We were pretty bummed that Janelle Monae didn't win the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance (it went to Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am for "Be OK." Pah), but Atlanta was well represented among the Grammy winners last night: Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from Continuum (Columbia) Country Performance By A Duo Or Group […]
The Morning Benders Bring Sunny Cali-Pop Back to a Wintry Atlanta By Alexandra Edwards The last time the Morning Benders came through town, it was a balmy October and they were the first band of the night, playing in support of Ra Ra Riot. Since then, the four-piece from Berkeley, Calif. has toured the country, had […]
Merge has always been so cool. Now that they've been around for 20 years, their status as super-awesome indie label has been solidified. And to celebrate this birthday, the label is offering up lots of goodies. First up was a subscription service for the whole year, which has actually closed now (last chance to sign up was in mid-January) and is […]
Janelle Monae – New Music – More Music Videos Blimey, where did the first month of the year go? It's already time for the Grammys, which take place this Sunday. Atlanta is well represented, as are a fair few other hip indie artists, like MIA and Hot Chip, who we are keeping our fingers crossed […]
Just in case you haven't heard, HBO's singing New Zealand sensations Flight of the Conchords will be at The Fabulous Fox Theatre on April 11. The whole American tour is being put on by Live Nation, which means you have to buy tickets through the company's website, www.livenation.com, or go directly to the Fox and buy […]
On behalf of AMG, I apologize this wasn’t written in a timely manner. But it took a team of six CIA translators to decode my notes taken from this event. All is written to the best of my ability. Scouts honor… As of high noon, January 20th, George W. Bush is unemployed. It’s […]
This might have just been an excuse for me to look up Journey videos (specifically, "Don't Stop Believing"), but regardless, I think people wanted to know that tickets are now on sale for the Journey/Guns 'N Roses/Poison Tribute band, playing at Andrews Upstairs on February 6 (that's this Friday, y'all!). Get your tickets here. Also […]
Consummate weirdos (or, experimental rock band) Sleepytime Gorilla Museum will be performing (in whatever way, shape or form they choose) at The EARL on April 25. If you go, be prepared for anything from scholarly presentations to puppet shows, as the band is notoriously unpredictable and avant-garde. Get your tickets here.
The Coathangers are starting up a weekly residency at The Star Bar for the whole of February. The band will be playing every Wednesday starting tonight, when they'll be playing with The Customer and Baby Dinosaurs vs. Extinction.
Pierce PettisThat Kind of LoveCompass Records by Al Kaufman Pierce Pettis came out of that '80s folk movement that brought us the likes of Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman and Bill Morrissey. Like the three aforementioned songwriters, Pettis does not waste his time navel gazing or spouting platitudes. He writes honest little stories and slices of […]
Yup, it's true. The tough times are hitting everyone obviously, not least large music festivals like Langerado. The festival announced today that it was canceling it's 2009 Miami event due to sluggish ticket sales, which of course also means that our contest to win tickets has been cancelled. Tickets will all be refunded in the […]
You don't have to wait until next week to get your fix of Lily Allen's new record. MySpace is streaming the record, It's Not Me, It's You, on Lily Allen's MySpace page. The album will be on sale next week on February 10, and her single "The Fear" has already been making waves here and abroad. Lily will tour the U.S. with the record in […]
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 […]
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