Throwback Thursday: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ The Earl 4/16

On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon, that it’s hard to believe there is anything left. It’s been twenty years since Jon Spencer Blues Explosion first pressed ‘record’, and twenty years since Spencer and his A-Team of sonic terrorists tore up the indie-rock […]

ATL Insider: Plan A Night At The EARL

There’s probably few things more exciting in this world than snagging tickets to a concert you really want to go to. Since this is something that we at Atlanta Music Guide fully understand, we’re here to help you make the most out of an evening for a show at The EARL! The EARL, located in […]

What’s Up This Week 4/6-4/9

Monday April 6 Upset & Colleen Green @ The Earl Genre: Punk Rock Sounds Like: Tacocat, Aye Nako, Joanna Gruesome Tickets are $12 ADV, $15 day of. Doors open at 9 pm, show starts at 9:30 pm. Find Tickets Here! Like Pacific @ The Masquerade Genre: Punk Sounds Like: Home Advantage, Call It Off, Refuse to […]

AMG Weekend Picks 3/27-3/29

Friday, March 27 The Shondes, Hailey Wojcik and The Haze @ The Masquerade Genre: Rock Sounds like: Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! The 11th Annual Atlanta Blues Festival @ The Fox Theatre Genre: Blues Sounds like: Shirley Brown, Clarence Carter, Latimer Tickets are $52.50 to $75. Doors open at 7 p.m. Find tickets here! […]

What’s Up This Week 3/23-3/26

Monday March 23 Deerhoof @ The Earl Genre: Punk Rock Sounds Like: Liars, The Fiery Furnaces, Ponytail Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 the day of the show. Doors open at 8:30 pm, show starts at 9 pm. Find Tickets Here! La Dispute and Title Fight @ The Masquerade Genre: Rock Sounds Like: Defeater, Trophy […]

AMG Weekend Picks 3/20-3/22

Friday March 20 Josh Worden @ The Music Room Genre: Indie, Electronic Sounds Like: Evan Mellows, AKUA, Hunterchild Tickets are $5, show starts at 9 p.m. Find Tickets Here! Milos Karadaglic @ Bailey Performance Center Genre: Classic Guitar Sounds Like: Nicola Benedetti, Paul Galbraith, Sharon Isbin Tickets vary from $15-$55, box office will open at […]

Whats Up This Week 3/16-3/19

Monday March 16 Will Butler @ The Earl Genre: Indie Rock Sounds Like: Courtney Barnett, Mini Mansions, Vundabar Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 8:30 p.m, show starts at 9 p.m. Find Tickets Here! Delicate Steve @ 529 Genre: Progressive Rock Sounds Like: Yellow Ostrich, Suckers, Here We Go […]

AMG Weekend Picks 3/6-3/8

Friday, March 6 Seven Lions @ Opera Nightclub Genre: Electronic, Trance, Dubstep Sounds Like: Adventure Club, Porter Robinson, Sub Focus Tickets range from $25-$40. Doors open at 10pm. Find Tickets Here! Chadwick Stokes of Dispatch/State Radio @ Vinyl  Genre: Alternative Rock Sounds Like: O.A.R, Slightly Stupid, Dispatch Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the […]

AMG Weekend Picks 2/27-3/1

Friday Feb. 27 Rocco Deluca @ The Earl Genre: Indie Rock Sounds Like: honeyhoney, Charlie Mars, Ponderosa Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of. Doors open at 9 pm, show starts at 10 pm. Find Tickets Here! Jason Boland & The Stragglers @ King Plow at Terminal West Genre: American Red Dirt Country […]

AMG Weekend Picks 2/20 – 2/22

Friday February 20 Jim Lauderdale @ Eddie’s Attic Genre: Americana, Rock, Bluegrass Sounds Like: Darrell Scott, Buddy Miller, Del McCoury GA tickets are $20 in advance, $26 at the door. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Find Tickets Here! Excision & Protohype @ The Tabernacle Genre: Dubstep, Electronic Sounds Like: Datsik, […]

Show Preview: The Grifters @ The EARL 2/20

Look out Atlanta…Grifters are on the comeback! Almost deliberately noisy, sloppy, and out-of-tune, the band hides their melodies under a heavy static fuzz of distortion. The Memphis, TN band (David Shouse, Scott Taylor, Tripp Lamkins and Stan Gallimore) have their roots a few decades back, with the original name of “A Band Called Bud” in the […]