Folk-rock debut out Jan. 8 from Harvest Thieves

Texas-based folk-rocker band Harvest Thieves digs deep with personal stories, offering up an enigmatic album of candidness and intensity on its full-length debut, Rival. In lieu of visceral play-by-plays and detail-oriented specifics, the group gathers the most vulnerable message and wraps it in both coded and beautifully shielded lyrics, focusing more on emotions than senses. […]

ICYMI: T.I., Sister Hazel to headline 2016 Peach Drop

Atlanta-based rapper T.I. and Sister Hazel, a platinum-selling band known for the ‘90s hit “Happy,” are scheduled to headline the 2016 Peach Drop on New Year’s Eve. Sister Hazel also has new album, Lighter in the Dark, which releases in February. This is the first new release in five years. The long-awaited 14-track collection, produced by […]

ATL Collective

What’s Up This Week 12/21-12/23

Monday, December 21 ATL Collective presents James Brown’s Funky Christmas – A Soul Revue @ Terminal West Genre: Funk, Soul Sounds like: Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder Tickets are $30. Doors open at 7pm. Find Tickets Here! Reuben’s Bell @ Vinyl Genre: Southern Rock Sounds like: Tom Petty, Steve Miller Band, John Fogerty Tickets are […]

Mill Town Music Hall: All about music

  Music venues often indulge in dive reputations, where patrons avoid touching the walls and drink the booze because the tap can’t be trusted. But Mill Town Music Hall, located at 1031 Alabama Avenue in Bremen, Ga., doesn’t offer alcohol. The venue is all about music and the experience. General Manager Steve Bennett says instead […]

Papadosio

AMG Weekend Picks 12/18-12/20

Friday, December 18 Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas Night @ The EARL (+Sat. Dec. 19) Genre: Christmas, Classical Sounds like: Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick, Jr. Tickets are $12. Doors open at 9pm. Ages 21+. Find Tickets Here! Rising Appalachia w/ Arouna Diarra, Brock (of Little Tybee) @ Variety Playhouse Genre: World […]

Baroness release Purple Dec. 18; full album streaming now

Baroness’ highly-anticipated new album, Purple, releases Friday Dec. 18 and is currently streaming via a variety of partners as part of a fan-fueled #FindPurple promotion. Pre-order packages for Purple, which feature instant downloads of “Morningstar,” “Shock Me” and “Chlorine & Wine” as well as a limited edition colored vinyl version of the new album, two […]

SweetWater 420 Fest 2016 Lineup Announced!

SweetWater Brewing Company just announced the headliners for their 2016 420 Fest lineup! The 12th annual jam-packed 3-day festival will have alternative, hip hop, jam, rock, EDM tunes and more on 4 stages at Centennial Olympic Park on Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24th. The 2016 lineup will feature headliners: Kid Rock, Ben Harper, […]

Maisy Kay Receives 2015 ASCAP Foundation Desmond Child Anthem Award

Maisy Kay is the 2015 recipient of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Desmond Child Anthem Award. Kay accepted the prestigious songwriting award during a ceremony last night at New York City’s Lincoln Center, where she also performed the new song “Don’t Ask Me to Love You.” Kay launched onto the music […]

DJ Shadow’s Liquid Amber imprint gears up for DJ Harrison cassette release

DJ Shadow has taken yet another young artist under his wing for a release with the burgeoning Liquid Amber imprint. The first taste of DJ Harrison’s Songs From The Black Water EP, out Friday Dec. 18 exclusively on a limited run of cassettes, is now available in the form of a Soundcloud sampler featuring several […]

Tool plays Atlanta Jan. 25: check out opening band, 3Teeth

  An industrial/multi-media quartet from Los Angeles, 3TEETH, will be performing in support of Tool at the Infinity Energy Arena, Monday Jan. 25. The guys, who got together in 2013, evoke the likes of early Nine Inch Nails, Godflesh and KMFDM. 3Teeth prides itself on mounting an intense a/v attack on their audience. Combining scathing […]

T. Hardy Morris

AMG Weekend Picks 12/11-12/13

Friday, December 11 T. Hardy Morris & The Hardknocks @ The EARL Genre: Shrill-Wave Sounds like: Hiss Golden Messenger, Lydia Loveless, Nikki Lane Tickets are $12. Doors open at 9pm. Find Tickets Here! SPINES 7″ Release Show w/ Man Up, Yancey and Tracer Metula @ Drunken Unicorn Genre: Post Garage Noise Rock Sounds like: Chunder, […]

Ex-Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé plays The Earl Friday Dec. 11

Former Black Lips & Diamond Rugs guitarist Ian Saint Pé has been touring recently with his eponymously titled new project Saint Pé (featuring former members of Turf War, Gringo Star, Zoners and Concord America), sharing bills with friends such as Dead Confederate’s T. Hardy Morris, Natural Child & Bobby Bare, Jr. They play The Earl […]