Tag Archive for: atlanta music

COMING TO ATLANTA AT THE EASTERN ON DEC 9 – PORTUGAL. THE MAN!

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 12/1/25

To celebrate their 10th studio album, they’ll be hitting the road! They’ll play on Dec 9th at The Eastern.


SHISH finds Portugal.The Man on the edge of discovery – pulling the curtain back further. Across its ten distinct tracks, the band leans into discomfort, vulnerability, and the warped pop sensibility that only Portugal. The Man can offer. SHISH represents a period of intense reappraisals for Gourley, both in music and in life and it combines Gourley’s most revealing writing yet, not only about the lessons he learned being raised in Alaska, but also some of the lessons he’s already learned raising his daughter, Frances, who was diagnosed with one of the world’s rarest genetic disorders four years ago. 

These personal tales and philosophies mirror a broader sense of musical freedom than Portugal. The Man has ever before embraced, in spite of how wide-ranging their music has always been.

The band’s released some great teases of the record so far with their tracks: “Angoon,” “Denali”, “Tanana,” and “Mush.” 

Praise for Portugal. the Man:


“Shish, the most explicitly Alaskan record Gourley has written, because he felt he owed it to Alaska and he owed it to himself.” – SPIN

“Shish’s early singles hint at a certain propulsiveness to the structures of these songs, even if Gurley’s falsetto, surfy guitars, and bubblegum psych-pop aesthetic tend to bring MGMT’s Congratulations to mind.” – FLOOD “

“Tanana” finds the band in hazy psych-pop mode, while “Mush” is a little more rocking and propulsive.” – Brooklyn Vegan

“Portugal. The Man, whose 2017 smash “Feel It Still” has been stuck in your head no fewer than six times, have announced their forthcoming album, “SHISH,” with these two new songs. “Tanana” — a city in Alaska, the band’s birth state — evokes a woozy psych-rock freefall, countered by the skittering alt-rock anxiety of “Mush.”  – Boston Globe

“SHISH is yet another awe-inspiring effort from Gourley and his Portugal. The Man project turned out to be some of the most honest, refreshing music the artist has added to his discography in some time. These ten songs pinpoint the exact time and space Gourley is currently in, and turn his point of view into relatable slices of daring, artistic indie rock.” Glide Magazine

“SHISH saw Gourley scale-back from the limitless world to a tightened circle. It became a call back to the band’s Alaskan origins and upbringing, adopting a mentality of taking only what you need rather than everything at your fingertips. Through SHISH, Portugal. The Man invites listeners into their home, proudly representing the community they came from.” Luna Collective

“The Grammy-winning indie-rock mainstays’ next project shows them braving fearsome new sonic possibilities and drawing inspiration from their origins in Alaska” – Relix 


“A pretty eclectic mix of music that hops extravagantly from foot to foot” – 13th Floor

Rest of the tour:

Dec 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man)

Dec 3 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Dec 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Dec 5 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Dec 7 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
Dec 8 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Dec 9 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
Dec 11 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
Dec 12 – Austin, TX – ACL Live – Moody Theater

HAYDEN PEDIGO PLAYS ATLANTA’S MASQUERADE ALTAR ON DEC 3RD

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 11/9/25

Texas-born and Oklahoma City-based fingerstyle guitarist Hayden Pedigo released his remarkable and genre-defying new album I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away earlier this year via Mexican Summer, which Pitchfork named as Best New Music. He’s now gearing up for his headline tour and will play Masquerade (Altar) in Atlanta on 12/3.

“warm, patient and uplifting” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Brilliant” – NPR MUSIC

“We’re lucky that Hayden Pedigo stumbled upon the footsteps of John Fahey and followed them into the deep wordless wood.” – GILLIAN WELCH

“Refined compositional craft and well-executed technique” – PREMIER GUITAR

“studious and inventive…an honesty and understanding of self here that feels refreshing, especially amid so much fingerstyle traditionalism.” – PITCHFORK

“The list of human beings who have conjured this much beauty from steel strings and some wood is short, and Pedigo is on it.” – BANDCAMP

“one of the world’s best guitarists” – PASTE

“[Pedigo] redefines the term “renaissance person.”” – STEREOGUM

Texas-born and Oklahoma City-based fingerstyle guitarist Hayden Pedigo announces his remarkable and genre-defying new album I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, out June 6th via Mexican Summer. Since the release of his 2023 record, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored, Pedigo earned widespread critical acclaim, performed a stunning NPR Tiny Desk Concert, toured non-stop with the likes of Jenny Lewis, Devendra Banhart and Hiss Golden Messenger, and more. He then decamped on a 20,000-acre ranch at an artist residency in Wyoming to write his new album, which he’d later record in Ojai with Scott Hirsch and name for a “pretty devastating” episode of Little House on the Prairie from 1978. The resulting album, I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, is the final installment of what Pedigo has dubbed ‘The Motor Trilogy’ – his three latest solo albums, tied together by their vehicular Jonathan Phillips artwork. An innovator of the instrumental genre, challenger of the stereotypical, and son of a truck-stop preacher, Pedigo has crafted an intentionally maximalist, genre-resistant work of warped instrumental Americana on this release, which he calls “a micro-dose psychedelic album…as if somebody had cut up a tab of LSD and put on a Fahey record.” 

