Atlanta Music Guide

A Fine Frenzy

A Fine Frenzy, led by lead singer and pianist Alison Sudol, will be playing at Smith's Olde Bar on Wednesday, March 26th. She will be joined by another singer/songwriter/pianist FERRAS. FERRAS's new album, Aliens & Rainbows, will be released April 1st. However, you've probably already heard his first single, "Hollywood's Not America." The song is being used this season on American Idol, when contestants are voted off. A Fine Frenzy's impressive debut album, One Cell In The Sea, is currently available. This is a show not to be missed! Get your tickets now!

R.E.M.'s new album

It's official, R.E.M.'s new studio album, Accelerate, will be released April 1st. As they prepare for their upcoming North American tour this summer with Modest Mouse and The National, they will perform at the Langerado Music Festival on March 8th and the South-by-Southwest Music Festival on March 12th. R.E.M., Modest Mouse and The National will perform at Lakewood Amphitheatre on June 21st. For tickets to the Atlanta show, click here.

People in Planes

Even though their new album will not be released until this summer, People in Planes have a new single for you. For a limited time you can download their new acoustic version of "Pretty Buildings" and receive the original single for $0.99. This 2-for-1 special won't last long so check it out on iTunes or follow this link.

Bodog Battle of the Bands

Monday, March 10th at 6pm come out to Center Stage and support local Atlanta bands at the regional finals for Bodog's Battle of the Bands 2008. This year the competition is more intense then ever with nearly 5,000 bands originally signing up to compete. The winning band receives a one-million dollar recording and marketing contact with Bodog Music, the international music label behind DMX, Overkill, Neurosonic, and others. For tickets click here!

2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Presenters for the 2008 Rock and Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony have just been released. The ceremony will be shown live on VH1 on March 10th. In order to be considered for such an honor, 25 years must have passed since the artist's first released recording. Here is a list of this year's honorees and those who will be inducting them.

Leonard Cohen introduced by Lou Reed
The Dave Clark Five introduced by Tom Hanks
Madonna introduced by Justin Timberlake
John Mellencamp introduced by Bill Joel
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff introduced by Jerry Butler
The Ventures introduced by John Fogerty
Little Walter introduced by Ben Harper

John Mellencamp and The Ventures are scheduled to perform at the event.

Lenny Kravitz in Concert

In case you haven't been able to catch Lenny Kravitz in concert recently, don't worry; he's coming to you! Starting today, February 28th, MSN music is broadcasting Kravitz's recent concert at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago. You can watch him perform older hits like "Mr. Cab Driver" and "Again" to newer ones off of his new album It Is Time For a Love Revolution. Click here for a front row seat!

Van Halen's New Date

The Van Halen concert orginally scheduled for February 25th has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 19th at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Tickets for the February 25th show with be honored on the new date. Additional tickets are currently on sale now for the March 19th show. Click here for tickets!

New Music

This week a lot of great artists released new albums.
  Dolly Parton released Backwoods Barbie, her first mainstream country album in 17 years, on her own label Dolly Records. Parton had to reschedule several stops- including Atlanta- on her upcoming tour, in promotion of the album. Those new tour dates should be announced soon.

  Janet Jackson's 10th album release, Discipline, is her first album since joining Island Def Jam Records. The music icon has been on a whirl wind press tour to promote the album, including taking over Times Square earlier this week for a performance on Good Morning America.

New Artist Ludo also released their debut album, You're Awful, I Love You, with Island Records. The St. Louis rockers are on the road in support of their new album as well as opening for Presidents of the United States of America.

Face melter alert!

Mudhoney is coming back to Atlanta. They're gonna slay it at the Earl on June 11th. You'll also get to see ex-Cherry Valence dudes Birds of Avalon.

This will be extra rad

Get tickets here

Calling All Gamers & KORN Fans

Ever want to play a video game with one of your favorite rock stars? (No, Guitar Hero doesn't count) Tomorrow, February 27 from noon- 2PM (EST), KORN vocalist Jonathan Davis will log onto X-Box LIVE Game with Fame to play Halo 3 with X-Box LIVE members. The Gamertag is "KORN Jonathan1" (note: there is a space between KORN and Jonathan1). For more information visit X-Box's site as well as KORN's MySpace page. Good luck!