Creative Loafing Atlanta

Host Chad Radford talks to Amy Wilson, an Atlanta-based conductor who is the Artistic Director of the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra (APO), a volunteer community orchestra based in Decatur, and Conductor of the Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble (ACE), a mixed chamber music group specializing in avant-garde music and the pioneering of living composers.

Jaycub Lake, one-half the of Atlanta/Athens pop dup the Pleasure Point, stopped by CL's Short Notice Studios to talk with Jacob Chisenhall and CL Music Editor Chad Radford about the band's full-length album, titled "Beaches." Lake ruminates on the state of the music industry in the age of the internet, the path to ultimate pleasure, and what breakfast he'd like to be served in bed. Photo courtesy the Pleasure Point.

Join ATL Joe and Producer Brit (filling in for Blake this week) as they do a recap of our record breaking attendance LA Galaxy game, our “fathering” of Orlando City for the Open Cup and preview the NYCFC game and Campeones Cup. It’s busy season in the MLS, standings, MLS news and of course, beer of the week.

Join Blake and ATL Jo as they discuss NYCFC and the Campeones Cup at home and preview our match on Sunday against Portland.

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s weekend roundup podcast for August 16-18! Will Cardwell, Jacob Chisenhall, and Chad Radford talk about their top picks for the weekend, including Piedmont Park Summer Arts Festival, the Selmenaires at the EARL, Reptile Room at 529, and more! Tune in and turn out.

Lily Merriman catches up with Atlanta-based suburban soul band the Titos about the inspiration behind their lyrics, what makes their rock-laced blues sound, and how a train ride along the Italian coast turned into a song about beauty and loss. Photo courtesy the Titos.

Photo by Cat Max Photography Since 2015, Rand Suffolk has served as the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director of the High Museum of Art. Host Doug DeLoach talks with Suffolk about the upcoming exhibition schedule at the High, which features major installations of work by Romare Bearden, Sally Mann and Virgil Abloh, and other subjects including the wildly successful Kusama Infinity Mirrors show, which closed last February.

McKendrick Bearden of Athens' indie rock foursome Grand Vapids stopped by CL's Short Notice Studio to talk with Jacob Chisenhall and Chad Radford about the group's album, "Eat The Shadow." Photo by Jason Thrasher.

Sam Aranson and Joel Williams of the Foothill Brothers stopped by CL's Short Notice Studio for a talk with host Chad Radford about the Grateful Dead, Col. Bruce Hampton, and recording a new set of original numbers for their upcoming album. Photo by Ori Salzburg.

Host Chad Radford sits down with Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe, Executive Director with Live Thrive's Center for Hard to Recycle Material (C.H.a.R.M.) for a conversation about the benefits of recycling. Photo by Chad Radford

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s weekend roundup podcast for August 9-11! Will Cardwell, Jacob Chisenhall, and join Music Editor Chad Radford to talk about their top picks for weekend music and more. Turn on, tune in, go out!

Host Chad Radford speaks with Sash the Bash, the high-energy astro-punk outfit led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Sasha Vallely (Midnight Larks, Spindrift, the Warlocks). Photo by Chad Radford

On Friday, August 9, A Rippin’ Production kicks off a weekend of headbanging revelry at 529, celebrating five years of bringing only the finest in hardcore, punk, thrash, and metal mayhem to Atlanta. The story begins in 2014 when Amos Rifkin first tried his hand at the promotions game: He booked Manchester U.K.’s classic oi-punk and new wave group Slaughter and the Dogs to headline a show in Purgatory at the Masquerade’s original North Avenue location. Call it beginner’s luck, but Slaughter and the Dogs happened to be touring the States performing songs from the group’s undisputed masterpiece, 1978’s "Do It Doggystyle" LP. A perfectly calibrated set of openers for a Wednesday night — featuring like-minded local punks and rock ’n’ rollers Maggos Heros, Gunpowder Gray, Antagonizers, and Dinos Boys — filled out the rest of the bill for a riotous night of music. “For a minute I was innocent enough to think that all of my shows would be that magical,” Rifkin laughs. “For one brief moment, I was batting a thousa

Host Chad Radford speaks with the band Dot.s.

Hosts Chad Radford and Jacob Chisenhall speak with Cousin Dan.

ATLiens United S2,E23: "FdB’s House?” by Creative Loafing Atlanta

Live From the Archives: Dot.s by Creative Loafing Atlanta

Seal Pup performs live from the Creative Loafing archives room.

Live From the Archives: Aviva and the Flying Penguins by Creative Loafing Atlanta

The battle wages on to save the South’s first recording studio, and the hallowed ground where country music’s first commercial recordings were made. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville is slated to swing the wrecking ball on 152 Nassau Street, clearing the way for a deluxe new outpost for its chain restaurant and hotel. In June of 1923, New York-based Okeh Records executive Ralph Peer set up a pop-up studio in the building which facilitated recordings by various regional jazz, blues, and country music artists including Fiddlin’ John Carson, Warner’s Seven Aces, Charlie Fulcher, the Morehouse College Quartet, Lucille Bogan, Fannie Mae Goosby, Eddie Heywood, and more. Photo is courtesy of Kyle Kessler / www.nassaustreetsessions.com/action/