Out today is the album opener, “Long Pond Lily.” An outsized and fragrant bloom of intent; a simultaneous echo of Hayden’s previous work and a big, blousy departure. “It’s very heavy and huge” he says of the song, “the low end is rattling on it — it sounds bonkers, and feels like it’s on the verge of going off the rails. It’s so maximalist, so much more energetic than anything I’ve ever written.” Accompanied by a cinematic music video by Matt Muir that manages to make opening a small-town scaregrounds feel like the American Dream, “Long Pond Lily” is out now HERE. 

Tour dates

05/12/25 – Berklee Performance Center – Boston, MA*

05/14/25 – Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY*

05/17/25 – Miller Theater – Philadelphia, PA*

05/18/25 – Warner Theatre – Washington, DC*

08/26/2025 – London – Kings Place

08/28/2025 – Manchester – St. Michael’s

08/29/2025 – Larmer Tree Gardens – End of The Road Festival

08/30/2025 – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach

09/01/2025 – Dublin – The Grand Social

09/02/2025 – Belfast – The Deer’s Head

09/04/2025 – Glasgow – Mono

09/05/2025 – Edinburgh – St. Vincent’s Chapel

09/06/2025 – Newcastle – The Lubber Fiend

09/07/2025 – Leeds – The Attic

09/10/2025 – Aarhus – Alter Festival

09/12/2025 – Berlin – Gretchen

09/13/2025 – Bochum – Die Trompete

09/14/2025 – Leffinge – Leffingeleuren Festival

09/16/2025 – Laval – La Guinguette le 11-22

09/17/2025 – Lyon – Le Sonic

09/18/2025 – Milano – ARCI Bellezza

09/19/2025 – Reggio Emilia – Acid Tank

09/21/2025 – Marseille – Le Molotov

09/22/2025 – Barcelona – Sala Upload

09/24/2025 – Lisboa – ZDB

09/25/2025 – Vigo – Radar Estudios

09/26/2025 – San Sebastian – Lugaritz K.E.

09/27/2025 – Bordeaux – Base Sous-Marine de Bordeaux

09/28/2025 – Paris – La Boule Noire

* denotes dates supporting Ichiko Aoba

LEON MAJCEN PLAYING THE EASTERN IN ATLANTA ON NOV 19 AND 20

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 10/28/25

MAKING A LIVIN’ (NOT A KILLIN’) OUT TODAY VIA CLOVERDALE RECORDS

ON TOUR THIS FALL AND WINTER

Dates Include Support For Margo Price, Kip Moore, Sam Barber + Headline Shows

Majcen makes music reflective of his journey from growing up in the Gulf Coast of Florida as the son of Bosnian war refugees, to honing his craft in New York City, to finding his voice in Nashville’s Americana scene. Influenced by legends like Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Bob Dylan, and Guy Clark, he blends Americana, folk, and country into songs that are as soulful as they are sincere. Making A Livin’ (Not a Killin’) – out October 17 –is his fourth album in five years and produced with multi-instrumentalist Pat Lyons (Colter Wall), who helped Majcen expand his sonic palette while staying true to his roots. Inspired by the tours that have taken him far beyond his adopted home of Nashville, the result is an album alive with motion, roadside revelations, and the lessons learned along the way.

“The 12-song experience tells a tale that is inspired by a journey of growth for a songwriter but also a man. It is a quintessential offering for an early summer sit down with a record player and a thunderstorm in the background, a perfect escapism opportunity.” – American Songwriter on Better Days

“Leon Majcen is an up & comer you need to know, & his new record Better Days is proof” Whiskey Riff

“his live performance made me an instant fan” The Pitch

Today, singer-songwriter Leon Majcen releases his fourth full-length album in five years, Making A Livin’ (Not a Killin’), via Cloverdale. A modern-day folk singer in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt and John Prine, Majcen was by Bosnian refugee parents who moved the family to Florida in search of a better life. His father introduced him to outlaw country at an early age, and he soon began developing his own voice while performing locally. Majcen gained national attention as a teenager when his single “Love and Misery” became a hit on SiriusXM’s The Coffee House Channel.  The new album reflects a decade spent touring, performing, and chasing stories across the country, balancing solo acoustic intimacy with full-band energy. From the reflective “Down The Road” to the bluesy rocker “Walking Down The Street,” Making A Livin’ (Not a Killin’) captures the highs, lows, and humor of life on the move, marking it Leon’s most layered and honest work to date. Stream/purchase Making A Livin’ (Not a Killin’) here. 

