CD Review: Ladyhawke — Ladyhawke (Special Deluxe Edition)

CD Review: Ladyhawke — Ladyhawke (Special Deluxe Edition)

LadyhawkeLadyhawkeDecca By Al Kaufman Since the inception of CDs, artists have been getting the re-issue treatment. Most of the big-wigs have had their back catalogs that fans previously had only on vinyl freshened up, or digitally re-mastered. The record label throws in a few outtakes or live versions of the songs from the album and, […]

CD Review: Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack

CD Review: Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack

Various ArtistsInglourious Basterds SoundtrackA Band Apart/Warner Brothers By Al Kaufman First, two confessions: 1) I believe Quentin Tarantino to be the greatest living American director behind Martin Scorsese. 2) I embarrassingly admit that I have yet to see Inglorious Basterds. Without first seeing the movie, the songs on the soundtrack will need to stand on […]

CD Review: The Ginger Envelope — Invitation Air

CD Review: The Ginger Envelope — Invitation Air

The Ginger EnvelopeInvitation Air One Percent By Eileen Tilson Athens-based Ginger Envelope returns with its second full-length, Invitation Air (One Percent). Recorded to a 16-track analog tape, this album turns up the twang factor, showcasing Matt Stoessel’s pedal steel and Patrick Carey’s delicate, lazy, Bob Dylan-esque voice. 

Pre-Sale Details for Band of Horses’ December 30 and 31 Shows at The Tabernacle

Pre-Sale Details for Band of Horses’ December 30 and 31 Shows at The Tabernacle

 We have the details for Band of Horses' annual New Year's Eve shows, coming to The Tabernacle this December 30 and 31. Presented by OK Productions and Windstorm Productions, the shows will have a presale on Wednesday, August 26 (tomorrow!) at 10 a.m. on Live Nation, which fans can access with the password NIGHTRAINBOW. At […]

Live Review: Drive-By Truckers @ Capital Theatre, August 20th

Live Review: Drive-By Truckers @ Capital Theatre, August 20th

Review and photos by Micah Mclain The Drive-By Truckers brought the rock show to the Capital Theatre in Macon Thursday night. Opener Tift Merritt played a great set, although her acoustic-leaning alt-country tunes struggled to find the volume necessary to drown out the loud, rowdy (and borderline rude) crowd that DBT shows have become known […]

CD Review: The Whiskey Gentry; Playing Unplugged in the Park, August 30 & The EARL, September 9

CD Review: The Whiskey Gentry; Playing Unplugged in the Park, August 30 & The EARL, September 9

The Whiskey Gentry The Whiskey Gentry Self-released By Al Kaufman Yee-Haw!! Only a few months old, and created from the ashes of Missy Gossip, The Whiskey Gentry is here to make you remember how music ought to be. Imagine old time country and gospel meeting punk with just a dash of Vaudevillian flourish, and you start […]

Music Man–Getting on the Radio

Music Man–Getting on the Radio

I spent almost nine years of my life working for 99X radio here in Atlanta. It was a great gig. The majority of that time was spent as music director (MD) for the station, which means that I, along with the program director (PD) would, among other things, choose which songs made it to the air, […]

CD Review: Rhett Miller — Rhett Miller; Plays Unplugged in the Park, August 30

CD Review: Rhett Miller — Rhett Miller; Plays Unplugged in the Park, August 30

Rhett MillerRhett MillerShout Factory By Al Kaufman One need look no further than the first line of his new self-titled CD to know that Rhett Miller likes playing with words. "Keyboards and keystrokes and keystones and keys," he sings on "Nobody Says I Love You Anymore." The song also includes the clever turn of phrase, […]