DJ Shadow’s Liquid Amber imprint gears up for DJ Harrison cassette release

DJ Shadow has taken yet another young artist under his wing for a release with the burgeoning Liquid Amber imprint. The first taste of DJ Harrison’s Songs From The Black Water EP, out Friday Dec. 18 exclusively on a limited run of cassettes, is now available in the form of a Soundcloud sampler featuring several […]

T. Hardy Morris

AMG Weekend Picks 12/11-12/13

Friday, December 11 T. Hardy Morris & The Hardknocks @ The EARL Genre: Shrill-Wave Sounds like: Hiss Golden Messenger, Lydia Loveless, Nikki Lane Tickets are $12. Doors open at 9pm. Find Tickets Here! SPINES 7″ Release Show w/ Man Up, Yancey and Tracer Metula @ Drunken Unicorn Genre: Post Garage Noise Rock Sounds like: Chunder, […]

Ex-Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé plays The Earl Friday Dec. 11

Former Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé has been touring recently with his eponymously titled new project Saint Pé (featuring former members of Turf War, Gringo Star, Zoners and Concord America), sharing bills with friends such as Dead Confederate’s T. Hardy Morris, Natural Child & Bobby Bare, Jr. They play The Earl […]

The weight of Scott Weiland’s death

I fell in love with a boy for the first time while listening to Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple.   The album was released in June 1994, less than two months after Kurt Cobain’s tragic death. I was 15 years old.   Purple consoled my high school sweetheart and me from the immense loss; the album […]

Passafire

AMG Weekend Picks 11/20-11/22

Friday, November 20 Here We Go Magic, Little Tybee, Big Thief @ The EARL Genre: Indie Sounds like: Real Estate, Grizzly Bear, Wild Nothing Tickets are $12. Doors open at 9pm. Find Tickets Here! Motor Earth w/ Halls of Jupiter + Hot Wives @ Star Bar Genre: Rock & Roll, Indie Sounds like: Queens of […]

Pussy Riot releases ‘disturbing’ video in support of refugees

Pussy Riot takes to heart the challenges facing Europe and has released a video statement about the current refugee crisis. The music video for “Refugees In” (watch below, lyrics at end of band’s press statement) is dedicated to the refugees and was filmed on Sept. 25, during the Pussy Riot performance at Banksy’s Dismaland with […]

Hard Rock Hotel coming to Atlanta in 2018

  The future home of the Atlanta Falcons will have a hotel next door to welcome guests. The Hard Rock Hotel Atlanta is set to open in spring 2018, next to the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Hard Rock Hotel Atlanta will ignite the region with live entertainment and shows, adding to the city’s rich music traditions, […]

The Head releases Millipedes today, plays Atlanta Nov. 28

The Head’s new EP Millipedes comes out today, bringing fans a rollicking, five-song crash course in fusing pop with gritty, fuzzed-out rock ‘n’ roll. The Head plays in Atlanta at The Drunken Unicorn Nov. 28. The three-chord Troggs-style simplicity of opener “Jesus,” the Midwestern indie-rock of “Raincoats,” the phased-out New Wave daydreamer ”Pebbles on the Ground” […]

The Wood Brothers

AMG Weekend Picks 11/13-11/15

Friday, November 13 Kickin Edgar w/ The Benders @ Vinyl Genre: Rock Sounds like: Michelle Malone, Lynyrd Skynyrd Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of show. Doors open at 8pm. Find Tickets Here! The Wood Brothers @ Buckhead Theatre Genre: Blues, Folk Rock Sounds like: The Devil Makes Three, Trampled By Turtles, Old Crow Medicine […]

Motor Earth

Show Preview: Motor Earth EP Release Show @ Star Bar 11/20/15

Atlanta-based rock band Motor Earth will perform Friday, November 20th for a special show at Star Bar to launch the release of their debut EP, Away to Pieces. Newcomers Motor Earth represent a rare breed in the Atlanta music scene – a straight ahead, high energy rock band that confidently manages to straddle the line between […]