Sad news in the world of indie record stores. Right after our announcement of Trail of Dead's support of Record Store Day we got news that one of our ticket outlets and favorite music stores Ella Guru will be closing its doors for the last time in a short while. Owner Don Radcliffe told us […]

We were pretty bummed that Janelle Monae didn't win the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance (it went to Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am for "Be OK." Pah), but Atlanta was well represented among the Grammy winners last night: Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from Continuum (Columbia) Country Performance By A Duo Or Group […]

Those crazy Mastodon boys. The metal-heads just released the insane-as-usual art for their new album, Crack the Skye, this Monday. Due for release sometime this spring on Reprise, the record was produced by Brendan O'Brien and features long-time collaborator Scott Kelly of Neurosis on one track. Both Neurosis and Mastodon will be playing at Atlanta's Scion […]

We've all known about Butch Walker for what seems like (and could be) decades now, so it seems shocking that it has taken this long for his national television debut to finally happen. Butch will be appearing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on February 3 to perform his new single "Here Comes The…" featuring another […]

   We're not entirely sure that The Black Lips shows in India are going as planned. Pitchfork recently ran a report from Arjun S Ravi, editor of Indian independent music website Indiecision, which implies that both the band and the audience might not have known what they were in for: The Black Lips' first tour […]

Right on the heels of their latest video debut, Deerhunter has pulled out of a huge amount of European tour dates due to unspecified health problems. There are 23 dates affected, from Prague to Berlin to Liverpool, all during the months of February and March. The cancelled shows should all be rescheduled soon and the […]

If you fancy yourself a bit of a film maker, or just want to try your hand at visually matching the mayhem that Atlanta's Black Lips put out in audio form, then here's your chance. The lads are hosting a video contest through Vimeo for the upcoming single "Starting Over," the first release from upcoming […]

Deerhunter – White Ink from justin gaar on Vimeo. Justin Gaar directed this slightly-trippy, beautifully-artistic piece of work for Deerhunter‘s song “White Ink,” the shimmery, shoegazer-tinged instrumental from the band’s sophomore release Cryptograms.

Well hello there. Just thought I'd introduce myself quickly as the new editor here at Atlanta Music Guide, as well as the Promotions Director at Ticket Alternative. Before the end of last year, I was the Regional Editor at Southeast Performer Magazine, which has since closed, leaving me free to come over to Ticket Alternative […]