The Loft

ATL Insider: Plan A Night At The Loft

So you’ve got tickets to see a show at The Loft and you want to make a night out of it? Have no fear, Atlanta Music Guide is here. The Loft, located on the 2nd floor of the Center Stage Atlanta music complex on West Peachtree, is a mid-sized venue that has seen the likes […]

Luke James

What’s Up This Week 3/2-3/5

Monday, March 2 Luke James / BJ The Chicago Kid w/ George Tandy Jr. @ The Loft Genre: Soul, Pop, R&B Sounds like: Curtis Fields, Elle Varner, PJ Morton Tickets are $25. Doors open at 7pm. Find Tickets Here! Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and Tyga @ Phillips Arena Genre: Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop Sounds like: Usher, […]

GMP white paper

GMP Releases White Paper Identifying Challenges and Opportunities Facing Georgia’s Music Industry

Georgia Music Partners (GMP), the advocacy arm of The Recording Academy® Atlanta Chapter, has published a white paper on Georgia’s music industry that provides an analysis of the competitive challenges and opportunities to boost the economic impact of Georgia music while building an international brand. To download a copy of the white paper, visit http://georgiamusicpartners.org/white-paper/. The […]

GRiZ

ICYMI: Best New Releases This Week 2/23-2/27

In case you missed it – here are some of our picks for the best new releases of songs and music videos from the past week. Enjoy! Patrick Watson – “Love Songs for Robots” Watson debuted the title track for his new album, Love Songs for Robots, and had this to say about the song: “The reason […]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Show Review: Alec Ounsworth of CYHSY @ The Cottonmill Lofts 2/24

2005: I remember driving around my small college town with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah pouring out of the speakers back when I was barely old enough to vote. Their self-titled debut was still new in the world and it had the unique distinction of having gained notoriety not only based on the strength of […]

The Whispers

Wolf Creek Amphitheater Announces 2015 Summer Concert Series

Wolf Creek Amphitheater has just released the first round of their lineup for the 2015 Summer Concert Series! The season will kick off on Saturday, May 2 with A Night of Classic R&B featuring The Whispers. Wolf Creek Amphitheater 2015 Summer Concert Series May 2: A Night of Classic R&B The Whispers, Stephanie Mills, Angela […]

AMG Weekend Picks 2/27-3/1

Friday Feb. 27 Rocco Deluca @ The Earl Genre: Indie Rock Sounds Like: honeyhoney, Charlie Mars, Ponderosa Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of. Doors open at 9 pm, show starts at 10 pm. Find Tickets Here! Jason Boland & The Stragglers @ King Plow at Terminal West Genre: American Red Dirt Country […]

Throwback Thursday: Countdown to Five Eight

Athens alternative rock foursome, Five Eight, has been rocking stages all across the country since signing with Sky Records in 1990. Now, more than 20 years and countless hit records later, the band is preparing for the re-release of its album Weirdo and an accompanying tour! Today we revisit a 2012 AMG interview with the band as […]

Event Preview: Atlanta Jewish Music Festival

March 12 is opening night for the 6th annual Atlanta Jewish Music Festival. The following 11 days promise a medley of traditional and contemporary Jewish entertainment. The festival incorporates an eclectic mix of artists and Jewish community leaders, embodying the panoptic diversity within the community, which the festival hopes to illuminate. Kicking off the festival is Canadian ska/rock […]

Echosmith

What’s Up This Week 2/23-2/26

Monday, February 23 Blake Rainey & His Demons w/ Ben Trickey & Dang Dang Dang! @ The EARL Genre: Indie Folk, American Rock & Roll Sounds like: Ken Kiser, Patterson Hood, Zac Brown Band Tickets are $7. Doors open at 8:30pm. Find Tickets Here! machineheart @ The Masquerade (Purgatory) Genre: Alternative, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop […]

The Vespers

Ticket & Vinyl Giveaway: The Vespers @ Eddie’s Attic 2/25

The Vespers, a group hailing from Nashville and comprised of two pairs of siblings – the Cryar sisters and Jones brothers – are taking the music scene by storm with their own kind of rootsy, southern stomp. Their latest album, Sisters and Brothers, is rich with more traditional sounds of bluegrass/folk mixed in with their own […]

Gotta Get Down on Friday: Best New Releases Week This Week

A Place To Bury Strangers – “We’ve Come So Far” A Place to Bury Strangers’ new album, Transfixiation, came out earlier this week and released this video for their single “We’ve Come So Far” to go along with it. They’ll be here in Atlanta this weekend performing live at The EARL on Sunday, Feb. 22. Waxahatchee […]

AMG Weekend Picks 2/20 – 2/22

Friday February 20 Jim Lauderdale @ Eddie’s Attic Genre: Americana, Rock, Bluegrass Sounds Like: Darrell Scott, Buddy Miller, Del McCoury GA tickets are $20 in advance, $26 at the door. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Find Tickets Here! Excision & Protohype @ The Tabernacle Genre: Dubstep, Electronic Sounds Like: Datsik, […]

Throwback Thursday: There’s Something About Gabe

When we first caught up with Nashville sweetheart, Gabe Dixon, he was a newly solo artist. Now, three years later, the indie rock/pop chanteuse, formerly of The Gabe Dixon Band, has proven that he can stand alone, and do it well. In December 2014, Gabe’s single, One Thing, was featured on Tone Free Music’s independent artist compilation, Nashville’s Indie Spotlight 2015. Dixon’s […]

Sundy Best

Win a Signed Copy of Sundy Best’s Newest Album, Salvation City!

We’re giving away two signed copies of Sundy Best’s newest release, Salvation City! Enter to win by filling out the form below and we’ll contact the two lucky winners this Friday, Feb. 20! Be sure to catch their live show this Friday at Terminal West and get in on the #KinfolkMovement. Fill out my Wufoo form! […]