The Silver Tongue Throws a Party! May 29

The Silver Tongue is throwing a party this Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of this summer’s amazing music in Atlanta!  This is a great chance for Atlanta musicians and music fans to meet the staff of “The Ultimate Music News Resource!”  So, grab your friends and head out to Lenny’s Saturday, May 29.  Ladies get in free and there will be $3 Jager shots all night!  The Silver Tongue has some great prizes to give away, including concert tickets to some of this summer’s best concerts in Atlanta.

Of course, music will be provided by Branded With Fear, a force to be reckoned with on the rock-n-roll front, and Detroit Mutant Radio will get all your booties on the dance floor with their hip-hop/rock fusion explosive sounds!

21+, $5 door, ladies get in free

Strange Daze Music & Arts Festival 2010 Lineup Announced

The Strange Daze Music & Arts Festival is shaping up to be one of the premier indie music festivals in Georgia. Over 40 bands will perform over a 2-day period, August 14-15 at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia.

Performers include: Untied States, Stokeswood, Vegan Coke, Before the Solstice, Lesbian Afternoon, Efren, Detroit Mutant Radio, McNary w/ Anne Harper, Winter Ransom, Sealions Neil Cribbs, Jungol, Free Ticket, The Extraordinary Contraptions, I-Tegrity, SlowEarth, Dead Rabbits, The K-Macks, The Young Republic, Verge of Bliss, Static of the Gods, The Winter Sounds, Swank Motel, The Bloodplums, Mice in Cars, FishHawk, Romeo Spike, The Humboldt Trio, Unseen Stimuli, Cinetrope, Rolling Nowhere

The Silver Tongue is a sponsor of the 2010 Strange Daze Music & Arts Festival and will be featuring Strange Daze artist over the next few months. Check back often for updates to the lineup and ticket information.

The Silver Tongue is Seeking Contributors and Interns

The Silver Tongue is currently seeking contributors and interns in New York, California, Texas, Washington and in the UK and Canada.

We are looking for contributors all over the globe that are interested in covering their local and regional music scene.

We’re also looking for college interns all over the country. Must be eligible to receive college credit in order to be an intern.

For more information contact us at editor{@}thesilvertongueonline.com.

Calling All Musicians: Have Your Myspace Page Featured on The Silver Tongue

There are a lot of talented, undiscovered bands and artist on Myspace, so many that we couldn’t possibly find them all, but they can find us. Every week starting February 15th The Silver Tongue will feature a new Myspace profile.

If you’re amazing band or musician with a Myspace profile then send a link to your profile, a picture and a brief statement telling us way we should feature you to bands@thesilvertongueonline.com. If we like what we see we will feature you on The Silver Tongue.

Artist and Bands: Want To Be Featured On The Silver Tongue? Send Us A Video

Are you an up and coming artist or band that wants to grow your fanbase? Do you feel that you have what it takes to be featured on The Silver Tongue? Well unfortunately we can’t be everywhere so we’re giving you a chance to promote yourself.

And just how do you do that? Good question.

Send us a video, no longer than 10 minutes in length. Start off by introducing yourself and then give us some details, such as band members and the type of music you play. Tell the TST readers why they should be checking you out and what sets you apart from all the other bands/artist around the world. Perform a little ditty and don’t forget to state your website address, Myspace, Facebook…whatever medium you use to stay in touch with your fans.

When you’re done upload the video to Youtube or Vimeo and email a link to the video to editor{@}thesilvertongueonline.com. EVERY video will be added to the site, but the best video for that particular week will be featured in the ‘Featured Video’ section on the homepage. It’s that simple.

See ya in the movies!

WHYNATTE PRESENTS: A Benefit For The Marcus Autism Center

The Silver Tongue has partnered up with Whynatte, 4WH, Esperanza, Slush Fund Recordings, Star Community Bar and Vintage Earth Music to raise funds to benefit the Marcus Autism Center.

The benefit show will take place Thursday, December 3rd, at the Star Bar in Little 5 Points. Performing will be Richard Sherfey and All God’s Children, Back Row Baptists, Part Bear and Cassavetes.

The show is free but a $5 donation is requested.

And I hope you’re feeling lucky cause your donation will make you eligible to win some awesome prizes which will be raffled off the night of the show.

If you’d like donate a prize to be raffled off, you can email malissa@4thwardheroes.com  or lauren@whynatte.com they will gladly accept your gifts, which are tax deductible…your receipt will be in the mail. Or you can head on over to Star Community Bar at 437 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-1562 and drop it off!

Either way please come out and support the Marcus Autism Center. It does great work for both autistic children and adults and could use your support.

The Silver Tongue is Seeking Interns and Contributors

The Silver Tongue is currently seeking contributors and interns.

We are looking for contributors all over the globe that are interested in covering their local and regional music scene.

We’re also looking for college interns all over the country. Must be eligible to receive college credit in order to be an intern.

For more information contact us at editor{@}thesilvertongueonline.com.

CD Review: Liam Finn & Eliza-Jane, “Champagne In Seashells”

On the new EP Champagne In Seashells, New Zealander Liam Finn has again created a fresh and cutting-edge collection of songs.  For the follow-up to his 2008 debut, the critically acclaimed I’ll Be Lightning, Finn shares billing with his singing partner Eliza-Jane Barnes.  For those familiar with Lightning, Finn has most assuredly evolved into a more mature and deliberate songwriter.

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Masquerade’s 20th Anniversary Show

Last night’s show at the Masquerade began with a long chord played by Stand Alone, a five-piece progressive rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The venue was still filling up as they performed, and vocalist Kenny worked diligently to get the crowd roused from this week’s somber atmosphere. They played loud and hard, switching between melody-heavy hard rock ballads and lyric-intensive nu-metal ramblings.

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Soulfly’s Max Cavalera

Heavy metal band Soulfly will be kicking off their fall tour September 30th, but before they hit the road we we’re able to speak to frontman Max Cavalera and ask him a few questions.

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