ATHFEST 2008 has announced the headlining artists for this year’s festival. On Friday, June 20th, 17-piece psychedelic rock collective DARK MEAT, recently signed to Vice Records, will perform. On Saturday, June 21st, pop darlings MODERN SKIRTS, currently in the studio with David Lowery (Cracker), will perform. Dub reggae collective DUBCONSCIOUS, who will soon release their […]
Music fills the air in the heart of Midtown amidst flowers and nature during SunTrust Concerts in the Garden at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this summer. Atlanta’s most intimate outdoor musical event has been recognized as "Best Outdoor Concert Series” by Atlanta Magazine. 2008 Lineup Buddy Guy Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m.Shawn Colvin […]
Smashing Pumpkins have said that they may never release a new album again. The band did, however, say thay had no plans to give up music or stop playing together – they were simply considering releasing music in more unconventional formats. On the band’s official website, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin said: "Although we (Smashing Pumpkins) may […]
Alt-rock band Switchfoot and Christian rock group Third Day have announced they will be headlining the "Music Builds Tour", which is on the road later this year to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Also joining the tour will be Christian group Jars of Clay and Robert Randolph & The Family Band. The Music Builds Tour will […]
Darfur Now, a documentary about ongoing genocide in Darfur, is nearing DVD release. As the date approaches, special screenings of Darfur Now and concerts to raise awareness are popping up at college campuses across the country. Atlanta will be one of the stops on the tour. Artists performing are: JANELLE MONAE ANTHONY DAVID NOVEL DJ […]
With a new lead singer, Lord Nelson, Georgia-based rap/metal band STUCK MOJO has announced a US tour. STUCK MOJO, having been signed to Napalm Records late last year, recently re-released their latest album, "Southern Born Killers". Commented STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward: "We feel good about Napalm; they understand that their groups need to take […]
Yesterday he finished a wildly successful tour with KT Tunstall and tomorrow Teitur will kick off his US tour in Atlanta at Vinyl. Teitur has been selling out shows across the globe, since he first took the music scene by storm with 2003’s Poetry & Aeroplanes. Check out his video for Louis, Louis, and grab […]
Philadelphia soul musician Mutlu will open Joe Jackson’s April 26 show at Variety Playhouse. Mutlu is touring in promotion of his new self titled album, Mutlu. Tickets are still available.
The Roots have announced the lineup for their upcoming tour! They will be coming to the Fox Theater in Atlanta on May 23rd, with Erykah Badu. You can find tickets here. The rest of the tour dates are listed below: April11 – Killington, Vt. @ Pickle Barrel Night Club12 – Boston, Mass. @ Northeastern University16 […]
According to a police report filed by Roy Smith, Sting heard him singing at Molly’s Garden Restaurant back in 1977 or 78 (believe it or not, Smith can’t quite remember), thought he was good, and asked him to hang out. They stopped at a 7-Eleven for beer(?) and hung out for hours in Sting‘s basement. […]
According to AC/DC’s official site, AC/DC fans can expect the band’s next album of new material sometime later this year. The band are currently recording in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien and long time audio engineer Mike Fraser. This will be the band’s first collection of new material since the release of Stiff Upper Lip […]
The Pipette’s have just released this statement on their Myspace page: The Pipettes have two new members, Ani and Anna. We are demoing up 20-25 new songs, with an eye to recording a second album in the Summer. We want to tell you all about them, but we’re very much head-down working on new material […]
The Southern Comfort Music Festival in Atlanta had originally announced Queens of the Stone Age would be the headlining band for the May 17th festival, but a new lineup has now been released. Lineup:Against Me!Bang CamaroGhostland ObservatoryRyan ShawSupersuckers The festival will be held at Centennial Park and is a FREE event. All attendees must be […]
Slash has revealed to Billboard.com that the remaining members of Velvet Revolver are creating a web site to find a new lead singer. "The band is actually talking about actually building a Web site [and] doing some auditions via that, so that’s been something that’s developing at this point," Slash explains, noting that it should […]
Green Day have finally confirmed that the garage-rock band called Foxboro Hot Tubs is acutally a pseudonym name for Green Day. Along with this announcement came the news that the Foxboro Hot Tubs will be releasing a full-length album, Stop Drop and Roll, and this will be out “any day.” Of course, this is not […]
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