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• Live Review: Hope Sandoval and the Warm Intentions @ The Loft, October 16
  For years Hope Sandoval's heavyhearted velvet voice has been a method for my friends and I to find beauty in our darker moments... Read More
  
  
• Ticket Alternative Gains New Client - Gateway Event Center in McDonough, Georgia; First Event is Sammy Kershaw, November 7
  We're excited to announce that the Gateway Event Center in McDonough, Ga. is now a Ticket Alternative venue! Read More
  
  
• 3 songs we like, that you might too :)
  Check out videos from Mumford and Sons, The Temper Trap and The Big Pink... Read More
  
  
• Music Man--How It Works
  I'm often asked what the process of signing a band looks like, or more to the point, how exactly a band goes from getting the attention of someone that does what I do, to actually inking a deal... Read More
  
  
• CD Review: Matt Morris -- When Everything Breaks Open
  You can only hang in circles for so long before you release your inevitable CD... Read More
  
  
• CD Review: The Flaming Lips -- Embryonic
  There are two sets of Flaming Lips fans. There are the ones who went out and bought extra CD players so that they could play all four CDs of Zaireeka simultaneously, as they were meant to be played... Read More
  
  
• Rock Band comes to the iPhone
  Looking for a little music... Read More
  
  
• Get Out of the Garage Music Contest
  Converse and Journeys have a pretty cool contest going on right now that could see your band playing a 'festival in Austin' come March... Read More
  
  
• Ticket Alternative Gains New Client - Gateway Event Center in McDonough, Georgia; First Event is Sammy Kershaw, November 7
  We're excited to announce that the Gateway Event Center in McDonough, Ga. is now a Ticket Alternative venue... Read More
  
  
• New Whirlyball Show Announced: Stellastarr*, November 17!
  Atlanta hipsters will already be very aware of the legendary Whirlyball gigs Chunklet have been putting on for many a year...Read More
  
  
• CD Review: Drummer -- Feel Good Together
  The good news is that Built to Spill, the godfathers of the indie rock scene, are back in fighting form after a few meandering missteps. The bad news is that few seem to care... Read More
  
  
• New Selmanaires Record Out Now - Listen to "Resonance Alright" Here!
  We have a glorious new song from The Selmanaires for you to take a listen to... Read More
  
  
• CD Review: Left Lane Cruiser -- All You Can Eat
  Left Lane Cruiser is called a lot of different things. Most say it's a blues band, but they are also a hard rock band with a lot of Southern fried attitude... Read More
  
  
• Music Man -- Don't Call Me Norm
  There's an episode in season three of the legendary 1980's TV show Cheers called "The Executive's Executioner" in which the character Norm gets a new position at his accounting firm that entails him being the person who does all the firing... Read More
  
  

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Feature: Live Review: Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop of Travis @ The Loft, October 17

• By Scott Roberts; photo by Sue Volkert
  
  How often do you go to a highly anticipated event only to be let down by your own inflated or unrealistic expectations? After interviewing Travis frontman Fran Healy last month about his upcoming stripped-down tour with fellow Travis guitarist Andy Dunlop (please see my October 9 Q&A on this very website), I was afraid this might be the case at their stop at The Loft on Saturday, October 17.
  
  Happily, my fears were unfounded as Healy and Dunlop performed a thoroughly enjoyable, albeit relatively quiet, journey through the history of Travis with pictures, stories, and, most importantly, songs that more than lived up to any self-created hype.
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