Picture Book & Live Review: Justin Townes Earle, John McCauley (from Deer Tick), & Seven Handle Sideshow @ Atlantic Station – December 1st, 2012

Photos and Review by Chandler Mays Atlanta kicked off December and the holiday season with the first show of Atlantic Station’s Winter Wonder Jam, a month-long concert series with a multitude of great artists. The evening began with a glorious performance by half the members of Seven Handle Circus, appropriately nicknamed Seven Handle Sideshow. Armed […]

CD Review: Sarah Tollerson, “Wherever We Go”

By: Shelby Lum Last month, singer-songwriter, Sarah Tollerson, released her second album, Wherever We Go.  The indie, folk player out of Winder, Georgia and now a Nashville resident, turned to award-winning, producer Neilson Hubbard to record her latest album. The country music capital’s influences are certainly reflected in her most recent work. The love songs […]

Picture Book & Concert Review: Jacob Jeffries Band with Suzanna Choffel @ Eddie’s Attic – November 29th

By: Shelby Lum Photographed by: Shelby Lum Eddie’s Attic is silent and chatter free, as per usual, as the venue prepared for its live recording.  Suzanna Choffel stepped under the dim red lights first to open for Jacob Jeffries Band.  Opening with “Continental Drift”, her deep, smokey vocals warbled through the speakers.  The folky singer, […]

Picture Book: The Stuffing @ Center Stage Complex, November 21st!

The Stuffing has become a bit of a yearly tradition for Atlanta. Presented by Manchester Orchestra owned indie label, Favorite Gentlemen, it has been taking over the Center Stage complex the day before Thanksgiving for a showcase  featuring label artists and bands like Death on Two Wheels, All Get Out, O’brother, Kevin Devine, Harrison Hudson, […]

CD Review: Faithless Town — American Refugee; Playing @ The Earl Wednesday, Nov 28th

Faithless Town American Refugee By Al Kaufman Atlanta’s Faithless Town harks back to the ‘80s, when people like Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp sang of small town struggles in the USA. At that time, millions of other bands tried to cash in on the sound, only to  fall as fast as the poor characters they […]

Picture Book & Concert Review: Quiet Hounds @ The Goat Farm – November 17th, 2012

Photos by Chandler Mays and Jason Perlman, Review by Chandler Mays The Goat Farm is a magical place, and is without a doubt Atlanta’s most inspiring music venue. For those of you who haven’t seen it, The Goat Farm is an arts center community located amongst rundown 19th century industrial buildings in West Midtown. The […]

Live Review – Yeasayer w/Sinkane – Tabernacle – November 18, 2012

Pictures by Taylor Wallace! Review By Justin Lyons! Yeasayer’s five year progression from experimental rock musicians to R&B and electronic-based pop experts has been a welcome transformation.The Brooklyn four-piece’s most recent album Fragrant World expounds upon Odd Blood’s synthtronica leanings with late a ‘90’s urban influence that would make Pharrell and Timbaland proud. After three […]