The Big Rock Out, for those who don’t know, is a Vegas-style night of pure entertainment coming to Atlanta on September 19. There will be music from awesome rockers Cowboy Mouth as well as local lads Holdcell, and boxing matches between “Pretty Boy” Michael Jean Louis and Anthony “Ice” Greenridge. Sounds pretty exciting – and […]
Blue Mother TupeloHeaven & Earth By Al Kaufman Ricky and Micol Davis are so happy and in love that you just want to smack them upside the head. He sings to her, "I like it when you smile," and she returns to him, "You make my life worth while," on the track "Tupelo." Their liner […]
We've got a couple of awesome shows just announced for The EARL, which will be within days of each other in November, proving that the late part of the year is always the best for Atlanta shows. Heavy Trash, the rockingest band that ever rolled, will be playing on November 19. Don't know who they […]
The recent, well-deserved signing of Atlanta’s The Constellations to Virgin records made me think about the Atlanta music scene. On a national and international level, Atlanta is known best for its thriving hip-hop scene, and what an incredible scene it is. Within a two mile radius of my house there are a plethora of world-class […]
By Sam Parvin With The Constellations’ recent signing to Virgin Records, I anticipated a rather rowdy show at The EARL on Thursday night, and, girl, was I right! There was not one disengaged body in the bar – the performers would not stand for such allowances. Peaking around the corner through the back door to […]
Sorry if you didn't get your tickets quick enough – fun.'s Atlanta show at Drunken Unicorn with Miniature Tigers on September 20 is SOLD OUT! No word yet on whether or not there will be any more tickets released or any tickets at the door – we'll let you know. Stay tuned for the winner […]
Mark KnopflerGet LuckyReprise By Al Kaufman Mark Knopfler has come a long way since “Sultans of Swing.” The 1977 hit for Knopfler’s band Dire Straits created that trademark fuzzy guitar sound that would serve Knopfler well for the next 30 or so years. Yes, Knopfler has grown and changed over time. His music often has […]
Chris KnightTrailer IIDrifter's Church By Al Kaufman Usually when an artist returns to the well that brought him success, the water does not taste as crisp. For Americana musician Chris Knight, that is most certainly not the case. When Knight released The Trailer Tapes, solo acoustic demo tracks he laid out in 1996 before he […]
Pete Yorn & Scarlett JohanssonBreak UpAtco By Al Kaufman Actress Scarlett Johansson's CD of Tom Waits' covers, 2008's Anywhere I Lay My Head, met with mixed reviews. Be that as it may, kudos should be given to Johansson for choosing the way-too-talented-and-cool-to-be-commercially-successful Waits as the artist she wished to cover. She plans on doing it […]
Gordon Gano and the RyansUnder the SunYep Roc by Al Kaufman In 1983, when the Violent Femmes put out their self-titled debut album, they changed music. Their folk-punk sound, Gordon Gano's staccato whine, and his lyrics that mixed sex, violence, humor and God equally spoke to almost every alienated (read every) teenager. The Femmes didn't […]
By Al Kaufman Beer and rock and roll is as American a combination as baseball and hot dogs. One just isn't as good without the other. The creators of HOToberFest understand this, and have brought a great music line-up to this year's beer festival.
Normally if someone told me I would be spending my Saturday in a dark, cold, mineshaft with bats hanging upside down, I would not be so eager to go. However, being in this Dahlonega mine shaft, while watching Atlanta’s own Whiskey Gentry shoot their video for “Four Horsemen” was the kind of visual experience that […]
Frank Sinatra Seduction: Sinatra Sings of LoveReprise By Kevin C. Madigan You can never have too much Sinatra. This fine collection happens to coincide with the new Twyla Tharp production Come Fly With Me, which opens this month at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. The album features a cross-section of impeccable Sinatra standards built around the theme […]
By Sam Parvin I recently got my hands on the debut full-length album by Miniature Tigers, Tell It To the Volcano, and I am so excited about it! So when I heard the five piece, Phoenix-based rock-pop group is coming to Atlanta this month, I had to get an interview. Lead vocalist and guitarist Charlie […]
By Julia Reidy I’ve come to really dig the homemade decorations bands have taken to draping across their equipment for the sake of… what, beauty? Hipster kitsch? Either way, it’s pretty charming. (I mean, have you ever seen These Are Powers live?) For Portland,Ore.’s Nurses (pictured above), the knitted doilies tied to their tables and […]
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