Drive-In – Sunday, June 6!

FACT: Halloween is too much fun to only celebrate once a year. The folks at The Starlight Six Drive-In and Silver Scream Spookshow agree. Dress up in your scariest and get down at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Monster Bash on Sunday, June 6 – it’s Halloween in June! What to expect from the Monster Bash […]

HOToberFest: Sample and Vote For Your Favorite Brew! October 2 at Glenwood Park

Yes, we know it’s 120+ days away, but it was impossible to not get all giddy about HOToberFest 2010. We decided that we had no other choice but to share this wonderful event with everyone. On Saturday, October 2, HOToberfest combines the (free of charge) Glenwood Park neighborhood festival with live music, sustainability information, kids area, food, […]

AMG Weekend Picks: The Swell Season, Innocent When You Dream, Blues Brews & BBQ!

AMG Weekend Picks: The Swell Season, Innocent When You Dream, Blues Brews & BBQ!

The Swell Season – Low Rising from estampie on Vimeo. Friday, May 28 – The Swell Season, Justin Townes Earle at Atlanta Symphony Hall Even if you don’t think you know The Swell Season, chances are you probably do. Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer/pianist Markéta Irglová starred in the 2007 hit indie film […]

Mission of Burma, Apples in Stereo, Keith John Adams and More Scheduled to Perform at Athens Popfest – August 10-14

Mission of Burma, Apples in Stereo, Keith John Adams and More Scheduled to Perform at Athens Popfest – August 10-14

The 2010 Athens Popfest, scheduled August 10-14 in various venues across Athens, has announced a stellar lineup of performers including Mission of Burma, Apples in Stereo, Keith John Adams, Joe Jack Talcum (Dead Milkmen), indie-pop legends Go Sailor, and over 60 more. A limited number of $40 full festival passes are available online until Friday, May 28. Tickets will then rise in […]