AMG Weekend Picks: Dean Wareham, The Satorialist, Aziz Ansari, The Whiskey Gentry and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Dean Wareham, The Satorialist, Aziz Ansari, The Whiskey Gentry and More!

Is fall here yet? Almost? Well, at least we have some slightly cooler weather so we can chill out with King of Pops and others at the East Atlanta Strut on Saturday. And there is still plenty of indoor entertainment to rock out to in air conditioned heaven – comedy, rock ‘n’ roll, killer dance […]

CD Review: Buke and Gass — Riposte; Playing The EARL, September 27 with Efterklang

CD Review: Buke and Gass — Riposte; Playing The EARL, September 27 with Efterklang

Buke and Gass Riposte Brassland By Giles Turnbull Let’s begin with a crash course history lesson to get up to speed with what brings us here, listening to Buke and Gass, whose very name, at first sight, appears to be taken from unpleasant bodily emanations that you wouldn’t want much of, especially not at the […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Those Darlins, The Avett Brothers, Pixies and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Those Darlins, The Avett Brothers, Pixies and More!

One of the best things about a long weekend is a short week will follow. Which means the weekend will arrive all the sooner. There’s some great stuff for you to choose from in our picks for the weekend – sensitive singer/songwriters, rocking country, Georgia’s best musicians celebrated, legendary indie rockers and more. And there […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Guys & Dolls, Little Brother, The Love Language, Anthony Hamilton and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Guys & Dolls, Little Brother, The Love Language, Anthony Hamilton and More!

Well, summer’s last full month is officially over. And while we actually have a few more weeks left of the season, the feeling of cooler things to come is already in the air. The heat is just a little less oppressive. Kids are back in school. Fall fashions are hitting us over the head. And […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Tears for Fears, Oryx and Crake, Who’s Bad, Billy Idol and More

AMG Weekend Picks: Tears for Fears, Oryx and Crake, Who’s Bad, Billy Idol and More

Looks like the temperatures are coming down just a tiny bit, which means this weekend will be much more bearable and you should be getting out to even more shows now that there’s less fear of melting into the pavement. So we’ve got a nice little selection of outdoor gigs, as well as some great […]

Bits and Bobs: Dead Confederate, Cee-Lo, Klever, Jason Isbell and More

Bits and Bobs: Dead Confederate, Cee-Lo, Klever, Jason Isbell and More

– Dead Confederate are streaming their new album, Sugar, here right now. Check it out and then go see them play their in-store at Criminal Records on Sunday, where you can get the CD and get it signed. – In other awesome Georgia people news, Cee-Lo just released a video for his new song, “F*ck […]

Bits & Bobs: The Ting Tings, Big Boi, John Legend, The Roots, Free Energy

Bits & Bobs: The Ting Tings, Big Boi, John Legend, The Roots, Free Energy

– The Ting Tings have put up a new song, “Hands,” on their Facebook page for all their fans to listen to (you must “like” the band first in order to be able to listen). It’s a bit more moody than their debut, but still oozes fun, just in a more ’80s, Duran Duran kinda […]

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:

Bits & Bobs: Interpol, Garrison Keillor, Miniature Tigers, Trailer Vic’s Beach Party, Sufjan Stevens and More!

– As you may have noticed in our Weekend Picks post, Interpol are bringing moody dark synths and guitars to The Tabernacle on November 1 and Metric will be coming on October 28. – For those who like their twee stories of cold states in America told in a slow, thoughtfully-measured way, Garrison Keillor is […]

CD Review: All Night Prowling Wolves — Make it Right; Playing The EARL, August 21

CD Review: All Night Prowling Wolves — Make it Right; Playing The EARL, August 21

All Night Prowling Wolves Make It Right The Gospel of Rhythm Recordings (Stickfigure) By Eileen Tilson Atlanta’s own All Night Prowling Wolves make it no secret that what you see is exactly what you get. An ’80s throw-back punk rock band, who like fast guitars, PBR and causing chaos. They even entitled themselves after a […]

CD Review: The Love Language — Libraries; Playing The EARL, September 3

CD Review: The Love Language — Libraries; Playing The EARL, September 3

The Love Language Libraries Merge Records By Jim Simpson Following his storage-space recorded lo-fi self-titled debut, The Love Language’s Stuart McLamb opens Libraries (on the indie darling Merge Records label) with a forlorn synth-train whistle that swells into glo-fi high drama on “Pedals,” as if Morrissey had just introduced his talented and less maudlin nephew.

Q&A with Murray Attaway of Bomber City; Playing The EARL with Tiger! Tiger!, August 13

By Scott Roberts During the “golden age” of southern jangle-pop in the 1980s, few bands had the energy, humor, eclecticism, and pure musical chops of Marietta’s (and later, the World’s!) Guadalcanal Diary. After the band broke up near the end of that magical decade, singer/songwriter Murray Attaway enjoyed a respectable solo career, re-formed the band […]

CD Review: Colour Revolt — The Cradle; Playing The EARL, August 20

CD Review: Colour Revolt — The Cradle; Playing The EARL, August 20

Colour Revolt The Cradle New Fear/Dualtone By Al Kaufman For all intents and purposes, Colour Revolt should no longer be a band. In the last year they lost their recording contract with Fat Possum, then lost their guitarist, bass player and drummer. But Jesse Coppenbarger and Sean Kirkpatrick, (both vocalists, guitarists and keyboardists) soldiered on. […]