It has long been known that spring officially begins in the South the weekend of The Masters tournament in Augusta. The ‘tradition unlike any other’ offers new beginnings with each dirt cheap pimento cheese sandwich and $3 domestic draught. However there’s a growing argument that spring doesn’t quite get rolling until Shaky Knees takes over…
Chris Hunkele
Show Review: Ra Ra Riot, Sun Club, and PWR BTTM at Aisle 5 in Atlanta
[tps_header] When Ra Ra Riot announced they were hitting the road to promote Need Your Light, I was anxious to see how the new material would translate to the stage. When I heard they’d be bringing Sun Club AND PWR BTTM with them, I was ecstatic. Then I found out these three would be playing steps…
PerDiem x Vinyl Mag: The Future of Music
Over the last decade, the music industry has struggled to provide a reliable way to successfully support independent artists. The traditional method of saving money to make a record, playing a ton of shows and hoping that people buy your music just isn’t working. Now more than ever, the market is so saturated with great…
Wrecking Ball ATL 2015: Recapping A Weekend Of Punk Rock Nostalgia
[tps_header] “The last time I saw you act like this, we were kids.” A couple weekends ago The Masquerade entertained thousands of Atlantans with a dream lineup of 60 punk and hardcore bands. The name was fitting, given the recent selling of the venue to a multi-family developer who plans to turn the land into…
Athfest 2015: A Recap
AthFest – also known as Athens-Clarke County’s premiere local music festival – went down this weekend, and here is a brief VinylMag recap of some things that happened. Another year, another exclamation that our music scene is better than yours. I mean, where else can you find this much talent in one town? Don’t say New…
Diarrhea Planet: The Best Live Band You’ll Ever See
[tps_header] What’s up? We’re Diarrhea Planet, and we just woke up!! It was the final day of South by Southwest, and the guys from Diarrhea Planet were taking the stage as I was waiting outside the gates of Austin’s Historic Scoot Inn. It was a rainy Saturday with an uncharacteristically long wait time for an…