New Video From Modern Skirts

New Video From Modern Skirts

HaveYouHeard.net Session: The Modern Skirts – Neighborhood from HaveYouHeard on Vimeo. Athens indie pop rockers Modern Skirts just finished up a session with Atlanta blog Have You Heard, and the fruits of their labors are up here for all to see. The band will be showcasing some killer new material when they play with Atlanta […]

CD Review: Venice Is Sinking- AZAR

CD Review: Venice Is Sinking- AZAR

Venice Is SinkingAZAROne Percent Press By Chris Homer Athens’ Venice Is Sinking gets back to business on their second album AZAR. The record showcases the ambient, orchestral pop sound that Venice Is Sinking has built their reputation on. AZAR features an addictive combination of shoe-gazer rock and delicate orchestral arrangements. Hypnotic, distorted guitar riffs float […]

CD Review: The Hot Rods — The Hot Rods

CD Review: The Hot Rods — The Hot Rods

The Hot RodsThe Hot Rods GlassMaster Records By Al Kaufman The Hot Rods is what they is. Basically, they're a bunch of Atlanta rednecks in black Harley shirts and tattoos who listened to the Ramones a lot. They like their women hot, their beer cold, and their cars fast. Unlike 2007's Super Sport, which gave equal […]

CD Review: Maria Taylor — Ladyluck

CD Review: Maria Taylor — Ladyluck

Maria Taylor LadyLuckNettwerk By Alexandra Edwards There's something about LadyLuck, Maria Taylor's third solo album, that makes you think she's trying to go more mainstream. Maybe it's the cover art: scrubbed up and featuring a close shot of Taylor's face, the title written in a girly cursive and adorned with flowers. It looks like it'd […]

CD Review: Tom Northrop — Destination Love

CD Review: Tom Northrop — Destination Love

Tom NorthropDestination Love by Al Kaufman Tom Northrop loves his wife and child. Of that, nobody can deny, at least not after listening to Destination Love. Paeans of love abound in this CD, including a song for his new son Justin, called, of all things, "My Baby Justin." In fact, Justin is the reason Northrop […]

MAYOR OF PONCE: WEREWOLVES OF ATLANTA

MAYOR OF PONCE: WEREWOLVES OF ATLANTA

  The first of Spring is upon us. In the midst of Spring cleaning I found an old outtake from my brief and disastrous CL days that's still applicable.  Enjoy…    WEREWOLVES OF ATLANTA In route to the downtown Hilton, I’m listening to Dave FM, "I see a werewolf drinking a pina colada at a […]

CD Review: Michelle Malone — Debris

CD Review: Michelle Malone — Debris

Michelle MaloneDebrisSBS Records By Al Kaufman The first four songs on Moanin' Michelle Malone's new CD, Debris, are the four best blues songs you'll hear this year. It is, quite possibly, the best four-song combination ever put together in a blues album. If someone teaches a Modern Blues 101 class, that person should start with […]

Music Man: SXSW Recap

Music Man: SXSW Recap

I'm not jaded yet. Although I've been a part of the music industry for the better part of a decade, I still love going to music festivals, conferences, conventions, you name it. So many people in my line of work complain about those types of things, not me; I love it.Last week was my annual […]

CD Review: Damion Suomi — Self Titled

CD Review: Damion Suomi — Self Titled

Damion Suomi Self Titled P is for Panda By Julia Reidy Atlanta art/music/charity label P is for Panda presents its first signed artist’s first full-length release: 38.4 minutes of Damion Suomi’s satisfying, alcohol-soaked tenor crooning over a traditional Americana guitar band. Though the pool hall orchestrations (“San Francisco” is a barn stomper and “Oh, Won’t […]