Majcen’s unmistakable talent has earned the attention of Nashville’s finest including Margo Price, who personally invited him to join her on tour. He’ll be on the road throughout 2025, performing both headline shows and support slots alongside Price, Kip Moore, and more. All dates are below and tickets are available here.

Leon Majcen tour dates

10/17 – Pueblo Memorial Hall – Pueblo, CO*

10/18 – The Lincoln – Cheyenne, WY*

10/23 – Knitting Factory Concert House – Boise, ID*

10/24 & 10/25 – The Elm – Bozeman, MT*

10/30 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI*

10/31 & 11/1 – Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI*

11/6 – Petersen Events Center – Pittsburgh, PA%

11/7 – The Anthem – Washington, D.C.%

11/8 – Wolstein Center – Cleveland, OH%

11/11 – The Commonwealth Room – Salt Lake City, UT^

11/12 – Belly Up Aspen – Aspen, CO^

11/14 – Longhorn Ballroom – Dallas, TX^

11/15 – Emo’s – Austin, TX^

11/16 – John T. Floore’s Country Store – Helotes, TX^

11/19 & 11/20 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA+

11/22 – St. Pete Country Festival – St. Petersburg, FL

12/5 – Billy Bob’s Texas – Fort Worth, TX+

12/12 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL***

12/13 – The Merry Widow – Mobile, AL***

*support for Kip Moore

+support for Sam Barber

%support for Turnpike Troubadours

^support for Margo Price

***support for Liam St. John

^^^support for American Aquarium

PALMYRA! HEADING TO TERMINAL WEST IN ATLANTA ON NOVEMBER, 20TH!

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 10/27/25

The wildly talented trio, Palmyra, are heading to Atlanta on Nov 20th and will be opening for Ethan Regan at Terminal West. 

PALMYRA 

SHARES NEW SINGLE “ARIZONA”

DEBUT ALBUM RESTLESS

OUT MARCH 28TH ON OH BOY RECORDS

Listen Here

Watch Live Performance Video Here

“a spiritual, tender trip unbound to any one genre.” – Paste Magazine

“a throwback to the heart-on-sleeve catharses that bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason were able to so successfully mine in the 90s”- Beats Per Minute

“Vulnerable And Dynamic” – UPROXX

Last month, rising Virginia trio Palmyra announced that their debut album Restless will arrive on March 28th via Oh Boy Records. Today, the band returns with the standout track – an on-the-road rambler titled “Arizona.” The track explores the conflict between the pleasure and loneliness one feels on a journey. Of the song, Teddy shares, “Arizona was a moment of joy in a dark, uncertain period of my life. I was roadtripping with my brother through the southwest, driving through national parks and living off of energy drinks, cigarettes, and hot dogs. The car was filled with sand from having to break down our tent during a sandstorm, and it reeked of lighter fluid (my brother left it open and it drenched the backseat). It was a beautiful, brief escape from facing reality, and I never wanted it to end.” 

Peppered with electric bass and organ, the song journeys into retro soundscapes fitting for a desert road trip. Mānoa adds, “It has become a core live song for us and one that I think will exist for Palmyra forever. I’m so glad we didn’t give up on it after the demo.” 

The live performance video is the band in their happiest and purest form— camped in a tent with just themselves and a stripped-back setup, letting their voices steal the show. The video was filmed in a friend’s backyard in Richmond, Virginia.  

E

Palmyra will play a string of shows in Virginia this February before they officially kick off their headline tour this March 27th in Pittsburgh, PA and wrap May 8th in Amherst, MA. Highlights include The Basement in Nashville, TN on April 3rd, DC9 in Washington DC on April 29th and The Mercury Lounge in NYC on May 1st. They’ll play an album release show at The Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, VA on the album’s release day, March 28th. The band will also play at Iron Blossom Music Festival alongside artists like Vampire Weekend, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and The Lumineers this September. Find tickets here: https://www.palmyratheband.com/

