AMG Weekend Picks 5/8-5/10

Friday, May 8  Snowden & The Shadowboxers @ The Loft (Shaky Knees Late Night Show!) Genre: Indie/Soul/Pop Sounds Like: French Kicks, John & Jacob, Film School Tickets are $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Doors open at 10:30 pm, show starts at 11:30 pm. Find Tickets Here! Graveyard @ The EARL (Shaky Knees Late Night […]

Live Review and Picture Book: Hopscotch Music Festival 2012 Friday Night Plaza Show featuring Zammuto, Built to Spill and The Jesus & Mary Chain September 7th

Hopscotch Highlights – Day 2 – Article By Kim Ware The very best thing about festivals such as Hopscotch is walking in to a random show, not really knowing who you’re about to see, and finding a new favorite band. Enter The Wigg Report, who kicked off Day 2 with a bright and early (noon-fifteen) […]

Hopscotch Music Festival Returns To Raleigh Sept. 6-8; Featuring The Roots, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo & More!

                            It’s gonna get a bit rowdy in September in Raleigh! The Independent Weekly announced its third annual Hopscotch Music Festival, N.C.’s biggest music festival. Scheduled for Sept. 6-8, 2012 in downtown Raleigh, the festival will feature 175 bands in 15 venues- […]

What’s Up Monday?

I WANT MY MTV!!! Well, even with the return of Matt Pinfield’s famed “120 Minutes,” MTV still isn’t what it used to be, but we still wish a happiest 30th birthday to the network that made it cool to rock some spandex and hypercolor tees… While you are doing keg stands celebrating, here are some […]

Buckhead Theatre Opens with Shows by Deer Tick with Dead Confederate and Built To Spill

We’ve missed the Roxy Theater. Despite all the things working against it – the expensive parking, Buckhead traffic, Buckhead in general – it was a venue of a certain size that was not too small (The EARL) or too big (The Tabernacle) for acts like Echo and the Bunnymen and Flogging Molly. But there was […]