CD Review: Plants and Animals — La La Land; Playing The EARL, June 5

CD Review: Plants and Animals — La La Land; Playing The EARL, June 5

Plants and Animals La La Land Secret City Records By Chris Homer La La Land, the second album from Montreal trio Plants and Animals, marks a major shift in the band’s sound. While Plants and Animals’ 2008 debut, Parc Avenue, was anchored by quiet folk melodies interspersed with huge choir choruses, blasts of brass horns […]

Get Ready for The Atlanta Mess-Around, April 23-24 at The EARL and 529

Get Ready for The Atlanta Mess-Around, April 23-24 at The EARL and 529

The Atlanta Mess-Around is back with a weekend packed full of musical goodies! Nearly two-dozen bands will grace the stages at the EARL and 529 for the Douchemaster, Rob’s House and Triple D’s hosted annual event on April 23-24. A limited number of two-day passes are still available, which allow entry to both nights at […]

CD Review: Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers — Agridustrial; Playing The EARL May 8

CD Review: Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers — Agridustrial; Playing The EARL May 8

Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers Agridustrial By Eileen Tilson Known for their ability to shake redneck country, punk, and hillbilly blues into a whiskey-infused shot of sin, Nashville-based Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers are back with their release of Agridustrial on their own Colonel Knowledge Records.  The band comes back guns blazing with just a few changes […]

CD Review: Everybody Was In The French Resistance … Now! – Fixin’ the Charts Vol. 1; Playing The EARL May 17

CD Review: Everybody Was In The French Resistance … Now! – Fixin’ the Charts Vol. 1; Playing The EARL May 17

Everybody Was In The French Resistance … Now! Fixin’ the Charts Vol. 1 By Jennifer Gibson Art Brut’s Eddie Argos and his girlfriend Dyan Valdes of The Blood Arm may have made one of the most intellectually-stimulating records in recent memory. Stimulating, that is, for music geeks. For everyone else, it’s just one of the […]

Live Review: GG King, The Fresh & Onlys, King Khan & the Shrines @ The EARL, March 27

Live Review: GG King, The Fresh & Onlys, King Khan & the Shrines @ The EARL, March 27

Written by Jhoni Jackson Locally grown from Carbonas seeds, GG King played their raw, punk-inclined tunes as fast as their sound’s general tempo, cramming in as many songs as possible in the allotted time. The whole gang’s serious looks of concentration dominated their presence – until the drummer started making pig noises before the last […]

James Hall and the Futura Bold CD Release @ The EARL, March 26

James Hall and the Futura Bold CD Release @ The EARL, March 26

The Futura Bold are a three-piece band fronted by former Pleasure Club singer/multi-instrumentalist James Hall, guitarist Chris Piskun and Bruce Butkovich on bass. Part James Brown part Nick Cave, James Hall has logged well over a thousand shows on both sides of the Atlantic during his musical career. The Futura Bold officially formed in 2005 […]

Q&A with Shayde Sartin of The Fresh & Onlys; Playing The EARL, March 27

By Jhoni Jackson The Fresh & Onlys are riding on high in the wake of their latest release, but that’s nothing new. The San Francisco natives have been churning out EPs and LPs at a rate that rivals Heidi Montag’s plastic surgeries. Since forming in 2008, the melody-friendly, fuzz-heavy band has amassed seven official albums, […]