AMG Weekend Picks: Widespread Panic, Snowden, Aimee Mann, Pavement and More!

AMG Weekend Picks: Widespread Panic, Snowden, Aimee Mann, Pavement and More!

Finally fall has arrived! Well, alright, only officially. It’s still baking hot. But this weekend should be more bearable, and what better way to celebrate the removal of the horrific heat than outdoor concerts, arts and food festivals, and a couple of indoor gigs too. And there are quite a few great on-sales coming up […]

Q&A with Debutaunts; Playing Vinyl, August 13

Q&A with Debutaunts; Playing Vinyl, August 13

By Alec Wooden It’s hard for band’s to stand out these days – no one knows that better than bands themselves. Atlanta-via-Gainesville indie-pop quartet Debutaunts is no exception; respecting the challenges ahead of them to break out but feeling more at home than ever with a new city, a new record (Why Can’t We Have […]

Bits and Bobs: Sleigh Bells, The Selmanaires, Robyn, Sound Table, Carrie Underwood

– It was a pretty rock ‘n’ roll weekend, with The EARL’s 11th anniversary and Ringo Starr on music fans’ to-rock lists, but Saturday night found us at the CW Midtown Music Complex, where Rooney played upstairs and a pretty darn loud Sleigh Bells played to a sold-out crowd down in Vinyl. There was definitely […]

AMG Weekend Picks: EARL 11th Anniversary, Ringo Starr, Sleigh Bells, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

AMG Weekend Picks: EARL 11th Anniversary, Ringo Starr, Sleigh Bells, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

It’s a weekend of celebrations that we have coming up for you. The EARL will be lighting 11 candles on the proverbial rock ‘n’ roll cake, Ringo Starr is probably still celebrating turning 70, Vinyl are heralding the arrival of the Next Big Thing with Sleigh Bells, and Rooney are on their first tour as […]

CD Review: JK & The Lost Boys –- Street Lights & Avenues EP; Playing Vinyl, July 29

CD Review: JK & The Lost Boys –- Street Lights & Avenues EP; Playing Vinyl, July 29

JK & The Lost Boys Street Lights & Avenues EP Self-Released Remember Blues Travelers from the mid-’90s? Well, if that group had died, their reincarnation would be JK & The Lost Boys. Some mellow jam sessions, catchy hooks and clever lyrics have all be bunched in together in the band’s EP Street Lights & Avenues. […]

Bits and Bobs: Big Boi, The Fat Boy Chronicles, Gary Numan, Dragonette, MIA

Bits and Bobs: Big Boi, The Fat Boy Chronicles, Gary Numan, Dragonette, MIA

– Big Boi has the whole of his upcoming record, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (out July 6) streaming on his MySpace. – The Fat Boy Chronicles has its Atlanta premiere tonight at The Plaza Theatre. The movie is sold out, but there will be a few tickets available for the […]

Shotgun Lover Brings the Rock ‘n’ Roll to Vinyl with Joshua Fletcher and the Six Shot Romance

Shotgun Lover Brings the Rock ‘n’ Roll to Vinyl with Joshua Fletcher and the Six Shot Romance

Nashville will be depositing some serious rock ‘n’ roll in Atlanta on July 2 in the form of Shotgun Lover. Fast, sharp and ballsy with a dash of grit thrown in there, Shotgun Lover are definitely going to please the crowds at Vinyl, where they will be sharing the stage with Joshua Fletcher and the […]

Q&A with Greg Laswell; Playing Vinyl, June 1

Q&A with Greg Laswell; Playing Vinyl, June 1

By Alec Wooden Sad songs aren’t for everyone. Some musicians don’t like to write them; some find they simply can’t. Greg Laswell doesn’t fit either description. Laswell, a West Coast-born multi-instrumentalist now based in New York, thrives on them, producing ever-pleasant piano/guitar pop-rock from often dark origins (by the way, don’t make “sad” synonymous with […]

Sleigh Bells Scheduled to Slay at Vinyl on July 10 – Tickets On Sale Friday, May 21

Sleigh Bells Scheduled to Slay at Vinyl on July 10 – Tickets On Sale Friday, May 21

Super-buzzed electro-dancepop duo Sleigh Bells are scheduled to perform at Vinyl on Saturday, July 10. Tickets officially go on sale Friday, May 21 at ticketalternative.com. Sleigh Bells released their highly anticipated debut LP Treats last week, receiving rave reviews by music critics including Pitchfork, NPR and Paste Magazine. Sleigh Bells Saturday, July 10 at Vinyl 1374 West Peachtree Street […]

Civil Twilight and Paper Tongues at Vinyl – May 19

Civil Twilight and Paper Tongues at Vinyl – May 19

South African rock trio Civil Twilight and rock/funk/electric seven-piece band Paper Tongues takeover Vinyl on Wednesday, May 19. Civil Twilight, who has been getting some major loving from Atlanta’s 99X, recently recorded a LIVE X session and has a consistently growing fanbase all across Georgia. Heavily influenced by some of the world’s biggest bands – including U2, […]

Elevation, The Goodfight and The Less to Play Charity: Water Benefit @ Vinyl, April 9

Elevation, The Goodfight and The Less to Play Charity: Water Benefit @ Vinyl, April 9

Unshaken – charity: water’s campaign for Haiti from charity: water on Vimeo. We always love rocking out for a good cause. If you do too, then look no further than Vinyl on April 9, when Elevation will be joined by The Goodfight and The Less for a gig raising money for the fantastic Charity: Water […]

Mitchell Davis Moves Show From Vinyl to The Loft

YouTube wunderkind Mitchell Davis‘ April 7 Atlanta show has been selling like crazy. So the folks at the CW Midtown Music Complex have moved it upstairs to The Loft. All tickets will still be honored, and you can still buy them from Ticket Alternative.