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East Atlanta staple for local and up-and-coming rock bands, as well as nationally established indie acts, and grub for the hipster-PBR set.
The Scientists, Vincas, GG King
Saturday April 20, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
The Scientists are the ultimate cult band! Mysterious, undefinable and yet many quite distinct things to many people. Some blame them for Grunge, some think they’re a power pop band, some think they’re experimental. Tav Falco describes them in Ghosts Behind The Sun thus: “Mercurial individuals who’s...
Cost: $25
The Scientists, Gentleman Jesse, Subsonics
Sunday April 21, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
The Scientists are the ultimate cult band! Mysterious, undefinable and yet many quite distinct things to many people. Some blame them for Grunge, some think they’re a power pop band, some think they’re experimental. Tav Falco describes them in Ghosts Behind The Sun thus: “Mercurial individuals who’s...
Cost: $25
The Hip Abduction
Thursday April 25, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
Sometimes inspiration strikes from the immersion of living in a far away place. Sometimes, inspiration stems from a place that everyone can relate to, but maybe no one’s actually been. This is the music of The Hip Abduction, the vibrant St. Petersburg, FL-based collective that formed over a mutual a...
Cost: $15
Caroline Rose, Kississippi
Friday April 26, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
An obsession with money, an unfaithful lover, a friend’s accidental pregnancy, misogyny, loneliness, death… This is just some of the lighthearted subject matter that make up LONER––the darkly comedic second album from songwriter/producer Caroline Rose. Armed with an arsenal of new instruments and eq...
Cost: $12-$14
Andy Frasco & the U.N.
Saturday April 27, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
It felt like time to switch gears.
In 2017, Andy Frasco reached a fork in the road. Renowned for a jubilant jambalaya of rule-breaking rock n roll his career kept rolling ahead at full steam. To date, he had released three independent albums, chronicled a German gig in front of 15,000 screaming fan...
Cost: $12-$15
Steve Gunn, Gun Outfit
Sunday April 28, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
For over a decade, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gunn has been one the American music’s most pivotal figures - conjuring immersive and psychedelic sonic landscapes both live and on record, releasing revered solo albums ranking high on in-the-know end of year lists, alongside exploratory collaborations wi...
Cost: $15-$18
Acid Mothers Temple, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Monday April 29, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
Buy tickets here.
Cost: $12
Matty Matheson
Tuesday April 30, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
In 2019 Matty Matheson sets out with his first self-produced program, ‘Just A Dash’, an
instructional cooking show that brings the viewer right to Matty’s farmhouse kitchen, preparing some of his favourite dishes.
The former Viceland ‘Dead Set on Life’ & ‘It’s Suppertime’ host picks up where he lef...
Cost: $20
Floral Print, Son Step, Orchid Mantis
Tuesday April 30, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
Floral print is comprised of Nathan Springer and Paul DeMerritt, two bespectacled friends living in East Atlanta. Beginning in the latter half of 2014, the pair quickly developed an earnest and expressive approach to songwriting. Goldflakepaint described their debut mini-album woo as “gloriously vag...
Cost: $8
Old Sea Brigade, Jon Bryant
Wednesday May 1, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Old Sea Brigade is Atlanta born, Nashville based musician, Ben Cramer. His debut self-titled EP released in January 2015 has gained over 1.5 million streams on Spotify and captured the attention of notable blogs and playlists throughout the world. Upon the success of the debut EP, Old Sea Brigade si...
Cost: $12-$14
IDLES, Fontaines D.C.
Friday May 3, 2019 11:00 pm EDT
Shaky Knees Festival Late Night Show, 21+
Cost: SOLD OUT
Deerhunter, TIMKOH
Saturday May 4, 2019 11:00 pm EDT
Shaky Knees Festival Late Night Show, 21+
Cost: SOLD OUT
Murphy's Law, Antagonizers ATL, Five O'Clock Devil
Tuesday May 7, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
21+
Cost: $15-$17
Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood, Portrayal of Guilt
Friday May 10, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
21+
Cost: $20-$25
Sebadoh
Saturday June 15, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
This show is part of the Earl's 20th anniversary series.
Cost: $20-$22
Telekinesis, SONTALK
Friday April 19, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
If Michael Benjamin Lerner has given us nothing more than an opportunity to nudge the word
“effluxion” into the common vernacular, it is still a crowning cultural achievement. To truly appreciate this minor linguistic marvel, you need to say the word out loud—do this right now,
wherever you are; it’...
