Grace Potter plays Atlanta Jan. 16 on ‘Midnight’ tour

Grace Potter and her backing band the Magical Midnight Roadshow have announced the first leg of their 2016 Midnight tour. Kicking off in January and playing Atlanta’s Tabernacle Jan. 16, the U.S. headlining dates will take the band across the country in support of Potter’s solo album, Midnight, released this past August.  Potter will also […]

Futurebirds to play Buckhead Theatre Nov. 27

Athens-based band Futurebirds recently released Hotel Parties, a follow up to 2013’s Baba Yaga, and they are set to play Buckhead Theatre Nov. 27. Stereogum previously premiered “twentyseven,” the first track from the new album, saying the song is “a gleaming, Southern-fried late-twenties-crisis type of song… perfect for a drive through rural nowhere with your arm […]

Live Review: Puscifer at Cobb Energy Centre

Not being much of a wrestling fan, I would never have expected to stand ringside during a luchador match. But Puscifer brought Luchafer, a group of luchador wannabes, to the show at Cobb Energy Centre Nov. 8 Puscifer returned almost exactly three years later to the same venue in support of its recent release, Money […]

Atlanta’s Fox Theatre honors 50 millionth guest

The Fox Theatre welcomed its 50 millionth guest last night before the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta engagement of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Steven Hensley, of Marietta, held the ticket. He attended the performance with his wife, daughter and granddaughter. The milestone visit sparked a commemoration in Hensley’s honor, including a lobby celebration and […]

After years of blues-based covers, The Liberators releases original debut, plays Smith’s Nov. 14

The Liberators brings blues-rock to Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta Saturday Nov. 14. The band formed in 2010 as a duo with Eric Levitan and Geoff Nagel, who were co-workers. At first they jammed with guitar and drums only, bonding musically over covers from Wolfmother, Phish and Led Zeppelin. After jamming with numerous other musicians, […]

Driven powerhouse brings blues narrative, rock ‘n’ roll to Tijuana Garage Nov. 6

ZALE, an Atlanta-based, driven young powerhouse with purple hair is set to bring classical training, blues narrative and rock ‘n’ roll attitude to Tijuana Garage Nov. 6. She’s promoting her debut solo record Fortress, which was released in March. The bold front-woman and songwriter has headlined well-known venues like The Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club. […]

David Wax Museum plays Vinyl Nov. 15

David Wax Museum is known for unique, uptempo instrumentation featuring driving synthesizer, a quijada (a donkey’s jawbone), keys, and Suz Slezak’s frenetic fiddle-laying. It’s a show that gets the crowd moving and was labelled a Newport Folk Fest breakout act by Paste, while being called “pure irresistible joy” by NPR’s Bob Boilen. Here’s ‘Guesthouse’ streaming […]

King Diamond plays Tabernacle Atlanta Nov. 16

King Diamond sat down for a chat with Slayer’s Kerry King while on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem fest this summer. Noisey was there with cameras in hand to capture the conversation. That “King vs. King” conversation can be viewed now at: http://noisey.vice.com/back-and-forth/king-diamond-slayer-kerry-king-back-and-forth In other news, Philadelphia and Detroit have been selected as the cities […]

Advance Base plays The Drunken Unicorn Nov. 6

Advance Base is the music project of Owen Ashworth, who used to release music under the name Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Ashworth has published a book of drawings, made beats for Chicago rapper Serengeti, recorded the debut single by psych-folk troubadour Julie Byrne, paid tribute to gospel and outsider music legend Washington Phillips (on […]

Cas Haley returns with new album Nov. 6, plays Center Stage Dec. 5

Roots-reggae artist Cas Haley celebrates a return to music after an injury-induced hiatus, releasing his new album Nov. 6 and plying Atlanta’s Center Stage in December. Haley teamed up with Jimmy Buffet’s label, Mailboat Records, to release More Music More Family, an album that explores the importance of family and positivity. His previous releases charted […]

Georgia Music Partners fundraiser kicks off at Criminal Records Oct. 28

Georgia Music Partners — the authority that grows and improves the music economy in Georgia — on Oct. 28 launches an eight-week “Fundraising Tour” campaign to further music advocacy in Georgia.The free, public event starts at 7 p.m. at Atlanta’s Criminal Records in Little 5 Points. “Music is part of the fabric of everyone’s life […]

The Devil Wears Prada brings signature metalcore to Masquerade Nov. 5

Having summered on the Mayhem Festival Main Stage, The Devil Wears Prada is set to bring its signature metalcore to Masquerade in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 5. The “Apollo X Tour” puts The Devil Wears Prada co-headlining with Motionless In White, and Upon a Burning Body, The Word Alive, and The Color Morale supporting, so […]