Hard Rock Hotel coming to Atlanta in 2018

  The future home of the Atlanta Falcons will have a hotel next door to welcome guests. The Hard Rock Hotel Atlanta is set to open in spring 2018, next to the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Hard Rock Hotel Atlanta will ignite the region with live entertainment and shows, adding to the city’s rich music traditions, […]

Dopapod plays Terminal West Dec. 5

The progressive groove rock outfit will be playing Terminal West on December 5 with The Nth Power. Dopapod has built a growing community of devoted listeners, earning praise from the likes of Huffington Post and Relix. Even Rolling Stone declared them as a “Best-Kept Secret” from this past summer’s edition of Bonnaroo. They’ve also made […]

Dead & Company

What’s Up This Week 11/16-11/19

Monday, November 16 The Dandy Warhols w/ The Shivas @ Terminal West Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Sounds like: The Vines, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raconteurs Tickets are $20 advance, $25 day of show. Doors open at 7pm. Find Tickets Here! Tuesday, November 17 Dead & Company @ Phillips Arena Genre: Rock, Classic Rock Sounds like: […]

Panic! At the Disco shares “Victorious” ahead of fifth album, out in January

Panic! At The Disco has shared a music video for new single “Victorious.” The video was directed by Brandon Dermer and features a cameo from MMA Kickboxing champion Joe Schilling. “Victorious” is the second song the band has shared from the forthcoming fifth album, Death of a Bachelor, out Jan. 15 via DCD2/Fueled By Ramen. […]

Moon Taxi explores the nature of human bonds, plays Tabernacle Nov. 28

Moon Taxi band members have been doing more than touring. They’ve been talking to each other, sharing personal experiences and opening up about relationships. After spending hours on the road in support of Moon Taxi’s sophomore release, Mountain Beaches Cities (2013), the band members became increasingly aware of how powerful the human bond can be. […]

Prog rock festival Prognosis returns to Sweetwater Bar and Grill for 2nd year in a row

Atlanta-based progressive rock bands Omnipresent and Not Otherwise Specified bring Prognosis Fest back to Sweetwater Bar and Grill Dec. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. Instead of three bands on one night, this year’s mini festival includes eight bands and two nights. Prognosis in 2014 featured Omnipresent, Ethos and Not Otherwise Specified. Singer, guitarist and […]

The Head releases Millipedes today, plays Atlanta Nov. 28

The Head’s new EP Millipedes comes out today, bringing fans a rollicking, five-song crash course in fusing pop with gritty, fuzzed-out rock ‘n’ roll. The Head plays in Atlanta at The Drunken Unicorn Nov. 28. The three-chord Troggs-style simplicity of opener “Jesus,” the Midwestern indie-rock of “Raincoats,” the phased-out New Wave daydreamer ”Pebbles on the Ground” […]

The Wood Brothers

AMG Weekend Picks 11/13-11/15

Friday, November 13 Kickin Edgar w/ The Benders @ Vinyl Genre: Rock Sounds like: Michelle Malone, Lynyrd Skynyrd Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of show. Doors open at 8pm. Find Tickets Here! The Wood Brothers @ Buckhead Theatre Genre: Blues, Folk Rock Sounds like: The Devil Makes Three, Trampled By Turtles, Old Crow Medicine […]

Motor Earth

Show Preview: Motor Earth EP Release Show @ Star Bar 11/20/15

Atlanta-based rock band Motor Earth will perform Friday, November 20th for a special show at Star Bar to launch the release of their debut EP, Away to Pieces. Newcomers Motor Earth represent a rare breed in the Atlanta music scene – a straight ahead, high energy rock band that confidently manages to straddle the line between […]

Grace Potter plays Atlanta Jan. 16 on ‘Midnight’ tour

Grace Potter and her backing band the Magical Midnight Roadshow have announced the first leg of their 2016 Midnight tour. Kicking off in January and playing Atlanta’s Tabernacle Jan. 16, the U.S. headlining dates will take the band across the country in support of Potter’s solo album, Midnight, released this past August.  Potter will also […]

CD Review: NLX – Luxury of Failure

I wouldn’t have called her “Trent Reznor with tits,” but the description piqued my interest enough to listen NLX’s “Burn,” the single off Luxury of Failure, the songwriter’s fourth album. “Burn” includes the elements that draw me to music: the song is dynamic in its structure and still uses simple melodies that give the lyrics […]

Futurebirds to play Buckhead Theatre Nov. 27

Athens-based band Futurebirds recently released Hotel Parties, a follow up to 2013’s Baba Yaga, and they are set to play Buckhead Theatre Nov. 27. Stereogum previously premiered “twentyseven,” the first track from the new album, saying the song is “a gleaming, Southern-fried late-twenties-crisis type of song… perfect for a drive through rural nowhere with your arm […]