CD Review: The Good Graces — Wildcat Creek

The Good Graces Wildcat Creek Eskimo Kiss By Jim Simpson Wildcat Creek finds The Good Graces’ founder Kim Ware taking her brand of minimalist indie folk-pop to another level with a mere four songs featuring the threesome of Ware, producer/musician Jay Manley and his wife Jane Francis. Local multi-instrumentalist Ware has been writing blazingly honest […]

5GB With Youth Lagoon; Playing The Drunken Unicorn, March 22

By Eileen Tilson Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he’s been endlessly touring or pursuing some wild dream, but because of life – the life of a kid going to college, being in love, dealing with heartache, and just living. Pretty impressive coming from […]

CD Review: Pat Mastelotto — Recidivate

Pat Mastelotto Recidivate 7d Media By Ellen Eldridge Pat Mastelotto, the internationally-renowned drummer whose pioneering work with King Crimson, Mr. Mister and XTC has cemented him as one of experimental music and pop/prog-rock’s most talented percussionists, releasesd Recidivate, a collection of outtakes, rarities and highlights from the past 20 years of his career on March […]

What’s Up Wednesday?

It is an indie-rockers paradise today in Atlanta! Yesterday we announced that The Flaming Lips are headlining Centennial Olympic Park’s “Party in the Park,” and the fun is just starting! Here are your midday fun picks! –Shinobi Ninja is a Brooklyn-based party rock circus with an explosive live show. The band’s music mashes up the […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

Today is the 7th day in a row in March that it’s been over 80 degrees. Just broke the record that was set in 1907. Wow, it is officially Spring. OR perhaps Mother Nature decided to skip all of it, and go straight to summer. Either way, enjoy the day! – “Keyboardist/songwriter Thomas Dolby calls […]