Midsummer Music & Food Festival Returns to Candler Park on June 18!

Those cool folks at Red Stripe and 790 The Zone are bringing some great music and yummy food back to Candler Park on June 18 for a FREE festival! Bands like Robert Randolph & The Family Band, JJ Grey and Mofro, Dr. Dog, The Dirty Guv’nahs and our own Ponderosa will be rocking starting at […]

AMG Weekend Picks: The Constellations, Jonny Lang, Rock and Roll Monster Bash and More!

Atlanta is getting into the summer spirit with an onslaught of open air shows. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Chastain Park Amphitheatre and more are kicking off their summer music series, and the Starlight Six Drive-In will have their awesome Rock and Roll Monster Bash too. Don’t forget to pack the sunscreen and drink plenty of […]

Georgia Theatre Reopens with Shows by Big Boi, Drive-By Truckers, Gillian Welch and More

We’re so excited to see that Athens’ legendary Georgia Theatre will be reopening its doors on August 1, almost two years after the building was almost destroyed by fire. The historic venue will be celebrating with two weeks of shows, featuring local heroes, touring favorites and more. Check out the lineup below. Tickets go on […]

Big Boi Gives Daughter Her Own Record Label For Sweet 16

This could be an episode of MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen, but in reality, Grammy–winning ATLien Big Boi will solidify his legacy to musical history by passing the torch on to his teen daughter with a star-studded launch of a newly developed record label, Purple Ribbon Kidz. Scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 21, […]

CD Review: Big Trouble — The Very Best of Big Trouble

Big Trouble The Very Best of Big Trouble DCM Records By Al Kaufman Back in the early ’90s, when hair was big and spandex was the attire of choice, four guys from Atlanta got together to start a band. Like most young kids at that time, they wanted to sound like Van Halen, Motley Crue, […]

Ten Questions With Clay Cook and Coy Bowles From The Zac Brown Band

By Eileen Tilson At this point, the whole country knows who Zac Brown is, but might not be completely sure of who Clay Cook and Coy Bowles are. Clay and Coy are by far two of the funniest and greatest musicians in Georgia and I am also lucky enough to call them my friends. For […]

The Coathangers Release Video for “Hurricane,” Playing The EARL, May 13

The Coathangers Release Video for “Hurricane,” Playing The EARL, May 13

  Atlanta’s favorite rowdy chicks keep getting louder, especially with the release of their new gritty, screechy, heavily-eyelinered video for “Hurricane,” above. The Coathangers play The EARL on May 13 (tickets below), an instore at Criminal Records on June 8 and a gig at Highland Ballroom on June 18 before hitting the road for a […]

Whiskey Blue Presents “Layer Cake Series”

Whiskey Blue presents the Atlanta edition of Gerber Group’s signature Layer Cake Series. The highly anticipated music series features local and regional musical acts on Thursdays from 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. at Whiskey Blue. Layer Cake’s successful launch during New York Fashion Week and expansion to the Whiskey Blue in Fort Lauderdale has sparked […]

AMG Weekend Picks: 500 Songs for Kids, Zac Brown Band, Kylie Minogue and More!

Happy Mothers Day weekend everyone! Hope you didn’t forget. Maybe some of these options will help with last-minute gifts. Or, maybe you need a little treat for yourself after brunch, shopping, tea etc. with your mother. At any rate, we have some great stuff for you to choose from, whether it’s a local music charity […]

Criminal Records Celebrates The 10th Annual Free Comic Book Day w/ NerdCore rapper Adam WarRock

On Saturday, May 7, Criminal Records will celebrate the 10th annual Free Comic Book Day. As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books free to anyone who comes into their shops. Criminal Records will be […]

Black Lips Release New Single “Modern Art”

Even though the new track “Modern Art” from the Black Lips from their latest album, Arabia Mountain, condones drugs, the world would probably be a better place when they hear this. You can make the decision for your self at SPIN.

Ben Folds, Damian Kulash (OK Go), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) and Author Neil Gaiman to Write and Record Eight Songs in Eight Hours

Ben Folds, Damian Kulash (OK Go), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls, solo), and author Neil Gaiman set out to write and record eight songs in eight hours (4 p.m. to midnight) at Berklee College of Music, Monday, April 25, and release them 10 hours later during Rethink Music, in Boston. Like Radiohead did recently, this group plans to show how record companies are becoming superfluous to building buzz […]

AMG Weekend Picks: 500 Songs for Kids, Mike Herrera, Peter Bjorn and John and More!

Happy Almost-Weekend y’all! We hope you are all alright after those scary storms last night. Looks like the majority of us were unaffected, but we encourage you to donate or help how they can when it comes to our neighbors, whether they be in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina or anywhere. Give what you can folks! […]

Beastie Boys Offer “Filthy, Dirty, Nasty” Streaming Version of New Album

After their latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, was leaked early, the band sent out the following message to their fans: A message from the Beastie Boys: Good people, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the “clean” version of our new album, The Hot Sauce Committee pt 2 has leaked. So as a […]