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Live Photos: Atlantis Music Conference and Festival

By Kate Eldridge on 3:01 PM on October 2, 2008

[Above: The Judies perform at the Star Bar Saturday 9/20.]The Atlantis Music Conference and Festival took place over four days all around Atlanta, and was a chance for musicians of every stripe to showcase their talent. We were there, and caught some of the best performances on camera. ... read more

T.I.: Paper Trail

By Michael Saba on 8:00 AM on October 1, 2008

Tip Harris wrote and recorded most of Paper Trail while under house arrest... read more

Informer:Atlanta 9/30/08

By Julia Reidy on 1:53 PM on September 30, 2008

Welcome to Informer:Atlanta! Each Tuesday, we bring you the very best in the coming week's music, film and culture events in and around Atlanta. Think we missed something? Wanna tip us off to something cool over the horizon? Let us know! All events are recommended, but italics indicate an editor's pick. (L) indicates local artists.... read more

Band of the Week: Warm in the Wake

By Claire Ashton on 7:00 AM on September 29, 2008

"It's about needing to feed the exploration part of our personalities. I mean geographically," explains vocalist and guitarist Chris Rowell, describing the mindset behind the opening track on Warm In The Wake's new digitally-released EP, Speak Plainly. "Not whatever dirty thing..." read more

Decatur native leads Les Miserables cast at the Fox through Sunday

By Michael Dunaway; photo by Joan Marcus courtesy of the Fox Theatre on 4:06 PM on September 26, 2008

When I heard that, after 23 years, uber-producer Cameron Mackintosh had retooled his great Les Miserables (and was premiering the changes at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre), I was simultaneously excited and horrified. Of all the musicals of our generation, Les Mis is not only easily the greatest and most enduring, but also the most unlikely-- a three-hour-plus show of all original music, based on a French novel over a hundred years old and over fourteen hundred pages long, entitled (loosely translated) “The Wretched,” and which, when not concerning itself with the plight of the urban poor, dwells largely on the fundamental... read more

Tealights @ Drunken Unicorn 9/20/08

By Russ Marshalek; photo by Bartram Nason on 12:04 PM on September 26, 2008

The last thing I want is to turn into some sort of Atlanta music TMZ affiliate, so I'll try to keep the gossip to a minimum: One Hand Loves The Other was a four-piece Atlanta band that fused electronic compositions with classical instrumentation and pop sensibilities and began getting serious notice last year. What pushed them over the edge and set indie hearts all aflutter, in addition to their blending of past and of-the-moment music into something forward-reaching, was dreamboat front man Lou Rodriguez's soaring, R&B-inflected vocals. Basically, OHLTO was the perfect combination of music's future and past, shined, honed... read more

Top 6 Sondheim Songs for the ATL: A Playlist

By Brooke Hatfield on 1:00 PM on September 25, 2008

Not content to just tell you about Alliance Theatre's forthcoming Sondheim review, we here at Paste:Local have assembled a playlist of the Sondheim tunes most relevant to our fair city of Atlanta. The following may only be funny if you're a local news-savvy musical theater fan, and even then it might be a stretch-- regardless, enjoy the songs!... read more

Lapine-directed Sondheim revue coming to the Alliance Theatre this Spring

By Brooke Hatfield on 5:00 PM on September 24, 2008

Prepare to squeal, Atlanta musical theater lovers: The Alliance Theatre is closing out its 40th anniversary season with a world-premiere Stephen Sondheim revue. There's good news and bad news here, though. I will assume you want the bad news first.... read more

Informer:Atlanta 9/23/08

By Julia Reidy on 5:36 PM on September 23, 2008

See Ron Sexsmith or Mugison play Live at Paste

By Julia Reidy on 9:00 AM on September 23, 2008

What's more exciting than answering three easy questions so you can cross the Bridge of Death? Answering six easy questions so you can see Ron Sexsmith or Mugison play live at the Paste offices in Decatur, Ga.! That's right: Just fill out the survey for your chance to see one of the acts live at Paste this week. We'll be doing this every once in a while, so stay tuned!... read more

