AMG Weekend Picks: Little 5 Fest, CounterPoint, The Urban Hoedown, Animal Collective and More!

The weekend is almost here and we’re happily immersed in Fall Festival Season! From the Urban Hoedown, to CounterPoint, and Little Five Fest, we are beyond excited to check out all of the awesome bands and genres this weekend! The venues are also packed with great artists too, so no excuses! Get out and enjoy […]

Little 5 Fest Lineup Released

The awesome Little 5 Fest Lineup is listed in this image or be sure to visit littlefivefestatlanta.com for the schedule and venues. If you purchase(d) advance tickets you can pick up your festival wristband starting at 12PM this Saturday, September 29th, at Criminal Records. The first 250 people at Criminal Records on Saturday can grab […]

Connor Christian & Southern Gothic @ Peachtree Tavern Friday, October 5th! Guitar Giveaway!

Connor Christian & Southern Gothic are a perfect blend of Southern Rock and Country, but with a Pop hook. Their music draws on influences ranging from Ryan Adams, G. Love, and Counting Crows to The Band and Tumbleweed Connection-era Elton John. With their latest album, New Hometown (Part 1), the band crafts their songs from […]

What’s Up Monday?

Still recovering from Music Midtown? We are too, hence the late blog today! Tonight is a little slower than normal and that’s okay by us! Here’s our Monday picks! Tonight at Smith’s Olde Bar, The Wallflowers. Most well-known for their 90’s hits like One Headlight, they just released a new album, Glad All Over. Unfortunately, […]

Album Review, Self-Titled, Bisoux, Playing September 19th @ Drunken Unicorn

By Chandler Mays Bisoux is a brand new band out of Atlanta, and their first self-titled EP packs quite the punch. Part 90’s alt-rock, part garage rock, part punk, and part pop, this six-song production is a rambunctious endeavor filled with rug-cutting drumbeats, catchy guitar hooks, rollicking basslines, and the delightfully sardonic musings of lead […]

Film Review: Hotlanta, The Great Lost Rock Festival, Screening @ The Plaza Theatre, September 17th

By Gini Strobel The Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, Byron, GA 1970 A couple of weeks ago I posted an article about the 1970 Georgia Rock Festival Commemoration & the long-awaited preview of the feature-length documentary film by Director Steve Rash and produced by Atlanta’s own Alex Cooley. Well, last night I received the opportunity […]

The Dollyrots, Selt-Titled Album Review, Releases Tuesday, September 18th

Review by Molly Segers Amanda Palmer isn’t the only one putting out records with the help of loyal fans on Kickstarter.com . The Dollyrots set out last year to raise just $7,500 to record their latest self-titled record and wound up raising over $33,000 thanks to the promise of pet rocks, cookies, clothes, musical instruments, […]

AMG Weekend Picks: Life in Color, Atlanta BAR-B-Q Festival, East Atlanta Strut, Love & Theft, plus more!

Atlanta is certainly cranking out fun concerts and festivals over the next few weeks! Every time I open my computer I’m hearing about a new band coming to Atlanta and this weekend we’re just getting a taste! We want in on the action, so tweet us your weekend highlights and pics @Atlantamusic ! Friday, September […]