Picture Book & Live Review: Last Summer on Earth Tour @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, July 26th

Photos by Ken Lackner & Review by Ryan Swerdlin Every once in a while it is healthy to take a step back and remember where you came from. This was the case for the attendees at Verizon Wireless Encore Park Friday night July 26th when “The Last Summer on Earth” tour passed through town on […]

Picture Book & Live Review: New Order @ Chastain Park Amphitheater

Photos & Review by Hillery Terenzi “Rain, rain, go away, I want to see New Order today.” That one sentence was probably on the minds of many New Order fans on Sunday afternoon. Like most weather reports for the days in July, rain was a daily occurrence in the Atlanta area. Luckily, that didn’t stop […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Luella and the Sun @ Vinyl July 20th!

Photos & Review by Molly Free Bowe Inc’s Saturday night at Vinyl was night and day different from my Friday night experience with the exception of it being another experience filled with good music and incredible talent. Warming up the stage was local, Nathan Nelson who set up shop on a stool with his guitar […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Machines Are People Too, The Electric Sons & Fox Grin

Photos & Review by Molly Free It was a big weekend for Centerstage’s Vinyl with stacked shows Friday and Saturday brought to us by Bowe Inc. Kicking things off first, it was the boys club Friday night with Machine’s Are People Too with support from two of Atlanta’s own, The Electric Sons and Fox Grin. […]

Live Music Review & Picture Book: Phish @ Verizon Wireless Encore Park

Photos & Review by Ryan Swerdlin Phish stopped through Alpharetta for a two night run on their coast to coast summer tour this past Tuesday and Wednesday at Verizon Wireless Encore Park. The two night run, sandwiched in between playing Columbia, MD and a 3-night run this coming weekend in Chicago, proved not to be […]

Live Review and Photos: Marilyn Manson with Picture Me Broken

Review and Photos by Ellen Eldridge Marilyn Manson appeared in the mid-1990s as the opening band for Nine Inch Nails alongside the Jim Rose Freak Show. His passion and hunger drove him to break glass against his skull and use the pieces to cut his chest underneath a solitary hanging light bulb. This self-destructive act […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Toad the Wet Sprocket @ The Fred July 13th

Photos and Review by Hillery Terenzi It takes a lot for me to travel outside the “OTP” of ATL but when I found out that Toad the Wet Sprocket was playing at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City, I knew that was reason enough. American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze started out the rain-free […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Anberlin @ The Loft July 12th

Photos and review by Jenna Hughes Alternative rockers Anberlin played The Loft in Atlanta on July 12th as part of their Acoustic Summer Tour. The band out of Orlando, Florida, treated fans to a rare, stripped down acoustic performance in support of their latest album, 2012’s Vital. The mood was set with low lighting provided […]

Recap: Essence Music Festival 2013

By: Mychael Ball This past weekend I attended the 2013 Essence Music Festival in the resilient, culture-bursting city of New Orleans, LA! The festival brought out thousands of music lovers from all over the country to see spellbinding performances from some of the most captivating Black American artists in the world. We even had a […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Emeli Sande @ The Tabernacle July 3rd

Photos & Review by: Deidra Pinion Have you ever heard the expression “Dynamite comes in small packages?” I believe that definitely applies to Emeli Sande. Her voice was so amazing, and it echoed through the Tabernacle. Emeli Sande did not let a little rain damper the evening, and neither did her fans. Emeli hails from […]