By John McNicholas Bailey Crone records under the name, Bathe Alone. While she fits comfortably in the dream-pop genre there’s a unique sense of nostalgia, originality and style that stands apart from other artists in the genre. She recently released “Missionary Ridge,” the last single before the new double EP comes out on August […]
Shaky Knees has always been the home for amazing up-and-coming bands and The Aces fit that description perfectly. These 4 young musicians have worked hard, toured hard and written some fantastic pop songs that you can hear on their latest record, Under My Influence. Recently they also had the opportunity to work with Portugal. The […]
Frankie and the Witch Fingers from L.A. put on one of the best, and most fun sets of my Shaky Knees festival. We sat down with the band after their set to talk about Monsters Eating People, acid trips in the desert, and their musical inspiration. Apologies for not being able to identify each […]
This last spring, Michigander put out their fantastic new EP, Everything Will be Okay Eventually and then they waited. Over the course of numerous EPs and singles, Jason Singer, principal writer and creator of MIchigander has become known for his cinematic and uplifting writing style and his bittersweet lyrics. He met with us right after […]
Out supporting their latest record, The Shadow I Remember, we had a chance to speak with Cloud Nothing’s singer and songwriter, Dylan Baldi last Saturday at the Shaky Knees festival here in town. They put on a great show and it was great to chat with him for a few minutes. Atlanta Music Guide […]
On his new album In Plain Sight, Neal Francis offers up a body of work both strangely enchanted and painfully self-aware, unfolding in songs sparked from Greek myths and frenzied dreams and late-night drives in the depths of summer delirium. True to its charmed complexity, the singer/songwriter/pianist’s second full-length came to life over the course […]
In the middle of a global pandemic, Cults released Host, their most organic-sounding record to date. In the meantime their song, “Always Forever” started making the band new fans in part because of people sharing their music on TikTok. I sat down with them on Friday afternoon after their excellent set at Shaky Knees to […]
Specialists are a New York City based funk collective founded by guitarist Will Harden and bassist Mikey Rotunno. The duo has composed works for bands of various sizes, across a multitude of genres. The duo began with a tradition deemed Funky Friday, releasing new music on consecutive Fridays. Their sound comes from a cultivation of […]
Bright Eyes will play their first shows since 2011 in support of their most recent album, Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was. The album, considered a ‘reunion’ of sorts following a nine year hiatus for the trio, was released on Dead Oceans in August 2020 to international acclaim. Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis […]
Urban One Founder and Chairwoman Cathy Hughes announced TV One will air a special episode of its hit autobiographical series UNCENSORED featuring the late rapper DMX. Hughes made the exclusive announcement on the URBAN ONE HONORS: Virtual Press Conference on Wednesday, April 28. The special is slated to air on Sunday, May 16 at 8 p.m. ET/7C, immediately followed by the annual URBAN ONE HONORS hosted by Erica Campbell and Roland Martin at 9 p.m. ET/8C. It will […]
Derek Sanders, the lead singer of Mayday Parade, recently released an EP of cover songs titled My Rock and Roll Heart and did a short run of supporting dates. He graciously sat down with me for a quick interview before his Atlanta performance at Vinyl on Sunday, February 16th. Jason: Hey Derek, thanks for taking […]
Name – Ryan Fleisher How long you been shootin photos – I’ve been shooting music since 2016, but doing other photo work since 1998. Top 3 Favorite Bands that you will love forever – Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes The one thing in your camera bag that you take to every show – […]
From friends to tour mates, Chris Blair, otherwise known as Lostboycrow, and the guys of flor have quite a history— from jamming and living together, to now touring this fall on their Ones To Watch tour. You can catch Lostboycrow, flor, and their new friends joan, debuting songs from their latest albums as they play […]
Chase Atlantic, one of Australia’s and now the world’s fastest growing Alternative Rock groups is coming to Atlanta, playing Buckhead Theatre this Friday, June 21st. Mitchel Cave was kind enough to give us a quick interview while traveling with the band between cities. Jason: Hey Mitchel, thanks for taking the time to speak with me. […]
The Australian Alt-Rock band The Faim (French for “hunger”) is a band that’s hard to define on first listen. The songs are obviously highly polished, with well written song structure and catchy hooks setting them up to continue the explosive growth they’re already seeing. What’s hard to define are the influences that have been combined […]
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