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 […]

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 […]