Here are some options for ya! Friday 10/17 Nikka Costa @ The Loft Doomsayer @ Smith’s Olde Bar Awesome Color @ The Drunken Unicorn Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi Tribute Band) @ Andrews Upstairs Robert Pollard’s Boston Spaceships @ The Earl Saturday 10/18 Turtle Folk @ Smith’s Olde Bar Breakfast Club (80’s Cover Band) @ […]

According to very excellent Atlanta based music blog Ohmpark there is a rumor that The Black Lips are playing a show at the earl tonight under an assumed name… "..rumour has it The Black Lips are playing a show tonight at The Earl under the name The Renegades, an ancient incarnation featuring some of these […]

We live in a world filled with loads of unsigned artists. My time is spent listening to them, figuring out which one of the many, has the potential to get to the next level. That’s what I do and I love it. The only drawback is that since most of my listening time is spent […]

TODAY ONLY!!!! – $15 for selected tickets to see STAIND with Papa Roach, Seether, & Red.  The show will be at Lakewood Amphitheatre this Sunday, October 19 at 6:00 p.m.  Click the lik below now before this 1-day deal disappears!FIND TICKETS The Tabernacle welcomes the In The Present Tour by Howe, Squire & White of […]

Wed. Nov 12 – Death on Two Wheels – The Earl Thu. Nov 13 – Blue Flashing Light w/ Silent and Listen – The Earl Sat. Nov 15 – Jupiter Coyote – Andrews Upstairs Thu. Nov 20 – Jay Clifford w/ Owen Beverly – VinylFri. Nov 28 – Jon McLaughlin – Vinyl Fri. Dec 12 […]

You gotta love a venue that takes care of its peeps.  That’s exactly Star Bar has been doing with their "Continuing Free Thursdays" shows.  You’re not just getting any old run-of-the-mill-acts either there Jethro…Star Bar is serving up musical goodness! This Thursday’s October 16th shindig is part of the monthly "Big Trouble in Little 5 […]

Blue Flashing Light The Mayor of Five Points (EP)Self Released by Noel Wurst The cover of Blue Flashing Light’s press kit proudly reads “…it won’t be a surprise if you hear the next BFL song in a Honda commercial.” What? The next song I hear, or the next song the band writes? This threw me […]

The PanicsCruel GuardsDew Process by Al Kaufman Opening up with a grandiose drum solo from Myles Wootton, Australia’s The Panics leave little doubt that this is not another lo-fi CD that their fans have come to expect. On Cruel Guards, their third CD, the quintet has gone for broke. In an effort to expand beyond […]

Todd SniderPeace QueerAimless Records by Al Kaufman There’s nothing like a presidential election to get the juices flowing in the arts world. It has single-handedly revitalized Saturday Night Live, it has brought Oliver Stone out of his conspiracy lab to create the presidential bio, W, and now, it has inspired troubadour Todd Snider to release […]

There is a movie out this weekend that you just can’t miss! Call + Response is a compelling "Rockumentary" that exposes the current state of the worldwide slave trade. Some of our favorite artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Moby, Cold War Kids, Imogen Heap, Switchfoot, Talib Kweli, Rocco Deluca and Matisyahu perform in a effort to […]

The man who formed, fronted, and wrote the majority of the material for early 90’s indie-rock sensation Guided By Voices has a new band, and people are paying attention.  Boston Spaceships consists of ROBERT POLLARD (Guided by Voices,) CHRIS SLUSARENKO (Takeovers, Guided By Voices, Svelt, Sprinkler) & JOHN MOEN (Perhapst, Decemberists, Jicks, Elliott Smith, Dharma […]

Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty Downtown Records by Noel Wurst Argh, damn Cold War Kids. With your really interesting backing band, that listeners (or at least I) really would like to hear a little louder but that lead singer Nathan Willett flat out refuses to not shout every line. I wanna hear the band! […]