99X Back On The Air Tomorrow Morning At 9.09 a.m.

99X Back On The Air Tomorrow Morning At 9.09 a.m.

Reports are coming in via various tweets (including one from 99X itself) that local Atlanta rock station 99X will be back on the air after over a year of being only available through the web or HD. It'll be now be on 97.9 FM. More updates will be posted here as they come available to […]

Big Trouble In Little Five Points Tonight With Hollyweerd

Big Trouble In Little Five Points Tonight With Hollyweerd

Tonight is Big Trouble in Little Five Points, put on by the radical Pop Death Squad. The (FREE!!) show will be featuring Hollyweerd and Jessica Tonder, two amazingly talented acts that are topping the best of Atlanta right now. So get down to Star Bar and have a rockin' good time.

CD Review: The Coathangers — Scramble

CD Review: The Coathangers — Scramble

The Coathangers Scramble Suicide Squeeze Records By Samantha A. Parvin The Atlanta all-female quartet, The Coathangers, presents their latest and second full-length album Scramble with great enthusiasm. Their style showcases several characteristics of African and early American roots music (and ultimately blues, rhythm and blues, pop, hip-hop and rap genres), such as call-and-response, syncopated rhythms, […]

Harlem Shakes Join Passion Pit @ Drunken Unicorn June 6 – New Video From Williamsburg Hall Of Music

Harlem Shakes Join Passion Pit @ Drunken Unicorn June 6 – New Video From Williamsburg Hall Of Music

Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game – Live from the MHofWB! from The Bowery Presents: Media on Vimeo. Harlem Shakes have just released a new live video for "Strictly Game" from their show at Williamsburg Hall of Music on March 26. We thought it would be a good idea to pop it up here to give […]

MAYOR OF PONCE: Rock & Other Four Letter Words

MAYOR OF PONCE: Rock & Other Four Letter Words

Stuff I think about, but not thoroughly… ·         I was driving through Mobile, Alabama the other day and saw a flier for a hip hop group called “Mobil-anaires”. That’s pretty awesome. Right off the bat and they're already more interesting than the dreadfully boring Selmanaires.   ·         Why does Janelle Monae always look so surprised […]

Record Store Day at Decatur CD, April 18 – We’ll Be Giving Away Tickets!

Record Store Day at Decatur CD, April 18 – We’ll Be Giving Away Tickets!

We'll be at Decatur CD for Record Store Day, giving away tickets, watching bands, drinking beer, celebrating the awesomeness of the local, independent music store. We're in the final stages of planning, so will have more info for you shortly – watch this space!

CD Review: Pomegranates — Everybody, Come Outside!

CD Review: Pomegranates — Everybody, Come Outside!

PomegranatesEverybody Come OutsideLujo Records By Al Kaufman The Pomegranates, from Cincinnati, have that same indie-pop exuberance that caused the media to fawn all over Clap Your Hands Say Yeah a few years back. Much like Clap Your Hands, Pomegranates clearly draw heavily upon their early Talking Heads and New Order albums. Everybody, Come Outside! is […]

Record Store Day at Criminal Records, April 18

Record Store Day at Criminal Records, April 18

Record Store Day is fast approaching, and we're getting reports in for how our own local indie record stores will be celebrating. Little Five Points' Criminal Records will be hosting a slew of bands throughout the day, and of course will be having a huge sale, competitions and special Record-Store-Day-Only releases up for grabs. Anyone […]

Show Preview: Magnapop w/Tommy Keene @ The EARL, April 27

Show Preview: Magnapop w/Tommy Keene @ The EARL, April 27

By Scott Roberts I met with vocalist Linda Hopper and guitarist Ruthie Morris at The Star Bar for a sound check that never happened – typical scheduling confusion. And though one of us was disappointed about the cancelled couple of songs, the ebullient, open, and warm Atlanta-based rockers, who have been making music together in […]

2009 BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase – Featuring Nas, Novel, Trey Songz & More!

2009 BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase – Featuring Nas, Novel, Trey Songz & More!

BMI is hosting an Unsigned Urban Showcase on April 23 at Atlanta club Esso. The showcase will feature performances by Novel, Trey Songz and others, including Nas. There's a very limited amount of advance tickets up for sale, so be sure to buy them quickly here.

CD Review: Dan Deacon — Bromst

CD Review: Dan Deacon — Bromst

Dan DeaconBromstCarpark Records By Ben Grad It's hard to see Dan Deacon's newest album, Bromst, as anything more than a collection of excellent (but similar) songs. By track four of Bromst, “Snookered,” Dan Deacon has established the pattern he'll use throughout the album: about a minute of minimalist noise buildup (in “Snookered,” a jumble of […]

Atlanta Film Festival Guests Include Eddie Vedder, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin & More

Atlanta Film Festival Guests Include Eddie Vedder, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin & More

We have a confirmed list of all the guests who will be at the Atlanta Film Festival's Opening Night Gala on April 16 at Rialto Center for the Arts. Confirmed guests (pictured above) include Eddie Vedder (musician, Pearl Jam), Josh Brolin (W., No Country for Old Men), Chris Moore ("Project Greenlight," producer of Good Will […]