Grimes

What’s Up This Week 11/9-11/12

Monday, November 9 Rachael Yamagata w/ Tony Lucca @ Vinyl Genre: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Pop Sounds like: Priscilla Ahn, A Fine Frenzy, Ingrid Michaelson Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7pm. Find Tickets Here! The King Khan & BBQ Show w/ Milk Lines @ The EARL Genre: Rock n Roll Sounds like: Mark Sultan, The […]

Live Review: Puscifer at Cobb Energy Centre

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 […]

Grimes: Art Angels released, plays Buckhead Theatre Nov. 11

Grimes digitally released her album Art Angels Nov. 6 and plans to play Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre Nov. 11. Her self-directed video for “Flesh Without Blood”/ “Life in the Vivid Dream,” released last week and already boasts more than 2 million views. “Scream,” also released last week, featuring Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes. FADER calls the song “an […]

Jason Fowler

AMG Weekend Picks 11/6-11/8

Friday, November 6 Young Rising Sons w/ Night Riots, The Mosers @ The Loft Genre: Indie Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative Sounds like: WALLA, Grizfolk, The Mowgli’s Tickets are $16 advance, $18 day of show. Doors open at 7pm. Find Tickets Here! Slightly Stoopid @ The Tabernacle Genre: Reggae, Punk, Dub Sounds like: Pepper, The Expendables, […]

Atlanta’s Fox Theatre honors 50 millionth guest

The Fox Theatre welcomed its 50 millionth guest last night before the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta engagement of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Steven Hensley, of Marietta, held the ticket. He attended the performance with his wife, daughter and granddaughter. The milestone visit sparked a commemoration in Hensley’s honor, including a lobby celebration and […]

AMG Giveaway: Soldier Songs at Atlanta Opera 11/14

Win tickets to Atlanta Opera Nov. 14 by tweeting @atlantamusic and @theatlantaopera between Nov. 4 and 11 for a chance to win a pair of tickets and VIP passes to a pre-show party. Soldier Songs is a multimedia event that combines elements of theater, opera, rock-infused-concert music, and animation. American composer David T. Little adapted […]

After years of blues-based covers, The Liberators releases original debut, plays Smith’s Nov. 14

The Liberators brings blues-rock to Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta Saturday Nov. 14. The band formed in 2010 as a duo with Eric Levitan and Geoff Nagel, who were co-workers. At first they jammed with guitar and drums only, bonding musically over covers from Wolfmother, Phish and Led Zeppelin. After jamming with numerous other musicians, […]

Driven powerhouse brings blues narrative, rock ‘n’ roll to Tijuana Garage Nov. 6

ZALE, an Atlanta-based, driven young powerhouse with purple hair is set to bring classical training, blues narrative and rock ‘n’ roll attitude to Tijuana Garage Nov. 6. She’s promoting her debut solo record Fortress, which was released in March. The bold front-woman and songwriter has headlined well-known venues like The Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club. […]

David Wax Museum plays Vinyl Nov. 15

David Wax Museum is known for unique, uptempo instrumentation featuring driving synthesizer, a quijada (a donkey’s jawbone), keys, and Suz Slezak’s frenetic fiddle-laying. It’s a show that gets the crowd moving and was labelled a Newport Folk Fest breakout act by Paste, while being called “pure irresistible joy” by NPR’s Bob Boilen. Here’s ‘Guesthouse’ streaming […]

King Diamond plays Tabernacle Atlanta Nov. 16

King Diamond sat down for a chat with Slayer’s Kerry King while on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem fest this summer. Noisey was there with cameras in hand to capture the conversation. That “King vs. King” conversation can be viewed now at: http://noisey.vice.com/back-and-forth/king-diamond-slayer-kerry-king-back-and-forth In other news, Philadelphia and Detroit have been selected as the cities […]

Advance Base plays The Drunken Unicorn Nov. 6

Advance Base is the music project of Owen Ashworth, who used to release music under the name Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Ashworth has published a book of drawings, made beats for Chicago rapper Serengeti, recorded the debut single by psych-folk troubadour Julie Byrne, paid tribute to gospel and outsider music legend Washington Phillips (on […]

Cas Haley returns with new album Nov. 6, plays Center Stage Dec. 5

Roots-reggae artist Cas Haley celebrates a return to music after an injury-induced hiatus, releasing his new album Nov. 6 and plying Atlanta’s Center Stage in December. Haley teamed up with Jimmy Buffet’s label, Mailboat Records, to release More Music More Family, an album that explores the importance of family and positivity. His previous releases charted […]