Yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call from my friend Chris Jackson. It turns out that he got a last minute spot opening for Elevado and Blair Lot at Eddie’s Attic. Since I hate Eddie’s Attic (see the following diatribe for further details) and I was not overly fond of Elevado and Blair […]

I went to the Big Vessel show at Jake’s Toadhouse last night. Amazingly, Jake’s manages to outdive Northside Tavern. However, the vibe at Jake’s is much better and the people are much mellower.
My friend Chris plays in Big Vessel and gave me a copy of their CD a while ago. […]

Last night, I stopped by JaD’s EP release party at the Velvet Underground. Normally, I would rather sit at home and marvel at the splendid job my apartment complex did painting the walls than go anywhere near downtown Atlanta on the weekend. However, since JaD rocks, I made an exception to this policy. […]

My shiny new Nikon D70 needed to undergo consumer product safety testing to ensure it would be useable for concert photography, so I picked up a copy of Stomp and Stammer and flipped through it, hoping someone interesting was playing. I was in luck, as Azure Ray was playing at The Earl. As […]

Last night I paid a visit to recurring Propeller Skies venue The Earl in East Atlanta. I went to see recurring Propeller Skies band the Black Kites. Unfortunately, I never got the memo that rock ‘n’ roll shows at The Earl would actually be starting ON TIME and missed their set. What […]

I caught the Envie show at The Earl last night. Although the vocals were buried in the mix*, it was still a good show. As some of you may know, the musicians in Envie change periodically, with only Renee remaining constant. While all the configurations have featured top-notch local talent, this is […]

I caught the Black Kites show at The Echo Lounge last night. This was my first time seeing the Black Kites with their new drummer Mike Barnes and only his second show with the band. Susannah Barnes, the bass player, also happens to be his sister and together they are one of the […]

I started last night at 10 High, where Spy was opening for some bands I never heard of and did not stick around to see. I believe this was their first show as a four piece. Guitarist Chris Arrison departed the band in January, under mysterious circumstances. See the Spy website for […]

Recurring Propeller Skies character The Beaver and I caught the Copper show at Ten High last night. The first couple of songs started out slow, but by the third song the band had warmed up and were starting to rock. On the fourth song, the ever-popular “Miss December”, the band was in full […]

Since sucky opening bands are starting to become a trend around here, I have developed the following three tiered ordinal rating scheme to quantify the exact amount of sucking a given band does. The ratings are, in order of ascending suckiness:

Sucks - show up early to get a good spot to see the headlining […]