Elise WittValiseEMWorld Records By Al Kaufman Elise Witt is one of those local treasures that nobody knows about. The multi-linguist from Switzerland, who has called Atlanta home since 1977, has been a cultural ambassador to South Africa, China, Italy, Nicaragua and Switzerland, represented Georgia for the Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, has studied under Bobby […]
The King Khan and BBQ Show Invisible Girl In the Red Records By Bryan Aiken Once and current bandmates Arish Khan and Mark Sultan have made a rich and respected history of historically-accurate rock ‘n’ roll thuggery. Since their graduation from the '90s punk outfit The Spaceshits, the Canadian duo have reformed and refashioned into […]
Afro-punk Presents SAUL WILLIAMS and Guests Wednesday, November 4 – The Loft Doors: 8:00pm Show: 9:00pm Age: 18+ Price: $13 Adv / $15 Day of Show ———————— ZEE AVI w/ Travel by Train Wednesday, November 4 – Vinyl Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm Age: 18+ Price: $10.00 ———————— HEAVY MOJO w/ Hollyweerd, Vonnegut Thursday, November 6 […]
R.E.M.Live at the OlympiaWarner Brothers By Al Kaufman For most people outside of Georgia, R.E.M. stopped being relevant around 1997, when drummer Bill Berry left the band. Also around that time, Michael Stipe's lyrics went from oblique imagery to blatant rants and whines. But even more importantly, R.E.M. stopped rocking and started droning, and each […]
U2 will be back on the road in 2010 and have announced more US tour dates. For ticket on sale information visit www.U2.com U2 360° TOUR 2010 North American Dates 6-June Anaheim, CA On sale soon 12-June Denver, CO On sale Nov. 6 16-June Oakland, CA Presale opens Oct. 27th On sale Nov. 2 20-June […]
Liam Maher, the lead singer for the UK band Flowered Up, died last week. For those of you that weren’t into the “baggy” Manchester scene, Flowered Up (once referred to as the “cockney Happy Mondays” had one seminal track – Weekender. A 13 minute, Madchester anthem that some said was a “My Generation” for the […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
We're very sad to have to announce, as many of you have already heard, that Y-O-U's show at Smith's Olde Bar this Saturday will be their last. Here's a message from the band: We have decided to retire Y O U as a performing and recording group. It has been our focus since we moved […]
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 […]
The Pinx Look What You Made Me Do Self-Released By Beverly Bryan Can we interest you in a big dumb hot flat slab of undifferentiated, unreconstructed rock? The Pinx’s Look What You Made Me Do, perhaps? It appears to be an album constructed from the sweaty, cheesy end of '70s rock and the sweaty, cheesy […]
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 […]
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, […]
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