CD Review: Ben Folds Five — The Sound of the Life of the Mind

Ben Folds Five The Sound of the Life of the Mind Legacy By Al Kaufman It’s been 13 years since the last Ben Folds Five album, The rather lackluster The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. In the intervening years, Folds has cobbled together a rather successful solo career, including the brilliant Lonely Avenue, a collaboration […]

The Dollyrots, Selt-Titled Album Review, Releases Tuesday, September 18th

Review by Molly Segers Amanda Palmer isn’t the only one putting out records with the help of loyal fans on Kickstarter.com . The Dollyrots set out last year to raise just $7,500 to record their latest self-titled record and wound up raising over $33,000 thanks to the promise of pet rocks, cookies, clothes, musical instruments, […]

5GB With William Elliot Whitmore; Playing The Earl, Sept. 18th

5GB With William Elliot Whitmore; Playing The Earl, Sept. 18th

William Elliot Whitmore is an American blues singer and musician from Lee County, Iowa. He has recorded a number of albums released on Southern Records, and now is a member of the Anti Records family. While he has earned much acclaim from the folk, blues and alt-country communities, he is also rooted in the hardcore […]

What’s Up Monday?

How was your weekend Atlanta?  Should be a pretty interesting week, and hopefully this cool weather continues and we can officially claim that we are in FALL! Enjoy the start to your week everyone! -Hipsters will be united at the Tabernacle tonight as Grizzly Bear will be rocking it out with Unknown Mortal Orchestra. -Three […]

Q&A With Jeffrey Novak Of Cheap Time; Playing The EARL Tomorrow, Sept. 15

By Jhoni Jackson Though they hail from the garage-punk hotbed of Nashville, Cheap Time is far more complex than that. Many of their genre counterparts are excellent bands in their own right, but oftentimes they rely more on attitude than musicianship. Jeffrey Novak, Cheap Time’s frontman, boasts both. Even through decidedly lo-fi recordings, the intricacy […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Life in Color, Atlanta BAR-B-Q Festival, East Atlanta Strut, Love & Theft, plus more!

Atlanta is certainly cranking out fun concerts and festivals over the next few weeks! Every time I open my computer I’m hearing about a new band coming to Atlanta and this weekend we’re just getting a taste! We want in on the action, so tweet us your weekend highlights and pics @Atlantamusic ! Friday, September […]

Picture Book and Live Review: Zammuto @ The Earl – 9/10/12

Photos and Review by Chandler Mays Every once in while, a show comes along where afterwards, you say to yourself, “Well, I haven’t seen THAT before.” Zammuto at The Earl was one of these shows. The opening act was aptly titled “Duet For Theremin and Lap Steel”, where Scott Burland and Frank Schultz used these […]

Interview with Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics, playing the EARL tonight and tomorrow (September 13th &14th)

By Jhoni Jackson Blame meticulousness for the delay in Ruby Velle & the Soulphonic’s debut LP. Before the Atlanta band could kill any of its darlings, first they had to grow and nurture them—slowly and carefully, in the most scrupulous way imaginable. Only minutes into It’s About Time and it’s obvious: It was worth the […]

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Picture Book & Live Review: SLASH and Foxy Shazam @ The Tabernacle 9/13

                              Photos by: CatMax Photography, LLC Review by: Catrina Maxwell of CatMax Photography, LLC Their was no doubt that Slash and Foxy Shazam were in Atlanta last night. As I stood outside the Tabernacle, several people walked by and were immediately […]

What’s Up Thursday?

Well hey y’all! How was your week? I have gotta tell you, I am REALLY excited for this week to be over! But you gotta love A) this cooler weather, and B) how many amazing shows are coming up this weekend! -Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band playing […]