“Free Energy” from Free Energy on Vimeo. Maybe it’s just a good idea, but there is something about the name Free Energy that just makes you feel good. That good feeling only gets better once you start listening to their music. A retro-pop bag full of cheer, the songs are seriously happy. We actually like what we’ve heard […]
Grammy Award winning R&B singer Maxwell rose to fame in the mid-90’s soon after his debut Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite was released. A key player in the development of the sub-genre known as neo-soul (Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Jill Scott) Maxwell has since released a total of four full-length records. After nearly a decade since his previous […]
Josh Rouse El Turista Yep Rock By Scott Roberts Singer/songwriter Josh Rouse has always been a restless soul. From the tunefully mellow pop-rock of his 1998 debut Dressed Up Like Nebraska, to the conceptual retro vibe of 2003’s 1972, Rouse has never stayed in one musical place too long or allowed himself to be pigeonholed. […]
By Scott Roberts; photos by Sue Volkert When a band has been together 30 years – a milestone few bands ever even hope to achieve – it has earned the right to look back it at its past accomplishments and bask in the accolades and respect that feat deserves. In the case of Australia’s The […]
Goldfrapp Head First Mute By Eileen Tilson If you take a look at the most intriguing female singers to emerge this past year, every one of them seems to have taken Alison Goldfrapp’s Electronica Princess class. From Lady Gaga’s other-worldliness, La Roux’s 80’s synth pop, to Ladyhawke’s electro sound, sparkles of Goldfrapp’s past can be […]
Broken Bells Broken Bells Sony By Micah McLain When Brian Burton (AKA Danger Mouse) and The Shins’ lead singer James Mercer announced their collaboration in 2009, fans of both artists were no doubt excited about the wide range of sonic possibilities. While both artists come from very different backgrounds, their trajectories have been moving closer […]
Review by Jhoni Jackson; photos by Matt Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) It wasn’t just the rarity of a smoke-free show that displaced Thursday night at the EARL from regularity. Two of indie’s most hyped acts – Washed Out and Beach House – caused a dreamy transformation. Pom-poms were strung in abundant rows along the ceiling and exaggerated […]
Atlanta’s sports radio 790 The Zone hosts the annual Midsummer Music Fest at Candler Park, Saturday, June 19. The free day-long festival is packed with music from local Atlanta acts including The Lefty Williams Band, Soulphonics & Ruby Velle and Gringo Star; as well as national and international bands like Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, The Wailers and […]
Yelawolf combines his dirty south roots with an obvious appreciation for 90’s West Coast rap, and churns out tunes to get down and bop your head to all night long. Growing up all over the southern U.S., Yelawolf started out as a skateboarder on his way to becoming a pro. Unfortunately (at the time) after one too […]
We’re no meteorologists here at AMG, but we do know that something happened to the easy-to-handle Spring weather last weekend. Not exactly saying apocalypse (yet), but we are afraid ATL’s summer may be unpleasantly muggy this year. Of course that negative attitude goes out the window once we start browsing through the calendar of summer concerts. We […]
Justin Currie The Great War Ryko By Al Kaufman You know Justin Currie. He was singer and songwriter behind Del Amitri, the ’90s Scottish pop-rock band that had a knack for playing instantly familiar tracks, such as “Always the Last to Know” and “Roll to Me;” songs that everyone knows, but nobody knows who sings […]
The EARL (East Atlanta Resturant & Lounge) is 11 this summer! We’re pretty giddy about this announcement: The EARL celebrates their decade-plus-one-year with two nights of the recent original-lineup reunion of surf-rock aliens, Man Or Astro-man? Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10. A very limited number of special PBR two-day passes are on sale […]
As a 9 to 5’er, every weekend is like a mini-Christmas. After five days of early mornings and painful traffic jams, I get two days to sleep in, stay out late, and drink ungodly amounts of cheap beer while watching bands! So what’s on the books this weekend? Alex Chilton Tribute – Friday, April 30 – Star Community Bar Sort […]
One man band Bob Log will soon be slipping into his cannonball man jumpsuit, signature motorcycle helmet and hitting the road for his North American summer tour. Bob Log and his onstage performance has probably been best described by Tom Waits: “He’s this little kid – nobody even knows how old he is – wears […]
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