Cost: $13-$15
The Wild Reeds, Valley Queen
Thursday April 18, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
The Wild Reeds are a band led by women, and that matters. Not a sister band, not a girl group, but a band fronted by three women, all talented singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists in their own right: Kinsey Lee, Mackenzie Howe, and Sharon Silva, with drummer Nick Jones and bass player Ni...
Cost: $12-$14
Hand Habits, Tasha, Rose Hotel
Monday April 15, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
Meg Duffy hasn’t stopped moving, working, or growing since she left her quiet childhood home in upstate New York. You can find her in the back of the van reading a book, quietly warming up backstage with some guitar workouts, or waiting tables at a neighborhood pizzeria. Though Meg didn’t pick up th...
Cost: $10-$12
Bayonne, Palm Daze
Sunday April 14, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Each song on Bayonne’s Drastic Measures is orchestral in texture, unfolding in countless layers and kaleidoscopic tones. With great intensity of detail, the Austin-based artist otherwise known as Roger Sellers deepens that sonic complexity by weaving in elegantly warped samples of the field recordin...
Cost: $12
Strand of Oaks, Tyler Ramsey
Saturday April 13, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Hard Love, Tim Showalter’s latest release as Strand of Oaks, is a record that explores the balancing act between overindulgence and accountability. Recounting Showalter’s decadent tour experiences, his struggling marriage, and the near death of his younger brother, Hard Love emanates an unabashed, r...
Cost: $18
Bad Sports, Bad Spell, Skin Jobs, Femur
Friday April 12, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
Texas trio Bad Sports release their fourth full-length to Dirtnap and with it, push their sound into a more modern sphere of punk. Orville Neeley (guitars / vocals), Daniel Fried (bass / vocals) and Gregory Rutherford (drums) have spent over ten years together and the progression is justified.
Cost: $10
Animal Years
Thursday April 11, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
We borrowed the name from a Josh Ritter album," Animal Years singer-songwriter-guitarist Mike McFadden says of his band's moniker. "Originally, we just liked the way the phrase sounded. But the more we thought about it, the more it meant to us, and we started saying things like 'Live your life in an...
Cost: $10-$12
Thelma & the Sleaze, Rod Hamdallah
Tuesday April 9, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Nashville based power trio sludge fest Thin Lizzy creeps on us.
Cost: $10
Thelma & the Sleaze / Rod Hamdallah + special guests at The EARL
Tuesday April 9, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Thelma and the Sleaze heads east from Nashville in a church van to grace us with some rock n roll. What kind of rock n roll? As one band member put it, “Eddie Money woke up in the South on a pile of Judas Priest cassettes.”
As a retired cowgirl, I can relate. Unrelated to pop icon film Thelma and ...
Cost: $10
Robert Ellis, Ian O'Neil
Monday April 8, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
“I want this record to be more about the Paul Simons and the Randy Newmans and the other half of my upbringing,
which is very much rooted in pop.” – Ellis recently told Rolling Stone
Robert Ellis is the kind of songwriter who only comes along once in a great while. With his first two albums, a prom...
Cost: $15-$20
Chris Cohen Karaoke, True Blossom
Sunday April 7, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Chris Cohen’s songs initially sound easy. They’re each tiny jewels that unfurl at a leisurely pace, but dig a little deeper and you’ll reach a melancholy core. His previous two albums — 2012’s Overgrown Path, and 2016’s As If Apart — were built from lush, blurry tracks that embedded themselves in yo...
Cost: $10-$12
Bit Brigade
Saturday April 6, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
When Bit Brigade rolls into town, the gamer elite hang up the controller for the evening and see a rock show. With unprecedented attention to detail and post-rock bombast, Bit Brigade meticulously replicates every musical cue, cutscene and boss battle in perfect syncronization with master gamer Noah...
Cost: $15
DBUK, Norman Westberg, Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel
Wednesday April 3, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
21+
Cost: $12
Dinos Boys, Tommy and the Commis, Les Lullies
Tuesday April 2, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
21+ D.espicable I.gnorant N.asty O.le S.hitstirrers
Cost: $8-$10
The North Trolls, The Sal Show, Deep State, Moonshield
Thursday March 28, 2019 08:30 pm EDT
21+
Cost: $10
The Messthetics, Mary Lattimore
Monday March 25, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
The Messthetics are the power trio to put an end to all others. Featuring Fugazi’s rhythm architects Brendan Canty and Joe Lally joining forces with avant-garde guitar savant Anthony Pirog, the band’s synergy verges on the telepathic. On their self-titled debut, the trio showcases an ability to sc...
