Photos + Review: St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Birmingham, Ala.

By Erin McFarland at 11:00 AM on January 28, 2013

Lead singer Paul Janeway has the charisma of a televangelist with the moves of a modern Charlie Chaplin.  read more

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Live Review: Bob Dylan and Drive-By Truckers at Merriweather Post Pavilion

By Geoffrey Himes at 2:20 PM on August 23, 2011

When music critics are nominating the latest “new Dylan," they usually focus on earnest guitar strummers such as Paul Simon, Steve Forbert, Billy Bragg or Conor Oberst. This ignores the fact that the majority of Dylan’s albums and almost all his live shows since 1966 have featured him as the leader of a loud, rootsy rock ‘n’ roll band. So who are Dylan’s true heirs? Who’s out there telling stories with lively language, iconoclastic aphorisms, evocative details, blues grooves, country twang and rock ‘n’ roll punch?...  read more

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Listen Up: Billy Joe Shaver, the Oldest Living Punk in America

By Rachael Maddux at 8:00 AM on December 14, 2009

Eddie's Attic isn't exactly the kind of place you'd ever expect to see a punk show, but I think I might have done just that a couple of weeks ago.  read more

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Listen Up: Marissa Nadler, Where Have I Been All Your Life?

By Rachael Maddux at 8:00 AM on November 16, 2009

Two Saturday nights ago, the night before my birthday, I'd had two tacos and two margaritas and I was at The Earl in Atlanta with my boyfriend Joe when I decided that I was going to love Marissa Nadler forever...  read more

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Listen Up: After Far, Reconsidering Regina Spektor

By Rachael Maddux at 8:00 AM on October 19, 2009

I don't like Regina Spektor's new album, but maybe you already knew that...  read more

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Live Review: Kid Sister @ Metro 11/26/08

By Kent Green, photos by Laura Gray at 2:00 PM on December 4, 2008

On several occasions last Wednesday night, Kid Sister reminded the Metro crowd that she had worked there as a cocktail waitress two years ago. She was let go from the job, but she wasn't bitter at all. “It was a blessing in disguise,” she said. “So I want y'all to give it up for the nigga who fired me!” ...  read more

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Live Review & Photos: Cameron McGill @ Beat Kitchen 11/21/08

By Rory O'Connor, photos by Rory O'Connor at 12:30 PM on December 2, 2008

Cameron McGill & What Army added a dash of alt-country color to the Beat Kitchen two Fridays ago, as McGill crooned his way through the set with a refreshing level of energy, given his quiet songwriting style. Though often compared to Ryan Adams, McGill lacks his desperation, feeling more spirited and less on-edge. The music was introspective and sentimental, but the mood remained light thanks to his lively performance....  read more

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Live Photos & Review: Atlanta Mess-Around, Day 2 (Gentleman Jesse, NOBUNNY, Hex Dispensers and more) @ The Earl 11/15/08

By Eliot Johnson and Austin L. Ray, photos by Jason Reed at 4:10 PM on November 21, 2008

[Above: NOBUNNY plays the second night of the Atlanta Mess-Around.] Like Day One of the Mess-Around, Day Two got off to an unusually early start for the Earl. But despite numerous warnings the previous evening that Saturday's festivities would get underway promptly at half past eight, the crowd was still unfortunately thin as Oxford, Mississippi's The Black and Whites kicked off the festival's second, poppier night....  read more

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Live Photos & Review: Atlanta Mess-Around, Day 1 (Blade II, Carbonas, Baby Shakes and more) @ The Earl 11/14/08

By Eliot Johnson, photos by Jason Reed at 3:20 PM on November 19, 2008

[Above: Baby Shakes play the first night of the Atlanta Mess-Around.]Though the three Atlanta labels behind the two-day Atlanta Mess-Around have released a diverse array of music, their punk and power pop offerings have evolved into the unquestionable centerpieces of the scene, as evidenced by the Mess-Around's line-ups: The second night would boast a strong pop sensibility, but the first was almost all about punk rock. ...  read more

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Live Photos & Review: AIDS Wolf, Vera Fang, Thy Mighty Contract @ The Earl 11/6/08

By Julia Reidy, photos by Jason Reed at 3:50 PM on November 12, 2008

[Above: AIDS Wolf's Chloe Lum]It would be easy to call last Wednesday at the Earl a theme night: All three bands were intentionally loud and messy, all three led by female singers (none of whom played an instrument, the star-shaped tambourine wielded by Vera Fang's Zopi Kristjanson) and all three women gripped the microphone alone and howled into the audience. But that's where the similarities stopped....  read more

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