MUUY BIIEN w/ Bambara
Nihilist Cheerleader
TRASH TALK w/ Antwon + tba
Wild Sacramento, California hardcore revivalists Trash Talk had been playing together for two years before their debut recording, Plagues: Walking Disease, was released by Rumble Records in 2007. Taking influence from American hardcore and speed metal, the group included vocalist Lee Spielman, guitarist Garrett Stevenson, bassist Spencer Pollard, and drummer Sam Bosson. Steady touring and […]
TRUE WIDOW w/ Mary Lattimore & more
Dallas trio TRUE WIDOW craft patient, rounded music that calls to mind images of foggy dawns and parched fields. Formed in November 2007, TRUE WIDOW released their self-titled debut a year later and immediately caught the ears of the underground. At its core, the music of TRUE WIDOW is powered by the driving, guitar-dense aspects […]
SUNFLOWER BEAN w/ The Lemon Twigs & more
Sunflower Bean find magic within friction. The New York trio’s full-length debut album, Human Ceremony , emerges at the intersection of dreamy modern psychedelica and urgent fuzzed-out bliss. That push-and-pull colors the aural tapestry of these three musicians—Jacob Faber , Julia Cumming , and Nick Kivlen . “Everything comes from a conflicting interest,” affirms Nick. […]
GREAT GOOD FINE OK
Often the best pop songs happen spontaneously and on impulse. Like A Prayer was written in a day. Sia Furler wrote Rihanna’s Diamonds in just 14 minutes. Brooklyn’s rising synthpop stars Great Good Fine Ok, meanwhile, bumped into each other on the street late last year, decided to harness their intuitive creative spirits, and finished […]
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW w/ Paint Fumes + more
The King Khan & BBQ Show are two guys in a band, both writing, performing and singing: Arish ‘King’ Khan: guitar, vocals. His voice is the snotty one. His guitar is the lead one. Mark ‘BBQ’ Sultan: drums, guitar, vocals. His voice is the smooth one. His guitar is the rhythmic one. The drums are […]
HELLO OCHO w/ Horse Massage & Suffer Dragon
Totally unrestrained creative expression is a standard that any artist would strive for. It just so happens that Atlanta quintet Hello Ocho has long since left that landmark in the rear view, hurtling through the cosmos like a psychedelic freighter with little regard for traditional song and genre forms. The latest product of their efforts, […]
NIK TURNER’S HAWKWIND + more
Nik Turner (born Nicholas Turner, 28 August 1940, in Oxford, England) is best known as the co-founder and former singer and saxophonist with influential rock group Hawkwind. He co-founded the group with Dave Brock in 1969. Turner was a major influence on the Hawkwind sound during the band's most popular period in the early 1970s, […]
GAG w/ Lower Species
Abuse of Power
PREFUSE 73
Guillermo Scott Herren is nothing if not proven. It’s hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant-rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS, Cornelius, and producing the L.A. duo: “Voices Voices” […]
FELLY w/ THE PHEELS & MICHAEL MYERS
With nearly 40,000 subscribers on YouTube and over 12 million listens on SoundCloud, artist/producer Felly has experienced unbelievable growth since his introduction to the hip-hop world only four years ago. The 20 year-old’s music, instrumentals and freestyles have racked up over 7 million views on YouTube in the process, with his most recent project This […]
Generationals w/ Psychic Twin
Aisle 5 1123 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesNew Orleans natives Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer struck up a friendship as high school freshmen and formed Generationals in 2007 after graduating college. Though their retro vibe bears the influence of Phil Spector's mid-century pop, Generationals' sound is wide-ranging and diverse, incorporating elements of britpop, dance and electronic music infused with rhythmic guitar lines, […]
Foreseen (Finland) w/ Red Death, Sadistic Ritual, Repulsory
Drunken Unicorn 736 Ponce De Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesReturning a few years and a few tours after their 2014-released Helsinki Savagery debut album set the world ablaze, Finland's FORESEEN is back with the topically resonant savage crossover burst, Grave Danger, their second album for 20 Buck Spin. Additionally, the band is plotting their return to the US directly in conjunction with the album's […]
CORPUS I TOUR w/ DREAMCRUSHER
Drunken Unicorn 736 Ponce De Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesShow Me the Body is a sludgy trio of NYC natives who, with only two EPs, have become fixtures of the city's underground scene. In 2016, they capture the increasingly alarming state of a New York that is rapidly attempting to eradicate the chaos they favor. Like their friends Ratking, who are fellow members of […]
MONO @ The EARL
The EARL 488 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Tokyo, Japan based 4 piece Instrumental Rock band MONO was originally formed in 1999. Their unique approach of blending orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise in their music has been held in extremely high regard; so much so, that the band's musicianship can no longer be sustained by Rock music alone and was praised […]
WHORES. w/ Wrong, Bummer @ Drunken Unicorn
Drunken Unicorn 736 Ponce De Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesAtlanta's "new kings of noise rock" Whores have hit the proverbial big time. With a two EPs that have achieved near-cult classic status in the noise rock underground and countless cross-country tours, over the past five years the band have managed to gain the kind of respect usually reserved for acts that have been pounding […]
PERFUME GENIUS w/ serpentwithfeet
Terminal West 887 W Marietta St NW, Ste C, Atlanta, GA, United StatesOver the course of two astonishing albums, Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, cemented his place as a singer-songwriter of rare frankness, creating songs that, while achingly emotional, offered empathy and hope, rather than any judgment or handwringing. Sparse, gorgeous and with Hadreas' quavering vocals often only accompanied by piano, they were uncommonly beautiful […]
KIKAGAKU MOYO
The EARL 488 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesKikagaku Moyo (Japanese for Geometric Patterns) is the musical union between five free spirits. Go Kurosawa (drums, Vocals) and Tomo Katsurada (Guitar, Vocals) formed the band in 2012 as a free artist's collective. They met Kotsuguy (Bass) while he was recording noise from vending machines and Akira (Guitar) through their university. Ryu Kurosawa had been […]
LITTLE HURRICANE
The EARL 488 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta, GA, United StatesLittle Hurricane will be releasing their new album in early 2017. The new bio and press assets are currently being developed.** Here is the the bio from their last release: For the recording of their sophomore album Gold Fever, San Diego-based dirty-blues twosome Little Hurricane skipped the studio and rented out a 19th-century apple-packing house […]
BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT, Chelsea Shag
Aisle 5 1123 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, United States"I had a bit of a cry after I heard the mastered album," says Rod Thomas, Bright Light Bright Light, of his third long-player Choreography. Rod is not usually the sentimental sort. But he is a man born of the Welsh Valleys. It comes out. Why so emotional this time, Rod? "Because I can't believe […]