Cost: $12-$14
Scott H. Biram, The Goddamn Gallows, Urban Pioneers
Sunday March 24, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
21+
Cost: $17-$20
The Movielife, Travis Shettel (of Piebald)
Saturday March 23, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
21+
The Movielife will be playing 40 Hour Train Ride Back to Penn and The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem in their entirety.
Cost: $18-$20
Sash the Bash, MammaBear, Alchemy
Friday March 22, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
21+ Double Album Release Show
Sasha Vallely has been performing across the globe for over a decade with various bands such as Midnight Larks, Spindrift, The Silver Chords, The Mobsters and The Warlocks, and guested with The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mondo Generator, Lords of Altamont, King Adora a...
Cost: $10
Barreracudas, Tuk Smith
Tuesday March 19, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
Like an arcade game of Whack-A-Mole, the Barreracudas are known to pop up only now and again just to remind audiences of their massive stage presence and their unshakeable hook-driven songs. They are the biggest smart aleck’s in rock ‘n’ roll today. And now they’re finally back with their sophomore ...
Cost: $10
Pentagram, Brother Dege, Dirty Streets
Sunday March 17, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Pentagram was initially formed in 1971 by Bobby Liebling (vocals) and Geof O'Keefe (drums) with Vincent McAllister
on guitar and Greg Mayne on bass. After recording several demos throughout the mid-70’s, this line-up lasted until
1976. Much of the material that would be released decades later as "...
Cost: $25
GG King, the Mathis Hunter Band, Lucis Flux
Saturday March 16, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
This is the LP release show for the Mathis Hunter Band's latest LP, Mother Tongue.
Cost: $10
He Is Legend, Holy + Gold, Pretty Please, New Bedlam
Tuesday March 12, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
21+
Impulsive is a word that comes to mind when thinking about Wilmington, NC band He Is Legend. Their sound is best described as rock and roll although; it can be difficult to predict what direction their next album might take. Refusing to be pigeon holed into one sub genre, they choose to write ...
Cost: $12-$15
Easy Action, Paralyzer, Kongokai
Monday March 11, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
From the streets of the Motor City, EASY ACTION carry on the fine tradition of Detroit Rock, infusing it with a raw punk edge. For those unfamiliar, EASY ACTION is fronted by John Brannon, former vocalist for the highly regarded LAUGHING HYENAS and of early 80’s hardcore legends NEGATIVE APPROAC...
Cost: $12
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Saturday March 9, 2019 10:30 pm EST
Psychadelic rock tunes you can headbang to. With special guests from Los Angeles Frankie and the Witch Fingers.
Cost: $12-15
Empath, BLAMMED
Saturday March 9, 2019 06:30 pm EST
Empath brings you earth noise pop from Philadelphia.
Cost: $8-10
The Beths, Bad Bad Hats
Friday March 8, 2019 08:00 pm EST
Auckland, New Zealand-based indie pop youngsters The Beths have had a busy year. The international tour for their debut full-length, Future Me Hates Me, and their easily digestible harmonic soft rock have scored gigs and support all over the world. The band’s signature style of fusing layered harmon...
Cost: SOLD OUT
Republican Hair
Thursday March 7, 2019 09:00 pm EST
The new wave punk band, Republican Hair, will be making a stop at The Earl in Atlanta on March 7th.
Cost: $10
Devil Master, Disable, Seraphic Entombment
Sunday March 3, 2019 08:00 pm EST
Showcase featuring Devil Master, Disable, and Seraphic Entombment featuring members of Ectovoid and Hegemony.
21 + only/ $10 Cover
Cost: $10
Vimur (LP release), Ectovoid, Encoffination, and Internment
Saturday March 2, 2019 08:30 pm EST
Vimur celebrates the release of its latest LP, Triumphant Master of Fates.
Cost: $10-$12
Randy's Cheeseburger Picnic
Friday March 1, 2019 08:00 pm EST
Based on the character from the hit program, Trailer Park Boys, Randy's Cheeseburger Picnic brings a sh*t storm of non-stop laughter and audience interaction. A bit of stand-up, a bit of silly contests, some classic Randy punch lines and a chance to meet your favourite TPB cast member! Oh, it also i...
