By Noel Wurst On May 29 at Hard Rock Café’s Velvet Underground, Atlanta’s own Leslie Fram is hosting a benefit for the Unbreakable Music Foundation (UMF), a charitable organization set up to “raise funds in order to put computer equipment and music software in schools for students with physical challenges.” Heralded multi-musical genre producer Simon […]
PJ Harvey & John ParishA Woman a Man Walked By Island By Eileen Tilson Polly Jean Harvey is an artist that you pledge your allegiance to, are secretly scared of, don’t quite understand, but still find yourself diving into her music to find the hidden meanings. She is a modern day Caravaggio; enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious […]
Come check out some of the best that hip-hop has to offer right now, with this stellar line-up from a stellar crop of MCs, all performing at Ambient Studio on June 5. Producer for acts like Kanye West, Talib Kweli and Mos Def, 88 Keys will be representing the North from Long Island, while Devin […]
Merry indie rocker from Down Under Ben Lee will be touring with his new record, The Rebirth of Venus, which was released stateside earlier this year. While many will know him for his incredibly addictive "Catch My Disease," he's still making great pop nuggets, as exemplified by his latest single, "I Love Pop Music," which […]
BMI's latest showcase will feature some of Atlanta's best up and coming rockers, including pop punkers Stellate (video above), funky glam rockers The Greater Vavoom, athemic alternative rock band State of Man and gritty alt-country group Crowfield, all delightfully different and all from this city. Tickets are available now from Ticket Alternative.
Nylon Magazine has just announced their second-annual summer music tour, with the innovative Patrick Wolf and Plastiscines (both on Nylon Records), along with Living Things and Jaguar Love. Wolf will be releasing his latest record, The Bachelor, on iTunes June 2 and on CD August 11. It promises to be a more dramatic take on […]
Watch The Selmanaires (Live in Atlanta)-Broken Mirrors in the Mud in Music Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com The EARL is planning on pulling out all the stops for their 10th Anniversary Celebration, which just happens to also fall on another day of booze and fun, July 4th. Naturally there will be the usual […]
Tickets for Eric Hutchinson's show at Vinyl this Friday is sold out! So if you didn't get your tickets from Ticket Alternative in advance, then we're sorry to have to tell you you won't be going. For those who did their tickets early – have fun!
The Airborne Toxic EventThe Airborne Toxic EventMusebox By Eileen Tilson When a band from Los Angeles comes along with a name like The Airborne Toxic Event, it makes sense to assume they are probably some dirty punk band, a product of their environment, but you would be wrong. Instead TATE, presents themselves as a society […]
Paul ThornA Long Way from TupeloPerpetual Obscurity Records By Al Kaufman Paul Thorn is a man's man. Back in 1988, he went six bloody rounds with the legendary Roberto Duran. But he is also sensitive enough that he hugged his idol both before the bout and after (when they were both in the emergency room […]
Tom GossBack to Love… By Al Kaufman As You Tube sensation Susan Boyle demonstrated, you can't judge a singer by his or her looks. On the cover of Back to Love…Tom Goss looks like a slight, New Agey guy with a reed-like voice. What he actually is, is a pop tunesmith with gritty, somewhat nasally vocals […]
PT WalkleyMr. Macy Wakes Alone By Eileen Tilson Once upon a time, musical troubadours would travel around town to town singing the news of distant lands. They were the pied pipers of their time, drawing in their audience with a plot filled with twists and turns, and intricate characters. In PT Walkley’s first solo project […]
The band, performing before Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, outside Atlanta's Center Stage, March 20. By Julia Reidy Young Orchids is the latest musical brainchild of Kyle Gordon, previously of Atlanta rockers The Booze, KillGordon and Ski Club. Though the group is new, these pros aren’t as delicate as the name suggests. Along with Ski […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has written a lovely piece about Ticket Alternative, with an interview with our company's two founders, Jamie Dwyer and Iain Bluett. Here's a snippet: Jamie Dwyer and Iain Bluett were just a couple of indie music fans five years ago when they had a brainstorm that became a business. “We were constantly […]
New York Dolls ‘Cause I Sez So Atco By Noel Wurst It’s strange to compare the New York Dolls latest album, ‘Cause I Sez So, to the music of Randy Newman, but it’s pretty easy to do so. Both acts have been around a gazillion years, both have had really great songs, and they’ve both […]
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