Album Review: The xx ‘Coexist’
September 25, 2012
The xx gained a little bit of notoriety leading up to the release of Coexist by first streaming the album from their own website, with a map to show the way that the music spread over the Internet and the world. A nifty idea,
Music Midtown 2012: A Review
September 25, 2012
We’ve wrapped the second year of Music Midtown in Atlanta, and the expanded two-day festival brought in more bands and more fans to the belly of Piedmont Park. Although the cool relief of fall has been digging in its heels of late, there was
Concert Review: Pearl Jam at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 23, 2012
We have come to the final night of Atlanta’s 2-day music festival Music Midtown. Saturday, we rolled back the clock to revisit Garbage, had a bizarre visit from swashbuckling Adam Ant, saw one-hit-wonder Neon Trees and was blown away by the vocal acrobatics of
Concert Review: Florence + The Machine at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 23, 2012
The 52,000 music fans who came out for the second day of Atlanta’s newly resurrected Music Midtown festival were treated many times over to the musical delights of 90s rockers Garbage, hometown rapper Ludacris, Adam Ant, and Neon Trees. As the sun began its
Concert Review: T.I. at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 22, 2012
It has been a year since Atlanta was reintroduced to Music Midtown. Largely left for dead when promoters Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon abandoned the cash hole seven years ago, music festivals in Atlanta became a large taboo for the better part of a
Concert Review: The Avett Brothers at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 22, 2012
While Atlanta’s mid-day heat slowly faded into a lovely autumn evening at the Meadow at Piedmont Park, the Friday afternoon crowd that had gathered to hear Grammy-winning R&B artist Van Hunt, eighties rocker Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and hometown hip-hop extraordinaire T.I. easily
Sticker Disclaimers on Artist’s Albums
September 21, 2012
In the same week that Chris Brown unveiled his horribly misguided new neck tattoo, a rather opportunist and cheeky HMV customer decided to further highlight the R&B star’s well-publicized offense by placing a ‘Do Not Buy This Album! This Man Beats Women’ sticker on
How Much Do Bands Make to Play Private Events?
September 20, 2012
With album sales currently in free fall and showing little sign of recovery, the live stage has now become the main way to earn a crust for most artists. But those raking in seven-figure sums aren’t necessarily having to embark on mammoth year-long world
Album Review: Animal Collective ‘Centipede Hz’
September 20, 2012
Few bands are able to realize mainstream success with a formula as unlikely as that of Animal Collective, who have defied all expectation now for over a decade. It’s a world of wanton extravagance, but also careful measure and calculation– at least when at
Rumors Link Eric Church with Kenny Chesney for 2013 Tour
September 19, 2012
Eric Church will be taking some time off from touring in 2013, but it appears he might still have some exciting news up his sleeve. Rumors are now rampant that Church will head out on the road with Kenny Chesney next year. Though Church
