Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers spoke with Max Stewart at Live Music Daily about his new project Slow Accordion, Col. Bruce Hampton, touring, his favorite hidden jams from Little Feat and Hendrix, concert memories, and more! Check it out below

Photos by Edwin Keeble; Review by Max Stewart There are certain artists whose music becomes so intertwined with your own life that it is nearly impossible to separate the songs from the memories. For me, Johnny Blue Skies is one of those artists. I’ve watched the Kentucky native evolve from a relatively unknown country singer… Read More Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds’ Sonic Revolution Takes Over Atlanta – Photos and Review

Photos and Review by Stephen Bloch Widespread Panic, Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, 10/25/26 Sold-out house, October chill, and a World Series backdrop. The run opened the same weekend the Fall Classic kicked off at nearby American Family Field, with “Rebirtha” as a first-ever opener. By Sunday’s series finale, the band played like a club that knew… Read More Widespread Panic at the Ballpark: Game 3 at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee – Photos and Review

Photos and Review by Max Stewart Fifty years after helping kickstart the British punk revolution, The Damned are still doing things their own way. The legendary English punk rockers brought their Final Damnation 50 tour to Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse on a Monday night in October, celebrating a half-century of music that has influenced everyone from… Read More The Damned Bring 50 Years of Punk and Darkness to Atlanta – Photos and Review

Photos and Review by Max Stewart Some reunions feel like nostalgia trips. Others remind you just how much a band mattered in the first place. Sugar’s return to Atlanta’s The Eastern on a Friday night in October was firmly in the latter category, as Bob Mould (guitar/vocals), David Barbe (bass/vocals), and Malcolm Travis (drums) brought… Read More A Sweet Homecoming: Sugar Returns to Atlanta with David Barbe’s Georgia Roots Front and Center

Photos and Review by Max Stewart “We’re probably the five happiest motherf**kers on Earth tonight.” Those words from Mastodon bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders summed up what was an unforgettable evening at a sold-out show at The Eastern in Atlanta. Thirty-seven days into their tour, Sanders made it abundantly clear there was nowhere else on… Read More Mastodon Find Joy Through Tragedy in Sold-Out Atlanta Homecoming on Marrow Deep Tour – Review and Photos

Photos and Recap by Steve Mack The annual magic on the Rockcastle weekend (aka The Moonshiners Ball) was a special kind of something this year. Bela’ Fleck‘s My Bluegrass Heart (read that again) … one word, amazing. Fruition, they may be putting the band on the shelf after almost 2 decades of touring but they’re… Read More The Moonshiner’s Ball Includes Béla Fleck, Michael Cleveland, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Fruition and more!

By Will Haraway There are a few bands that I just can’t be objective about, and Hiss Golden Messenger is at the top of the list. I can talk all day about M.C. Taylor’s rotating supergroup and their completely original, positive, heavy, polished, loose, tight, joyful sound, why you should see them on this tour… Read More Make a Joyful Noise with Hiss Golden Messenger on Sunday 10/18 at Atlanta’s Terminal West – Preview

Photos and Review by Max Stewart Nearly five decades after helping ignite the punk rock revolution as the snarling frontman of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon remains one of rock n roll’s most fascinating and unapologetically confrontational figures. But while the Sex Pistols helped tear down the musical establishment, Public Image Ltd. (PiL) was Lydon’s… Read More John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd. Remains a Post-Punk Force in Atlanta

Photos by Stephen Bloch / October 7, 2026 / Milwaukee, WI Weezer brought their Gathering Tour to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, delivering a career-spanning celebration of alternative rock that reminded fans just how many unforgettable songs Rivers Cuomo and company have accumulated over the past three decades. From early classics like “Surf Wax America” to fan… Read More Weezer and The Shins Bring Indie Arena Rock to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum – Photo Recap