Music Midtown Archive
Phoenix, Jane’s Addiction Set for Music Midtown 2013, RHCP Next?
June 17, 2013
Figuring out festival line-ups has turned into something of a national pastime for music writers. Festivals seem to come up with ever more clever ways of doing their big revel of the bands they have on tap. Atlanta’s Music Midtown is no different as they started their social tease on Friday. In a coordinated effort
Music Midtown 2012: A Review
September 25, 2012
We’ve wrapped the second year of Music Midtown in Atlanta, and the expanded two-day festival brought in more bands and more fans to the belly of Piedmont Park. Although the cool relief of fall has been digging in its heels of late, there was nothing cool about this weekend. Temperatures kicked up into the 90s
Concert Review: Pearl Jam at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 23, 2012
We have come to the final night of Atlanta’s 2-day music festival Music Midtown. Saturday, we rolled back the clock to revisit Garbage, had a bizarre visit from swashbuckling Adam Ant, saw one-hit-wonder Neon Trees and was blown away by the vocal acrobatics of Florence + the Machine. There was no rest for weary ears
Concert Review: T.I. at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 22, 2012
It has been a year since Atlanta was reintroduced to Music Midtown. Largely left for dead when promoters Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon abandoned the cash hole seven years ago, music festivals in Atlanta became a large taboo for the better part of a decade. Pretty much every large market in the US could boast
Concert Review: The Avett Brothers at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 22, 2012
While Atlanta’s mid-day heat slowly faded into a lovely autumn evening at the Meadow at Piedmont Park, the Friday afternoon crowd that had gathered to hear Grammy-winning R&B artist Van Hunt, eighties rocker Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and hometown hip-hop extraordinaire T.I. easily doubled in size, just in time for the 90-minute set of
Concert Review: Young the Giant at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 26, 2011
Ah its good to have Music Midtown back in Atlanta. The revival of this music festival that ran from 1994 to 2005 is a welcomed thing. It originally shuttered in 2005 due to declining attendance and rising costs to put on the event so jump six years into the future as the event compacts itself
Concert Review: The Black Keys at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 26, 2011
Upon first look at The Black Keys’ stage setup, fans weren’t too sure what to make of the eclectic mix of props. On stage right, a wise old Native American Statue stood proud and tall. To stage left, a two-storey Goodyear tire with “Black Keys” as the brand name. Whether or not the props made
Concert Review: Manchester Orchestra at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 25, 2011
“We’re Manchester Orchestra, and we are from…here.” If you made it out to Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival and you were in the audience for this local band’s set, you might have noticed the British Flag and the Queen’s portrait swaying in the warm fall breeze. Any confusion was certainly cleared up with that simple intro
Concert Review: Coldplay at Music Midtown in Atlanta
September 25, 2011
Coldplay has kept a relatively low profile since releasing ‘Viva la Vida’ three years ago and the supporting tour that subsequently followed. Maybe Chris has been at home watching Gwyneth strut her stuff on ‘Glee.’ Perhaps the band was playing back the track “Viva la Vida” for the thousandth time trying to figure out how
Atlanta’s Music Midtown Revived with Coldplay, Black Keys
July 7, 2011
Music Midtown, from 1994 through 2005, brought big name music acts such as Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan and Foo Fighters into downtown Atlanta. Then growing competition from Bonnaroo, that little festival based in Tennessee, as well as the tropical storm in 2005 that ravaged that year’s festival, caused Music Midtown organizers to cancel