There’s a new festival coming to town! From the good folks that organize Lollapalooza, Camp Bisco, Lights All Night, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and The Echo Project, comes “CounterPoint,” a two days filled with music and art. The festival will take place this September 28-29, approximately 30 minutes south of Atlanta, GA on the site of 2007’s The […]
Born in a musical family, Natalia Zukerman has been described by public radio as “an example of the finest Americana.” She has teamed up with Adrienne Gonzalez for Art.is.Song, and the duo are playing Eddie’s Attic tomorrow, April 20th. Natalia joined us for our 5GB series before their show. What’s the first gig you ever […]
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.
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