Kid Rock // Live @ Infinite Energy Center // 2.9.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Article and Photos by: Andrés Alvarado Duluth, GA - There’s nothing tame about a Kid Rock Americana-themed concert. Rock’s so-called “Greatest Show on Earth” claim is, on entertainment value alone, difficult to argue with. Yes, incredibly cocky, but Kid does go above and beyond to uphold that statement. “Ain’t no party
Anti-Flag // Live @ The Masquerade // 2.6.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 14, 2018 Article and Photos by: Andrés Alvarado Atlanta, GA - Pittsburgh punk-rock quartet Anti-Flag launched their Silence = Violence Tour back in mid-January to rather lofty expectations. Fresh off their nationwide run during the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, Justin Sane and his politically charged mates rallied a boisterous crowd into famed venue
John 5 and The Creatures // Live @ The Drunken Unicorn // 2.3.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 13, 2018 Article and Photos: Andrés Alvarado Atlanta, GA - John 5 & The Creatures’ show in Atlanta was a cathartic experience of sorts. Jamming out at a dive-bar like setting that sits next to a tattoo parlor seems like an incredibly rock-n-roll thing to do, and so, John 5 did just that.
Album Review: Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 Article by: Andrés Alvarado Futuristic dance-punk darlings Franz Ferdinand have heard it all since releasing their sparkling self-titled magnum opus back in 2004. At the time, this was the “it” record everyone must own, it served as the alternative to the angry nü-metal scene and the perfect escape from the annoying
Walk the Moon // Live @ The Coca Cola Roxy // 1.30.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 Photos and Article by Andres Alvarado A splendiferous spectacle is what the chaps of Walk the Moon handed the crowd at Atlanta’s chic Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre. The Ohio’s quartet Press Restart Tour came brimmed of entrancing dim lights, cool outfits, multi-colored painted faces, catchy tunes, and a front-man swarming of unending
Overcoats // Live @ Terminal West // 1.29.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 5, 2018 Article and Photos by Andrés Alvarado Atlanta, GA - Ms. Hana Elion and Ms. JJ Mitchell stand front and center. Silence befalls over the crowd at Atlanta’s Terminal West as this duo out of The Big Apple share a warm embrace before plunging into the night’s performance. For those unaware of
Album Review: Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - February 5, 2018 Article by Andrés Alvarado Comparisons abound on Gang of Youths’ sophomore offering Go Farther in Lightness. Notably outfits like The National, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Gaslight Anthem come to mind, but make no mistake, Gang of Youths possess the chops to stand on their own feet,
The Killers // Live @ Infinite Energy Center // 1.21.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - January 30, 2018 Article by Andrés Alvarado - Photos by Rob Loud Duluth, GA - Sin City quartet The Killers (though only two originals on this tour) came into town promoting their latest LP Wonderful, Wonderful. Having achieved generally positive reviews for their fifth offering, lead singer Brandon Flowers and co. set out to
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony // Live @ Terminal West // 1.21.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - January 30, 2018 Article and Photos by Andrés Alvarado Atlanta, GA - In the endless debate of whether new-school rap can carry the heavy torch 90’s hip-hop produced there are no concrete answers, just subjective opinions, albeit passionate ones. However, in the median of this argument sits Ohio hip-hop quintet Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Incredibly, this
Black Label Society // Live @ Center Stage // 1.20.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Andres Alvarado - January 25, 2018 Article and Photos by Andrés Alvarado Atlanta, GA - Rocking the night away at Atlanta’s Center Stage, Black Label Society packed the house full of metal-heads ready for a throw-down of the band’s “grimmest hits.” Led by larger than life rock-titan Zakk Wylde, the Los Angeles quartet kicked the evening off