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Live Review: Jenny Lewis and Benji Hughes @ Variety Playhouse 9/30/08

By Steve LaBate on 12:15 PM on October 3, 2008

Two nights ago, I caught a great show at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse—up-and-comer Benji Hughes opened for one of my favorite artists of the last few years, Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis.... read more

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Live Review: Janelle Monae and Gnarls Barkley @ Variety Playhouse 8/11/08

By Tim Regan-Porter, photos by Jason Reed on 10:12 AM on August 29, 2008

On August 11, Atlanta hosted a combo of musicians who are not only reshaping the city's increasingly diverse music scene, but dismantling preconceptions of popular music as a whole. Gnarls Barkley returned home for a sold-out crowd at Variety Playhouse and, on the eve of her national debut on Bad Boy Records (a extended version of the Metropolis: Suite I she's been selling independently), Janelle Monae teed them up.... read more

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Wolf Parade - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - 7/28/08

By Austin L. Ray on 4:34 PM on August 28, 2008

Photos taken at Variety Playhouse by Stephen Lindley... read more

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Live Review: Mike Geier's Kingsized Elvis Memorial Spectacular @ Variety Playhouse 8/16/08

By Kristen Shaw, photos by Chad McFarlin on 11:00 AM on August 25, 2008

Mike Geier and his Kingsized Orchestra, along with the Dames Aflame burlesque dancers and El Vez (the Mexican Elvis), put on a show that kept the audience laughing and dancing at every minute-- a fitting tribute to the King on the thirty-first anniversary of his death.... read more

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Live Review: She & Him @ Variety Playhouse 7/29/08

By Julia Reidy; photos by Ashley Melzer on 2:00 PM on August 12, 2008

After folk opener Freakwater, as a celebrity-induced tension fell over the unnaturally hushed Variety Playhouse crowd waiting for M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel to take the stage, my skepticism abounded. I wondered whether all these people were excited about the music they were about to hear, or were they just waiting to see a movie star? I wondered if the music would hold up to "vanity project" scrutiny. (I enjoyed She & Him's recent debut, Volume One, but wasn't floored by it.) I wondered if She & Him performances were as awkward as they'd been rumored to be. I wondered... read more

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