Built to Spill keeps conversation to a minimum as they rock Athens. Roi Tamkin relates.

It’s been thirty years after Roi Tamkin saw 10KM take the stage at the 40 Watt Club….

Roi Tamkin was Feelin’ Alright with Dave Mason in Atlanta.

Singer/Producer Jamie Lidell plays at the EARL in Atlanta along with Twin Shadow.

Tom Waits brought his Glitter and Doom tour to Atlanta, and James Mann lived to tell the tale. The boy is changed!

Irma Thomas and Raúl Midón join the Neville Brothers at National Black Arts Festival show at Woodruff Arts Center highlighting the Generation to Generation theme of this year’s festival. David Whited gives us some perspective on the band’s ever-changing lineup

London’s Bloc Party capture the essence of a rainy summer day at Atlanta’s Music Midtown Festival, winning over a skeptical Jen Cray in the process.

LouisXIV may be ripping off T. Rex and David Bowie, and they may only know how to write songs about one topic (sex!), yet they’re music is irressistibly catchy. Jen Cray is hooked.

Playing their first North American show in support of their latest release, The White Stripes draw a crowd in the tens of thousands for their closing performance on the first night of Atlanta’s annual Music Midtown Festival, and Jen Cray gets to scratch out the top name on her list.

If They Knew This Was the End (Bar None). Review by Rob Walsh.

Weezer, with Dashboard Confessional, Sparta, The Special Goodness, Home Town Hero, AM Radio, and Rooney at the Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on July 29, 2002. Concert review by Liza Hearon.

Donny Osmond at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on June 15, 2001. Concert review by James Mann. Photos by June Rich.

Elizabeth Elmore, with Sharks and Minnows at .357 Warehouse in Athens, GA on March 12, 2001. Concert review and photos by Phil Bailey.