The Romans Tomorrow Coming Soon EP By Stephanie Roman I discovered The Romans (no relation) while they were playing live in Castleberry Hill for a friend’s art fundraiser. While I enjoyed viewing the art inside the gallery, the music outside was even more compelling. The moody vocals and warm melodies mixed perfectly with the setting […]
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) Full gallery of Bradford Cox (of Atlas Sound/Deerhunter), Old King Cole Younger (Cole Alexander of the Black Lips) and Mood Rings after the jump.
By Jenna Hughes Full gallery after the jump.
By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump.
Gary Clark Jr. The Bright Lights EP Warner Brothers By Al Kaufman In Austin, Texas, blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is God. His likeness overlooks the heraled Barton Creek, defending it against the evils of cheap pop music. Gary Clark Jr, who grew up in Austin, often hears his name bandied about in the […]
By Ken Lackner (www.kenlacknerphotography.com) Full gallery after the jump. See our pictures of the crowds at the show HERE.
Review and photos by Ellen Eldridge Full gallery at the bottom of the post. Anyone who read my review of Staind knows that the new material returns to the earliest days of angst-driven rock. But even fans of Aaron Lewis’s solo country-style material enjoyed the rescheduled show at the Tabernacle on Sunday night. After opening with […]
Review & photos by Ken Lackner Full gallery at the bottom of the post. I’ve never been a fan of cover bands. As with most rules, this one has an exception. Two exceptions, actually. It takes a very talented and impressive voice to recreate the vocal styling of Geddy Lee. Matthew Trautwein — better known […]
By Rebecca McCoy (http://ravynfotografie.webs.com/) Full gallery after the jump.
Black Keys El Camino Nonesuch By Al Kaufman It surprises nobody anymore that a couple of white boys from Akron, Ohio (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, to be precise) can pack their music with so much blues and soul, but the fact that with El Camino, their seventh album, they continue to get better and […]
Smashing Pumpkins Gish and Siamese Dream Deluxe Boxed Sets Virgin Records By Ellen Eldridge Amazing as it may sound, I had never actually heard Gish even though Siamese Dream punctuated my teen years. I never considered myself a huge fan of Smashing Pumpkins, but when I saw them live I was utterly blown away by […]
By Ken Lackner. Check out our gallery of crowd shots HERE. Full gallery of Sister Hazel and Elevation shots after the jump.
The Cure Bestival Sunday Best Recordings By Ellen Eldridge The immediate warmth of the bittersweet opening paragraph to “Plainsong” opens the two-CD set with, “‘I think it’s dark and it looks like rain,’ you said/’And the wind is blowing like it’s the end of the world,’ you said/’And it’s so cold it’s like the cold […]
Korn The Path of Totality Roadrunner By Ellen Eldridge Korn came through Atlanta headlining for the Mayhem Festival in 2010, and again this fall to play Wild Bill’s. As soon as the opening track, “Chaos Lives in Everything,” started with its hi-hat beat and techno feel. Deeper into The Path of Totality the sound recalls […]
By Jenna Hughes; photo by Lewis Lee, from the 2010 tour “In the moments of our lives, both the joyous and the tragic, if the truth is to be told we are all pursuing magic.” These words resonated through the crowd at Philips Arena in Atlanta on December 2, a poetic narrative that preceded the […]
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