AMG’s Top 30 Albums of 2012: The Top 10

List by Chandler Mays The year is at its end. The holiday rush is over and everyone is gearing up for the New Year. It’s time to take one long exhale as we reflect on the wonderful music this year has brought us. We’ve already counted down 30 through 11, and now it is time […]

AMG Weekend Picks! Zac Brown Band, Mastadon, Black Lips, and More!

Did you get your Mother’s Day present yet? To all the moms out there, let me be the first to tell you that YOU ROCK! Moms have the hardest job on the planet, and deserve some loving this weekend (and all days!). Here are some suggestions with what to do with your beautiful weekend! Friday, […]

CD Review: Beach House – Bloom, Released May 15

Beach House Bloom Subpop Records By Ellen Eldridge If ever a time to use the overused word ethereal, the latest Beach House release, Bloom, is that time. The overall sentiment starts with the line, “Drifting in and out” on “Myth,” and the backward catalog of song lyrics further shows an unbalance among elements of the […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Tears for Fears, Oryx and Crake, Who’s Bad, Billy Idol and More

AMG Weekend Picks: Tears for Fears, Oryx and Crake, Who’s Bad, Billy Idol and More

Looks like the temperatures are coming down just a tiny bit, which means this weekend will be much more bearable and you should be getting out to even more shows now that there’s less fear of melting into the pavement. So we’ve got a nice little selection of outdoor gigs, as well as some great […]

Bits and Bobs: Vonnegutt, Big Boi, Beach House, Eels, Goat Farm

Bits and Bobs: Vonnegutt, Big Boi, Beach House, Eels, Goat Farm

– Local rap-rockers (it’s not as bad as it sounds, really) Vonnegutt are planning on re-releasing their EP, The Appetizer, again on Big Boi’s Purple Ribbon label, but this time with Manchester Orchestra’s Favorite Gentlemen label on board too. The lads have been making themselves known recently, with their “Follow Us” collaboration for Big Boi’s […]

Bits & Bobs: Cee-Lo Green, Steel Train, Elijah Wood, Spiderman and More!

Bits & Bobs: Cee-Lo Green, Steel Train, Elijah Wood, Spiderman and More!

– Ohmpark has treated us all to a lovely summer mixtape, with some Here We Go Magic, Of Montreal, Beach House and more. – We’ve been hearing a lot about the Cee-Lo Green cover of Band of Horses‘ “No One’s Gonna Love You,” but seeing as the video is supposedly very NSFW (nudity!), we’ve been […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Beach House, Washed Out @ The EARL, April 29

Review by Jhoni Jackson; photos by Matt Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) It wasn’t just the rarity of a smoke-free show that displaced Thursday night at the EARL from regularity. Two of indie’s most hyped acts – Washed Out and Beach House – caused a dreamy transformation. Pom-poms were strung in abundant rows along the ceiling and exaggerated […]