Best known for their hits like, “Your Life is a Lie,” “Kids,” and “Electric Feel,” MGMT has been in the game since 2002. Well, they kind of accidently stumbled into the game. Ben Goldwasser, one of the founding members of the group, put it like this, “It just came from us hanging out, messing […]
SPIN called The Joy Formidable’s music “ambitious… drenched in fuzzy bass, propelled by… driving percussion… the album transforms ear-stabbing reverb into something pretty, airy, girly, and sometimes dark.” While The Guardian praised the band as “darkly joyous soft-loud racket.” There’s no doubt that reviewers LOVE The Joy Formidable and if you don’t yet, you will […]
Minus The Bear is a Seattle-based, indie-rock band that has earned quite a name for themselves in the festival circuit, playing high profile fests across the country, including: Riot Fest, Lollapalooza, Sasquatch, Coachella and Bonnaroo. The group emerged on the indie music scene in 2001 with the release of their EP titled, This is […]
“Jazz music is America’s only original art form, and…Atlanta, with its growing reputation as an international center of the arts and education, has both the opportunity and the responsibility to promote an art form whose roots are indigenous to the South.” Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson spoke these words when he founded the original Atlanta Jazz […]
Recently, the Internet has been fixated upon the Pizza Underground, a New York City band that plays Velvet Underground covers with pizza-themed song titles and lyrics. An initial hook to this pie-based news was that Macaulay Culkin plays kazoo and vocals. Little is known about the band, except that, according to their Bandcamp page, they […]
Party In The Park Is Back! GIRL TALK, MGMT, THE JOY FORMIDABLE and STOKESWOOD are coming to rock CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK on May 17! Presale tickets are available THIS WEEKEND ONLY (February 21-23) using the promo code AMG. *Presale price is available from 2/21 at Noon until 2/23 at 11:59pm. Tickets go […]
By Al Kaufman Atlanta’s Nine Times Blue have made quite a name for themselves. Besides their raucous live shows at Smith’s Olde Bar, they released Falling Slowly in 2012. The Grammy-winning Don McCallister-produced album garnered the hit single, “Falling Slowly.” The guitar fueled, power-pop quartet follow that up with a six-song EP, Matter of Time. […]
What’s happening ATL? Come hang out at The Sound Table TONIGHT with Nick Monaco from Dirtybird Records, Soul Clap Records, and Wolf + Lamb! Nicavitch and IRL resident Elio Stereo will be open up the night for Nick Monaco. Don’t miss this! You still have 3 hours to score your $5 tickets! Check out the […]
Paul Thorn has been pleasing crowds for years with his muscular brand of roots music – bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, yet also speaking universal truths. The Tupelo, Mississippi native worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a professional boxer before sharing his experiences with the world as a singer-songwriter. Pimps […]
If you’re looking for something fun to do Friday, January 17, head north up to Fuego Lounge in Duluth to party with V-103’s Greg Street and the “Trapped in the Closet” librettist himself, R. Kelly! They’ll be celebrating the release of the new album Black Panties along with a birthday or two. Limited advanced tickets […]
Save the date – Grammy Nominated Artist Pretty Lights is coming to Atlanta on Thursday, April 24! Derek Vincent Smith (Pretty Lights) will host an exclusive seminar for Atlanta Chapter members of The Recording Academy and give an insider’s look into how he created the songs on A Color Map of the Sun, which is […]
By Al Kaufman It’s been a busy year for Atlanta’s preeminent blues mama, Michelle Malone. While she spent the whole year on tour behind 2012’s Day 2 album, she also found time to collaborate with Rocky Mountain Slides to make a guitar slide bearing her name. And, more importantly, she just put the finishing touches […]
Multi-platinum selling recording artist Lisa Kelly hails from Dublin. Best known through her performances with Irish music phenomenon Celtic Woman, Lisa has toured the globe performing in some of the world’s most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Orchard Hall Tokyo, the Sydney Entertainment Center and more. With Celtic Woman, Lisa has entertained […]
Sing For Your Life is a singing competition that took Atlanta by storm in late 2012. The show stood out immediately in the local music scene as something fresh and unique. With 200+ live audience members each week, thousands of YouTube hits and local and national coverage, the Top 12 Contestants became Atlanta household names. […]
At 26 years old, Amber “Sevyn” Streeter has already lent her pen to tracks for an elite roster of R&B players including Chris Brown, Brandy, Kelly Rowland, Alicia Keys and Estelle. Streeter recently signed with Atlantic Records and has released her debut album in which her soulful, urban sound is finally in the spotlight. Atlantic […]
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