Beach Slang to play Masquerade Oct. 27, new album out Oct. 30

Beach Slang’s new album The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us is now streaming on NPR, who describe the record as “exhilarating pop-punk anthems targeted to the kids pumping their fists in the front.” The band will play Masquerade Oct. 27 and release its album Oct. 30. The Masquerade is located at 695 North Avenue […]

PUJOL, ‘punk-minded garage rockers’ to play Drunken Unicorn Oct. 27

PUJOL, a band from Nashville, plans to play Drunken Unicorn Oct. 27. “PUJOL’s music possesses that inherent sense of timelessness that exists in all great music, thanks to its combination of additively fetching rock ‘n’ roll and Daniel Pujol’s lyrical brilliance,” Eloy Lugo, a publicist with Grandstand Media & Management, said. Jack White weighed in on the the band in an interview, […]

Masquerade recommends drop-off, taxi, Uber over parking this weekend

The Masquerade is recommending visitors take a taxi, get dropped off or use Uber this weekend rather than trying to find parking in the area. Soulfly, Streetlight Manifesto and Chambers of Horror Haunted House attendees are warned that North Avenue between Boulevard and Freedom Parkway will be closed to through traffic on Saturday for the […]

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AMG Weekend Picks 10/23-10/25

Friday, October 23 Plain White T’s @ The Loft Genre: Alt Rock, Power Pop Sounds like: Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, Paramore Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7:30pm. Find Tickets Here! Leo Kottke @ Variety Playhouse Genre: Blues, Jazz, Folk Sounds like: Tom Rush, Jerry Garcia, David Bromberg Tickets are $27.50 advance, $30 day of […]

David Ryan Harris to play ‘intimate’ show Oct. 25 at Eddie’s Attic

Soul singer, songwriter and guitarist David Ryan Harris may be best recognized for playing guitar and singing in John Mayer’s band from 2004 to 2012. He’s returning to Atlanta Oct. 25 for a “bare bones” show at Eddie’s Attic in support of his newest album. His fourth full-length album, Lightyears, is a soulful 11-track look into […]

Puscifer to play Cobb Energy Centre Nov. 8, supporting ‘Money Shot’

Puscifer plays Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Nov. 8 in support of the band’s newest release. Money Shot, the third full-length emission from perennially sardonic Puscifer, is the band’s boldest statement to date — a mix of the snaky and the snarky, a slow grind where blissful harmonies rub up against ill-angled industrial rhythms. “I […]

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What’s Up This Week 10/19-10/22

Monday, October 19 Widowspeak @ Drunken Unicorn Genre: Grunge, Dream Country, Earthtone Pop Sounds like: Wild Nothing, Lower Dens, Real Estate Tickets are $12! Doors open at 9pm. Find Tickets Here! Elvis Costello @ Variety Playhouse Genre: Rock, New Wave, Punk Sounds like: David Bowie, Neil Young, The Kinks Tickets are $33 advance, $36 day […]

Horror master John Carpenter releases ‘Lost Themes Remixed’

Eight pivotal contemporary electronic artists were moved to reshape the original songs on Lost Themes Remixed, which was released Oct. 16 in tribute to one the genre’s great pioneers. Several of the remixes were released exclusively as part of the digital deluxe edition of the album, but Lost Themes Remixed marks the first time any […]

Dweezil Zappa sets dad Frank Zappa’s lyrics to music on first original album in 10 years

Dweezil Zappa returns to original songwriting with the Nov. 27 release of Via Zammata’ after having stepped away for a decade to uphold his father’s legacy. He spent the past 10 years focused on introducing a new generation to Frank Zappa’s music, for which he snagged a Grammy in 2009 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance […]

Charlotte Devaney recruits Snoop Dogg on new dance single

DJ and singer Charlotte Devaney recruited music legend Snoop Dogg to release her official video for “Flip It” (The Edit). “I’m all about fun and humour and that’s what was injected into ‘Flip It,’ Devaney says. “It’s a song that will make you smile, dance and not take life to seriously….while whistling like a nutter!” […]

Ricky Martin to play ‘avant-garde’ show in Atlanta Oct. 22

Ricky Martin heads to Philips Arena Oct. 22 in support of his tenth album, A Quien Quiera Escuchar. The multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy awards winner plans to impress his fans with an “avante-garde” show, complete with more than 150 moving lights, five screens, mobile video and stunning choreography. He will change costumes more than […]