You gotta love a venue that takes care of its peeps.  That’s exactly Star Bar has been doing with their "Continuing Free Thursdays" shows.  You’re not just getting any old run-of-the-mill-acts either there Jethro…Star Bar is serving up musical goodness! This Thursday’s October 16th shindig is part of the monthly "Big Trouble in Little 5 […]

Blue Flashing Light The Mayor of Five Points (EP)Self Released by Noel Wurst The cover of Blue Flashing Light’s press kit proudly reads “…it won’t be a surprise if you hear the next BFL song in a Honda commercial.” What? The next song I hear, or the next song the band writes? This threw me […]

The PanicsCruel GuardsDew Process by Al Kaufman Opening up with a grandiose drum solo from Myles Wootton, Australia’s The Panics leave little doubt that this is not another lo-fi CD that their fans have come to expect. On Cruel Guards, their third CD, the quintet has gone for broke. In an effort to expand beyond […]

Todd SniderPeace QueerAimless Records by Al Kaufman There’s nothing like a presidential election to get the juices flowing in the arts world. It has single-handedly revitalized Saturday Night Live, it has brought Oliver Stone out of his conspiracy lab to create the presidential bio, W, and now, it has inspired troubadour Todd Snider to release […]

There is a movie out this weekend that you just can’t miss! Call + Response is a compelling "Rockumentary" that exposes the current state of the worldwide slave trade. Some of our favorite artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Moby, Cold War Kids, Imogen Heap, Switchfoot, Talib Kweli, Rocco Deluca and Matisyahu perform in a effort to […]

The man who formed, fronted, and wrote the majority of the material for early 90’s indie-rock sensation Guided By Voices has a new band, and people are paying attention.  Boston Spaceships consists of ROBERT POLLARD (Guided by Voices,) CHRIS SLUSARENKO (Takeovers, Guided By Voices, Svelt, Sprinkler) & JOHN MOEN (Perhapst, Decemberists, Jicks, Elliott Smith, Dharma […]

Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty Downtown Records by Noel Wurst Argh, damn Cold War Kids. With your really interesting backing band, that listeners (or at least I) really would like to hear a little louder but that lead singer Nathan Willett flat out refuses to not shout every line. I wanna hear the band! […]

Various Artists Official Music Featured on Gossip Girl Atlantic Records by Noel Wurst The whole TV show soundtrack genre is a tricky one. No one is going to purchase an album of songs from a show that they don’t watch, and I can only assume that a devoted viewer of a program would not only […]

I listen to a lot of crappy music. Not intentionally of course, it’s just the nature of my job. Doing what I do requires me to sift through the mountains of CDs, MP3s, and Myspace links that I receive on a daily basis. The hope obviously is that I’ll find that one band whose songs […]

In a recent interview in Q Magazine, Liam proclaimed himself the Salmon King, on account of his new favourite food. (apparently he was told it helps him live longer, so much so that if Yoko were to turn up at his house he’d probably even make her a salmon stir-fry… read the interview.. it’s great). […]

Calling David Ford an edgy emotional singer-songwriter is far too generic of a description.  His sophomore album, Songs For the Road is a beautifully crafted piece that explores personal demons and relationships gone bad, and beautiful guitar and piano lines do permeate, but Ford is so much more than the stereotype. Seeing him live makes […]

The Little Ones Morning TideChop Shop Records By Kevin C. Madigan The Little Ones, charming popsters from Los Angeles, seem to hit all the right notes with their jaunty ditties and sunny lyrics. During the recording of this album, the band, according to their official website, adopted a rule to ensure the survival of their […]

This city never ceases to amaze me. When it comes to music, Atlanta seems to turn out more good music lately, then any other city. Just when I think the well is dry, someone pops their creative head above the sand and screams "listen to me, I’m good", and lately they’ve been right. I already […]

Lukas LigetiAfrikan MachineryTzadik by Al Kaufman When you have been commissioned to compose for the Kronos Quartet, and have drummed for experimental demigod John Zorn, you are not a typical musician. Lukas Ligeti is not a typical musician.On his second solo album, Afrikan Machinery, composer/percussionist Ligeti plays mostly the marimba lumina, an electric marimba designed […]