In the last few years, pop-punk and emo have become much darker genres: subject matters have finally graduated high school and are moving on to our more valid existential crises. Music journalism has caught on to this important shift, and is focusing on music emerging from regions of the country outside of New York and […]
Independent record label Decon gears up for their first national tour of the year titled Fresh Rhymes and Videotape with performances from Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone and 88-Keys. A 19-date tour spanning the entire US, each show will be a multi-media experience featuring video installations from the production powerhouse, surprise guest appearances, and unorthodox […]
from the Y.O.U. Myspace page: the new y o u record, which we’re not even sure is a y o u record, is more than half way done. due to the time drain of the weekly residency at the 10 high, things have moved a little slower than we would have liked. but now we’ve […]
ATHFEST 2008 has announced the headlining artists for this year’s festival. On Friday, June 20th, 17-piece psychedelic rock collective DARK MEAT, recently signed to Vice Records, will perform. On Saturday, June 21st, pop darlings MODERN SKIRTS, currently in the studio with David Lowery (Cracker), will perform. Dub reggae collective DUBCONSCIOUS, who will soon release their […]
The Roots have announced the lineup for their upcoming tour! They will be coming to the Fox Theater in Atlanta on May 23rd, with Erykah Badu. You can find tickets here. The rest of the tour dates are listed below: April11 – Killington, Vt. @ Pickle Barrel Night Club12 – Boston, Mass. @ Northeastern University16 […]
The Southern Comfort Music Festival in Atlanta had originally announced Queens of the Stone Age would be the headlining band for the May 17th festival, but a new lineup has now been released. Lineup:Against Me!Bang CamaroGhostland ObservatoryRyan ShawSupersuckers The festival will be held at Centennial Park and is a FREE event. All attendees must be […]
Local Atlanta musician Sean Costello passed away Tuesday night just one day before his 29th birthday. Costello was an extremely talented and innovative blues artist, who had recently released We Can Get Together to much acclaim on the Delta Groove label in February. In his short career, Costello had the honor of sharing the stage […]
Congratulations to Sugarland! The Atlanta-based duo won the CMT’s Duo Video of the Year Award on Sunday night, for their video "Stay", at the CMT awards. View the rest of the list of this year’s winners here. You can hear more from Sugarland on
Cloud Cult‘s new CD, Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes), is being featured on Paste Magazine. For the write-up go here. Cloud Cult will be performing at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta on Tues, April 22, 2008. You can download the album at
After completing his huge theater and arena tour with KT Tunstall in Europe on April 20th, Teitur kicks off his US tour in Atlanta on April 22nd at Vinyl in the Center Stage Music Complex.Don’t miss one of the most moving and personal live performances you’ll see this year. Check out his video for the […]
Cracker has been in the studio working on their follow-up to 2006’s critically acclaimed Greenland album and early reports from the band already indicate that many of the key elements are in place for another brilliant effort from this influential rock act. As co-founder and guitarist Johnny Hickman recently revealed about these sessions, "This time […]
New York band XYZ Affair will soon be bringing their power-pop tunes to the Atlanta area. Monday, May 5 they will be at The Earl with Morning State and Jukebox the Ghost- get tickets! The next night, XYZ Affair will perform in Athens at Caledonia Lounge. Check out their video for "All My Friends" off […]
Atlanta’s own Trances Arc will play Smith’s Olde Bar for an exclusive performance to support their new album, XOXOX, on April 26. Get tickets here!
Some of Atlanta’s best bands will be playing this Saturday at one of Atlanta’s best record stores. Criminal Records is hosting Record Store Day on April 19 with live acts performing indoors and outdoors from 1PM- 9PM. LINE UP (Bands highlighted in green will be outdoors; bands in blue will be in store.) 1PM- The […]
The Tabernacle is still undergoing repairs due to the tornado that hit the venue last month. Here’s one more change to the Tabernacle calendar. Mindless Self Indulgence– NEW VENUE– The May 10 show will now be at Masquerade. All original Tabernacle tickets will be accepted.
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