Words by Molly Segers – Photos by Jon Whittaker (www.jonwhittakerphoto.com) After a six year hiatus, a solo album, film scores, and directing a feature film (Dreamland), Robert Schwartzman has pulled Rooney out of hibernation and dusted off the cobwebs with new record Washed Away and tour that had them at The Loft Friday October 21. […]
Words by Molly Segers – Photos by Rosie Judd The Struts, with Beware of Darkness and Goodbye June, unleashed a delicious muck of rock eras for the Athens crowd at Georgia Theatre last night. For The Struts, channeling classic glam and arena rock is like breathing, as they so thoroughly embody the style that they […]
Newcomer to the Atlanta music scene, City Winery, hosted punk rock icon John Doe and his band on Monday June 20th. This was only the fourth show for the Ponce City Market venue which CEO Micheal Dorf describes as catering to “an aging demographic of wine lovers who also love music and want to go […]
Written By Haley Billue – Photos by Hillery Terenzi When you think ‘MOOG’, what comes to mind? Those cool little new wave music synthesizers with all the knobs and sliders and patch cables that have been the bastion of electronic musicians for decades now. Bob Moog was a pioneer of electronic music technology and, low […]
Last Tuesday a certain someone announced a surprise show just a week away. No, not Prince. Butch Walker took the stage at Smith’s Olde Bar on Tuesday for a surprise sold out show to 300 lucky fans. Walker was joined by local Sara Rachele, and had a visit from Josh Rifkind of 500 Songs for […]
Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios: “Cabinet of Curiosities” opened last Thursday, March 3 at Atlantic Station. Ticket Alternative’s own, Amber Lawson, attended the “curious” event and has the following to say about it. This year’s show is laced with a steampunk-19th century-mad scientist theme that visually creates a world of wonder and fun. From beginning to end I […]
Not being much of a wrestling fan, I would never have expected to stand ringside during a luchador match. But Puscifer brought Luchafer, a group of luchador wannabes, to the show at Cobb Energy Centre Nov. 8 Puscifer returned almost exactly three years later to the same venue in support of its recent release, Money […]
In this day and age, it is rare to find a band that can be compared to classic acts like Queen, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones, and successfully measure up to the unique, larger than life personas each of these artists created for their audiences. British indie-rock group, The Struts, effortlessly make the cut, […]
In support of their latest album, Blurryface, alternative indie rock/rap group, Twenty One Pilots, rocked the walls of the Tabernacle Tuesday night to a sold out crowd of over 2,500+ fans. Epic, captivating, and energetic only begin to personify the atmosphere inside the Tabernacle, as the two Midwest boys took over the venue with their […]
On Wednesday night, the backroom of The EARL was taken over by the nostalgia of long drives, sunny days, and the feeling of warm sand melting between your toes. From the moment West Coast natives, Cayucas, stepped onto the stage, they held their audience in a trance. The entire night, everyone swayed and danced to […]
Ah, Shaky Knees. The third annual Shaky Knees Festival was this past weekend at Central Park, which was once the site of Music Midtown back in its original era. This weekend was one of those rare Atlanta festival weekends in which no rain was had and the sun was shining the whole time. So even […]
I’m no theological scholar but I don’t recall anything from my days growing up in Sunday School about whether or not God likes rock and roll. I am pretty sure, however, that persons of virtually every form of organized religion would tell you that God loves His people. This optimistic belief seemed evident on Tuesday, […]
DJ and producer Seven Lions blew the crowd away at Opera Nightclub in Atlanta this past Friday 3/6. As always, Seven Lions proved himself to be the diverse and brilliant producer everyone knows and loves. At the start of the show, he played a few harder tracks to get the crowd going, like 3Lau and […]
2005: I remember driving around my small college town with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah pouring out of the speakers back when I was barely old enough to vote. Their self-titled debut was still new in the world and it had the unique distinction of having gained notoriety not only based on the strength of […]
We’ve heard buzz about Datsik blowing his NINJA NATION tour out of the water…and we heard right. Joined by Barely Alive, Trolley Snatcha and Kennedy Jones, Datsik tore up the stage at Opera Nightclub on Friday. Known for his layered bass, hard drops and hip/hop influence, Datsik delivered exactly what his fans wanted. While throwing […]
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