Ticket Alternative Weekend Picks: Gretchen Peters, 500 Songs For Kids, Electric Guest & More!

Cinco de Mayo is nearly here! If you’re feeling festive, go grab a margarita and check out one of these cool shows this weekend:

Friday May 4 - Gretchen Peters at Eddie’s Attic

Ms. Peters is a Grammy Nominated, CMA award-winning, bonafide bad ass~ As a songwriter, she has composed hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, George Strait.

Friday May 4 - Phynx w/ The Levee at Vinyl

Atlanta newbies, Phynx will be at Vinyl tonight…Special DJ-ed after party. Should be a great time

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Ticket Alternative Weekend Picks! Candlebox, The Drums, DC Chinese Takeout Experiment and More!

Hopefully this cold weather is gone, and Spring officially is moving in! We already are packing our weekend schedules with some these awesome shows, make sure and grab your tickets before they sell out!

Friday April 20 - Candlebox at Jannus Live

The ’90s alt rock legends are back, playing at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on April 20.

Friday April 20 – The Atlanta Mess-Around 2012 at The Earl

East Atlanta Fun Day! Two Days worth of great music at two awesome venues!

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New On Sales for Friday, April 20

Happy Friday everyone! We have some great on sales coming up today. As always, tickets are available at www.ticketalternative.com and our outlets.

On sale today at 10:00 a.m.

Eddie’s Attic (Decatur, GA)
- The Trishas (Tuesday, June 5)
- Chris Smither (Thursday, October 25)

Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta, GA)
- Please Please Rock Me (Sunday, May 27)
- American Wheel/Super Hooligan (Friday, June 8 )
- Drake White (Thursday, June 14)
- Truth & Salvage Co. (Friday, June 15)
- Truth & Salvage Co. (Thursday, June 28)
- Hydralites (Friday, June 29)
- Gasoline Bros. [in The Atlanta Room] (Friday, July 20)
- Lydia Loveless [in The Atlanta Room] (Friday, July 27)

Steve’s Live Music (Sandy Springs, GA)
- Grass Backards (Tuesday, June 12)
- The 4^th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra (Wednesday, June 13)
- Scott Glazer and Mojo Dojo (Thursday, June 14)
- Matthew Kahler (Saturday, June 16)
- Jon Liebman (Thursday, June 21)
- Jennifer Daniels (Saturday, June 23)
- The Balalaika Ensemble (Wednesday, June 27)
- Oliver Wood (Thursday, June 28)
Onsale today at 12:00 p.m.

Black Cat (Washington, D.C.)
- Mount Carmel (Tuesday, May 8 )
- Mixtape Dance Party (Saturday, May 12)
- Black Hills (Wednesday, May 23)
- Eighties Mayhem (Friday, May 25)
- The Cribs (Thursday, June 7)
- Battles (Monday, June 11)
- Walk The Moon (Friday, June 22)

DC9 (Washington, D.C.)
- Chappo (Tuesday, May 31)
- JBM (Tuesday, June 5)
- JBM (Tuesday, June 12)

Red Palace (Washington, D.C.)
- Tilted Torch: Birthday Bash! (Saturday, May 5)
- Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go Go! (Saturday, May 12)
- La Sera (Friday, May 18)
- Brad (Tuesday, May 22)

Sticky’z Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack (Little Rock, AR)
- Turnpike Troubadours (Saturday, June 23)

Vinyl (Atlanta, GA)
- Black Box Revelation (Saturday, May 26)

New On Sales for Friday, April 13

Happy Friday everyone! We have some great on sales coming up today. As always, tickets are available at www.ticketalternative.com and our outlets.

On sale today at 10:00 a.m.

Rock and Roll Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- White Dress (Wednesday, May 16)
- Crystal Fighters (Tuesday, May 22)
- Air Sex Championships (Tuesday, July 3)
- Friends (Friday, July 6)
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Saturday, July 9)

The EARL (Atlanta, GA)
- Friends (Thursday, July 5)

Onsale today at 12:00 p.m.

The 40 Watt Club (Athens, GA)
- Corduroy Road (Thursday, May 10)

DC9 (Washington, D.C.)
- California Wives (Sunday, May 6)
- R. Ring (featuring Kelley Deal of The Breeders) (Tuesday, May 15)
- MV and EE (Wednesday, May 16)
- A Life Once Lost (Sunday, June 24)
- Milo Greene (Tuesday, July 24)

The Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta, GA)
- Negative Approach (Friday, June
- Milo Greene (Saturday, July 21)

Black Cat (Washington, D.C.)
- Ms. Director (Sunday, May 20)
- The Donkeys (Tuesday, May 22)
- Al Scorch’s Country Soul Ensemble (Wednesday, May 30)
- Pygmy Wish (Sunday, May 27)
- Ugly Purple Sweater (Thursday, May 31)
- The Bouncing Souls (Tuesday, June 12)
- Scott H. Biram (Tuesday, June 19)
- Iceage (Tuesday, June 24)

Red Palace (Washington, D.C.)
- Koffin Kats (Tuesday, April 24)
- Scott Lucas and The Married Men (Thursday, June 12)
- Orgone (Thursday, June 21)

- Canon Blue (Friday, June 22)

Sticky’z Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack (Little Rock, AR)
- Morning Teleportation (Tuesday, May 15)
- Mike Pinto (Wednesday, May 23)
- The Black Angels (Saturday, August 11)
- The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Tuesday, August 14)

Vinyl (Atlanta, GA)
- Chappo (Saturday, June 2)

New On Sales for Friday, April 6

Happy Friday everyone! We have some great on sales coming up today. As always, tickets are available at www.ticketalternative.com and our outlets.

On sale today at 10:00 a.m.

