What’s Up Monday?

Well after a music (midtown) filled weekend, it might feel impossible to actually muster up the energy to go out again tonight, but considering this is my last official week in Atlanta, this week’s events seem a little bit more special. Here are some fun things to do tonight. -Nothing beats a hangover cure than […]

Q&A with Curt Kirkwood Of The Meat Puppets; Playing The Earl 9/24

By Eileen Tilson The Meat Puppets are just one of those bands you pledge your allegiance to. With fellow dedicated pledgees like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and countless other iconic bands, you are in very great company. We chatted with the legendary Curt Kirkwood as he was feeding his birds, and the conversation is filled with new […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Secret Chiefs 3, Blondie, Music Midtown and More!

What a weekend! There’s celebrations of the city’s best, new wave heroes, and a few extra-special festivals too. And with the unbearable heat long gone (knock on wood), we can run around the city all day and all night and not worry about melting into the pavement. So go forth and rock out!

What’s Up Monday?

  Happy Music Midtown week! I know you might be saving up all of your energy  for Music Midtown, but this week is filled with great concerts! Here’s a couple of things to kick off your week! -Brooklyn by way of Texas indie electro band, Neon Indian, will be taking over Heaven at the Masquerade. […]

What’s Up Thursday?

As many children who grow up to be music-heads, there was some concert or event, that totally made you who you are. For me, that was The Who. My dad worshiped that band, and thus The Who was my first concert. I was blown away. Fortunately, we live in a city where all of these […]

What’s Up Wednesday?

Happy Hump Day little Atlantians! It’s Wednesday, and I hope your day is filled with more debauchery than a Led Zeppelin afterparty. Here are a couple of things to hopefully get that going. -It’s Indie Songwriter night at The Earl (oxymoron?) with songbirds Allison Weiss, Bess Rogers, Ian Axel, and Allie Moss. -British guitar slayers, Gunslinger […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

Happy Tuesday Everyone! There is something about Tuesdays that I just love, especially as we are entering coat weather. Since is seems to be that Brooklyn has decided to descend upon our city, get out your jean jacket and put your skinniest jeans on as you head out to some of these cool events. –TV […]

What’s Up Monday?

It’s a quiet little day in the city, but here’s a couple of fun things to do just in case you feel like enjoying these last days of summer. -Smith’s Olde Bar presents The Miller Lite Concert Series featuring Blackfoot Gypsies, JP & The Gilberts, Waking the Bates. -French band, Cheveu, will be gracing the stage […]

AMG Weekend Picks: The Beach Boys, Travis Tritt, The Black Lips & More!

It’s football time again! Besides the sea of Red & Black that will now be flooding our city, it is the Falcons kick off game! Fortunately for us Atlantans who can’t fly to watch the Dirty Birds, there are a ton of cool music events happening this weekend, and with this cooler weather happening, there […]

What’s Up Thursday?

Happy Thursday everyone! Hopefully your four day work week has been going by a little bit more quickly. Here are some fun things to keep your night occupied: -All the Super Dope kids will be at The Buckhead Theater for Superschunk who will be kickin it old school with the Conversed, sweater-wearing indie rockers. Supporting […]

5GB With J Roddy Walston & The Business; Playing The Earl, 9/9/11

By Eileen Tilson When I asked “Rod” from J Roddy Walston & The Business why a band like them were not living in Nashville, he proudly declared how moving to Baltimore toughened him up. He is much happier in his semi-inherited home in Virginia where he lives with his wife. “You don’t know how great […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

What’s Up Tuesday?

Hope you are waking up just fine on this “Groovy Tuesday” filled with rain and perhaps the first inkling of fall…Here are some tidbits to nibble on tonight… -Our dear friends at The Earl are kicking major ass tonight with the raunchy punk group Hunx & His Punx, an all female band fronted by a […]

What’s Up Monday?

Happy Labor Day Everyone! Hopefully you all have slept in this morning on this rainy day, and are getting ready for another day off. There are a ton of cool events happening today, here’s a few to check out. -By far the coolest event happening today is the Red Bull Soundclash, featuring Atlanta’s own Ludacris […]

What’s Up Thursday?

What’s Up Thursday?

In honor of the Dragon-conners taking over our precious city this weekend, here are a couple of other fun events that don’t require dressing up as a half-eaten alien. -The Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre will be filled with soccer moms in low cut tops tonight, doing their best shimmy while staring googly-eyed at Train, Maroon 5 […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

What’s Up Tuesday?

Gotta love a little Rolling Stones on a Tuesday; it gives one a little hope that pretty soon this week will end, and the inside of your cubicle will become a far away land… OK, back to your regularly scheduled program. I hope this Tuesday is filled with a little less cafeteria food, and a […]