Category: Show Reviews
Show Review: MisterWives & Bishop Briggs at the Tabernacle
Last Saturday, MisterWives and Bishop Briggs brought their co-headlining Don’t Look Down Tour to Atlanta’s historic Tabernacle. The Tabernacle, originally founded as a church and later converted to a concert hall, was an appropriate choice for a show that felt like a musical baptism, cleansing us, the audience, of all our worldly problems and pledging…
Show Review: Re:SET Concert Series in Atlanta (Friday Show)
Re:SET is taking the festival experience city to city, with their star-studded, traveling lineup. The concert series was headlined by Steve Lacy, LCD Soundsystem and Boygenius, each supported by equally talented artists. I had never seen any sort of concert like this and think it’s really cool that an expansive concert experience is offered to…
boygenius Headlines Re:SET Concert Series in Atlanta Despite Delays
Last Sunday was the final leg of the Re:SET concert series in Atlanta, featuring headliner boygenius preceded by Bartees Strange, Dijon and Clairo. Given how summers in the south are prone to sporadic bouts of rain and thunder, the concert series has had to improvise against a string of weather-related events the entire weekend. On…
Show Review: Valley
On May 5th, the Toronto-based band, Valley, came to the Buckhead Theater as part of their “Lost In Translation” tour. Preceded by the young, promising artist Aiden Bisset, it was a special night of mesmerizing music. Bisset was the perfect opener. He engaged well with his audience, likely winning the hearts of most of the…
Show Review: Earthday Everyday 2023
On April 22, Afterglo held its second annual Earthday Everyday music festival at Live Wire Athens. It was a busy day in Athens, coinciding with Normaltown Music Festival, Highlight Athens, and Athens Twilight Criterium. Starting at 2 p.m., a multi-genre lineup of artists took to the outside stages, with attention turning to the inside stage…
Show Review: Spring Fling Fashion Thing 2
Artist BVY Trubb and organizer Basher Media recently hosted the second annual fashion show at Paloma Park, highlighting Athens performers and designers. Picture Show, MizzPrettyPink, Highness, Hollowbody and Shakti Sound took to the stage as models walked, showing off clothing from fourteen different designers, and it all came together beautifully. Picture Show Picture Show was…
Show Review: Highlight Athens
Every spring, students in the Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia complete a Microcosm of the Music Industry Project, which is a semester long project of their own design based on a sector of the music industry that they are interested in. For their project, students Daniel Crowe, Charlie Enter, Marissa Jones,…
Show Review: Wim Tapley and The Cannons at 40 Watt
On Tuesday, I spent a lovely night at the 40 Watt with Athens-bred Wim Tapley and the Cannons, alongside Nashville band Jive Talk. The pre-show was almost as entertaining as the show itself. They invited me to hang out backstage and I was greeted with laughs and good energy. You can tell they really love…
Concert Review: flipturn Glows at the Georgia Theatre
Last Friday, Florida-based flipturn brought their Shadowglow tour to the Georgia Theatre for one glorious sold-out evening with support from Athens’ beloved Hotel Fiction. Hotel Fiction From the second Hotel Fiction stepped on stage, it became abundantly clear that they were meant to be there as Jade Ireland’s soft vocals and Jessica Thompsons’s sharp sound…
Jameson Tank at Georgia Theatre
Haley: Going to our first Jameson Tank show, we did not know what to expect. Entering the evening guided only by lots of beer, a dream and the legends passed down by our Vinyl Mag forefathers, our names are Haley and Jacob, and this is our story. Jake: Let us set the scene for you:…