Rock and Roll Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- Black Clouds (Saturday, May 12)
- The Impact Is Imminent: A Benefit For The Wounded Warrior Project (Saturday, May 26)
- Hurt (Thursday, May 31)
- Michael Kiwanuka (Saturday, June 16)

The EARL (Atlanta, GA)
- Penguin Prison (Tuesday, May 22)

Juanita’s (Little Rock, AR)
- Thread (Saturday, April 28)
- Crossfade (Tuesday, June 19)

Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta, GA)
- Hill Roberts and Naked Money/Nick Johnson & Friends (Saturday, April 14)
- Gregory Alan Isakov (Monday, May 14)
- Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) (Saturday, June 9)
- Joe Purdy (Saturday, June 23)

Onsale today at 12:00 p.m.

DC9 (Washington, D.C.)
- Races (Monday, May 7)
- The Aggrolites (Monday, May 14)
- Beat Connection (Sunday, July 1)

Black Cat (Washington, D.C.)
- The Mousetrap (Friday, April 20)
- America Hearts (Monday, April 23)
- Neil Hamburger (Monday, June 18)

The Loft (Atlanta, GA)
- Ralph Stanley (Friday, May 18)

Red Palace (Washington, D.C.)
- Doctor Who Burlesque (Friday, April 27)

Revolution Music Room (Little Rock, AR)
- Adelita’s Way (Wednesday, May 9)

Ten Dollar Tuesday!

Happy Ten Dollar Tuesday everyone! We’ve got lots of great events available for just $10 a ticket – so have a look and get yourself some entertainment!

Good Old War at Vinyl, March 9

Titus Andronicus w/ Screaming Females at The Basement at Graveyard Tavern, March 10

Polica at The Red Palace, March 23

Perfume Genius at The EARL, March 29

Natural Child at Black Cat, April 3

Get the whole list of shows HERE.

CD Review: Bowerbirds — The Clearing; Playing Black Cat, March 21 and The EARL, April 15

Bowerbirds
The Clearing
Dead Oceans

Review by Ellen Eldridge

The third release by Bowerbirds, The Clearing, acts like a support beam stretching across the first two releases. The tightness of sound, mellowed by the luxuries accompanying the success it takes to make it to album three, showcases the simple honesty in its message. The band’s Facebook Page admits its first releases were “made on the quick and the cheap, with nylon-stringed guitars, fiddle lines and drum patterns that became comfortable.” The tracks on The Clearing soothe with strings that marry well the piano and vibraphone, much like the love existing between Beth Tacular and Phil Moore. Though Tacular and Moore broke up briefly, they reunited after realizing that they didn’t want anyone else – that peaceful feeling of satisfaction and a willingness to explore life in all its turbulence shines through the climactic moments in the collection of songs. The opening song, “Now We Hurry On,” lends well to themes of reconnecting love with lines like, “What we miss, we miss, we miss, and what we see is what we get.” … Continue Reading

Ten Dollar Tuesday!

Happy Ten Dollar Tuesday everyone! We’ve got lots of great events available for just $10 a ticket – so have a look and get yourself some entertainment!

ShamRock the Station w/ Better Than Ezra at Atlantic Station, March 17

Old School Saturday (OSS) at The Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, March 24

Perfume Genius at The EARL, March 29

Sleepy Sun w/ White Hills at DC9, April 29

Acid Mother Temple at The Drunken Unicorn, May 7

Get the whole list of shows HERE.

New On Sales for Friday, February 17

Happy Friday everyone! We have some great on sales going on today at Ticket Alternative. As always, you can get them at our outlets or online.

On sale today at 10:00 a.m.

529 (Atlanta, GA)
- Frankie Rose (Tuesday, April 10)
- Woods (Tuesday, May 1)

The EARL (Atlanta, GA)
- Van Hunt (Friday, April 6)

Jannus Live (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Candlebox (Friday, April 20)

Rock and Roll Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- Satori Trova (Saturday, April 7)
- Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman, formerly of Fleet Foxes) (Sunday, May 20)
- The Adicts (Monday, May 21)

Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta, GA)
- Van Ghost (Tuesday, March 3)
- Dangermuffun (Thursday, March 29)
- Justin Kennedy (Friday, April 6)
- Madison Violet (Friday, June 1)
- The David Mayfield Parade (Saturday, June 2)

Onsale today at 12:00 p.m.

Black Cat (Washington, D.C.)
- Drop Electric (Saturday, March 3)
- Buxton (Tuesday, March 27)
- Grant Hart (Wednesday, March 28)
- Chain and the Gang (Thursday, April 12)
- Sister Crayon (Sunday, April 15)
- Eleanor Friedberger (Thursday, April 19)
- Hume (Thursday, May 3)
- Horse Feathers (Friday, May 11)

DC9 (Washington, D.C.)
- Pomegranates (Tuesday, April 3)
- Tanlines (Wednesday, April 11)

Red Palace (Washington, D.C.)
- Acid Mothers Temple (Friday, May 4)

Revolution Music Room (Little Rock, AR)
- EOTO (Tuesday, May 1)

Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack (Little Rock, AR)
- Michael Burks (Saturday, June 2)

CD Review: Heartless Bastards — Arrow; Playing The EARL, March 2 and 40 Watt Club, May 18

Heartless Bastards
Arrow
Partisan Records

By Al Kaufman

Heartless Bastards answer the all important question: What if Adele was backed by a Texas band? Erika Wennerstrom, the vocal storm behind the band, has penned 11 songs that show off all her abilities. The soulful “Marathon” is followed by the poppy “Parted Ways,” until the song takes a turn and Wennerstrom demonstrates a passionate growl worthy of Patti Smith, accompanied by a drum and guitar frenzy. … Continue Reading