AMG Weekend Picks: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nophest, Big Freedia, Toby Keith, Lightning Bolt, and more!

If you’re a football fan and a music fan like me, then this is our last weekend to fully and entirely devote ourselves to the music scene! College football starts up on Thursday and our weekends are about to get busy! So let’s enjoy this weekend and put off the balancing act for a few […]

Preview: The Big Bang Ball, Saturday, June 23 at The Goat Farm

By Gini Strobel When most of us think about carnivals and circuses, cheesy clowns and lion tamers come to mind.  While the major circus companies have taken on more of a Disney-like spin, there are a few groups trying to recreate the original sideshow style, dust bowl, carnival attractions.  Circuses were created hundreds of years […]

5GB With Reptar; Playing The Goat Farm, May 2nd & The 40 Watt May 4th

  NME Magazine named Athen’s based indie rockers, Reptar, one of the most buzzed about bands this year at SWSX.  Their latest album Body Faucet was just released ( on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/body-faucet/id514323158) and frontman Graham Ulicny  joined us for our 5GB series before their upcoming shows at The Goat Farm & 40 Watt. What’s the first gig you […]

Live Review: Thurston Moore at The Goat Farm, February 8

Thurston Moore By David Courtright; photo by Michael Koenig (full gallery HERE) Thurston Moore may well be the Renaissanciest man in indie rock. Aside from being the songwriter and guitarist for what many consider to be the pivotal band in the evolution of indie rock music, Moore also moonlights as a director, National Geographic channel […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Tandoori Knights, Gringo Star, Lykke Li and More!

Things are a little mellow this weekend, probably with everyone gearing up for the big Turkey Fest coming up next week. But there is still a ton of incredible shows, and a donka-truck-tonnage of tickets going on sale, so you can get some Christmas shopping done too (and pick yourself up something nice while you’re […]