Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with The Aces

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 […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with Frankie & The Witch Fingers

Frankie and the Witch Fingers from L.A. put on one of the best, and most fun sets of my Shaky Knees festival. We sat down with the band after their set to talk about Monsters Eating People, acid trips in the desert, and their musical inspiration.   Apologies for not being able to identify each […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with Michigander

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 […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with Cloud Nothings

Out supporting their latest record, The Shadow I Remember, we had a chance to speak with Cloud Nothing’s singer and songwriter, Dylan Baldi last Saturday at the Shaky Knees festival here in town. They put on a great show and it was great to chat with him for a few minutes.   Atlanta Music Guide […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with Neal Francis

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 […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with Cults

In the middle of a global pandemic, Cults released Host, their most organic-sounding record to date. In the meantime their song, “Always Forever” started making the band new fans in part because of people sharing their music on TikTok. I sat down with them on Friday afternoon after their excellent set at Shaky Knees to […]

Shaky Knees 2021 – Interview with the Specialists

Specialists are a New York City based funk collective founded by guitarist Will Harden and bassist Mikey Rotunno. The duo has composed works for bands of various sizes, across a multitude of genres. The duo began with a tradition deemed Funky Friday, releasing new music on consecutive Fridays. Their sound comes from a cultivation of […]

STEVIE NICKS, THE STROKES AND RUN THE JEWELS TO HEADLINE SHAKY KNEES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021!

YOU GUYS!!!! FESTIVAL SEASON IS BACK IN ATLANTA!!!! Stevie Nicks, The Strokes and Run The Jewels will headline Shaky Knees Music Festival’s eighth edition, taking place October 22-24, 2021 at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The impressive lineup features more than 60 bands on four stages, including Alice Cooper, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Portugal. The […]