Palmyra Tour Dates

February 20 – The Vault – Tysons, VA

February 21 – Sipe Theatre – Bridgewater, VA

February 22 – Grand Caverns – Grottoes, VA

March 9 –  Continuum Art – Hendersonville, NC

March 21 – The Harvester – Rocky Mount, VA

March 27 – Crafthouse Stage & Grill – Pittsburgh, PA

March 28 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA

March 29 – Cat’s Cradle Back Room – Carrboro, NC

March 30 – Live at Ted’s – Wilmington, NC

April 1 – Charleston Pour House – Charleston, SC

April 2 – Georgia Theater Rooftop – Athens, GA

April 3 – The Basement – Nashville, TN

April 4 – Open Chord – Knoxville, TN

April 5 – Center Stage Vinyl – Atlanta, GA

April 6 – Doodad Farm – Greensboro, NC

April 24 – The Palm Room – Wrightsville Beach, NC

April 25 – Petra’s – Charlotte, NC

April 27 – Eulogy – Asheville, NC

April 29 – DC9 Nightclub – Washington, DC

April 30 – MilkBoy – Philadelphia, PA

May 1 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

May 2 – Middle East Upstairs – Cambridge, MA

May 3 – High Ground Lounge – South Burlington, VT

May 4 – Billsville House Concert – Manchester, VT

May 5 – 9th Ward – Buffalo, NY

May 6 – Fan Club Collective – Ithaca, NY

May 8 – The Drake – Amherst, MA

September 21 – Richmond, VA – Iron Blossom Music Festival 

Palmyra’s members met in a college music class. All three members- Landon, Teddy Chipouras and Mānoa Bell grew up in Virginia, all three excellent songwriters, singers and players. But rather than starting their own projects, they formed a trio built on democracy, respect and equal agency. They immediately hit the road and found deep inspiration in the connection they felt communing with their audiences each night. But becoming an adult while living out of a suitcase is complicated, and it’s these experiences that inform the music on Restless. Once they were prepared to write the album, heading to a big city recording studio felt like an impossibility and instead they chose to set up shop in a rural Virginia lakehouse, making for an album that is immediate, warm and unadorned. 

Palmyra may have roots in the South, their music steeped in the sounds of traditional instruments and shaped by their time there, but their spirit defies easy categorization. Palmyra is also a band that confronts complex, often painful topics in their lyrics: suicide, gender dysphoria, identity, and the relentless pressure of capitalism. Their songs, which shift from folk to post-rock and even flirt with emo, reflect a band unafraid to push boundaries. In this way, Palmyra joins the ranks of Southern acts like Julien Baker, Band of Horses, and Cat Power—artists who’ve redefined what it means to come from the South, offering a sound that’s as expansive and evolving as the region itself. It’s this admixture of place and perspective that define the material on Restless.

MARVELOUS 3 LIGHT UP CENTER STAGE, OCTOBER 13TH!

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 10/16/25

On Friday, October 3, 2025, Atlanta’s own Marvelous 3 took the stage at Center Stage Theater for a sold-out hometown show that felt like a long-overdue family reunion. The rock trio, frontman Butch Walker, bassist Jayce Fincher, and drummer Doug “Slug” Mitchell reunited in recent years after a hiatus, and their energy on this night was infectious. From the moment they started, the band radiated happiness, grinning ear-to-ear as they powered through a set packed with classics and newer hits.

The evening kicked off with opener Major, a fitting choice as the band’s lead guitarist is none other than Holden Fincher, Jayce’s son. Holden has been joining Marvelous 3 on the road as a fourth member, adding rhythm guitar and youth to the lineup. His seamless integration amplified the familial vibe. It made it a multi-generational rock affair.

Marvelous 3 wasted no time diving into their catalog, blending high-energy anthems with heartfelt moments that had the audience singing along word-for-word. The setlist, clocking in at 18 songs, was a masterclass in ’90s-inspired rock with a modern edge. They opened strong with “Little Head,” Walker’s charismatic voice cutting through the mix as the band locked into a tight groove. Off and on, Walker bantered with the crowd between songs, cracking jokes about Atlanta traffic and thanking fans for sticking with them through the years.

Mid-set, they dipped into fan favorites like “#27” and “Grant Park,” the latter a nod to Atlanta’s iconic green space that is tailor-made for this crowd Atlanta crowd. Followed by “You’re So Yesterday,” “Until You See” helmed by Holden, “Every Monday,” “Jackie and Tina” honoring both mothers in the crowd, and a heartfelt tribute to the unity of music, “Melt With You” cover of Modern English.

But, the biggest moment of the night was the pure mastery of “Freak of the Week.” It is their most well known, signature hit that exploded with energy. The crowd was so into it. Walker, Fincher, Mitchell, and young Holden looked ecstatic, hugging it out onstage as the final notes faded. It was a reminder of why Marvelous 3 endures—their music is fun, unpretentious, and delivered with genuine heart. They went on to also perform hits, “Sugarbuzz,” and encored with “Cigarette Lighter Love Song,” and “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” with Butch in the crowd.

Fans leaving Center Stage buzzed about the band’s unbreakable spirit. In a world of polished rock, Marvelous 3’s raw happiness and family ties made this hometown show unforgettable. If this is what reunion tours can be, sign us up for more.

Our favorite photos from the night, taken by John and I:

RAY AND PAUL TO PLAY AT THE MASQUERADE ATLANTA ON OCT 28

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 10/13/25

Ray and Paul Drop Fading — A Bold New EP Blending Surf and Garage Rock, Available Now

Music Video For Title Track “Fading” is Out now

 Ray and Paul are proud to share their brand-new EP, Fading, now streaming everywhere.

“These six songs reflect the past five years of our lives—love, heartbreak, sadness, doubt, confusion, and pain,” the duo says. “They’ve shaped who we are and changed how we see the world and our music. We’re so grateful to finally share this with you and excited for what’s ahead.”

