New Shows Just added for ATL!!!

New Shows Just added for ATL!!!

Several quality shows just added for ATL – you can purchase tickets for any of these shows @ ticketalternative.com. Fri Nov 22 – Electric Touch – Hard Rock Cafe's Velvet Underground    Wed Nov 26 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Akon, & Meskerem  – Velvet RoomWed Dec 3  – Liquor Boxx – Smith's Olde BarSat Dec 6 […]

ATL’s Norma Jean tours & teams with DiNG for a huge contest!

ATL’s Norma Jean tours & teams with DiNG for a huge contest!

Online retailer DiNG, which sells band-themed decorative wraps for electronic devices like mobile phones, laptops, and gaming systems, has teamed up with Atlanta rockers Norma Jean for what they are dubbing 'the mother of all contests.' Norma Jean is currently on a headlining U.S. tour with Haste The Day, The Showdown, Mychildren Mybride, and Oh Sleeper, […]

Interpol and Swervedriver members present their new band @ The Earl

Interpol and Swervedriver members present their new band @ The Earl

It has been tagged "a sonic marriage of two indie heavyweights."  Sam Fogarino of Interpol and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver have come together to form the new side project Magnetic Morning.  The   group's debut LP A.M.was released digitally on October 21st, and they will be ending their current tour with a final performance at […]

CD Review: Sonya Kitchell — This Storm

CD Review: Sonya Kitchell — This Storm

Sonya KitchellThis StormDecca/Velour by Al Kaufman Sonya Kitchell could very well be the oldest 19-year-old in the world. When she released Words Came Back to Me in 2006, at the age of 16, people were blown away that a voice so mature could eminate from a body so young. In the ensuing two plus years […]

Anathallo to Headline @ The Loft Tue Nov 4th – Watch their new video!

Anathallo to Headline @ The Loft Tue Nov 4th – Watch their new video!

Unique and intoxicating 7 piece band Anathallo will play at The Loft on Tuesday November 4th.  The band is currently on tour supporting their very soon to be released album Canopy Glow which is on Anticon records. Anathallo’s new video for the song “Bells” is inspired, as is much of their music, by the work of […]

New Atlanta Events Just Announced!

New Atlanta Events Just Announced!

Get your social calendars out!  Lots of new events have been added for ATL – you can purchas tickets for any event below @ Ticket Alternative: Sat Nov 1 – Recycled Halloween Party – Andrew's UpstairsSat Nov 1 – The Despised w/ Sister Sekenden – East Atlanta IcehouseSat Nov 8 – Behind The Sun (Red […]

CD Review: Reckless Kelly — Bulletproof

CD Review: Reckless Kelly — Bulletproof

Reckless KellyBulletproofYep Roc Records by Al Kaufman Austin's Reckless Kelly, named after Australian outlaw Ned "Reckless" Kelly, have never quite been able to live up to their image. While they try to convey themselves as renegade country-rockers, they often come across as Steve Earle with the rough edges rubbed clean. While Bulletproof offers a glimpse […]

Day Of The Dead Festival – Nov 1st

Day Of The Dead Festival – Nov 1st

Pop Death Squad's DAY OF THE DEAD Festival – this Saturday, November 1. Local Atlanta promo team, Pop Death Squad,  partnered up with Death On Two Wheels frontman Trae Vedder, for the first ever outdoor / indoor festival at everyone's favorite L5P dive – the Star Bar! Along with the bands, there will be tacos, […]

Music Man: ATL–MJ

Music Man: ATL–MJ

Last week New York saw the umpteenth installment of the CMJ music marathon. I go every year, but this year I chose not too, opting instead to stay in Atlanta where I ended up enviously reading the tweets and blogs of all my friends who did decide to go, and as soon as Tuesday rolled […]

Passion Pit — Chunk of Change

Passion Pit — Chunk of Change

Passion PitChunk of ChangeFrenchkiss Records by Al Kaufman The thing that set New Order (and their predecessor, the even more dour Joy Division) apart from all the other synth-rock bands of the eighties was their passion. There was substance behind their sound. There was raw emotion. Michael Angelakos has tapped into that same passion-synth sound […]