Beach House and The Wedding Present Both Announce Shows at The EARL

Beach House and The Wedding Present Both Announce Shows at The EARL

Two great shows have just been announced for The EARL, coming up this spring. Beach House bring their ever-so-pretty sighs and swoons to Atlanta on March 29. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, January 15 at 10 a.m. over on Ticket Alternative. But before that, we'll get to hear legendary Leeds post-punk band The Wedding […]

Spoon Playing The Tabernacle March 20 with Deerhunter and Strange Boys

Spoon Playing The Tabernacle March 20 with Deerhunter and Strange Boys

Everyone is getting pretty giddy about Spoon's new record and upcoming tour. They'll be playing Atlanta on March 20 at The Tabernacle with our own Deerhunter and Austin, Texas' Strange Boys. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.

Tickets for First Concert of the Eddie & Agnes Concert Series on Sale Now at Ticket Alternative!

Tickets for First Concert of the Eddie & Agnes Concert Series on Sale Now at Ticket Alternative!

Ticket Alternative will be selling tickets for the Eddie & Agnes concert series, taking place at Presser Hall on the Agnes Scott campus. As many of you probably already have heard, the first show will be George Winston on February 23. Tickets are on sale now at Ticket Alternative. If you don't know what all […]

WB Release Sampler CD to Indie Stores, Featuring Regina Spektor, Flaming Lips, The Cribs and More

WB Release Sampler CD to Indie Stores, Featuring Regina Spektor, Flaming Lips, The Cribs and More

By Al Kaufman What with more and more chain stores getting exclusive rights to releases from Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Sugarland and the like, it is nice to see the record companies throw the independent record stores a bone once in a while. Warner Brothers Records is doing just that with their Loss Leaders Re-Revisted CD. […]

Leila’s Three Picks of the Week – Fyfe Dangerfield, The Fiery Furnaces, Sondre Lerche

Leila’s Three Picks of the Week – Fyfe Dangerfield, The Fiery Furnaces, Sondre Lerche

From our sister site, TA Live… ***** It’s the first Three Picks of the Week … of the year. Hurrah! And to celebrate, here’s a delightful trio of videos to put you in a chipper mood, ready to take on 2010. The Guillemots are already a name that brightens my mood, and now Fyfe Dangerfield […]

Owl City, Goodie Mob and moe. Coming to The Tabernacle

Owl City, Goodie Mob and moe. Coming to The Tabernacle

The next few months are going to be big over at The Tabernacle. February 12 brings the huge reunion show of one of our favorite local hip-hop groups, Goodie Mob. The original lineup (Cee-Lo, Big Gipp, Khujo and T-Mo) will be taking the stage with B.o.B. AKA Bobby Ray opening. Jam band moe. will play […]

Dark Meat and Snowden Shows Added to The EARL

Dark Meat and Snowden Shows Added to The EARL

To get us off to a great start this year, we have two ace local bands playing sure-to-be spectacular shows at The EARL. Athens' horde of all-stars, AKA Dark Meat, will be playing The EARL on February 13. Get your tickets at Ticket Alternative.  Atlanta's own golden children, Snowden, will play March 16 (note: this […]

Q&A with Jeremy Aggers — Recording a Live Concert @ 800 East Studios, January 15

Q&A with Jeremy Aggers — Recording a Live Concert @ 800 East Studios, January 15

By Al Kaufman Jeremy Aggers has one of those soothing voices that works better than Xanax. It's a sweet voice that resembles the folk-rock renderings of David Wilcox or James Taylor. Just put him in the player and everything is okay. His voice is a bubble bath after a long day at work. On his […]

CD Review: Gills and Wings — Gills and Wings; Playing Smith’s December 28

CD Review: Gills and Wings — Gills and Wings; Playing Smith’s December 28

Gills and WingsGills and Wings By Al Kaufman Freddie Mercury lives. Gills and Wings, a five-piece band from Richmond, Va., must have an iPod loaded with "Bohemian Rhapsody." In their wonderfully theatrical rock style, they sing of losers and loners. On "Dealer," their sympathetic paean to the neighborhood drug dealer, lead singer and synth player […]

AMG Presents DRINKSHOP Live with Rebecca Loebe, January 7

AMG Presents DRINKSHOP Live with Rebecca Loebe, January 7

We've loved Rebecca Loebe's sweet, infectiously joyous style ever since we heard her old school jazzy cover of Kanye West's "Stronger" (which you must have a listen to over on her MySpace, as well as the rest of her gorgeous tunes). Now we're glad to be able to showcase her at our monthly DRINKSHOP gig […]

CD Review: Sondre Lerche — Heartbeat Radio; Playing The EARL February 11

CD Review: Sondre Lerche — Heartbeat Radio; Playing The EARL February 11

Sondre LercheHeartbeat RadioRounder During the summer in Bergen, Norway the sun stays out for 24 hours; in the winter months, however, you are lucky to squeeze out an hour of daylight. The extra dosage of Vitamin D has clearly done Norwegian transplant Sondre Lerche some good; his sixth album Heartbreak Radio, released in September, is […]

CD Review: The Bravery — Stir The Blood

CD Review: The Bravery — Stir The Blood

The Bravery Stir the Blood Island By Chris Homer The Bravery’s third album, Stir The Blood, is packed with the sort of noisy synth-pop you’d expect from the New York band. Despite not departing dramatically from the sound showcased on their 2005 self-titled debut and 2007’s The Sun and the Moon, The Bravery still put […]

CD Review: Tegan and Sara — Sainthood; Playing Variety Playhouse February 23

CD Review: Tegan and Sara — Sainthood; Playing Variety Playhouse February 23

Tegan and SaraSainthoodSire By Al Kaufman It's got to be hard for twins to be taken seriously in the music business, especially twins that look robotic, dress to compliment each other, and wear pixie cuts. It's too easy to dismiss them as a cute novelty act. Tegan and Sara Quin are no novelty act. They've […]