L.A. Tool and Die Premiere New Video for “Don’t Touch My Mustache” with Show in Charlotte Tonight!

L.A. Tool and Die Premiere New Video for “Don’t Touch My Mustache” with Show in Charlotte Tonight!

I'm a big fan of North Carolina's L.A. Tool and Die, a brilliantly quirky indie rock band that can rock the hilarity as well as the tender. Falling on the hilarity side is their new video for "Don't Touch My Mustache," which features a host of singing and dancing unicorn hand-puppets as well as a […]

Help Local Band Attractive Eighties Women Make Their New Record – Donate Now!

Help Local Band Attractive Eighties Women Make Their New Record – Donate Now!

Following in the trend of getting fans to put their money where their mouths are, Atlanta's Attractive Eighties Women are asking folks to give up the cash to fund their new album. Check out the brilliantly infomercial-tastic video below of the band's lead singer Phoebe Cates asking for your dollars and explaining what awesome prizes […]

Q&A with Simon Illa for Mind for Music @ Velvet Underground, May 29

Q&A with Simon Illa for Mind for Music @ Velvet Underground, May 29

By Noel Wurst On May 29 at Hard Rock Café’s Velvet Underground, Atlanta’s own Leslie Fram is hosting a benefit for the Unbreakable Music Foundation (UMF), a charitable organization set up to “raise funds in order to put computer equipment and music software in schools for students with physical challenges.” Heralded multi-musical genre producer Simon […]

BMI Rock Showcase @ Vinyl on June 4, Featuring The Greater Vavoom, Stellate and More!

BMI Rock Showcase @ Vinyl on June 4, Featuring The Greater Vavoom, Stellate and More!

BMI's latest showcase will feature some of Atlanta's best up and coming rockers, including pop punkers Stellate (video above), funky glam rockers The Greater Vavoom, athemic alternative rock band State of Man and gritty alt-country group Crowfield, all delightfully different and all from this city. Tickets are available now from Ticket Alternative.

Q&A with Kyle Gordon of Young Orchids – Playing Big Trouble In Little Five Points This Thursday!

Q&A with Kyle Gordon of Young Orchids – Playing Big Trouble In Little Five Points This Thursday!

The band, performing before Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, outside Atlanta's Center Stage, March 20. By Julia Reidy Young Orchids is the latest musical brainchild of Kyle Gordon, previously of Atlanta rockers The Booze, KillGordon and Ski Club. Though the group is new, these pros aren’t as delicate as the name suggests. Along with Ski […]

Help Save Paste Magazine!

Help Save Paste Magazine!

A quick bit of disclosure regarding my (Leila, editor of Atlanta Music Guide) connection with Paste – I was an intern and writer there and am now married to Tim, the president of the company. So obviously this cause is going to be super-close to me. But even if it wasn't, in my humble opinion, […]

NARAS’s Quest for a Performance Right for Artists on AM/FM Radio

NARAS’s Quest for a Performance Right for Artists on AM/FM Radio

We recently received this email from our local NARAS chapter and thought it would be worth sharing with all our musician and fans of musician friends out there: From the President/CEO of the Recording Academy. In February, I told our worldwide GRAMMY telecast audience about our quest for a performance right for artists on AM/FM […]

Sorted for Cheese and Wizz!

Sorted for Cheese and Wizz!

By Stephanie Roman Either Jarvis Cocker has reached the seventh level of enlightened musical nirvana, or he's gone completely off his rocker. Pulp's ex-frontman is recently divorced and has a new album, Further Complications, due out May 19. Check out today's letter to Jarv's fans from the man himself. He's just announced either a well-timed publicity stunt or a genuine breakdown. Imagine Jarvis leading an […]

Q&A with José Reyes, co-founder of Fringe

Q&A with José Reyes, co-founder of Fringe

By Julia Reidy Four times a season, several seemingly disparate creative ideas come together harmoniously in one venue: classical chamber music, electronica DJ-ing, visual art, short film, performance art and essay. It’s an idea new to Atlanta, and it’s one of the most interesting evenings $15 can buy. Co-founded and run by Fia and Dana […]