Live review: Death Cab for Cutie with Frightened Rabbit at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, GA 8/11/11 Ben Gibbard played like a man possessed Thursday night for Atlanta fans. Maybe that’s why Death Cab for Cutie began the show with the eight-minute, stalker-inpsired “I Will Possess Your […]
Live review: The Wooden Birds with Takenobu and Lily and the Tigers at the EARL in Atlanta, 7/17/11 Andrew Kenny and his Wooden Birds just wrapped their tour promoting the new release Two Matchsticks (Barsuk Records), a well-received and wonderful record. Upon their arrival in Atlanta, Kenny gushed […]
Live review: The Rosebuds and Other Lives at The EARL in Atlanta, June 16, 2011 Imagine working with your spouse 24/7/365. Never a break. But the product you make is in demand and made of high quality materials. This has been the situation for the Rosebuds’ Kelly Crisp […]
Live review: Company of Thieves / Ben Deignan / Sleeper Agent at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta, June 18, 2011 Chicago’s Company of Thieves know how to entertain. On the road with their sophomore release Running from a Gamble, this outfit also knows how to rock. Leader […]
Mogwai at Center Stage in Atlanta, May 20, 2011 This five-piece band from Glasgow, Scotland must be huge fans of Spinal Tap because they had it turned up to 11 all night. Mogwai is known for the quiet-loud-quiet pattern in many of their songs. But for Atlanta fans, […]
Live Review: The Twilight Singers with Margo and the Nuclear So and So’s at The Masquerade in Atlanta, 5/5/11 Greg Dulli is the man. The man, that is, in charge of his band, his sound, and his life. That was not the case a few short years ago. […]
Live Review: Oryx & Crake at The EARL in Atlanta, 4/11/11 Local and regional bands have been doing CD release shows since the beginning of time (or at least since the advent of CDs). It’s a rare occasion when people actually stand up and pay attention to them. […]
Live review: Cut/Copy, Holy Ghost! at The Masquerade in Atlanta, 3/28/11 Australia’s Cut/Copy brought the eighties back to Atlanta on the kick-off to their world tour Monday night. It was all synth and hooks as near-riotous fans jumped and jammed to Cut/Copy’s reinvention of the New Wave decade. […]
Live review: Dum Dum Girls, Reading Rainbow, Dirty Beaches at the EARL in Atlanta, 3/10/11 Influences on the musical tastes of Dum Dum Girls come from a long list of artists. Dropped names have included The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop. For the new EP, He Gets […]
Live Review: Jonathan Richman at The Highland Inn Ballroom in Atlanta, 2/18/11 At 59, Jonathan Richman can still bring the youthful exuberance to every performance. In his first night of a two-night stand at Atlanta’s Highland Inn Ballroom, fans stood in awe of Richman’s songwriting genius and lightning […]
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