AMG Weekend Picks 5/15-5/17

Friday May 15 Kopecky @ Vinyl Genre: Indie Rock Sounds Like: Hey Marseilles, Little Green Cars, The Head and the Heart Tickets are $12. Show starts at 9 pm. Find Tickets Here! The Symphony Crack Orchestra @ The Loft Genre: Instrumental Sounds Like: The Mad Violinist, All The Locals Tickets are $15. Doors open at […]

What’s Up This Week 5/11-5/14

Monday May 11 Acid Mothers Temple @ The Earl  Genre: Psychedelic Rock Sounds Like: Comets on Fire, LSD March, Bardo Pond Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show. Doors open at 8:30 pm, show starts at 9:00 pm. Find Tickets Here! Ryley Walker @ 529 Genre: Folk Sounds Like: Steve Gunn, […]

AMG Weekend Picks 4/10-4/12

  Friday, April 10 The Decemberists @ The Tabernacle Genre: Indie, Folk, Rock Sounds like: Band of Horses, The Shins, The Mountain Goats Single tickets are $45.50. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! Dustbowl Revival w/City Hotel @ Vinyl Genre: Americana, Bluegrass, Swing, Gospel Sounds like: Rope, Fox and the Bird, Cowboy and the Indian Tickets are $8 […]

AMG Weekend Picks 3/27-3/29

Friday, March 27 The Shondes, Hailey Wojcik and The Haze @ The Masquerade Genre: Rock Sounds like: Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! The 11th Annual Atlanta Blues Festival @ The Fox Theatre Genre: Blues Sounds like: Shirley Brown, Clarence Carter, Latimer Tickets are $52.50 to $75. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! […]

AMG Weekend Picks 2/13 – 2/15

Friday, Feb. 13 Big Head Todd and the Monsters @ Variety Playhouse Genre: Rock Sounds Like: Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic, Dave Mathews Band Tickets are $30 in advance, $33.50 at the door. Doors open at 7 pm. Find Tickets Here! Theophilus London w/Father, Doja Cat Genre: Soul-pop, Contemporary R&B, New Wave Electro Sounds like: Childish […]

What’s Up Monday 12/29

It’s the last Monday of the year! Spend it the right way by checking out a live show in Atlanta tonight. Charlie Garrett, Hunter Morris, RRest @ 529 Get a free dose of indie, psychedelic rock at 529 in East Atlanta Village tonight! Donations accepted.   Railroad Earth @ Variety Playhouse Railroad Earth is a roots […]

James Vincent McMorrow

Interview w/ James Vincent McMorrow Playing @ Variety Playhouse 11/5

Although Irish singer/songwriter had a late start getting into creating music, you would never be able to tell by the music he creates. His voice and his lyrics sound like those of a soul much older than his actual age – his songs are sure to win you over the same way they have won us […]

Junior Brown

Show Preview: Junior Brown for Amplify Atlanta’s Benefit Concert @ Variety Playhouse 10/24

Amplify Atlanta presents celebrated country crooner and double-neck “guit-steel” guitarist Junior Brown in a special charity concert benefitting Intown Collaborative Ministries — a neighborhood-based non-profit dedicated to preventing homelessness and hunger — on Friday, Oct. 24. Amplify concerts are organized by Poverty Is Real, a Decatur-based 501(c)(3) that puts on concerts to recognize, celebrate, and support […]

What’s Up Tuesday 10/21

There’s a show for every music lover tonight! Keep reading to see which one is the best fit for you! Ben Sollee at Eddie’s Attic Musicians often claim they are “giving themselves” to their listeners, but it’s rarely as true as on Ben Sollee’s fourth album, Half-Made Man, a revealing, deeply moving album that explores a […]

What’s Up Monday 10/20

Hey there Atlanta, don’t let Monday blues get you down! We have some awesome things happening today! Sharon Van Etten with Tiny Ruins at The EARL Most musicians are quite happy to leave the production end of things to someone else. It’s enough to live your music without taking on the role of producer as […]

AMG Weekend Picks 10/17-10/19

With two more weeks until Halloween and fall in full swing, the Atlanta concert offerings surely aren’t decreasing by any means. Check out what’s happening in Atlanta this weekend and ensure you have yet another great music-filled weekend! Friday, October 17th Sundy Best at Eddie’s Attic Sundy Best crafts music that re-imagines timeless classic rock […]

Concerts in Atlanta this Weekend!

Friday, April 4th Red Baraat with Dialect Trio at Smith’s Olde Bar Formed in 2008, Red Baraat is a pioneering eight-piece band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound — a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra rhythms with elements of jazz, go-go, […]

Shovels & Rope @ Variety Playhouse, March 1st

By: Rosie Judd The last couple of years have seen Shovels & Rope explode from one of indie rock’s best kept secrets to one of the break-out acts of last year’s Shaky Knees Festival. The band is used to playing headlining shows in Atlanta, but generally to much smaller audiences at The Earl and The […]

Live Review: Colin Meloy @ Variety Playhouse

By: Emily Jackson  Much like the lyrics of the songs themselves, the performances by Colin Meloy and Eleanor Friedberger last night at the Variety Playhouse told epic tales, complete with villains, heroes, challenges and triumphs. Both musicians are ordinarily the lead singers for more elaborate ensembles, but that didn’t diminish the success of the poetic […]