Fading is a 6-track collection featuring the fan-favorite and top-streaming single “Pelican,” live staple “Blue,” three new tracks released earlier this year, and the title track “Fading.” The EP will also be available on limited edition vinyl.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO TO “FADING”

Hailing from the SF Bay Area, brothers Ray and Paul started the band at just 17 and 13 years old. After building a loyal local following, they found their stride playing house shows in Isla Vista while attending school in Santa Barbara. Their signature surf-rock-meets-garage-rock sound shines on Fading, shaped by producer Jarvis Taveniere (Mild High Club, Surf Curse, Allah-Las) and three tracks produced by John Goodmanson (Weezer, Pavement, Nada Surf, Hockey Dad).

2025 has been a breakthrough year for Ray and Paul. They’ve performed at SXSW, Treefort Festival, and toured in support of The Moss and Sun Room. This fall, they’ll hit the road for a California headline tour in September, followed by a full U.S. tour in October supporting Australian band Dice. See all tour dates below.

2025 TOUR DATES 

September 11 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club

September 12 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

September 19 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Libertine Brewing Company

September 20 – Fresno, CA – Strummers

October 4 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst

November 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour

SUPPORTING DICE 

October 7 – Seattle, WA – Barboza

October 8 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall

October 9 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club

October 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC at Quarters

October 11 – Denver, CO – Meow Wolf Denver

October 14 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club

October 15 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern

October 16 – Columbus, OH – A & R Music Bar

October 17 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag

October 18 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground

October 21 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Upstairs

October 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right

October 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda

October 25 – Washington, DC – DC9

October 26 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Halle

October 28 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

October 29 – Nashville, TN – The Basement

October 31 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

November 1 – Austin, TX – 3TEN ACL Live

November 2 – Dallas ,TX – Ruins

November 5 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress

RICO NASTY COMING TO ATLANTA’S THE TABERNACLE ON 10/21

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/29/25

FALL NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER 

NEW ALBUM LETHAL

OUT NOW ON FUELED BY RAMEN

J

Last night, Rico Nasty performed the buoyant and radiant “CRASH” for Jimmy Kimmel Live! from her recent album LETHAL out now Fueled by Ramen (Atlantic Music Group). The performance marks LETHAL’s TV debut ahead of her fall tour kicking off on September 19th at Chicago’s Riot Fest and ends Nov 4th in Los Angeles at The Fonda. Recently, Rico and her band performed a stunning, raw set for NPR’s Tiny Desk. Tickets are on-sale HERE. 

Always the rap world’s biggest rock star, Rico Nasty is known for her own particular brand of rage-rap and for her outrageous on-stage, online, volume-up persona. But as she grew up, she started to feel trapped by the character she created. LETHAL is a reckoning of who Rico is at 27 with the trap-pop teen persona she created more than a decade ago. Executive produced by GRAMMY nominated producer Imad Royal, the album still features all the hallmarks of a Rico Nasty record – female rage, heavy guitars, humor – but there are also notes of femininity, introspection and a more complex framing of all the angles of Rico – the performer, the mother, the adult.

Alongside the new record, Rico will make her acting debut in Apple TV+ & A24’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles, created by David E. Kelley and based on the 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe. Rico will star alongside Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfieffer, Nicole Kidman, Nick Offerman, Lindsey Normington & more.

Tour Dates

Sept 19th – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest

Sept 21st – San Francisco, CA @ Portola

Sept 23rd – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

Sept 24th – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom

Sept 26th – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex – Rockwell

Sept 28th – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

Oct 1st – Chicago, IL @ Metro

Oct 2nd – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom

Oct 3rd – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

Oct 5th – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

Oct 7th – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre

Oct 8th – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues – Cleveland

Oct 10th – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa

Oct 11th – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall

Oct 12th – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Oct 14th – Boston, MA @ House of Blues – Boston

Oct 15th – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

Oct 18th – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore – Silver Spring

Oct 19th – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

Oct 21st – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

Oct 22nd – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl

Oct 24th – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

Oct 25th – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham

Oct 27th – Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston

Oct 28th – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory

Oct 29th – Austin, TX @ Empire Garage

Nov 2nd – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

Nov 4th – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre

The album is preceded by lead single “TEETHSUCKER (YEA3X)”- a headturning statement of intent that Billboard praised, writing “Rico Nasty has always felt a bit ahead of the times, and this could be the moment the mainstream finally syncs up with her.” Rico followed the track with the sticky, hook-laced trap-pop of “ON THE LOW” and the more recent, playfully sophisticated combination of  “BUTTERFLY KISSES” & “CAN’T WIN EM ALL.” 

