Interview: Lindsey Hinkle; Playing @ Eddie’s Attic June 9th!

Lindsey Hinkle, age 27, is a self-taught musician armed with resonating lyrics that are filled with insight into the human condition, as well as haunting and penetrating vocals that seem to echo mercilessly inside your head. She has been writing and performing original material since age 13, and has opened for Shawn Mullins, Marc Broussard, […]

5GB Interview: Jacuzzi Boys; Playing the EARL Saturday, June 8th!

By Jhoni Jackson As far as bands on Instagram go, Jacuzzi Boys (@jacuzziboys) are among the best. Well, maybe enviable is more accurate. Their feed is full of goofiness, rockin’ and rollin’ and, you know, the occasional hang sesh with Iggy Pop. Onstage, however, they’re not so silly. The trio rips through their psych-laced garage […]

Interview: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Playing @ Midsummer Music Fest 6/15

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is headlining the Midsummer Music and Food Festival this year and we were lucky enough to chat with one of its many members, vocalist Jade, about connecting with the audience, bizarre fan interactions and fitting the whole band onstage. What has been one of your most memorable gigs to […]

LL Cool J (Kings of the Mic Tour) @ Fabulous Fox Theatre June 4th

Photos and Review by Matthew Smith (Shadowboxer Photography) Groundbreaking hip-hop artists LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and De La Soul performed at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Thursday, June 5th, one of the stops on the Kings of the Mic Tour.  Grammy award-winner and multi-platinum artist LL curated the lineup, saying he […]

What’s Up Thursday? June 6th

It may be dreary outside, but let’s be real, we’re all happy it’s Thursday! We may have had a light show schedule this week but that changes tonight! The lineup for this evening is AH-MAZING! Hopefully you scored your tickets to the SOLD OUT Postal Service show! If not, no worries! All the shows tonight […]

5GB Interview: Stephen Kellogg; Playing @ Eddie’s Attic June 6th!

Although his music has been described as Americana, Country-Rock, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, and, somehow, pop, Stephen Kellogg has always thought of it as American-rock n’ roll. It’s a product of his father’s record collection, from Jim Croce and Cat Stevens to Eagles and The Band. Somewhere along the way, he fell in love with showmanship and […]

Interview: Nate Currin; Playing @ Vinyl June 7th!

Written by Lindsey Borders Atlanta born and raised, Nate Currin, is releasing probably his most ambitious record to date with The Pilgrim. Nate’s new album is a lyrical and musical representation based on John Bunyan’s book, The Pilgrim’s Progress, which is one of the most influential books in English literature. After shelving The Pilgrim in […]

What’s Up Wednesday? June 5th

Happy Hump Day! It’s officially the countdown to the weekend! We’ve got some killer shows happening tonight, including Snowden at the EARL. Check out the video above for his song, “The Beat Comes” off his latest album No One in Control. Snowden with Sealions @ The EARL Southern by birth and rearing, northern by political […]

Interview with Snowden; Playing the EARL June 5th!

By Jhoni Jackson Back in the mid-to-late 2000s, Snowden was ubiquitous in the Atlanta dance scene. You simply could not go to MJQ without hearing “Black Eyes” and shake, shake, shaking to Jordan Jeffares’ sticky synth-pop. Anti-Anti wasn’t just a hit here, either. Snowden scored big in clubs all over, even landing a 2009 touring […]