Atlanta Music Guide

Portugal. The Man Offer Up Free Tour Sampler; Playing The EARL, March 13

Portugal. The Man are gearing up for another tour, and as usual they're offering up a free tour sampler for download (HERE). The band will play The EARL on March 13 with Port O'Brien. Tickets are on sale now at Ticket Alternative.

Death On Two Wheels Get Some Sundance Action

One of our favorite Atlanta bands, Death On Two Wheels, will have two of their songs featured in a new film, The Violent Kind, which will have it's world premier at this year's Sundance Film Festival. "Calling Us All Back Home" and "Two Dollar Bills" (a fan favorite) are also in the band's latest record, Separation of Church & Fate, which is available right now for $5, while you can download the two featured songs for free!

Big Trouble In Little Five Point TONIGHT with Sealions, The Orkids, Chris Unck - FREE!

As per usual, Pop Death Squad bring us a fab night of free music in Little Five Points' Star Bar. Tonight will feature Sealions, The Orkids and Chris Unck. And all for free!

WB Release Sampler CD to Indie Stores, Featuring Regina Spektor, Flaming Lips, The Cribs and More

By Al Kaufman

What with more and more chain stores getting exclusive rights to releases from Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Sugarland and the like, it is nice to see the record companies throw the independent record stores a bone once in a while.

Warner Brothers Records is doing just that with their Loss Leaders Re-Revisted CD. It is a 10-song sampler of artists on the Warner, Reprise and Sire record labels, and includes Regina Spektor, REM, Dead Weather, Flaming Lips and Tegan & Sara, among others. The sampler is free to anyone who buys a full CD of one of the artists on the sampler, and - here's the cool part - it is only being distributed to independent music stores.

Warren Hudson, owner of Decatur CD, likes the idea: "I encourage record companies to do anything they can to put music in the hands of consumers. If they hear the sampler and come back and buy an artist that they heard on the sampler, that’s good for everybody. Now," he adds, "if they were just doing this promotion for chain stores, I’d have a different reaction."

Criminal Records owner Eric Levin is also happy: "We were very pleased to be a part of the WB sampler, along with dozens of other CD sampler and give-away opportunities that we participate in. For our customers, they are loud and clear choosing physical products for their music needs, so marketing on-line is less effective for these particular customers. It only makes sense for the labels to promote music at music specialty retailers and Warner Brothers is one of the best."

AMG's DRINKSHOP Live with Rebecca Loebe is TOMORROW, Thursday, January 7!

Just wanted to remind everyone that our DRINKSHOP Live is tomorrow night! The lovely Rebecca Loebe will be playing two sets, so come on by, grab a fancy drink and enjoy the swanky space.

AMG Presents DRINKSHOP Live with Rebecca Loebe, January 7

We've loved Rebecca Loebe's sweet, infectiously joyous style ever since we heard her old school jazzy cover of Kanye West's "Stronger" (which you must have a listen to over on her MySpace, as well as the rest of her gorgeous tunes). Now we're glad to be able to showcase her at our monthly DRINKSHOP gig at the W Downtown Atlanta on January 7. Come check her out!

Atlanta's Peach Drop Brings Prince's Favorite Band, Morris Day and the Time, and More to Atlanta for New Year's Eve!

We're very excited to announced the details for this year's Peach Drop in Underground Atlanta. "The Largest New Year's Eve Celebration in the Southeast" is bringing a fantastic lineup of music, with Stellate, Ben Deignan, The WannaBeatles and Morris Day and the Time on the main stage. And on the Kenny's Alley stage, there will be performances from Marshall Ruffin, The 54, The Souphonics & Ruby Velle and more. It's a free event, so get there nice and early for maximum fun and a great spot! We'll leave you with a great video of Morris Day and the Time from the movie Purple Rain.

The Time - Jungle Love (morris Day)
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Free CD Sampler from RED at Criminal Records - featuring Phoenix, The Whigs, Passion Pit and More!

We don't tend to feature every little freebie that labels and the like give out, because usually they're not much to get excited about. But we couldn't stay quiet about this one, by RED publicity company. Not only does it feature a ton of fab music from our favorite bands of this year, but many of the acts have had amazing shows featured on this blog and were sold through our sister company Ticket Alternative.

The compilation will be given away at local record stores throughout the nation, including our very own Criminal Records. So go down to Little Five Points, buy some goodies and pick up this little extra. The tracklisting is:   

1. Brendan Benson “A Whole Lot Better” (from the album My Old, Familiar Friend)
2. Phoenix “1901” (from the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
3. The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition” (from the album Conditions)
4. Rodrigo y Gabriela “Buster Voodoo” (from the album 11:11)
5. White Rabbits “Percussion Gun” (from the album It’s Frightening)
6. Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” (from the album Sigh No More – released March 2010)
7. The Dodos “Fables” (from the album Time To Die)
8. Port O’Brien “My Will Is Good” (from the album Threadbare)
9. The Whigs “In The Dark” (from the album In The Dark – released Feb 2010)
10. Cage The Elephant “Tiny Little Robots” (from the album Cage The Elephant)
11. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons “Born Again” (from the album Death Won’t Send A Letter)
12. Dawes “When My Time Comes” (from the album North Hills)
13. Hot Chelle Rae “I Like To Dance” (from the album Lovesick Electric)
14. Passion Pit “The Reeling” (from the album Manners)
15. Mew “Beach” (from the album No More Stories…)
16. The Antlers “Bear” (from the album Hospice)
17. Black Crowes “Good Morning Captain” (Live & Unreleased) (original version from the album Before The Frost)

Tickets for 83rd Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert are FREE on Ticket Alternative

You can now get your tickets for the 83rd Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert, coming up on December 5, for free on Ticket Alternative. If you don't have an account with Ticket Alternative, you will still have to register for one, but you don't have to give your credit card information or pay for anything. You'll just be insuring your place at the show - which is a good idea since the tickets are going fast.

Tina Tiquet Presents AMG's DRINKSHOP Live for December with Little Tybee and Last Chance Runaround!

We're bringing together music, charity and fancy drinks in a swanky atmosphere for our holiday DRINKSHOP Live. The December 10 event will feature Atlanta up-and-comers Little Tybee (pictured above) and Last Chance Runaround. If you want more information - like how you can win prizes by being charitable - then you've got to our mascot Tina Tiquet's event page, become a fan and RSVP.