From the moment she arrived, Rico Nasty stood out. Since her breakthrough as a teenager from PG County, Maryland with her own signature blend of bubbly melodies, rage raps, and skull-rattling beats, the artist born Maria Kelly has been an iconoclastic presence in the rap game. She’s been drawn from the jump to the juxtaposition of hard and soft, countering her sweet-and-sour Sugar Trap sound with the kind of vocal cord-shredding mosh-rap you hear everywhere today. Back then, label executives called her weird for songs like 2018’s paradigm-shifting “Smack A Bitch,” which kicked open the doors to a dominant new era of “rapper as rockstar.” At a time when female rappers dressed like WWE wrestlers, Rico was serving Sex Pistols meets Rainbow Brite. But for Rico, the aesthetic wasn’t a costume or a phase. It’s one thing to dress like a rockstar — to be a rockstar is another.

Scan your favorite new rap playlist and you’ll hear a generation of up-and-coming artists inspired by Rico’s balance of high-femme trap-pop and nu-metal rage rap. But around the time of her last record, 2022’s Las Ruinas, the innovator felt trapped: “I was caught in the space of wanting to be understood by the masses, but also recognizing that maybe I’m not supposed to be.” She’d started to feel pigeonholed by her own outré persona, which hadn’t changed much since she’d stepped into the role of Rico Nasty as a teen. “I felt like I was living in character,” the 27-year old admits today. “And when I first started, that was the whole idea of it — but that gets exhausting.” Backstage at last year’s headlining tour, she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror dressed as a teenage raver. “No shade, but dude, you’re 26,” she recalls thinking. “When are you going to grow up?”

So began Rico Nasty’s year of reckoning, which began as a conscious free-fall. “I just completely let life take me: letting myself indulge in things that made me excited, living real life experiences,” she says. She cleared her closet of the things that made her feel stuck at age 19, ditching the Demonia boots for grown-and-sexy heels. She dove deep into books, deleted social media from her phone, and started taking therapy seriously. For years, she’d withstood label pressure to give her songs more pop appeal or hop on passing trends. Now, working on the songs that would become LETHAL, Rico felt like she had back in the Sugar Trap days, before she’d known how bittersweet the industry could be. In short, she says: “I reconnected to myself.”

Meanwhile she’d parted ways with her entire management team, flying solo until an opportunity to perform with Paramore in summer 2023 introduced her to her new team. Rico had been signed to Atlantic Records since 2018, but dreamed of being “somewhere a little bit more edgy, where I had more space to grow and be whoever I felt like being.” When her new team mentioned Fueled By Ramen, the alternative label who launched bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco into the mainstream, Rico panicked that she’d be misunderstood: “I’m a rapper, and I want to be remembered as a rapper.” Instead, the label instructed Rico to stay true to no one but herself.

Praise for LETHAL

“explosive, expansive and razor-sharp, a sonic evolution that fuses her iconic “sugar trap” roots with searing rap-rock chaos and surprising softness.” 

– Billboard

“Fierce”

– Variety

“One of the premier rappers of her generation”

– Rolling Stone

“Rico Nasty gives us glimpses of a rap rockstar with no intentions of slowing down.”

– Paste Magazine

“Rico Nasty’s new era is shaping up to be electrifying…Full of charisma and unpredictable in a totally unique way, Rico Nasty is at her best when she’s controlling her own destiny.”

– Consequence

“Rico Nasty turns up the heat…reminding fans why she’s an original rage-rap iconoclast”

– BET

“‘Lethal’ is one of her most wide-ranging projects yet, from her rock-oriented abrasion to the sweeter, brighter sounds of her trademark sugar trap, to dark, moody rap songs done in the way that only Rico Nasty can. “

– Brooklyn Vegan

THE FAYE WEBSTER INVITATIONAL RETURNS TO ATLANTA

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/17/25

Singer, songwriter, and multi-hyphenate Faye Webster is bringing her one-of-a-kind Faye Webster Invitational back for its highly anticipated second edition—this time in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. The multi-sport showcase and cultural event will unfold over the weekend of October 25th and 26th, highlighting three of Faye’s favorite pastimes: chess, LVBL (LiveBall) tennis, and yoyo. While the Invitational spans several events, only the yoyo showcase, and concert will be open to ticketed audiences. Details below.

YOYO SHOWCASE & CONCERT – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ THE EASTERN

On Sunday, October 26, The Eastern will host an unforgettable yoyo exhibition, where twelve of the world’s best yoyo masters will unleash their most daring, intricate, and mesmerizing tricks in a no-rules, no-limitations showcase. The evening will be hosted by Faye Webster and Benét, with a rare solo performance from Faye herself and special guest Erika De Casier.

Presale: Opens Wednesday, September 17 at 12pm EDT. Register at https://laylo.com/fayewebster/m/FWI2025.

General Sale: Begins Friday, September 19 at 10am EDT.

