Atlanta's own 7 Stages Theatre in Little Five Points is joining in with the annual tradition of The Vagina Monologues for the second time this February. V-Day is a world-wide event started by the writer of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, which is dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. "Every year it is released from royalties […]
By Ben Grad Though The Killers are associated with Las Vegas in their album art, promotional materials, and stage props, their sound is more international, purposefully divorced from the little musical gestures that normally add the prefixes "West Coast," "Southern," or "Midwest" to a band's biography. If anything, their musical roots are closer to […]
By Alexandra Edwards Atlanta isn't usually known around the country for its art galleries. Theater and fine dining we've got covered, but art tends to get left out of the talk about us in other towns. But ATLart[09], this year's citywide annual event presented by the Atlanta Gallery Association, is working to change that. The […]
Funeral Party The Bootleg EP Independent Label Group By Alexandra Edwards Funeral Party, a four-piece from working class East LA, have released a promising three-song EP that showcases their considerable popularity as a backyard-party band. The Bootleg EP may not reinvent the genre, but it definitely proves they have an aptitude for post-punk dance music.
Tickets go on sale next Tuesday (February 3) at 10 a.m. for The Kills with The Horrors and Magic Wands at Lenny's. For those not in the know, The Kills (pictured) are a British/American art/indie rock duo whose post punk stylings have been garnering praise for a little while now. For a while there was a time when […]
The EARL will be hosting John John's Gravy Boat Lovefest in just a couple of weeks on February 17. The show's proceeds will go to covering the costs of the funeral and cremation of John Henderson, who was shot to death recently at The Standard. The Lovefest will feature a mass of great Atlanta bands, […]
Oh the joys of having a band that is so hard to describe. But we'll try. Lord T & Eloise mix Vienna's classical style with the hip-hop crunk of Memphis. Yup that's what we said. Basically they've time travelled to present day to save rap music with their rhymes about being rich – the old, […]
Marrying dance music with jam band culture, Boombox has garnered a strong following in the music scene. But that's what happens when you bring together an acclaimed producer who has worked with everyone from Los Lobos to Sugarland and the son of two Grateful Dead members. The duo is playing two shows at Smith's Olde Bar, […]
Reports are coming through from various blogs (Brooklyn Vegan and Miami New Times) and the band's PR firm Biz 3 that Yo! Majesty's Jwl B has left the band and has been serving jail time. The band will carry on with Shunda K carrying on as Yo! Majesty without Jwl B. From a press release: Yo! […]
Tonight Atlanta music blog, podcast, session recorders and all-round swell guys Have You Heard are hosting a showcase at Star Bar. Not only is it featuring the delicate Brazilian stylings of Adron, as well as Athens indie folkster Madeline, but it's free! Go ahead, spoil yourself.
Razorlight returns to America to play a string of dates in support of the band's latest release, Slipway Fires, released late last year. The band will hit Atlanta on March 17 to play a gig at The Loft. Tickets are on sale now here.
Those crazy Mastodon boys. The metal-heads just released the insane-as-usual art for their new album, Crack the Skye, this Monday. Due for release sometime this spring on Reprise, the record was produced by Brendan O'Brien and features long-time collaborator Scott Kelly of Neurosis on one track. Both Neurosis and Mastodon will be playing at Atlanta's Scion […]
By Julia Reidy With two full-length records and a handful of 7-inch singles under their collective belts,The Selmanaires just keep on churning out great Atlanta music. In the wake of the release of their second LP last year, the foursome is undergoing a bit of a re-thinking before heading into more shows (the first […]
We've all known about Butch Walker for what seems like (and could be) decades now, so it seems shocking that it has taken this long for his national television debut to finally happen. Butch will be appearing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on February 3 to perform his new single "Here Comes The…" featuring another […]
On February 4 Rialto Center for the Arts will be hosting an Artist Resource Fair for those involved with any part of the arts community to come and get advice, network and hopefully learn something new. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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