Quiz: Which Atlanta Music Festival Are You?
As the summer heats up, Music Festival Season is winding down until the fall-but that doesn’t mean the festival fun has to stop! Take this quiz to find out which Atlanta Music Festival you are.
Throw Back Thursday: Interview with Flogging Molly- February 2013
This interview was originally published in February 2013. Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly has always defied categorization. The infectious originality of their songs is a badge of honor and key to the band’s creativity, their urgency. They infuse punk rock with Celtic instruments—violin, mandolin and the accordion—and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars […]
Festival Season Hangover? We’ve Got Your Cure
image source: thetravelramble.co.uk ————————— Are you rockin’ body paint to work under your corporate clothes? Does your arm reek of the odors of tattered, months-old festival wristbands? Do you find yourself sporting an authentic Native American headdress to the grocery store? Have you been hippie dancing & hooping in your backyard while your speakers blare your favorite concerts? ————————— If […]
New Music Tuesday 7/8
10th Letter – Corpus Animus (self-released) Jeremi Johnson, the man behind 10th Letter, is an Atlanta-based artist, performer, producer and graphic designer. Johnson states that, “the music he creates is meant to be a transportive piece that could give you an outer body experience, all while making your head nod uncontrollably.” Get all the details on […]
Throw Back Thursday: 15 Questions With Andy Hull From Manchester Orchestra from 2011
This interview was originally published in May 2011. Atlanta’s own Manchester Orchestra has done it again. The band’s sophomore album, Mean Everything to Nothing, was hailed as a masterpiece, meaning that there were a lot of expectations built up around the band’s next effort. They surpassed those expectations with their new album Simple Math. Released on May 10, Simple […]
10 Covers That Are Better Than The Original
It’s not everyday you hear a cover of a song that’s better than (or even as good as) its original. It’s hard to believe someone could sing a Dolly Parton song better than Dolly herself. Most artists write and perform songs that best suit their style and voice, but every once in a while an […]
New Music Tuesday 7/1
Bad Suns – Language & Perspective (Vagrant) The Bad Suns are a Los Angeles based four piece band that has recently earned momentum with their song “Cardiac Arrest.” The song has been climbing the charts and earned a stable place among Top 20 lists on alternative radio stations nationwide. While they won’t be visiting Atlanta anytime […]
Photobook: Little Tybee & New Madrid
Photos by Erika Childers
July 4th LIVE @ W Atlanta – Buckhead
Celebrate America’s birthday in style at one of Atlanta’s most luxurious hotels! W Atlanta Buckhead, in conjunction with Bowe Inc, presents July 4th Live. DJs, drinks and, of course, a firework spectacular– this 21 and up event will be unlike any of 4th of July bash you’ve ever attended. The evening’s entertainment will feature the musical stylings of the W Worldwide […]
Throw Back Thursday: Q&A with Rooney from 2010
This post was originally published by Alec Wooden on June 29, 2010 On the surface, Los Angeles-based rock band Rooney has had it rough over the last 12 months. They’ve lost a label (Geffen) and a bass player (Matt Winter), all the while cutting a new record for the first time without benefits of mountains of label […]
New Music Tuesday 6/24
Welcome to our newest series, New Music Tuesday, where you can get everything you need to know about new music dropping each week. Today, we’ll be discussing music dropping this week. Mastodon – Once More ‘Round The Sun Once More ‘Round The Sun is the sixth studio album of this metal band. Critics have already been […]
Photobook: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
Photos by Deidra Pinion
Mastodon to Host Listening Party at Planetarium on 6/23
In celebration of their brand new studio album, Once More ‘Round The Sun, metal band Mastodon will host a listening party on June 23rd at the Fernbank Science Center. The album is set to be released the following day, June 24th, by Reprise Records. This super special listening party will take place at the Jim Cherry Memorial […]
Throw Back Thursday: Interview with The Whigs from 2008
This interview was originally posted in January 2008. I first stumbled across The Whigs at a packed show in Athens’ intimate Tasty World bar about five years ago. I was in awe of the frenzied crowd supporting this young band, and my first impression was that “damn, these guys must have a lot of friends […]
Photobook: Andy Grammer w/ Andrew Ripp & Brendan James on 6/18
Photos by Lou Raimondi
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