By Giles Turnbull, photo by Josh Sanseri Monotonix is a three-piece rock band, originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, who tour year-long on an adrenalin rush of chaos and creativity. Monotonix typically set up in front of the stage, believing totally in audience interaction; don’t be surprised if they steal your beer. Given the mayhem, more […]
By Sam Parvin and Eileen Tilson; photo by John Thelan Andrew VanWyngarde, from NYC mega-band MGMT, is not your average rockstar. His hands shook during the interview where he was doodling aimlessly on a paper cup. Wearing a fuzzy hoodie, his eyes barely met my gaze. Andrew was not pretentious or too “uber-cool,” even if […]
By Ellen Eldridge In the middle of touring to support the recent release of its sophomore album, Sugar, Dead Confederate returned home for a short break, which it took after opening for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at The Masquerade on October 4 (check out our review HERE). Shortly before the show, vocalist Hardy Morris, drummer […]
By Eileen Tilson Making waves through the U.K. with their hit “Quicksand,” duo La Roux quickly rose to the top of the charts before bringing their 80’s synth music to the U.S.A. With repeated number 1 downloads on iTunes with their catchy songs “Bulletproof” and “I’m not Your Toy,” La Roux continue to dominate, selling […]
By David Courtright Jeff Daniels, like many successful people in the creative industry, doesn’t sit still well. Aside from Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award nominations, aside from starring roles in classics like Dumb and Dumber, Pleasantville, and The Squid and the Whale, he is also a prolific playwright and champion of small theater. And […]
By Alec Wooden Over the course of his thus-far short but packed career, the only constant for Jamie Lidell has been change. As he embarks on a tour behind his latest record, Compass, Lidell comes to terms with yet another varied sonic chapter in his notebook – his most varied and perhaps most challenging record […]
By Alec Wooden There are plenty of ways Stephen Kellogg, frontman of Americana rockers Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, could have celebrated his band’s 1000th show. In the end, he chose to do it in a way that would be impossible for anyone to forget; by enshrining the performance in a life CD, Live From […]
By Matt Greenia Blues wave pop group The 22-20s played Tuesday, August 31 at The Masquerade as part of their current tour with Hot Hot Heat and Hey Rosetta! The sparse but enthusiastic crowd eagerly devoured these out of town sounds from Canada and England. Hey, if Kenny Crucial’s there, you know it must be […]
By Micah McLain Sharon Van Etten writes the kind of lyrics that make you wonder how she manages to play her songs live without breaking down. Tales of love, loss and heartbreak so excruciatingly poignant that they constantly catch you off guard with their brutal honesty and poetic truth. While her debut LP Because I […]
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 […]
By Scott Roberts One of the busiest and most beloved bands on the local Atlanta scene during the 1990s was Wild West Picture Show. Their ahead-of-the curve blend of country, rock, and punk influences never failed to please crowds and fill bars and clubs in the metro area and beyond. After more than a decade […]
By Alec Wooden It’s hard for band’s to stand out these days – no one knows that better than bands themselves. Atlanta-via-Gainesville indie-pop quartet Debutaunts is no exception; respecting the challenges ahead of them to break out but feeling more at home than ever with a new city, a new record (Why Can’t We Have […]
By Scott Roberts During the “golden age” of southern jangle-pop in the 1980s, few bands had the energy, humor, eclecticism, and pure musical chops of Marietta’s (and later, the World’s!) Guadalcanal Diary. After the band broke up near the end of that magical decade, singer/songwriter Murray Attaway enjoyed a respectable solo career, re-formed the band […]
By Alec Wooden Now in their second decade as one of Canada’s finest musical exports, there aren’t many places Hot Hot Heat hasn’t been. International tours. Their music in movies. TV. Commercials. Video Games. Three EPs and nearly twice as many LPs. To be sure, they’ve been busy since their 1999 inception. Not that there’s […]
By Eileen Tilson True art has the ability to haunt those who expose themselves to it. A truly great album has the ability to stop time, giving its listeners an escape for 45 minutes away from the world, and then haunting your life forever. Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, Elliot Smith, all men synonymous with making […]
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