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Criminal Records: Free In-Store Events Featuring Drive-By Truckers & The Morning Benders on Saturday, March 13

admin | March 11, 2010

On Saturday, March 13, Criminal Records will host a pair of free in-store events:
At 3:00 p.m., Drive-By Truckers will play an all-ages acoustic set. Want to hear more? They’ll be performing at The Variety Playhouse on Friday, March 12, & Saturday, March 13. Random aside: Dear Drive-By Truckers: Thank you for knowing what a [...]

Criminal Records: Free In-Store Event with Butch Walker on Friday, March 5

admin | February 25, 2010

On Friday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m., Criminal Records will host a free all-ages in-store event with Butch Walker. Well, it’s mostly free, and it’s open to most everyone. Here’s the catch:
In order to attend, you’ll need to purchase Butch Walker & the Black Widow’s latest release, “I Liked It Better When You Had No [...]

Criminal Records: Free In-Store Show Featuring Surfer Blood Tonight (2/19) at 7:00 p.m. + Free Beer

admin | February 19, 2010

Tonight, February 19, Criminal Records will host a free in-store show featuring Surfer Blood. The show starts at 7:00 p.m., and if the free show isn’t enough, there’ll be free beer, too, courtesy of New Belgium Brewing Company.
And you have a chance to win a pair of tickets to Surfer Blood’s concert at Drunken Unicorn, [...]

Criminal Records: Free In-Store Show Featuring GIRLS on Feb. 5

admin | February 4, 2010

On February 5, Criminal Records will host a free in-store show featuring the indie pop group GIRLS. The show starts at 7:00 p.m., and if the free show isn’t enough, there’ll be free beer, too, courtesy of New Belgium Brewing Company. FYI—the 7:00 p.m. start time is a change from the original time (5:00 [...]

Free In-Store Concerts at Criminal Records: Wyclef Jean, Jay Reatard, Brendan Benson & Cory Chisel

admin | December 1, 2009

Criminal Records often hosts free in-store events–listening parties, band meet & greets, & performances. Here’s the schedule of upcoming in-store appearances:

Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6:00 p.m.: Wyclef Jean
Thursday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m.: Jay Reatard
Off topic: Dec. 5 & 6: Free Adult Swim tote bag packed with stimulating swag. Well, free with purchase anyway, while [...]

Free In-Store Concerts at Criminal Records (sometimes that means free food & beer, too)

admin | November 16, 2009

So which part got your attention, the free concerts or the free food & beer? Assuming it’s the free live music:
No musician likes to perform cold. Well, maybe there’s one or two who do, but most don’t. To warm up before a concert at a local venue, some artists stop by places like Criminal Records [...]

Free Acoustic Dinosaur Jr. In-Store Performance at Criminal Records Atlanta on Saturday, October 17

admin | October 14, 2009

Ok, so the title just about says is all. Dinosaur Jr. will perform an acoustic set in store at Criminal Records-Atlanta on Saturday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m. What else do you need to know? Oh yeah—an address: Don’t go to Moreland Ave. Criminal Records is located at 1154-A Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta. 404-215-9511.
–Jennifer Maciejewski

Free Concerts: Collective Soul & Drivin n Cryin

admin | August 19, 2009

Saw this lead on the AJC’s Atlanta Music Scene blog:
On Saturday, September 5, Collective Soul & Drivin n Cryin will perform free concerts in Centennial Olympic Park as part of ESPN’s College GameDay. Per Suzanne, details are sketchy, but one show starts at 1:30 p.m. & the other at 3:45 p.m. Centennial Olympic Park lists [...]

Record Store Day–April 18

admin | April 16, 2009

The 18th is the third Saturday in April, which means it’s Record Store Day. And if you’re passionate about music (and your indie record store), you won’t want to miss it.
On Record Store Day, hundreds of independently owned record stores throw a rockin’ party. The specifics vary from store to store, but there’ll often be [...]