Picture Book: Mogwai, Errors at Center Stage, May 20
By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump
Picture Book: Blue October, The Soldier Thread at Center Stage, May 19
By Jenna Hughes Full gallery after the jump
Picture Book: Better Than Ezra, Georgia at Center Stage, May 13
By Jenna Hughes Full gallery after the jump
CD Review: Art Brut — Brilliant! Tragic!
Art Brut Brilliant! Tragic! Cooking Vinyl After years of being compared to other “Art Wave” artists such as Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, Art Brut have taken the genre to the next level. They’ve done so by creating an album more explosive and vibrate than any artist in their genre has ever done before. Brilliant! […]
CD Review: Hank III — Hillbilly Joker
Hank Williams III Hillbilly Joker Bruc/Sidewalk By Al Kaufman Hank III never had a good relationship with Curb Records. They thought they were signing a old-fashioned country singer that was more like his grandfather than his dad. What they got is a kid who likes punk and thrash metal more than anything else. The whole […]
Picture Book: The Flaming Lips Playing The Soft Bulletin at The Tabernacle, May 19
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) The Flaming Lips played the entirety of their legendary album The Soft Bulletin to a packed audience in Atlanta last night, and we sent along Matt Smith to capture the first of two epic nights. Full gallery after the jump
Picture Book: Balkans at Drunken Unicorn, May 14
By Mike Koenig Full gallery after the jump
Big Boi Gives Daughter Her Own Record Label For Sweet 16
This could be an episode of MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen, but in reality, Grammy–winning ATLien Big Boi will solidify his legacy to musical history by passing the torch on to his teen daughter with a star-studded launch of a newly developed record label, Purple Ribbon Kidz. Scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 21, […]
AMG Weekend Picks: Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, Flaming Lips, of Montreal, Gruff Rhys and More!
This weekend is going to be epic, y’all. Not only is it the first Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, but there are some very beautiful glittery shows (Flaming Lips, of Montreal), and we also hear there will be bands playing all weekend at the Oakland Cemetery too! You’re spoiled for choice.
CD Review: The Cars — Move Like This
The Cars Move Like This Hear Music By Ellen Eldridge The sentiment of music ages like a fine wine; that which we tire of and put away readily returns like a stray cat hungry for more milk. And so with The Cars, a late-’70s pop-synth band born out of the New Wave craze, which surged […]
Live Review: Phosphorescent at The EARL, May 8
Review and photo by Ashley Hizer My career as a freelance scribe was christened years ago by the arrival of The Weight of Flight, the sophomore EP by multi-instrumentalist Matthew Houck, under the tag Phosphorescent. The haunting neo-folk effort that grew on me put the Alabama-born but Athens-based act on my radar, and I’ve followed […]
CD Review: Big Trouble — The Very Best of Big Trouble
Big Trouble The Very Best of Big Trouble DCM Records By Al Kaufman Back in the early ’90s, when hair was big and spandex was the attire of choice, four guys from Atlanta got together to start a band. Like most young kids at that time, they wanted to sound like Van Halen, Motley Crue, […]
Picture Book: My Chemical Romance, Thursday at The Tabernacle, May 11
By Jenna Hughes Full gallery after the jump
Live Review & Picture Book: Fleet Foxes at The Tabernacle, May 14
By Scott Roberts; photos by Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com). Full gallery after the jump. Portland-based Fleet Foxes opened their show at the Tabernacle Saturday night with the wistful and melancholy instrumental “The Cascades” from their stunning new album Helplessness Blues, and set the tone for an evening of blissful and timeless songs that perfectly showcased the […]
Picture Book: Southern Culture on the Skids at Star Bar, April 30
By Hillery Terenzi Full gallery after the jump
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