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. […]

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, […]