WINNERS!
The winners for The Bridges, Ponderosa and The Four Kicks contest have been selected. The lucky winners are Alex Vernon and Jamie O'Hara. Congratulations and keep an eye out for more contests next week!
Coldplay being sued by rock legend?
Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay, accusing them of plagiarism. In the suit, filed yesterday in Los Angeles federal court, Satriani claims the Coldplay song "Viva La Vida" incorporates "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly" off of his album Is "There Love in Space?" The Coldplay tune is credited […]
Heathen Chemistry New Years Eve Party is Back~!!
Back for the 5th year, Heathen Chemistry is Atlanta's coolest New Year's Eve party. The original alternative to the typical hotel party! Tickets are only $75.00 each and include full top-shelf open bar from 9pm to 2:30am – DJ's upstairs and down. We'll serve our famous late-night breakfast buffet after midnight. Only 350 tickets are […]
Grammy Nominations Revealed.. which Atlantans made the cut?
Last night was the first ever prime time unveiling of the Grammy Awards Nominations. Atlanta rappers are definitely celebrated this year, along with a few country acts, Christian groups and producers and engineers. 4 out of 5 nominees for best rap performance by a duo or group included Atlantans-Outkast, T.I., Ludacris and Young Jeezy. New […]
Atlanta artist featured in Rolling Stone’s HOT LIST 08
Rolling Stone has named Atlanta soul songstress Janelle Monae as one of the hottest things in 2008, earning the title "Hot Sci-Fi Beyonce". Her unique blend of musical genre's and futuristic vibe has people saying that she has staked a claim on the future of R&B music. When asked about this Monae replies "The old […]
Can you Taste the Chaos?
Rockstar Energy Drink has announced the dates and line up for the 5th Annual Taste of Chaos Tour. The 2009 tour will include Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil, and Cancer Bats. The Tour will be coming through Atlanta on Thursday March 19th at The Tabernacle. Ticket pre sale begins Friday December […]
Weezer News!
Weezer has just released the second volume of frontman RIvers Cuomo's home recordings ("Alone II: The Home Recordings"), and while they were pulling the material for that album, it made them start thinking about some of the other stuff they cold pull out of the old music vault for the rest of us to enjoy. […]
EP Review: Michael Tolcher — See You Soon
Michael TolcherSee You SoonA&M/Octone ** by Al Kaufman Although he was born in Virginia, Michael Tolcher is a local boy. He grew up in Lovejoy, went to Georgia Tech, and even performed at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary (where his father served as chaplain). He's a nice guy with a guitar who you really want to […]
Bonnaroo Sets Dates for 2009
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced the dates for the 8th installment of the festival today. Mark your calendars for June 11-14, 2009. Line up annoucement is expected early next year. The festival will be held in its usual spot in Manchester, TN (about an hour southeast of Nashville) The first round of ticket presales […]
New Release Tuesday… Things you might want to check out!
So, today is Tuesday, which means new music hits the shelves… or the itunes store. Whichever way you get your music, here are some of the new releases coming out today. Britney Spears- Circus Will this album be the big "comeback" for Miss Spears? Today marks her 27th birthday as well as the release of […]
Just Announced! Elton John and Billy Joel return to Atlanta.
Elton John and BIlly Joel will return to Atlanta on Saturday March 14, 2009 on their Face 2 Face Tour at Philips Arena. John and Joel are the most successful and longest running concert pairing in pop history, and we can promise this will be a sell out! The pair open the show with a […]
CD Review: Alison Brown Quartet — Evergreen
Alison Brown QuartetEvergreenCompass Records **** by Al Kaufman Every year around this time some of the bigger artists release their Christmas CDs. Then they store them away in January and pull them back out again in November. It creates a guaranteed seller for at least one month out of the year. This year is no […]
Zac Brown Band’s Thanksgiving Playlist
Local rising stars The Zac Brown Band have a "featured playlist" on Myspace Music. The band put together their favorite songs for drinking cider and hanging with family and friends this Thanksgiving. On the playlist, you will find some pretty classic tunes, from Crosby, Stills and Nash, James Taylor, and Jeff Buckley… Worth checking out […]
Music Man–Grumpy Old (music) Man
I go to see four or five different unsigned bands every single week. That doesn't make me cool, it's my job, it's what I do for a living; I go to shows. What makes me cool is that I show up on time for virtually every one of them. Now that I think about it […]
Its Tuesday. You know what that means.
Tuesdays = New Music! This week's new releases range from local rock to cocky rap… to Scott Weiland acting like Gwen Stefani. Here are the noteable releases, that you might want to check out. Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak: A bit more singing than rapping as seen in singles "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless". Many are […]
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