Cost: $25-$30
The Underhill Family Orchestra, She Returns From War, Chick Wallace
Saturday February 23, 2019 09:00 pm EST
21+
Cost: $10
Mike Doughty, Wheatus
Thursday February 21, 2019 07:30 pm EST
21+ "Ruby Vroom" 25 Year Anniversary Tour
Cost: $18-$20
Some Kind of Nightmare, The Aggravated Hembree & the Satan Sisters, Blue Tower
Wednesday February 13, 2019 08:30 pm EST
Cost: $8-$10
New Junk City, Heelturn, Evan Stepp & The Piners, Nowhere Safe, Mountain Party
Saturday February 9, 2019 08:30 pm EST
21+ Benefit for Lost-N-Found
Cost: $10-$12
Gringo Star, Jupiter Watts, A Drug Called Tradition
Saturday February 2, 2019 09:00 pm EST
21+
Cost: $12
Daniel Romano, T. Hardy Morris
Thursday January 31, 2019 08:00 pm EST
Finally Free marks yet another stylistic shift for prolific Ontario songwriter Daniel Romano. Released earlier this year, the LP is a nine-track cycle of folk experiments unlike any Romano has previously released. “Empty Husk,” the album’s opener, unfurls like an incantation: sparse acoustic chords ...
Cost: $12-$14
U.S. Bombs, Total Chaos
Monday January 21, 2019 08:00 pm EST
Lace up your boots! U.S. Bombs are here to prove that punk’s not dead. Gravel-voiced frontman and professional skateboarder Duane Peters hasn’t lost his touch, sounding gruffer than ever as he belts out tracks like “Riot Sirens” and “A-Bomb Story.” The Bombs may have slowed down a touch and incorpor...
Cost: $15
Dinos Boys, Killer Hearts, The Uppers, Cheap Fur, Mongo
Sunday January 20, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Get ready for a wild weekend as Little Five Points plays host to 30 of the nation’s best in gritty, lo-fi rock ’n’ roll, including popular names like New York’s Dirty Fences, Chicago’s Mama, and local punkers Dinos Boys, Rmblr, and Mongo. What’s more, a selection of these bands contributed tracks to...
Cost: $12
Brother Hawk, Evan Stepp & the Piners, The Pink Stones
Saturday January 19, 2019 08:30 pm EST
This one’s a solid showcase of exciting and talented local music, the kind of country and rock that radio stations should be playing. Brother Hawk sounds as soulful as a white Southern rock outfit can, matching powerful blues-rock with soaring, introspective guitar work reminiscent of Neil Young and...
Cost: $12
Hank Von Hell, Against the Grain, The Vaginas
Tuesday January 15, 2019 08:00 pm EST
The Pied Piper of death punk returns to steal back the spotlight and save rock 'n' roll! Click here to buy tickets.
Cost: $20-$25
Stonefield, A Drug Called Tradition, Mathis Hunter Band
Monday January 14, 2019 08:30 pm EST
Cost: $10-$12
Bit Brigade, Thor Axe
Saturday January 12, 2019 09:00 pm EST
Bit Brigade will beat Mega Man II and Castlevania one last time before putting these titles to rest indefinitely.
Cost: $15
The Earl's 20th Anniversary Kick Off Weekend! feat. Carbonas, Predator, Ryan Dinosaur, and Wash
Friday January 11, 2019 09:00 pm EST
It's the Earl's 20th anniversary. Buy tickets here!
Cost: $20
The Coathangers with Vincas and Paralyzer
Monday December 31, 2018 09:00 pm EST
Two. Night. Run!!! The Coathangers ring in the New Year with their hometown crowd at the Earl. Atlanta's punk rock stalwarts play the second show of this two-night stand with Vincas and Paralyzer.
Rusty, Minnie, and Crook Kid Coathanger are on a victory lap, playing songs from their 2016 album, No...
Cost: $25-$40
The Coathangers with OMNI
Sunday December 30, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Atlanta's punk rock stalwarts the Coathangers ring in the New Year with the first show of a two-night stand at the Earl.
Rusty, Minnie, and Crook Kid Coathanger are on a victory lap, playing songs from their 2016 album, Nosebleed Weekend (Suicide Squeeze), but expect them to pull out some deep cu...
Cost: $25 (each night) $40 (both nights)
Royal Thunder, Naarc, Thunderlip
Saturday December 29, 2018 09:00 pm EST
Royal Thunder is a four-piece rock band based out of Atlanta, Georgia that seamlessly blends the timeless elements of heavy classic rock, 90's grunge and forward thinking progressive rock. Propelled by the powerfully emotional voice of frontwoman Mlny Parsonz, guitar heroics of Josh Weaver and dynam...
Cost: $12
Smithsonian, Jesus Honey
Friday December 28, 2018 09:00 pm EST
Smithsonian is a band composed of five veterans of the Atlanta music scene who have united in their affection for the short but sweet career of The Smiths. Bret Busch (Pardner, The Hots) on vocals, David Chase (PLS PLS, Dropsonic) on bass, John Speaks (Map of the Moon, Young Antiques) on drums, and ...
