Atlanta’s A3C hip-hop fest announces first acts
Tech-N9ne is one of the first acts announced for the October A3C fest.
Tech N9ne, Yelawolf, Hopsin, Gunplay, Oddisee, Chris Webby and Skyzoo are among the several hundred acts expected. A showcase by indie label Funk Volume will feature Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, SwizZz and Atlanta’s Jarren Benton and the Mellow Music Group showcase hosts Oddisee accompanied by a live band, Apollo Brown with a special guest, Diamond District, yU and Slimkat78.
A3C is also committed to finding new acts. Artist submissions will continue to be accepted through Aug. 31 through the ReverbNation and Sonicbids websites, but already-chosen artists include CHAUNDON, Kepstar, Nova The Rebel, SK4MC, Phene, Nike Nando, Felony Fame, Eric Biddines, Skoolie Escobar and Mani Coolin’.
The event runs Oct. 11-13, with check-in at the Masquerade.
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Concert picks: Bon Iver, Jimmy Buffett, Roger Waters, Laura Marling
Actor, writer, comedian and former Stone Mountain resident Donald Glover brings his musical alter ego Childish Gambino to the Tabernacle on Sunday, Jun 10. Photo courtesy Glassnote Records
Mogwai
It’s been 15 years since this Scottish outfit released “Mogwai Young Team,” one of those albums that inspires rabid devotion among the faithful while remaining largely unknown in the mainstream. It’s an instrumental tour de force that roars like a beast one moment and coos with soft melodicism the next. That album was reissued in 2008 in a remastered two-disc version, but Mogwai’s latest is 2011’s “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.” It’s the group’s seventh album, and though the band may never enjoy the kind of stellar reviews inspired by that debut album, Mogwai still inspires devotion. Rob Sheffield’s review of the album in Spin magazine concludes with these words: “still inventive, still challenging themselves and still insanely loud.”
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Neil Diamond: A musical institution at work
But as he’s aged – and at 71, he still cuts a striking figure, especially in his black and red sparkly shirt – the performance quirks that years ago made you wish he’d go to Vegas for career death (since that’s what used to happen in Vegas) now make hope you he goes there for a triumphant residency at Caesars Palace.
The Diamond of today can still milk a lyric like few others, whether growling through the tribal-by-way-of-Brooklyn “Soolaimon” or caressing the Dewar’s-smooth “Love on the Rocks.” But the jaunty clap-along tunes – “Forever in Blue Jeans,” “Cherry, Cherry” – were delivered with a creased grin, while the introspective moments, such as 2005’s “Hell Yeah,” clearly came from a place of knowing wisdom.
Neil Diamond still cuts a striking figure at 71. Photos: …
Angie Stone show canceled at Wolf Creek
Angie Stone’s Saturday concert at Wolf Creek Amphitheater has been canceled.The Fulton County venue says the show will be rescheduled, but no new date has been announced.
Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase. Tickets bought through Ticketmaster online or over the phone should be refunded automatically within in a week of the canceled date.
A spokesperson for the venue did not respond to a query about why the show is being rescheduled, but a recent AJC story indicated ticket sales had been slow.
Wolf Creek recently hosted the successful two-day Funk Fest, though parking was apparently an issue.
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By Melissa Ruggieri, Atlanta Music Scene
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