Garotas Suecas Bring Their Brazilian Tropicalia/Garage Rock To The Earl On September 29, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:30PM At The Earl
Garotas Suecas / The Selmanaires / Cheap Time

With their first appearance in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, 2005, Garotas Suecas (Swedish Girls) is formed by Guilherme Saldanha (vocals and harmonica), Irina Bertolucci Chermont (organ), Perdido (bass) and the Paoliello brothers Nico (drums) and Tomaz (guitar). Influenced by the soul and R&B masters of the sixties such as Otis Redding and Sly & the Family Stone, the band cannot deny their garage and psychedelic origins shown by the fuzz guitar sounds and crazy organ riffs.

Burning the dance floors throughout the country with their unique brand of rock, the Garotas Suecas are also true heirs of the unique tropical rock sounds created by the brazilian Tropicalia and Jovem Guarda movements of the sixties and early seventies.

The Earl is located in East Atlanta Village at 488 Flat Shoals Avenue Southeast Atlanta, Georgia 30316. For more info, visit The Earl.

East Atlanta Strut Brings Music And Fun To The Streets

There was live music everywhere at the 13th Annual East Atlanta Strut Festival held on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Stages were set up at all corners of the festival with a diverse line-up of groups playing original Rock, Country, R&B, etc.

Pictured is Twisted Behavior, who gave an energetic performance inside Earthshaking Music, a one-of-a-kind musicians' paradise that sells instruments from all over the world. This year's festival also featured performances by El Caminos, Hair of the Dog, Tiger! Tiger!, The Holiday Brothers and many others. East Atlanta Strut is definitely is more focused on live music than some of the other neighborhood festivals.

Vendors set up booths along Flat Shoals and Glenwood Avenue selling a variety of artwork, crafts, clothing and jewelry for the festival attendees. There was also a diverse selection of festival food at every corner. They even had a mechanical bull set-up for Urban Cowboys who wanted to try out their bull riding skills and their signature parade during the early afternoon.

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Magnapop Live At The Earl On June 11, 2010

Local favorites, Magnapop, will be celebrating a record release concert at the Earl in East Atlanta on Friday June 11, 2010.

Magnapop are a four-piece pop-core band from Atlanta, GA. Singer Linda Hopper and Guitarist Ruthie Morris have been playing together for years. After a self imposed hiatus, and the addition of Scott Rowe on bass and Chad Williams on drums, the band is back, revitalized and ready to rock with a new album, "Mouthfeel".

Directions to the Earl:
From I-20: Take the MORELAND AVE. exit, exit number 60A. Head SE. Turn left onto GLENWOOD AVE. Turn left onto FLAT SHOALS AVE. The EARL is located on the right.

For more info, visit The Earl.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show Live At The Earl On May 30, 2010

April Smith and the Great Picture Show will perform on Sun May 30, 2010 at the Earl in East Atlanta.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show's Facebook page describes their music like this "combine the dramatic presence of freddie mercury, melodic sweetness of buckley, range and power of ann wilson, smoky sarcasm of tom waits, and the ornate imagination of michel gondry and you’re getting close. sounds good, we know. we call it vocally-driven-cinemelodic rock for short."

For more info, visit The Earl or April Smith and the Great Picture Show's Website.

Photo By Eric Ryan Anderson