Happy Almost-Weekend AMG Readers! It might be gearing up for a miserable-looking weekend, so let’s just enjoy the sun while we can and take solace that there are plenty of warm, friendly gigs to bask in. Check out our selections below, as well as the on sales happening this weekend too (including a certain British […]
It’s gonna get a bit rowdy in September in Raleigh! The Independent Weekly announced its third annual Hopscotch Music Festival, N.C.’s biggest music festival. Scheduled for Sept. 6-8, 2012 in downtown Raleigh, the festival will feature 175 bands in 15 venues- […]
By Ellen Eldridge Guitar Center offers all musicians an opportunity to personalized service tailored to the individualized needs of the musician with its Platinum Room. In the Atlanta Guitar Center, at 1485 Northeast Expressway, Brad Seelig acts as Platinum Room manager. According to him, Guitar Center offers Platinum Rooms in 30 stores nationwide including, of […]
Multi-instrumentalist Quintron is a celebrated nightclub organist and inventor, who has patented a number of his own inventions and often performs at his own private club, the Spellcaster Lodge, located on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. He frequently performs with his wife, fellow musician […]
Efren Write A New Song Slo Pro Records By Ellen Eldridge While the clichéd ideas in country music – losing a job, dog, and wife and so on – stick out as trite, mundane and self-pitying in a way that should be reserved for Goth music, Efren takes the simplicity of everyday life, love and […]
Online voting for Hard Rock’s Global Battle of the Bands (called Hard Rock Rising!) has just begun and we need Atlanta’s help to send a local band to London! The Atlanta winner of Hard Rock Rising, KICK THE ROBOT, is competing in online voting against winners from 85 other Hard Rocks around the world. Online voting, […]
Happy Hump Day y’all! This week is flying by, I just can’t seem to get caught up! Sort of a quiet evening in way of music events here in Atlanta, but here are some events I think are worth checking out. –Doria Roberts and Eddie Tigner. If you don’t know who they are, 1) slap […]
By Justin Lyons; photo by Dale at NetFreqTV Fans were probably wondering if Vonnegutt could match the energetic opening performance from drummer/DJ duo ALIen last Friday night at Smith’s Olde Bar. Luckily, the four-piece outfit from Atlanta/Marietta still knew how to bring a raucous party with hits of new and old. Opening with a nod […]
Good morning Atlanta! As you embark on your day this morning, remember as you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction. Now here are your choices for Tuesday’s musical outings. -I have said this to you before but, GO SEE SHOVELS & ROPE! This twangy, gritty duo […]
Christian singer/songwriter John Mark McMillan has been celebrated on Christian mainstream radio for his alternative sound and uplifting lyrics. His latest album has moved away from the themes of death and resurrection that clothed The Medicine to the interior psychology of a man trying to live in the uneasy valley between this world and the next, […]
You just never know what Mr. Jack White will do next! As part of Atlanta’s famous Mess-Around (see lineup below), Third Man Records is setting up shop in the parking lot of The Earl! You never know just who might show up! Festival pass link: Night 1: Night 2: Friday April 20 Friday Day @ […]
By Hillery Terenzi Full gallery after the jump.
By Hillery Terenzi Full gallery after the jump.
jENNiNGS Take It or Leave Emerging Artists Music By Al Kaufman Singer/songwriter/pianist Mary Jennings is pretentious. A singer cannot use such a capitally-challenged moniker and not be thought so. She only enhances that perception on her live album, Take It or Leave. She includes an intro on every song because, you know, it’s like, important […]
London-based quartet, The Boxer Rebellion, have reached their 10,000 hours. For over a decade the band remained the underdog in the U.K. underground indie rock scene, despite their multiple television and movie placements. After a brief cancellation of their North American tour, the band is back in Atlanta and joined us for our 5GB series […]
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