Atlantis Music Conference and Festival 2008, Part 2: Catching Up With... Rebecca Loebe

By Luca Eandi, photo courtesy of Cumberland Road Studios on 11:32 AM on September 22, 2008

The stated purpose of 1998's first annual Atlantis Music Conference was to provide a platform for both music industry professionals and fans to discover new talent through three days of showcases, seminars and panels within Atlanta's city limits. But in the next few years, the Internet stole the spotlight-- and the platform-- as it became the main provider of musical discovery duties as it grew out of its series of tubes and into everyone’s collective consciousness. These days, more opportunities for exposure are available to today's young artists than ever before.... read more

Atlantis Music Conference and Festival 2008, Part 1: Why is there glitter on this couch?

By Julia Reidy, photos by Julia Reidy on 10:49 PM on September 19, 2008

Indie rockers don't really do red carpet arrivals. The independent recording world exists for the most part outside of the bubble of light created by a media pit full of photographers. It was a blessing, then, that the first flash-bulbed arrivals to the Atlantis Music Conference and Festival 2008 opening party at Midtown's swank Opera club happened before sunset, keeping our sheltered, singer-songwriter-listening journalist types' corneal damage to a minimum. But then the evening got pretty iridescent pretty fast.... read more

The Coathangers talk Suicide Squeeze full-length debut

By Rebecca Bowen on 4:00 PM on September 19, 2008

Atlanta's own Coathangers have made it clear they ain't Parcheesi, Monopoly or even generic Internet Boggle, but we keep playin' them over and over again anyway... read more

You can still win free tickets to see The Bridges!

By Julia Reidy on 2:35 PM on September 18, 2008

[Edit: Congratulations to our winner! Keep reading Paste:Local for more ticket giveaways!] Atlantans! No one has claimed the pair of free tickets we're giving away to see The Bridges play at The Loft this Saturday with Matt Costa and The Smart Brothers! Be the first to email atlanta@pastemagazine.com and win the tickets as well as an autographed copy of Paste and The Bridges' new album! Email now!... read more

Live Photos: The Other Sound Festival 9/11/08-9/13/08

By Jason Reed (photography) on 1:54 PM on September 17, 2008

[Above: The Booze play Saturday night at The Earl.]Atlanta's Other Sound Festival took place at WonderRoot, The Star Bar and The Earl over three days last weekend. Musicians, mostly from the ATL but some from other towns around the Southeast, played on main stages and in club corners, celebrating everything outside of the norm. Behold!... read more

Informer: Atlanta 9/16/08

By Julia Reidy on 3:10 PM on September 16, 2008

Win tickets to see The Bridges at The Loft this Saturday!

By Julia Reidy, photo by Pier Nicola D'Amico on 11:53 AM on September 16, 2008

They're the Best of What's Next, and they're coming to our fair city this weekend to perform during the Atlantis Music Conference and Festival, joining Matt Costa and The Smart Brothers at The Loft this Saturday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. (doors at 8). And you have the chance to see them live-- for free!... read more

Manchester Orchestra returns with new EP, album, tour

By Jeremy Medina on 1:23 PM on September 15, 2008

Given the recent announcement of a new EP, album and tour, it's becoming increasingly apparent Manchester Orchestra's lead singer Andy Hull might be the busiest man in music.... read more

New understanding of blindness sparked "in the Dark"

By Brooke Hatfield on 11:37 AM on September 15, 2008

To the sighted, the prospect of blindness can seem catastrophic, and it can be difficult to comprehend the ability of its victims to lead relatively normal lives. But Dialog in the Dark, a traveling exhibit making its U.S. debut at Atlantic Station now through March 1st, is geared towards exposing those of us with sight to the daily experiences of the blind via temporary immersion in their world.... read more