AMG’s Ones to Watch: Nathan Ware Band, Playing @ Park Bench Friday, 1/25 – Free Show

By: Taylor Magill Country music singer/songwriter, Nathan Ware, was born in Alpharetta, GA 1986. His inspiration came from his family’s southern gospel group called The Ware Boys. Through studying vocal dynamics and guitars, Ware developed a musical dream of his own. His interests as a country music singer began at the age of 14, when […]

CD Review: Phinehas – The Bridge Between

By Ellen Eldridge Once again, I find myself trying to explain that fine and shrinking line between gratingly abrasive and heart-poundingly cathartic—the kind of music that lets you unleash a day’s worth of intolerable bullshit from an unrelenting boss or a lifetime’s worth of oppression and misunderstanding. Granted, I less often feel the need for […]

CD Review: Adam Ant – Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter

On Tuesday, Adam Ant released his first album in 17 years – a collection of songs that are largely autobiographical in nature, with several nods to places and people he’s encountered along the road to pop stardom. After cutting his teeth at some of the UK’s toughest punk clubs,  Adam’s first gigs gave way to a striking Top of […]

3GB With Marshall Crenshaw; Playing Loco’s Grill & Pub, Buckhead, Thursday, Jan. 24

Born near Detroit, Michigan, Marshall Crenshaw began playing guitar at age ten and he received his first break playing John Lennon in the off-Broadway company of Beatlemania. In 1987, he played Buddy Holly in the Richie Valens biopic “La Bamba.” While living in NYC, he recorded the single “Something’s Gonna Happen” for Alan Betrock’s Shake […]

What’s Up Wednesday?

Happy Hump Day kiddos! Here’s Atlanta Music Guide’s top choices for your Wednesday night entertainment. -Well there is no way around this: Justin Bieber is playing Atlanta tonight at Phillip’s Arena. So expect traffic. And screaming little girls. -RED JUNE is a powerful acoustic trio from Asheville, North Carolina performing beautifully distilled original American music. […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

Happy Tuesday my friends! I know it’s back to work for everyone, but it’s only a four day week! Here’s some suggestions for your entertainment this eventing. -Jessta James may not be from the South, but the Montana native surely knows what country is. “Out here it’s about the cowboy way, ranching and rodeos,” country’s […]

AMG’s Ones to Watch: Dylan Michael

By: Taylor Magill I first met Dylan Michael completely by chance in September at a coffee shop on 10th Street while he was pinning his latest EP, Afterlove, to the community cork board. A self-proclaimed “bumpkin from Marietta”, Dylan made this album in his own home and it sounds just as professional as anything I’ve […]

PartyLive Review & Picture Book: Bloc Party @ Tabernacle – January 16, 2013

Bloc Party Tabernacle – January 16, 2013 By Justin Lyons Photos by Codi Glancy London outfit Bloc Party hadn’t been back to Atlanta in more than five years and gave fans a little bit of everything on Wednesday night at Tabernacle. The foursome has experimented with their sound over the years and recently came off […]

Picture Book & Live Review: Emilie Autumn @ The Loft January 19th

Photos and review by Jenna Hughes Emilie Autumn brought her burlesque theatrics to The Loft on January 19th in support of her latest album, 2012’s F.L.A.G. or Fight Like A Girl. Devoted fans—lovingly dubbed ‘plague rats’ by Autumn—eagerly anticipated the appearance of their idol as the stage went dark and smoky and old time music […]

What’s Up Monday?

What’s Up Monday?

Don’t be sad that the Falcons lost, be proud to be from a city who has such a bad ass football team! I hope you have the day off and are remembering that most amazing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his courage and belief in freedom! Go out and celebrate tonight! -He has completely […]