As the Atlanta/Athens music community starts packing their bags and loading their iPods for the roadtrip (or flights) to SXSW, a couple of us holding down the fort in Atlanta want to know (so we can live vicariously) how our friends prep for, and who they’re hoping to see at, SXSW 2010. The AMG SXSW ’10 […]
The Judies The Judies Slush Fund Records By Eileen Tilson Picture it: 1970s, Max’s Kansas City in NYC, Warhol and Patti Smith debating what qualifies as true art, Bowie making out with some young thing, and The Velvet Undergound and Nico collaborating on one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The jukebox is […]
Star 94 St. Patrick’s Day Party Saturday, March 13th at Andrew’s Upstairs 56 E Andrews Drive NW Atlanta, GA Get Tix Here Is your boss making you come to work on St. Patrick’s Day? Worried about getting your fill of green beer and corned beef? Well you are in luck! Star 94 and Andrew’s Upstairs […]
Atlanta’s White Stripes fans get a chance to view a sneak peak of the band’s new documentary Great White Northern Lights, which follows the band on their 2007 Canadian tour. View the trailer and a clip of the rockfest above, and then buy your tickets for the March 11 screening at the Plaza Theatre at […]
YouTube wunderkind Mitchell Davis‘ April 7 Atlanta show has been selling like crazy. So the folks at the CW Midtown Music Complex have moved it upstairs to The Loft. All tickets will still be honored, and you can still buy them from Ticket Alternative.
Our beloved Coco is taking his “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” to Atlanta, and will be stopping here for a show at The Fabulous Fox Theatre on June 14. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday, March 12) at 10 a.m. are on sale now at TicketMaster (link HERE). We’re pretty sure […]
By Jhoni Jackson; photo by Kathleen Valpey Though she typically plays with a band behind her (an exceptionally talented group which includes Little Tybee’s Josh Martin and Ryan Gregory of Book of Colors, to be specific), Adrienne McCann is the primary mastermind behind the craft she calls Adron. She makes South American tropicália-inspired folk that […]
Monday, March 15 is the day Peachtree City’s fabulous Frederick Brown Jr.’s Amphitheater’s summer concert series goes on sale. The line up is:
Drive-By Truckers The Big To-Do ATO Records By Chris Homer The Big To-Do, Drive-By Truckers’ 10th studio album and first for ATO records (out March 16), continues to add to the legacy of the Athens, Ga. southern rock mainstays. Like previous records, Patterson Hood crafts songs filled with desperation and outlaws that fans have come […]
By Eric Chavez Combining the sensual heat of flamenco and the hardcore touch of metal in their music, Mexican duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela have captivated the world with their rhythmic guitars. With their latest release, 11:11, the duo have added another hit album to the list. On tour to promote the record, the duo will […]
Let’s Wrestle In the Court of Let’s Wrestle By Eric Chavez When it comes to British rockers, they just seem to do it better. The Beatles, Bowie, The Clash, Led Zepplin … the list could go on. In America, rock “music” tends to be nothing but background music for your local teen clothing store, and […]
The Soft Pack The Soft Pack Kemado Records By Al Kaufman “Garage rock” is a misleading moniker. While it is supposed to refer to a group of talentless guy with a bunch of passion jamming in their garage, the fact of the matter is that bands like The Strokes and, in this case, The Soft […]
One of our fave local site, Scoutmob, has written up a lovely piece about Atlanta Fringe, coming up March 13: Classical music is getting the cool kid makeover this Saturday. And they call it “Fringe”. A mixed media concert series in its second successful season, Fringe has been getting plenty of buzz, selling out shows, […]
By Julia Reidy What do you do when your debut record gets more attention than you ever thought it would? When it’s the blogosphere that drives your success, and your nascent band suddenly has the weight of the critical community behind it? You go on tour! March 11, Cymbals Eat Guitars will stop at The […]
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