Cost: $15
EARL Xmas w/ Small Reactions, Warm Red, & Low Valley Hearts!
Tuesday December 25, 2018 09:00 pm EST
FREE SHOW!!
Cost: Free
It's A Maiden Killers Xmas! With Paladin and Built for Speed
Saturday December 22, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Maiden Killers is Atlanta's only Paul Di'Anno-era Iron Maiden cover band that matters. The group is dedicated to honoring the fiery passion of old-school Iron Maiden circa the group's first two albums — 1980's self-titled LP and 1981's Killers — hence the name. The group won't give up its setlist be...
Cost: $10
JAMES HALL & THE STEADY WICKED
Friday December 21, 2018 08:30 pm EST
Cost: $12 (adv). $15 day of show.
The Howling Tongues, The Pink Spiders, The Deacons
Thursday December 20, 2018 07:30 pm EST
The Howling Tongues are creating a movement and revival in the music scene. Bringing back the roots of rock'n'roll with loud guitar amps, giant kick drums, fuzzy bass tones, over-driven organ, and raspy vocals. Heavily influenced by classic garage rock bands like The Stooges, Big Star, Led Zeppelin,...
Cost: $10-$12
Jeffrey Butzer & T.T. Mahony perform Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sunday December 16, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Next to herds of inflatable yard reindeer and department store brawls over discounted thingamabobs, nothing says Christmas in America like the opening bars of “Lucy and Linus,” the jazzy song best known as the theme for A Charlie Brown Christmas. When it debuted on CBS in December 1965, the half-hou...
Cost: $15-$18
JEFFREY BUTZER & T.T. MAHONY PERFORM VINCE GUIARALDI'S A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Saturday December 15, 2018 08:30 pm EST
Also performing selections from Phil Spector's "Christmas Gift for You;" Chad Shivers and the Silent Knights (performing "The Ventures Christmas Album").
Cost: $15 (adv). $18 day of show.
Dead Now, Lazer/Wolf, Double Ferrari, Trauma City
Thursday December 13, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Local show
Cost: $10-$12
Sarah and the Safe Word, Blood on the Harp, Maggie Valley
Saturday December 8, 2018 09:00 pm EST
?Everything was fine until I came to haunt your dreams.? Since taking Atlanta by storm in 2017 with the release of their debut full-length Strange Doings in the Night, Sarah & the Safe Word has been up to no good. After playing the Vans Warped Tour in 2017 at the personal request of founder Kevin Ly...
Cost: $10-$12
Magnapop, Elf Power, Motherfucker, Black to Comm (MC5 tribute band), the Rock*A*Teens
Saturday December 1, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Chunklet Industries presents H2O50 NIGHT 2: MAGNAPOP, ELF POWER, Motherfucker, Black to Comm (MC5 tribute band), and The Rock*A*Teens. $20 (adv), $25 day of show. 7 p.m.
Cost: $20 (adv). $25 at door.
MERCYLAND HISTORICAL ABSTRACT, THE GOTOBEDS, Air-Sea Dolphin, Honey Radar, and 86
Friday November 30, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Chunklet Industries presents H2O50 PARTY NIGHT 1: MERCYLAND HISTORICAL EXSTRACT, THE GOTOBEDS, Air-Sea Dolphin, Honey Radar, 86. $20 (adv), $25 day of show. 7 p.m.
Cost: $20 (adv). $25 doors.
THE BLACK LIPS, ICEAGE, Surfbort
Saturday November 24, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Cost: $22 (adv). $25 day of show.
THE BLACK LIPS, ICEAGE, Surfbort
Friday November 23, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Cost: $22 (adv). $25 day of show.
ESME PATTERSON with Rose Hotel
Sunday November 11, 2018 08:00 pm EST
Denver, CO’s Esmé Patterson has been making waves all around the country since going solo in 2012 (she was previously in Denverbased Paper Bird). Her voice is smooth and sweet when she wants it to be, and then fully rock and roll when you least expect it. Each of Patterson’s songs listens like an i...
Cost: $10 (adv). $12 doors.
Echosynthetic presents: GREGORIO FRANCO, STREET SECTS, + MORE
Saturday November 10, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Echosynthetic presents: GREGORIO FRANCO, STREET SECTS, Indradevi, The Rain Within, Elay Arson, and Acid Gambit. $15. 7 p.m.
Cost: $15
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