We’re about 99% sure that anyone who has seen Aziz Ansari, loves Aziz Ansari. Whether it be from the two-season MTV skit comedy show “Human Giant,” from his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation,” or even as Raaaaaaaaandy (yes, that’s eight A’s) his “comedian alter-ego” created for the Adam Sandler/Seth Rogen movie Funny People – nobody […]
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Home” from Edward Sharpe on Vimeo. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, a California-based 10-member tribe of musicians, released their debut full-length Up From Below last summer. Full of LSD-infused spaghetti-western anthems, the album and the band began to receive great attention from bloggers, indie radio stations – and while performing at Coachella this […]
Nerdcore hip-hop artist MC Chris returns to Atlanta this Friday, June 25 at the Drunken Unicorn with MC Lars featuring YTCracker and Math The Band. MC Chris rose to fame while working at Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim as a production assistant, writer and
Save on bug-spray this year and let someone else handle the grill. Atlanta knows how to throw down for America – here are a couple suggestions on how and where to celebrate our nation’s independence. Saturday, July 3 – Blair Crimmins and the Hookers at the EARL Not only will a Blair Crimmins and the […]
Friday, June 18 – Collective Efforts and Vonnegutt at Smith’s Olde Bar Old school ATL hip hop group Collective Efforts traded in the turntables for a full band and added just the right amount of funk and soul to their live performances. It’s possible the CE crew have finally found themselves after nearly a decade […]
Alright all you hipsters – and heck, even you non-hip folks – start getting your power naps in now because Decatur Social Club is returning to Georgia for one night only next Friday, June 25. This time around, it’ll be taking place at a new spot, the oft-loved watering hole now known as The Marlay […]
By Leila Regan-Porter Living in a city full of rock ‘n’ roll bands and hip-hop stars, a music fan can quite forget that Atlanta has a rather fantastic (Grammy-winning) symphony orchestra. Last night I was lucky enough to have fantastic seats at the sold out, one-night encore performance of Verdi: Requiem. The night was a […]
Local music-person (musician, owner of eskimo kiss records, all-round cool person) Kim Ware is celebrating her birthday and break from the music biz. We’re not sure if this will be a temporary or permanent break, but the end of eskimo kiss records is apparently for sure. The label will have one final release with the […]
Hooray for the weekend! It’s MidSummer Music Fest time! Sponsored by Red Stripe Light, the day-long event this Saturday, June 19 is packed with an artist market, family activities, a corn hole tournament and much more! Musical guests include Lefty Williams, Soulphonics and Ruby Velle, Gringo Star, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, The Wailers and Better Than Ezra. For […]
It’s that time of the month again! Every third Thursday ATL promoters Pop Death Squad set up shop at the Star Bar and host the always free Big Trouble In Little 5 Points showcasing some of the best musicians in town – and a couple out of towners too! Tonight’s show features recent ATL transplant Listener, who created […]
By Micah McLain Although it makes me feel more and more like Kenny Crucial each time I go, the 40 Watt in Athens is still one of the best places to see bands that usually play venues at least three to four times its size. The Morning Benders opened the evening at such an unusually […]
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com)
We’ve missed the Roxy Theater. Despite all the things working against it – the expensive parking, Buckhead traffic, Buckhead in general – it was a venue of a certain size that was not too small (The EARL) or too big (The Tabernacle) for acts like Echo and the Bunnymen and Flogging Molly. But there was […]
A Million Years Mischief Maker By Ellen Eldridge After the revolving door of band members stopped spinning, four unassuming men from Brooklyn, NY created a collection of songs which fit into punk, rock, pop and experimental catalogs; these are the type of guys one would expect to walk past without a second thought on college […]
Radio personality Leslie Fram (former program director and morning show co-host at WNNX- 99X) has been nominated to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame as Local or Regional Active. Lesile Fram, known by many as the First Lady of Modern Rock, worked in Atlanta radio for nearly two decades. Starting out on the morning show […]
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