LVBL TENNIS TOURNAMENT – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ SHARON LESTER TENNIS CENTER, PIEDMONT PARK

The Invitational’s opening day will kick off with the inaugural Faye Webster LVBL Tennis Championship, an afternoon that blends tennis, music, food, and fun. The LiveBall format tournament will be open to intermediate and experienced tennis players. Entry details for participants will be announced on Monday, September 23rd HERE

CHESS TOURNAMENT – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ THE EASTERN 

For the first time, Faye will host a chess tournament as part of the Invitational. The event will bring together 100 competitors in a Swiss-System with knockout format, taking place on the morning of Sunday, October 26 at The Eastern. Participant application details will also be shared on September 23 HERE

This fall, the ‘An Evening with Faye Webster’ tour will kick off where she’ll be live in concert performing songs from her discography and her most recent fittingly titled album, Underdressed at the Symphony, with full symphony accompaniment. The tour includes a hometown show at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, and shows in Los Angeles at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall and Oakland at the Paramount Theater. For more information visit fayewebster.com.

Earlier this year Webster arranged some of her most beloved songs with her 5-piece band and a string quartet for NPR’s Tiny Desk, reuniting with musicians who also contributed to her orchestral EP Car Therapy Sessions. Webster’s Underdressed at the Symphony was released last year to wide critical praise and fan adulation. The album landed on year-end lists at Rolling Stone, Vulture, Consequence, The AV Club, SPIN, UPROXX and more. 

Tour Dates

09/27 – Washington, DC @ All Things Go Festival

10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall

11/1 – Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

11/5 – Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST MOLLY TUTTLE AT VARIETY PLAYHOUSE IN ATLANTA – OCTOBER 4

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/17/25

Grammy Award-Winning Artist Molly Tuttle at Variety Playhouse on Atlanta October 4th.

On the heels of two Grammy-winning albums in succession, with her band Golden Highway—2022’s Crooked Tree and 2023’s City of Gold—plus a nomination for Best New Artist, Molly Tuttle returns with a solo album that’s her most dazzling to date: So Long Little Miss Sunshine. 

Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Orville Peck, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Eric Church, Cage the Elephant), the fifth full album from the California-born, Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist features twelve new songs—eleven originals and one highly unexpected cover of Icona Pop and Charli xcx’s “I Love It.” 

Tuttle’s career, which began at age fifteen, has charted a course between honoring bluegrass and stretching its boundaries. On this album—a hybrid of pop, country, rock, and flat-picking, plus one murder ballad—she goes to a whole new place. Her stunning guitar work is more up-front on this album than ever before. (One of the most decorated female guitarist alive, Tuttle was the first woman to win the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Award’s Guitar Player of the Year in 2017, at age twenty-four, and won again the following year, with nominations nearly every year since; she has also won Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award.) So Long Little Miss Sunshine also features Tuttle playing banjo, something she’s never done on one of her albums before. 

“I like to be a bit of a chameleon with my music,” she says. “Keep people guessing and keep it full of surprises.” 

Tuttle has been slowly building this collection of songs over the last five years, while also writing and releasing two hugely successful albums and a six-song EP (last year’s Into the Wild) and playing more than 100 shows each year with Golden Highway. Along the way she’d send songs to Joyce, who she first started talking to about collaborating on the album a few years ago. 

“I’ve been wanting to make this record for such a long time. Part of me was scared to do such a big departure, and that went into the album title So Long Little Miss Sunshine. It’s like, ‘You know what? I’m just not going to care what people think. I’m going to do what I want.’” 

The album was recorded with a group of musicians that includes drummer/percussionists Jay Bellerose and Fred Eltringham, bassist Byron House, and Joyce on multiple instruments. Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) also plays banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, as well as singing harmony. 

Tuttle also conceived the artwork for So Long Little Miss Sunshine, which features multiple Mollys, each wearing a different wig except for one with nothing on her head at all. (“I probably own as many wigs as I own guitars,” she says.) Tuttle has been bald since she was three years old due to the autoimmune condition alopecia areata; she acts as a spokesperson for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.  

“I love raising awareness,” she says. “I talk about it onstage a lot and broaden it to include anyone who’s ever had something that makes them stick out and look or feel different from others. Playing my song ‘Crooked Tree’ live is very meaningful to me, because it’s a moment where sometimes I’ll take off my wig and talk about my struggles with self-acceptance.” 

One album track, “Old Me (New Wig),” is “about leaving all these things behind that don’t serve you anymore,” she says. “Parts of yourself that really aren’t in your best interest, like low self-esteem, anxieties, and not feeling confident. Learning to own these different aspects of my personality but not letting them control me is another theme of the record that inspired the album title and the cover art. Those are all things I’ve struggled with through the years—just feeling like an impostor, like I wasn’t good enough. I like singing this song because there are days when I still have to tell myself to leave that stuff behind.’”  

Most of the So Long Little Miss Sunshine songs were co-written with Secor, who is also Tuttle’s partner. “We spend so much time together, we live together, and anytime I have a song idea, or he has one, it’s just so easy to transition from whatever we’re doing into writing a song.” 

