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 of the ‘70s and ‘80s – think the Eagles and the smart, whiskey-voiced lyrics of Tom Petty and Bob Seger. With Nick on guitar and Kris on cajon, Sundy Best takes that sound, modernizes it in their own unique way by borrowing hints of country and bluegrass, to make it personal. Offstage, the pair are lifelong friends, college athletes and dog-lovers; onstage the musical duo delivers something wholly fresh and original, blending their best influences with personal music histories.
General admission tickets are $10 in advance, $14 at the door. Table seats are $12.50 and must be purchased in multiples of 4. Online and phone sales close at 5pm day of show. Doors open at 6pm.
Colony House w/ Knox Hamilton and Special Guests at The EARL
It’s not surprising that Colony House has struck a resonant chord with listeners. The threesome maintains a balance of craft and immediacy that reflects its affinity for the sound of such alt-rock outfits as Interpol and The Killers, while echoing the influence of such alternative icons as U2 and New Order. They’ve assimilated their multiple influences in a manner that’s wholly distinctive, adding tight harmonies, strong instrumental chops and a keen melodic sensibility that’s all their own.
X Ambassadors w/ Jamie N Commons and Arkells at Vinyl
Brooklyn-based alt-rock ensemble X Ambassadors make passionate, dark, and literate music that mixes acoustic, electric, and electronic sounds. Originally, the band formed while singer/songwriter Sam Harris, his keyboardist brother Casey Harris, and childhood friend guitarist Noah Feldsuh were in college. However, X Ambassadors officially solidified around 2010 after the three moved to New York City, where they met drummer Adam Levin. They released their debut EP, Love Songs Drug Songs, in 2012.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 day of show. Doors open at 8pm.
Heavenly Beat w/ Axxa/Abraxas at 529
Axxa/Abraxas is the music and art project of Ben Asbury, a 23 year old from outside Atlanta, GA. His experiences as a record collector and music obsessive from a very young age (“I got into punk in the third grade”) are easily evident in his debut release. Going full circle from being introduced to 60′s pop as a kid, through his foray into punk rock at an early age, into post-rock and Elephant Six indie, right back into 60′s Psychedelia, Ben has honed his influences (Neil Young, Television Personalities, ‘Elevators, The ‘Dead, Olivia Tremor Control) into a cohesive blend to adapt his own take on psych-influenced art-pop.
Tickets are $8. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 6pm on the day of the show. Doors open at 9pm.
Lindsay Jarman at Eddie’s Attic
General admission tickets are $12 in advance, $16 at the door. Table seats are $15 each and must be purchased in multiples of 4. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 5pm on the day of the show.
Saturday, October 18th
Kristy Lee with Special Guest Kristin Diable at Eddies’ Attic
Benjamin Booker w/ Blank Range at Vinyl
Benjamin Booker is a young New Orleans based singer-songwriter. He is influenced by The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. Rex. Blank Range is an American rock & roll band living in Nashville, TN. With nods to great things present & past, Blank Range stand tall as a unit and collapse wildly together in song and onstage.
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tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 6pm on the day of the show. Doors open at 7pm.
Whores w/ Special Guests at The EARL
Formed in Spring 2010, Atlanta, GA noise merchants WHORES (Christian Lembach – Vocals/Guitar, Jake Shultz – Bass, Travis Owen – drums) have quickly become infamous thanks to their crushing live shows and no-holds-barred punk rock attitude. The band signed with Brutal Panda Records in 2011 to unleash their ferocious debut, Ruiner, which went on to receive numerous accolades throughout the heavy and indie music scenes. After numerous tours and shows across the US with the likes of Torche, Kylesa, Fight Amp, The Atlas Moth, Zozobra and many others, WHORES return with their sophomore release Clean.
Tickets are $10. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 6pm on the day of the show. Doors open at 9pm.
Boyce Avenue at The Tabernacle
Boyce Avenue is a Puerto Rican American rock band formed in Sarasota, Florida by Alejandro Luis Manzano and his brothers Daniel Enrique Manzano and Fabian Rafael Manzano. The band is named after a combination of two streets the brothers lived on as children. As of August 9, 2011, they have started their own independent record label called 3 Peace Records. Boyce Avenue releases original music as well as covers of popular and classic songs on YouTube.
Tickets are $34. Doors open at 6:30pm.
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Sunday, October 19th
Dr. Ralph Stanley at Eddie’s Attic
Warpaint at Variety Playhouse
The most important element of Warpaint’s second, self-titled album is space. The hauntingly lovely sounds that comprise its 12 songs are punctuated by a distinct absence of sound, one that elevates the band’s music to a new place of depth and emotional poignancy. For the Los Angeles rock band crafting a second album offered an opportunity to expand the ethereal, hypnotic songs on their 2010 debut The Fool and to mirror their extensive live experience on a recording while allowing for the inclusion of more room.
Tickets are $24.50.
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