Atlanta bands on Twitter
Here’s a list of all the Atlanta bands and venues we found on Twitter (so far) It wasn’t too long ago we did this when Myspace was blowing up! To get your band added just email us with your Twitter…
Atlanta Concerts, Photography & News Since 2002
Atlanta Concerts, Photography & News Since 2002
Tag Variety Playhouse
Variety Playhouse is a long-running concert venue in Little Five Points.
Vive la France: A Day in the Life of Phoenix
By Eileen Tilson After hearing “Listzomania,” from French band Phoenix’s latest album Wolfgang Amadeus, in the new Cadillac commercial, it is not hard not to realize that this band is poised to be a worldwide success. Selling out shows across…
Live Review: The Fiery Furnaces @ Variety Playhouse, August 21
By Ben Grad Noted experimental rockers The Fiery Furnaces played the Variety Playhouse last week with the most basic of basic set-ups: drums and bass, while Mathew Friedberger lead with guitar and Eleanor Friedberger covered most of the vocal duties.…
Live Review: X at Variety Playhouse, June 13
By Scott Roberts; photos By Sue Volkert Any trepidation I had about seeing a legendary L.A. punk rock band whose members are in their mid-50s (at least!) playing 30-year-old songs was joyfully and powerfully obliterated approximately 10 seconds into the…
Live Review: Cursive, Man Man at Variety Playhouse, May 1
By Julia Reidy Three white animatronic cats perched atop a speaker preceded the five men of Man Man onto the Variety Playhouse stage after they finished their plain-clothes sound check and ventured off to get into costume. The cats would…
Live Review: Ladytron & The Faint SOLD OUT show at Variety Playhouse, April 18
By Stephanie Roman A late-night audience from the Criminal Records' in-store performances this evening spilled out into the streets of Little Five Points to enjoy the cool air and investigate The Faint and Ladytron show. A substantial crowd had gathered outside Variety Playhouse by the…
Richard Blais to Host Cooking Demonstration @ Variety Playhouse, June 27
One of Atlanta's favorite chefs, Richard Blais, is set to give a like cooking demonstration at the Variety Playhouse on June 27 at 3 p.m. The Top Chef finalist (and mind behind the stellar burger boutique FLIP) will be cooking…
Live Review: Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 @ Variety Playhouse, April 7
By Scott Roberts; photos by Sue Volkert From the familiar beginning arpeggiated chords of show opener “I Often Dream of Trains” to the slightly shambolic ending of final encore “Listening to the Higsons” with its familiar sing-along “wo-wo” refrain (and…
Results of Our Campaign for a Ticketing Change
It's all over – our Campaign for a Ticketing Change has counted up all your opinions and the results are in. First of all congratulation to Jackson Takach who won the 8GB iPhone! And on to the results: 92% said…
Listen to Lily Allen’s Whole Album a Week Early
You don't have to wait until next week to get your fix of Lily Allen's new record. MySpace is streaming the record, It's Not Me, It's You, on Lily Allen's MySpace page. The album will be on sale next week on February 10, and her single "The…
Mad fer Ray Davies, Locksley, at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
Ray Davis / LocksleyVariety PlayhouseDec 2nd 2008By Stephanie Roman The chilly December night at Variety Playhouse began with a welcome warm-up from Locksley–the Brooklyn-invasion mod squad who kicked off the evening quite well for their young fans and the Ray Davies crowd. Groovy backbeats and garage-rock…
Fiction Family bringing the new goods to ATL
Fiction Family, a new collaboration which is one part Switchfoot, one part Nickel Creek, is releasing their self titled debut album on January 20th. Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Jon Foreman of Switchfoot will be hitting the road to…
Its Tuesday. You know what that means.
Tuesdays = New Music! This week's new releases range from local rock to cocky rap… to Scott Weiland acting like Gwen Stefani. Here are the noteable releases, that you might want to check out. Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak: A…
Creative Loafing.. Best of 2008
Creative Loafing’s annual Best Of issue is out are there are some interesting winners. Alex Weiss of OK Productions won Best Local Promoter, Janelle Monae won Best Overall Music Act, Variety Playhouse won Best Concert Venue, and Noot D’ Noot…
Don’t Miss The Whigs at Variety Playhouse
Athens trio The Whigs will bring their high energy punk-rock show to Variety Playhouse on September 29. They are touring in support of their new acclaimed album, Mission Control; they will be joined by special guests The Kooks. Find Tickets!…