It’s that time of year……  No, not colorful leaves, football, or costumes – HIP HOP!  This is when Atlanta goes from being a major player in the everyday business that is mainstream hip-hop – to being the center of the hip-hop universe; the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards Show is in town.  Allthough the actual show […]

His extremely popular band Something Corporate is on a bit of a break at the moment, but singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Andrew McMahon (a.k.a. Jack’s Mannequin) still has too many ideas in his head waiting to get out. Jack’s Mannequin is Andrew’s side project, and he recently released the infectious, smart, and very personal CD […]

OneRepublic will be appearing at the Tabernacle on Saturday, November 22nd at 7pm for one night only. Special guests appearing with OneRepublic are Augustana, The Spill Canvas and The Hush Sound. Tickets are $29.50. All tickets are for general admission and all ages are welcome. Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 10th at 10AM […]

Norman, OK’s Evangelicals play The Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday October 9th – tickets are $8.00 in advance. Also appearing: Parenthetical Girls, Chainestereo & Tealights

Australian band Pendulum play The Loft on October 22nd – this should be an amazing show. Just check out footage of the band from their Reading Festival appearance this year. (below) Here’s a free MP3 mini-mix that you should download! Download pendulum_minimix.mp3

by Al Kaufman In the late 1980s, Atlanta and Athens were what Seattle was to become in the ’90s. Flip from one station to the next and you’d hear the Indigo Girls, the Black Crowes, the B-52’s, or the band that started it all, REM. If you had a band and you lived in Athens […]

A couple of years ago we made a list of all the Atlanta bands on Myspace – now we’re doing it again.. this time with Twitter. If your band is on Twitter, just email us the link and we’ll add you to the list. You can read AMG on Twitter here: www.twitter.com/atlantamusic You can see […]

Creative Loafing’s annual Best Of issue is out are there are some interesting winners. Alex Weiss of OK Productions won Best Local Promoter, Janelle Monae won Best Overall Music Act, Variety Playhouse won Best Concert Venue, and Noot D’ Noot won Best Local Rock Act. Click on the link below for the full list of […]

Butch Walker will release new solo album Sycamore Meadows album in November. The first single "Weight of Her" and an additional track "Ships in a Bottle" are available on iTunes from September 16. Look out for a video piece by filmmaker Cloud of "Ships in a Bottle" that documents Butch walking on the grounds of […]

All The Saints have signed with Touch and Go Records. The band were one of our featured bands a couple of years ago. (read feature). The band’s debut Fire On Corridor X will be released in North America digitally on September 9th and on wax November 4th (all formats available in Europe November 3/UK November […]