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 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 […]

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 […]

Shaky Knees 2019 Day Two 05/04/19

Saturday   It’s Saturday y’all! Day 2 of the festival is there and the weekend is officially in full swing! It’s probably gonna rain today but Shaky Knees just gave you 24 reasons to get out and have a good time and see some live music. Bring a poncho and let’s go!   Songs for […]

ICYMI: Shaky Knees Adds Additional Artists to Lineup…

And they’re awesome! Slowdive, Deer Tick, LANY, Craig Finn (of The Hold Steady) and The Japanese House have been added to the lineup for this year’s Shaky Knees festival.  The fourth annual event returns in 2016 with performances from Florence + The Machine, My Morning Jacket, Jane’s Addiction (performing Ritual de lo Habitual), At The […]

Live Review: Shaky Knees Festival 2015

Ah, Shaky Knees. The third annual Shaky Knees Festival was this past weekend at Central Park, which was once the site of Music Midtown back in its original era. This weekend was one of those rare Atlanta festival weekends in which no rain was had and the sun was shining the whole time. So even […]

Event Preview: Milky Chance @ Center Stage Shaky Knees Fest Late Night

As if the Shaky Knees Festival lineup wasn’t awesome enough, German indie-pop duo, Milky Chance, announces an encore performance at Center Stage for the Shaky Knees Late Night Fest on Saturday, May 9. The international sensation added the venue to their already stacked North American tour schedule, whose 39 dates sold out immediately and includes appearances […]