Manchester Orchestra to headline Big Trouble in L5P @ Star Bar

Manchester Orchestra to headline Big Trouble in L5P @ Star Bar

You gotta love a venue that takes care of its peeps.  That’s exactly Star Bar has been doing with their "Continuing Free Thursdays" shows.  You’re not just getting any old run-of-the-mill-acts either there Jethro…Star Bar is serving up musical goodness! This Thursday’s October 16th shindig is part of the monthly "Big Trouble in Little 5 […]

Blue Flashing Light – The Mayor of Five Points

Blue Flashing Light – The Mayor of Five Points

Blue Flashing Light The Mayor of Five Points (EP)Self Released by Noel Wurst The cover of Blue Flashing Light’s press kit proudly reads “…it won’t be a surprise if you hear the next BFL song in a Honda commercial.” What? The next song I hear, or the next song the band writes? This threw me […]

The Panics — Cruel Guards

The Panics — Cruel Guards

The PanicsCruel GuardsDew Process by Al Kaufman Opening up with a grandiose drum solo from Myles Wootton, Australia’s The Panics leave little doubt that this is not another lo-fi CD that their fans have come to expect. On Cruel Guards, their third CD, the quintet has gone for broke. In an effort to expand beyond […]

Todd Snider — Peace Queer

Todd Snider — Peace Queer

Todd SniderPeace QueerAimless Records by Al Kaufman There’s nothing like a presidential election to get the juices flowing in the arts world. It has single-handedly revitalized Saturday Night Live, it has brought Oliver Stone out of his conspiracy lab to create the presidential bio, W, and now, it has inspired troubadour Todd Snider to release […]

Def Leppard and the Stanley Cup

Def Leppard and the Stanley Cup

Def Leppard’s, Joe Elliott makes a classic blunder! Performing at the Fox Theater in Detroit for a NHL Face-Off Rocks gig, he was handed the famed Stanley Cup. However, when he went to put it back down, he placed it upside-down on the pedestal. Just watch the video below!

Important film opening this weekend!

Important film opening this weekend!

There is a movie out this weekend that you just can’t miss! Call + Response is a compelling "Rockumentary" that exposes the current state of the worldwide slave trade. Some of our favorite artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Moby, Cold War Kids, Imogen Heap, Switchfoot, Talib Kweli, Rocco Deluca and Matisyahu perform in a effort to […]

Guided By Voices founder brings his new band to Atlanta

Guided By Voices founder brings his new band to Atlanta

The man who formed, fronted, and wrote the majority of the material for early 90’s indie-rock sensation Guided By Voices has a new band, and people are paying attention.  Boston Spaceships consists of ROBERT POLLARD (Guided by Voices,) CHRIS SLUSARENKO (Takeovers, Guided By Voices, Svelt, Sprinkler) & JOHN MOEN (Perhapst, Decemberists, Jicks, Elliott Smith, Dharma […]

Cold War Kids – Loyality to Loyality

Cold War Kids – Loyality to Loyality

Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty Downtown Records by Noel Wurst Argh, damn Cold War Kids. With your really interesting backing band, that listeners (or at least I) really would like to hear a little louder but that lead singer Nathan Willett flat out refuses to not shout every line. I wanna hear the band! […]

V/A – Official Music Featured on “Gossip Girl”

V/A – Official Music Featured on “Gossip Girl”

Various Artists Official Music Featured on Gossip Girl Atlantic Records by Noel Wurst The whole TV show soundtrack genre is a tricky one. No one is going to purchase an album of songs from a show that they don’t watch, and I can only assume that a devoted viewer of a program would not only […]

New video from The Cool Kids “Delivery Man”

New video from The Cool Kids “Delivery Man”

Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish of the Cool KIds return with their second video – this one is for the new single Delivery Man.  This is the first release on "Green Label Sound" which has a marketing tie in with Mountain Dew, and will continually select emerging artists and release singles only. Just dont call […]

Everything New for Depeche Mode.  New album, new tour, new label deal.

Everything New for Depeche Mode. New album, new tour, new label deal.

Rejoice Depeche Mode fans!  The Iconic English trio, consideded by many to be THE quintessential electro-pop band will be back in full action very soon. The group is currently in New York working on their twelfth studio album which will begin selling in the U.S. on April 21st – the follow up to their 2005 […]

Rising To the Top means staying busy for Metro Station

Rising To the Top means staying busy for Metro Station

There’s no rest for the weary in the case of Metro Station. The group will perform their electro/pop/rock platinum smash single Shake It along with other material from their self-titled debut album at Masquerade on November 9th – Click for Tickets. Shake It has been a breakthrough hit for the group. The single made it […]

Music Man: Slow Down

Music Man: Slow Down

I listen to a lot of crappy music. Not intentionally of course, it’s just the nature of my job. Doing what I do requires me to sift through the mountains of CDs, MP3s, and Myspace links that I receive on a daily basis. The hope obviously is that I’ll find that one band whose songs […]

Jack’s Mannequin at The Loft October 14th

Jack’s Mannequin at The Loft October 14th

His extremely popular band Something Corporate is on a bit of a break at the moment, but singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Andrew McMahon (a.k.a. Jack’s Mannequin) still has too many ideas in his head waiting to get out. Jack’s Mannequin is Andrew’s side project, and he recently released the infectious, smart, and very personal CD […]

Live Nation on-sales for this weekend

Live Nation on-sales for this weekend

OneRepublic will be appearing at the Tabernacle on Saturday, November 22nd at 7pm for one night only. Special guests appearing with OneRepublic are Augustana, The Spill Canvas and The Hush Sound. Tickets are $29.50. All tickets are for general admission and all ages are welcome. Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 10th at 10AM […]