Picture Book & Live Review: Matthew Mayfield @ Eddie’s Attic June 14th

By Lindsey Borders Ever since Matthew Mayfield began his journey over 11 years ago, his performances get better with each live show he performs, acoustically or with a full band. I prefer him acoustic because he’s genuine, raw, and vulnerable with his audience; especially if there’s a great turn-out. Which there was with Matthew’s CD […]

Picture Book & Review: Billy Idol @ The Tabernacle June 11th!

By: Hillery Terenzi Billy Idol still has it…sneer and all. 80’s MTV icon Billy Idol played to a packed Tabernacle audience on Tuesday, June 11th. The crowd consisted of former rockers and suburban housewives with their teenage kids, proving to them that mom was once “cool”. If you came to hear the “Billy Idol Experience”, […]

Picture Book & Review: Sting @ Chastain Park Amphitheater June 10th!

Photos & Review by Hillery Terenzi I admit that I was a little concerned Monday morning when dark clouds were covering the Atlanta sky, but the music gods must’ve known Sting would be playing Chastain Amphitheater that night. The nearly sold out crowd was a mixture of young and old, tattooed and preppy and I […]

LL Cool J (Kings of the Mic Tour) @ Fabulous Fox Theatre June 4th

Photos and Review by Matthew Smith (Shadowboxer Photography) Groundbreaking hip-hop artists LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and De La Soul performed at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Thursday, June 5th, one of the stops on the Kings of the Mic Tour.  Grammy award-winner and multi-platinum artist LL curated the lineup, saying he […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Fall Out Boy with New Politics @ The Tabernacle 6/2

Review by Molly Segers. Photos by Ken Lackner. Every show has a spark of feeling like you’re experiencing something special that the world is missing out on. This was especially true of Fall Out Boy’s show at The Tabernacle Sunday, June 2. Tickets sold out in just a few hours and thanks to the paperless […]

Picture Book & Live Review: OURS @ Drunken Unicorn May 29th

Photos and review by Jenna Hughes OURS returned to Atlanta on May 29th, playing at The Drunken Unicorn as part of their Ring The Bell tour in support of their new album Ballet The Boxer. The album, which drops June 11th, was widely funded by fans of the band via Pledge Music. Boxer is their […]

Live Review & Picture Book: Ben Deignan and Special Guests @ Eddie’s Attic 5/23

Review by: Molly Free I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off my Memorial Day weekend than cozying up in my favorite corner table at Eddie’s Attic for their Songwriter Series featuring my good and mucho talented friend, Ben Deignan with his special guests Jessica Cayne and Scotty Cram. I have seen this […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Paramore @ The Tabernacle May 21st

Photos and review by Jenna Hughes Paramore returned to Atlanta on May 21 at the Tabernacle, closing out the North American portion of the tour supporting their new self-titled album. The band released Paramore in January of this year and it debuted at #1 on the charts, proving to naysayers that the band has staying […]

Interview: Imagine Dragons; Rocked Out @ Hangout Fest 5/19

After the last note played on the last song of a marathon set a few years ago, Dan Reynolds, frontman for Las Vegas based rockers Imagine Dragons, realized it was all starting to come together. Reynolds and his bandmates – guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman – independently released three EPs, […]