Rock Band comes to the iPhone

Rock Band comes to the iPhone

Looking for a little music this Monday? Well here it is! Rock Band is now available for the iPhone or iPod Touch for $9.99 from the app store. The initial download comes with 20 songs and additional songs/bundles are available to purchase. The game uses the same format. Just use your thumbs to strum the […]

Get Out of the Garage Music Contest

Get Out of the Garage Music Contest

Converse and Journeys have a pretty cool contest going on right now that could see your band playing a ‘festival in Austin’ come March. Last year’s winners, Flying Machines, signed to EMI Records. This March, they’ll play for thousands of fans at a music festival in Austin. Enter your band before November 22nd at www.getoutofthegaragemusiccontest.com

Live Review: Asher Roth Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood, October 7

Live Review: Asher Roth Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood, October 7

By Sam Parvin Asher Roth, famous for his beer-guzzling, bongalicious tune “College”, joined the Blink-182 Reunion Tour just a few weeks prior to their Wednesday show at Lakewood.  And, while Roth’s style is certainly not punk-rocker like Blink’s, the combination is complementary. Roth sings about his “glory days,” as a 20-something (currently) with two years […]

CD Review: Supercluster — Waves; Playing The EARL October 22

CD Review: Supercluster — Waves; Playing The EARL October 22

Supercluster Waves Studio Mouse Productions By Scott Roberts NOTES: In the world of astronomy, superclusters are large groups of smaller galaxy groups and are among the largest structures of the cosmos. In the world of music, Supercluster is a relatively new aggregation of Athens musicians who have just released their debut CD Waves, and with […]

Live Review: Hawks, Whores, DD/MM/YYYY, These Arms Are Snakes @ Star Bar, October 1

Live Review: Hawks, Whores, DD/MM/YYYY, These Arms Are Snakes @ Star Bar, October 1

By Bryan Aiken As if moving with the cloud of fall’s first chill, so came the national tour of eccentric indie-rock stalwarts DD/MM/YYYY and These Arms Are Snakes to Atlanta’s Star Bar. An unlikely pairing already, if not for the bands’ loose common ground of spastic performance, the lineup was made even more disparate by […]

CD Review: Pride Parade — Dose

CD Review: Pride Parade — Dose

Pride Parade Dose By Beverly Bryan       Pride Parade’s Dose is an enjoyable, if not beautiful, mess. If you love Nirvana, late-’80s SST bands and hate having to take your music seriously you will love it. Something about its extremely unfocused nature makes the album impossible to take seriously. Raw, intense, stoned and utterly pointless, […]

CD Review: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ — Great American Bubble Factory

CD Review: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ — Great American Bubble Factory

  Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ Great American Bubble Factory Vintage Earth Music By Scott Roberts Revered veteran Atlanta band Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ have always suffered from a split personality disorder. Their songs run the gamut from loud, anthemic arena rock to hushed, contemplative, country-tinged, front-porch sing-alongs. On their first CD in 12 years, Great American Bubble […]

CD Review: Attractive Eighties Women — The Ancient Cry of the Tyrannosaur

CD Review: Attractive Eighties Women — The Ancient Cry of the Tyrannosaur

Attractive Eighties Women The Ancient Cry of the Tyrannosaur Mammogram Music By Bryan Aiken You’ll often read that Attractive Eighties Women, Atlanta’s equally preferred and maligned “comedy-core” outfit, are better seen than heard, that the band’s debut studio LP fails to capture the charm of its ridiculous, costumed performances. While that may be true, it’s […]

CD Review: Monsters of Folk — Monsters of Folk

CD Review: Monsters of Folk — Monsters of Folk

Monsters of FolkMonsters of FolkShangri-La Music By Al Kaufman Supergroups are often hit-or-miss affairs. For every successful Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne), there are two or three extremely disappointing Thorns (Matthew Sweet, Sean Mullins, and Pete Droge). Monsters of Folk would certainly fall in the former category.