By Julia Reidy Carnivores are my new favorite local band. After rising from the ashes of the now-defunct Chainestereo, they’ve re-formed with renewed vigor and have plenty to show for it. Tuesday at 529, the group pulled about half the set from its surprisingly awesome debut LP, All Night Dead USA (released locally this July […]
Jay Farrar & Benjamin GibbardOne Fast Move or I’m GoneF-Stop/Atlantic By Al Kaufman Beatnik Jack Kerouac was all about rants and raves. His sentences had no structure and, often, no coherent thought process. Jar Farrar, in his liner notes, compares Kerouac’s writing to improvisational jazz. Like that form of music, sometimes his words would travel […]
New Moon SoundtrackAtlantic By Al Kaufman What a difference a sequel makes. Now that the first Twilight movie has made its millions, everyone has signed up to be on the sequel’s soundtrack, creating a nice time capsule piece for the state of indie rock in 2009. Yes, it’s all as dour and moody as you […]
By Kenny Crucial "Sugar, honey, honey, you are my candy girl…" Thanks to Jemina Pearl, both the stage and the headliner, Islands, were indeed covered in powdered sugar. She pounced on the stage and doused everyone with a bag of sugar. And Islands celebrated the event with a partial rendition of The Archies classic. In […]
Here’s a list of all the Atlanta bands and venues we found on Twitter (so far) It wasn’t too long ago we did this when Myspace was blowing up! To get your band added just email us with your Twitter address Atlanta Bands and venues On Twitter 99x – www.twitter.com/99x Attractive Eighties Women – www.twitter.com/aewsome […]
I first met Keni Thomas around 2000 when I was in my band Film. His band at the time was Cornbread. We were both working hard promoting and managing our own bands and our paths crossed several times and we played a few gigs together. He's also a a former member of the US Amy's […]
Here’s what I’d be checking out this weekend for Halloween if I were you. We’re gonna pop up some videos this time around so you get a chance to hear the band’s I’m gushing about right off the bat. Atlanta’s own Constellations just got signed to Virgin Records and are surely headed on to much […]
Catch The Whiskey Gentry tonight at Star Bar. They'll be showing their new video "Four Horsemen" – which we reported on from behind the scenes earlier. Also playing is Blair Crimmins & the Hookers and Chris Unck and the Black Roses. It's sure to be a killer – especially with the scary holiday coming up!
This upcoming month is an exciting one for Andrews Upstairs. The venue just announced two big hitters for shows in November. Van Hunt will play with Janie Chu and the Jaspects on November 20. Tickets are available at Ticket Alternative. Then the very next night, Drive-By Truckers founder Patterson Hood will play with Connor Christian. […]
By Leila Regan-Porter I really should have written this weeks ago. But it's been a bit of a tough one to write. It's fair to say that I have been putting it off. Let me begin by saying I don't like reading "personal" reviews with first person references. Unless it's on your own blog, or […]
The Low AnthemOh My God, Charlie DarwinNonesuch By Al Kaufman The Low Anthem recorded Oh My God, Charlie Darwin in a log cabin in the middle of a harsh Rhode Island winter. And while it is bleak at times, it is also riveting, loud, and, best of all, never boring. In fact, it is downright […]
Local photographer Neda Abghari has been putting together some great pieces for the Atlanta Creatives Project, which features some of Atlanta's greatest DJs and producers (like Dres The Beatnik and Rob Wonder) photographed in their studios with the favorite childhood objects. There will also be some great shots of local musicians like Snoden and Black […]
I recently asked a group of people who I knew to be true music fans what they thought the next wave of music will be. In other words, what style of music will unseat the current crop of pop music that is selling like gangbusters? Everyone answered exactly the same; they said it’s the one […]
Atlanta's Young Blood Gallery and Boutique in the Poncey-Highland 'hood is launching their online store INDI-e BOUTIQUE on November 7, and are throwing a party to celebrate! It all kicks off at Young Blood with an art opening (Yi-Hsin Tzeng’s “My Magazine Project”) and then carries on at The Highland Ballroom Lounge with a burlesque […]
Elise WittValiseEMWorld Records By Al Kaufman Elise Witt is one of those local treasures that nobody knows about. The multi-linguist from Switzerland, who has called Atlanta home since 1977, has been a cultural ambassador to South Africa, China, Italy, Nicaragua and Switzerland, represented Georgia for the Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, has studied under Bobby […]
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