Tickets On Sale This Friday for US Air Guitar Championships – Atlanta Regional Competition

Tickets On Sale This Friday for US Air Guitar Championships – Atlanta Regional Competition

Clearly one of the most bizarre yet rock 'n' roll competitions in music, the US Air Guitar Championships are starting the regional competitions in the next few months. The Atlanta competition is set for June 1 at The EARL, and tickets will be available here on Friday, March 27. Check out the video above for […]

CD Review: Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers — Pandemonium Ensues

CD Review: Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers — Pandemonium Ensues

Glenn Tilbrook & the FluffersPandemonium EnsuesE1 Music By Al Kaufman Glenn Tilbrook's voice is mellifluous. It is both familiar and exciting. With Chris Difford in Squeeze, he created pop songs so ingenious it drew the band comparisons to a little songwriting team known as Lennon and McCartney. Alone, Tilbrook still has the voice, and he […]

Stay Tuned for SXSW Coverage!

Stay Tuned for SXSW Coverage!

Watch this space during the next few days to get lots of South by Southwest coverage! We're off to Austin early tomorrow morning and will reporting, reviewing and chatting lots until the whole shebang is all over on Sunday. If you want to get even more up-to-the-minute opinions and information from yours truly then follow […]

CD Review: White Lies — To Lose My Life

CD Review: White Lies — To Lose My Life

White Lies To Lose My Life Geffen By Eileen Tilson White Lies, a band made up of a trio of school mates, are quickly selling out dates in the U.K., as well as parts of Canada and the U.S., and have been gathering steam since as early as summer of 2008 – quickly becoming a buzzed about band playing […]

CD Review: North Elementary – Not For Everyone Just For You

CD Review: North Elementary – Not For Everyone Just For You

North Elementary   Not For Everyone, Just For You Eskimo Kiss By Julia Reidy Not For Everyone, Just For You is a workout in recent redux. Chapel Hill band North Elementary’s fourth full-length recycles, albeit quite competently, so many of the now clichéd sonic styles found in ‘90s alternative, recalling the likes of Vertical Horizon, […]

Janelle Monae & Tendaberry @ Rialto Center for the Arts on April 3

Janelle Monae & Tendaberry @ Rialto Center for the Arts on April 3

In an interesting change for Rialto (other than the odd non-jazz or non-world act), Janelle Monae will be performing at the Georgia State arts venue on April 3. She'll be bringing Atlanta buzz-band Tendaberry with her, who are planning on releasing their new record Am I Still Illmatic (produced by Black Kids' producer Jesse Mangum […]

Art Alexakis of Everclear @ Hard Rock Café’s Velvet Underground on March 23

Art Alexakis of Everclear @ Hard Rock Café’s Velvet Underground on March 23

Atlanta's Hard Rock Café is hosting a series of shows to benefit Musicians on Call. The charity, formed in 1999, brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. The March on Stage shows have been going on at various Hard Rock Café venues all over the country. The most recent […]

Music Man–Opening Act

Music Man–Opening Act

When I first started going to see rock shows as a kid, I always made sure to get to the venue early so I could catch the opening act. Not always, but sometimes it seemed as though the band that was opening the show for whatever bigger act everyone else was there to see had […]

CD Review: Madeline — White Flag

CD Review: Madeline — White Flag

Madeline White Flag Orange Twin By Julia Reidy It’s unfortunate that the first comparison we’re inclined to make when it comes to female singer-songwriters is who else’s voice theirs resembles. In this case, though, it seems a dual and unavoidable comparison. Athens, Ga.’s Madeline Adams, on her third full-length release at least, sounds like Regina […]