Shaky Knees has always been the home for amazing up-and-coming bands and The Aces fit that description perfectly. These 4 young musicians have worked hard, toured hard and written some fantastic pop songs that you can hear on their latest record, Under My Influence. Recently they also had the opportunity to work with Portugal. The […]
This last spring, Michigander put out their fantastic new EP, Everything Will be Okay Eventually and then they waited. Over the course of numerous EPs and singles, Jason Singer, principal writer and creator of MIchigander has become known for his cinematic and uplifting writing style and his bittersweet lyrics. He met with us right after […]
On his new album In Plain Sight, Neal Francis offers up a body of work both strangely enchanted and painfully self-aware, unfolding in songs sparked from Greek myths and frenzied dreams and late-night drives in the depths of summer delirium. True to its charmed complexity, the singer/songwriter/pianist’s second full-length came to life over the course […]
The Australian Alt-Rock band The Faim (French for “hunger”) is a band that’s hard to define on first listen. The songs are obviously highly polished, with well written song structure and catchy hooks setting them up to continue the explosive growth they’re already seeing. What’s hard to define are the influences that have been combined […]
A couple months ago while catching up on some of this year’s SxSW highlights, I came across the band A Place To Bury Strangers. The author chose to use them as the main photo for the article, but the description of the band itself left a lot to be desired (writing a review for 30+ […]
David Ryan Harris played Eddie’s Attic less than two months ago, but his sold-out performance went so well, the promoters asked him to return before the end of the year. Harris said he agreed on the spot. “I always have a great time at Eddie’s Attic,” he said. His tour supporting Lightyears is a great […]
A band on the precipice of greatness, The Black Lillies know what it takes to survive the turbulent waters of the music industry. It’s only through trust and a sense of familial camaraderie that the band is able to bid adieu to long time members Tom Pryor and Robert “Bobby Dix” Richards. After playing nearly […]
By Al Kaufman Concrete Blonde’s “Joey” is the type of song that, when it comes on the radio, people stop what they are doing and listen. If there is a group of people, and they happen to have a few beers in them, they try to hit all the high notes. Johnette Napolitano, lead singer […]
This interview was originally published on April 11, 2012. See Kelly McFarling at Eddie’s Attic on December 28, 2014. Homegrown and haunting,Kelly McFarling‘s voice spirals powerfully, and progressively over a bed of oldtimey instrumentation. She is from Atlanta, GA, where she learned to sing in church choirs and baseball stadiums, and learned to write through the stories […]
By Al Kaufman Listening to Black Lillies’ third CD, Runaway Freeway Blues, is akin to transporting oneself through large country roads in Middle America. That’s due in no small part to Cruz Contreras, founder, singer and songwriter of the band. When Contreras’ marriage to Robinella Bailey of funky bluegrass Robinella and the CCstringband dissolved […]
This article was originally published on April 23, 2013. Bobby Yang will be returning to Eddie’s Attic on October 3, 2014. Melding his classical training with years of Colorado mountain woodshedding, Bobby Yang is reinventing the sound of the acoustic violin. His inimitable sound combines the passion of a violin with the dirt of a […]
“I’ve learned to accept and understand that I will probably never fit in, and that’s something I’m okay with.” -AJ Ghent His steel guitar skills are masterful. His voice is irresistible. His band is impeccable. His name is AJ Ghent and his band is the AJ Ghent Band. Formed in 2012, this Atlanta band […]
This interview was originally published in May 2011. Atlanta’s own Manchester Orchestra has done it again. The band’s sophomore album, Mean Everything to Nothing, was hailed as a masterpiece, meaning that there were a lot of expectations built up around the band’s next effort. They surpassed those expectations with their new album Simple Math. Released on May 10, Simple […]
This post was originally published by Alec Wooden on June 29, 2010 On the surface, Los Angeles-based rock band Rooney has had it rough over the last 12 months. They’ve lost a label (Geffen) and a bass player (Matt Winter), all the while cutting a new record for the first time without benefits of mountains of label […]
This interview was originally posted in January 2008. I first stumbled across The Whigs at a packed show in Athens’ intimate Tasty World bar about five years ago. I was in awe of the frenzied crowd supporting this young band, and my first impression was that “damn, these guys must have a lot of friends […]
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