Embarassed to say I’ve never heard of these guys till now…

Seeing Chavez play at the Warsaw this weekend was a frikkin dream come true, and the band confessed the same. They love us. We love them. Sound at the Warsaw is kind of primitive. Imagine the acoustics of a show in a high school gymnasium and you pretty much get the idea, although it didn’t [...]

Chavez, the little anti-rock arena band that couldn’t, is playing four two shows in support of their “box set.” And I’m going to see them in NYC, beeyatch! Recently interviewed by Pitchfork, they talk about the emotional zen of rock band existence, the apparent good fortune of low expectations, and keeping it real…fun. [...]

If you are simply overwhelmed by the outstanding quality of Atlanta’s local music, and just don’t know where to begin, Cable and Tweed has posted 5 mixes of local bands by genre. Fo shizzle! Atlanta is the new Brooklyn. Stand back world.

Mastodon video for “Colony of Birchmen,” my fave off the new album. That’s some thick-ass southern molasses metal goin’ on there. They rocked Conan O’Brien with this song last night, can’t find the footage though. Doing Atlanta proud.

Everybody’s got them. One of mine happens to be a gothy emo (caveat: controversial term) outfit called My Chemical Romance. Usually I don’t go for the emo stuff, but these guys do it right.

If that didn’t do it for you check out Vampires Will Never Hurt You, which come to think of it has a [...]

Get your Chavez on. Creepiest video ever. Greatest band ever.

Jack Black’s anti-piracy “PSA.”

I’ve always thought there was something missing from rock festivals. No, plenty of puke, obnoxious teens, and bad radio music. I’m talking about the prayer tent. Gotta get me one of them “I Love Christian Boys” trucker hats too. Why is there no Buddhist rock movement in this country? I remember when Jello Biafra [...]

Atlanta’s own metal sweethearts Mastodon have a new video for the “The Wolf Is Loose,” a single from the forthcoming “Blood Mountain.”

I’ll be damned if the first verse of this song at the very least doesn’t channel the Cro-Mags in their prime. This makes me want to slip on the punk rock body armour [...]