Although they were written in different times and circumstances, Tuttle found to her surprise that the songs were all tied together by interwoven themes. The opening track, “Everything Burns”—a dark, intense, big-guitar song—was written in 2020, during the chaos and division of the start of the Covid pandemic. It might as easily refer to the current chaos and division in America since Election Day 2024, though. In fact, they recorded it the day after the election. 

There are several songs about traveling—sometimes down the open road, like “Highway Knows” and “Oasis”—but also back in time, as on “Easy” and “Golden State of Mind.” 

The record also tells “a kind of coming-of-age story,” Tuttle says. “‘Golden State of Mind’ is one of the songs I feel is a through-line to that. It makes me think about people I’ve been close to in the past that I’ve drifted away from, and about growing up and figuring out who you are.” 

That theme is in turn picked up in the beautiful ballad “No Regrets,” one of the last songs Tuttle wrote for the album. “It’s about looking back on your life and thinking, ‘Well, maybe I could have done things differently, but if I hadn’t made certain mistakes or gone down certain roads, then I wouldn’t be here.’ And I really like where I am now!” 

So Long Little Miss Sunshine closes, as her last two albums did, with an autobiographical song, “Story of My So-Called Life.” “This is me looking back on my life, from growing up to going to school in Boston to moving to Nashville to where I am now—taking stock of all these pivotal moments throughout my life that made me who I am. I feel like after I’ve said so much in all the other songs, it’s just kind of nice to end it on a note of, ‘Here’s how this all came to be,’” she says. 

***** 

Earlier this year, Tuttle played guitar and sang on Ringo Starr’s new country album, Look Up. She also played with him and a host of other stellar musical guests at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry as part of his televised Ringo & Friends shows. She was inspired by his fearlessness in following his passion for country music. “It is cool to see someone like that who has done everything you could imagine doing in a music career and he’s still just so psyched and still has a list of things that he wants to accomplish,” Tuttle says. 

Looking back on her own career, Tuttle admits that she also has pursued what interests her: “It has never been a cookie-cutter thing where I’m just going down a straight road. I always had this crooked path.” 

JANINE COMING TO THE MASQUERADE IN ATLANTA ON 10/16

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/17/25

Jane coming to the Masquerade in Atlanta on October 16th

“Everything had been flipped upside down, my heart ripped out of my chest, and I didn’t know how I could keep living.” New Zealand singer/songwriter Janine is no stranger to grief. A few years ago, the kiwi-born, LA-based songstress unexpectedly lost her hero, her father, while visiting back home and opted to stay in her native homeland to take care of her mum. Since then, Janine has been deeply immersed in writing this album, aptly titled Pain and Paradise, which is out today, Friday, August 22nd, on Little Mixtape Records. From soulful ballads to airy house-influenced anthems, Janine wrote and produced much of the album herself and on the focus track “Happy,” she captures the tension between hope and vulnerability over a classic piano-led melody and hypnotic percussion. 

Melding R&B soundscapes with pop sensibilities, the record’s 16 tracks explore the juxtaposition of life’s beauty and its most painful moments. Standing in the stillness of New Zealand’s rugged beauty, Janine experienced heartache in solace. “I knew I was so lucky to be in such a beautiful place and most importantly, lucky to have loved so deeply that the weight of loss could be so heavy. I stood there and thought, wow this is the most unbearable Pain and Paradise. I decided that the album would be named ‘Pain and Paradise’ because I believe that they always coexist.”

Janine has been on the charts since her debut release in 2014. With several Billboard charting singles & albums, a New Zealand Critics Choice nomination, a 2015 win for Best R&B album for New Zealand Music Awards and numerous sold out tours between Australia, Europe, New Zealand and the US – Janine’s impact is universal. 

Janine will kick off her North American headline tour next month! Starting in Ferndale, Michigan at The Magic Bag the tour will make notable stops in New York with a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg, D.C, Los Angeles at Terragram Ballroom on October 22nd and close out with a final show in Oakland at Crybaby on October 24 – find a show near you and get tickets HERE. Full list of tour dates below. 

Tour Dates

9/28 – The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI

9/29 – Subterranean – Chicago, IL

10/1 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY

10/3 – Howard Theatre – Washington, DC

10/6 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

10/10 – The Social – Orlando, FL

10/12 – House of Blues – Houston, TX

10/14 – The Studio at The Factory – Dallas, TX

10/16 – Last Exit Live – Phoenix, AZ

10/21 – Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA

10/22 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA

10/24 – Crybaby – Oakland, CA

Pain and Paradise Tracklisting

 1. Fit 

2. Loving Me 

3. Happy 

4. Make You Proud 

5. Dad’s Interlude 

6. UP 

7. Thank You For Breaking My Heart 

8. Meet Me 

9. How Did I Find You 

10. Saved Me 

11. Best Thing 

12. If I Call

13. Good Vibes 

14. Broke Me Down 

15. Pain and Paradise 

16. Rockstar