Live Review: The Ladies of Hopscotch

By Kim Ware; photo by Hillery Terenzi My introduction to Heather McIntire’s music came courtesy of a Battle of the Bands contest in Wilmington, N.C., nearly 10 years ago. On a big stage, the small-framed guitarist with a huge voice belted out angular, jarring indierock tunes with only a drummer accompanying her. What Heather may […]

Congrats To The Best Of Atlanta 2011!

By Eileen Tilson As is tradition, Creative Loafing threw one hell of a party last night celebrating the winners of its annual “Best of Atlanta” awards. Food and drink a flowing, the party was full of Atlanta’s finest. Cheers to the winners of the Music Related awards!  Check them out, do you agree? CL’s Picks Local […]

What’s Up Thursday?

Let the countdown officially begin! It is less than a couple of days away, and everyone at AMG is getting pretty stoked about Music Midtown! Later today look for our 5GB interview with The Joy Formidable! Here are a few things to get your weekend starting out right. –The Masquerade has been on fire lately […]

What’s Up Wednesday?

Happy Hump Day! There is not enough time to recover from last night’s events before turning around and doing it all over again! There is plenty to do in the city tonight, so hope to see you at one of these! -They are the most buzzed about band of the summer, and tonight it is […]

CD Review: Primus — Green Naugahyde

Primus Green Naugahyde ATO Records/Prawn Song By Ellen Eldridge Those who aren’t yet familiar with Primus have a ton of catching up to do, but should instantly recognize the band as the creators of the “South Park Theme.” The drawn-out success of Frizzle Fry (1990) carried the band through its lesser albums in the ‘90s, […]

Live Review: Roger Daltrey at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, September 15

By Jeremy Frye; photo by Catrina Maxwell. The Who have performed their 1969 song cycle Tommy live before (though not since their 1989 20th anniversary tour), but they rarely ever performed it in the form in which it was released. The running order got changed. Songs were omitted. As Roger Daltrey explained it when opening […]