Picture Book: Atlanta Music Roundtable presents Little Tybee, Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun and New Animal at The EARL, December 21

By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump.

CD Review: Gary Clark Jr. — The Bright Lights EP

  Gary Clark Jr. The Bright Lights EP Warner Brothers By Al Kaufman In Austin, Texas, blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is God. His likeness overlooks the heraled Barton Creek, defending it against the evils of cheap pop music. Gary Clark Jr, who grew up in Austin, often hears his name bandied about in the […]

Picture Book: A Charlie Brown Christmas at The EARL, December 16

By Ken Lackner (www.kenlacknerphotography.com) Full gallery after the jump. See our pictures of the crowds at the show HERE.

Picture Book & Live Review: Staind, Man Made Machine at The Tabernacle, December 18

Review and photos by Ellen Eldridge Full gallery at the bottom of the post. Anyone who read my review of Staind knows that the new material returns to the earliest days of angst-driven rock. But even fans of Aaron Lewis’s solo country-style material enjoyed the rescheduled show at the Tabernacle on Sunday night. After opening with […]

Picture Book & Live Review: SciaticA, Permanent Waves at The Local at Sidelines, December 17

Review & photos by Ken Lackner Full gallery at the bottom of the post. I’ve never been a fan of cover bands. As with most rules, this one has an exception. Two exceptions, actually. It takes a very talented and impressive voice to recreate the vocal styling of Geddy Lee. Matthew Trautwein — better known […]

Picture Book: Dir En Grey and The Birthday Massacre at Center Stage, December 7

By Rebecca McCoy (http://ravynfotografie.webs.com/) Full gallery after the jump.

CD Review: Black Keys — El Camino

Black Keys El Camino Nonesuch By Al Kaufman It surprises nobody anymore that a couple of white boys from Akron, Ohio (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, to be precise) can pack their music with so much blues and  soul, but the fact that with El Camino, their seventh album, they continue to get better and […]

CD Review: Smashing Pumpkins — Gish and Siamese Dream Deluxe Boxed Sets

Smashing Pumpkins Gish and Siamese Dream Deluxe Boxed Sets Virgin Records By Ellen Eldridge Amazing as it may sound, I had never actually heard Gish even though Siamese Dream punctuated my teen years. I never considered myself a huge fan of Smashing Pumpkins, but when I saw them live I was utterly blown away by […]

Picture Book: Sister Hazel, Elevation at Atlantic Station, December 9

By Ken Lackner. Check out our gallery of crowd shots HERE. Full gallery of Sister Hazel and Elevation shots after the jump.

CD Review: The Cure — Bestival

The Cure Bestival Sunday Best Recordings By Ellen Eldridge The immediate warmth of the bittersweet opening paragraph to “Plainsong” opens the two-CD set with, “‘I think it’s dark and it looks like rain,’ you said/’And the wind is blowing like it’s the end of the world,’ you said/’And it’s so cold it’s like the cold […]

CD Review: Korn — The Path of Totality

Korn The Path of Totality Roadrunner By Ellen Eldridge Korn came through Atlanta headlining for the Mayhem Festival in 2010, and again this fall to play Wild Bill’s. As soon as the opening track, “Chaos Lives in Everything,” started with its hi-hat beat and techno feel. Deeper into The Path of Totality the sound recalls […]

Live Review: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Philips Arena, December 2

By Jenna Hughes; photo by Lewis Lee, from the 2010 tour “In the moments of our lives, both the joyous and the tragic, if the truth is to be told we are all pursuing magic.” These words resonated through the crowd at Philips Arena in Atlanta on December 2, a poetic narrative that preceded the […]

Picture Book: Mastodon at The Tabernacle, December 2

By Ellen Eldridge Full gallery with Red Fang, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Lips and Mastodon after the jump.

Picture Book: Revival: An Allman Brothers Experience at Vinyl, December 3

By Hieu Nguyen Full gallery after the jump.