What’s Up Wednesday 10/1

Check out the concerts happening in Atlanta tonight: Lera Lynn w/ Dylan LeBlanc at Vinyl Born in Houston, Texas, Nashville-based, Georgia-bred singer-songwriter, Lera Lynn’s music may be hard to categorize, but that is likely why she appeals to so many. “There are definitely aspects of earlier country in there, rockabilly and Western swing, music of the Patsy Cline […]

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Show Preview: Lera Lynn at Vinyl on 10/1

Texas-born, Georgia-bred, and Nashville-based Lera Lynn’s music isn’t easy to categorize, and that’s what we like about her. Her newly released album, The Avenues, is strewn with folk beats, a bit of an old-school country twang, and Lynn’s hauntingly beautiful voice. American Songwriter has described her music as “dark and dreamy, like some open-ended expanse of […]

What’s Up Thursday? September 12

Lera Lynn with Special Guest, Marshall Ruffin @ Eddie’s Attic Nashville-based, Georgia-bred singer-songwriter, Lera Lynn is fresh off the release of her sophomore record, The Avenues. If you enjoy a healthy blend of country, pop, and top-notch song writing then this is for you! Doors are at 6:30 PM. TIX are $10 in advance, $14 […]

Preview: The Big Bang Ball, Saturday, June 23 at The Goat Farm

By Gini Strobel When most of us think about carnivals and circuses, cheesy clowns and lion tamers come to mind.  While the major circus companies have taken on more of a Disney-like spin, there are a few groups trying to recreate the original sideshow style, dust bowl, carnival attractions.  Circuses were created hundreds of years […]

5 GB With Lera Lynn & Seven Handle Circus: Playing An AMG Presents At Buckhead Theater

  Come one, come all! Atlanta Music Guide and Bowe Inc. present Seven Handle Circus and Lera Lynn tonight at The Buckhead Theater! The bands chatted with us as part of our 5 GB series before their show. What is the the first gig you ever went to? SHC:  My Sister’s 4- year old violin […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Face to Face, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Panic at the Disco and More!

We’re getting ready to head on into the lovely long Memorial Day weekend, which means summer is here! Yes, we know you thought that was when the heat hit the 90s. Or when your muscly neighbor started jogging without a shirt in the evenings. Now, if you want to get super-technical, the first day of […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Roger Waters, Grinderman, The Posies, Junip and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Roger Waters, Grinderman, The Posies, Junip and More!

Can you feel it folks? Fall is properly in the air. We have leaves changing color and everything – and it’s not just from the lack of water. It’s the perfect crispy cool weather for taking in some great rock shows. Whether you want aging legends, need-to-know newbies or locals with their foot firmly in […]

Bits and Bobs: The Coathangers, The Selmanaires, Little Tybee, Lera Lynn and More

Bits and Bobs: The Coathangers, The Selmanaires, Little Tybee, Lera Lynn and More

– The Coathangers celebrate their “Live at The EARL” 7-inch, where else, at the EARL on November 26, with support from All Night Drug Prowling Wolves and Wolves and Jackals. – The Selmanaires are one member less, at least for a while, as bassist Tommy Chung is moving to New York. He played his last […]

Live Review: Miniature Tigers, Young Orchids, Lera Lynn at Star Bar, August 20

Live Review: Miniature Tigers, Young Orchids, Lera Lynn at Star Bar, August 20

By David Courtright; photo by Sam Parvin On a line-up of very disparate but talented performers, Athens’s Lera Lynn and Atlanta’s own Young Orchids joined Phoenix’s Miniature Tigers at the Star Community Bar last Friday. It was pouring outside, the water in the street sluicing toward the meeting of the five points, but the crowd […]

AMG Weekend Picks: The Whiskey Gentry, Jack Johnson, Scissor Sisters, Donna Summer and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: The Whiskey Gentry, Jack Johnson, Scissor Sisters, Donna Summer and More!

Wow, this weekend is going to be a big one. Fancy pants charity functions, camp and glorious glam rock ‘n’ roll, bizarre-o comedy, a disco diva and more. Basically something for everyone. And of course we have our usual round up of on-sales. Here’s what you have to choose from: