--- title: "Music - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/music/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/music/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Scattrbrain-1-1024x683.jpg)](/tickets/) [ May 20 2026 ](/tickets/) ## [Mainline Music Fest returns this fall](/tickets/) Our annual music fest returns for its third year with more artists and venue partners Buy tickets here!   Mainline Music Fest will return for its third year in Atlanta this September, featuring 22 bands across three days at four […] [ Mainline Music Fest returns this fall Read More »](/tickets/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FRESHTIX-BANNER.jpg)](/standardselects/) [ Feb 26 2026 ](/standardselects/) ## [Mainline presents ‘Standard Selects: The Movie’ at the Plaza on March 2](/standardselects/) Mainline’s first feature film production with Standard Electric Records Co. will debut at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta for one night only on March 2 On Mon., March 2, Mainline will present its first-ever film production Standard Selects: The Movie [ Mainline presents ‘Standard Selects: The Movie’ at the Plaza on March 2 Read More »](/standardselects/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Kerons-Ego-4-1024x683.jpg)](/mainline-top-100-atlanta-tracks-of-2025/) [ Jan 4 2026 ](/mainline-top-100-atlanta-tracks-of-2025/) ## [Our top 100 Atlanta tracks of 2025](/mainline-top-100-atlanta-tracks-of-2025/) We are overjoyed to share our 100 favorite Atlanta tracks of 2025! In a year marked by musicians and music listeners reevaluating how to consume music and support artists, our 2025 list is extra special and little different. We’ve provided [ Our top 100 Atlanta tracks of 2025 Read More »](/mainline-top-100-atlanta-tracks-of-2025/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Vessel-at-Thinking-Man-2-1024x683.jpg)](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) [ Jan 5 2025 ](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) ## [Mainline’s 100 Favorite Atlanta Tracks of 2024](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) Here it is: our 100 favorite Atlanta tracks of 2024!  The year 2024 marks our sixth annual list. While it’s tempting to ruminate on the numerous challenges our music community has faced in the past six years, it is also [ Mainline’s 100 Favorite Atlanta Tracks of 2024 Read More »](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wurk-still.jpeg)](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) [ May 6 2022 ](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) ## [Linqua Franqa tackles racist capitalism, trauma, and the human condition in new album, ‘Bellringer’](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) “If being radical is grasping from the root, that’s just what I’ll do. That’s just what I’ll do. Defund the CIA and the cops and the pentagon, Make ’em raise they money with a telethon, They racism that makes ’em [ Linqua Franqa tackles racist capitalism, trauma, and the human condition in new album, ‘Bellringer’ Read More »](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bscover-1024x1024.jpg)](/premiere-buckhead-shaman-the-janitor/) [ Aug 20 2021 ](/premiere-buckhead-shaman-the-janitor/) ## [PREMIERE: Buckhead Shaman, The Janitor](/premiere-buckhead-shaman-the-janitor/) The Janitor is a soundtrack.  Soundtracks aren’t critiqued with the same scrutiny as traditional studio albums. Their appraisal is colored by the reception of the accompanying film. This is fine when the movie and its soundtrack are equally yoked in [ PREMIERE: Buckhead Shaman, The Janitor Read More »](/premiere-buckhead-shaman-the-janitor/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/5E65D742-0E13-4DC1-B913-07138B69B5A6-1024x1017.jpeg)](/premiere-slime-ring-slm_rng_ep/) [ Aug 13 2021 ](/premiere-slime-ring-slm_rng_ep/) ## [PREMIERE: Slime Ring, SLM_RNG_EP](/premiere-slime-ring-slm_rng_ep/) SLM_RNG_EP by slime ring Slime Ring is Sebastian Marquez, a queer Latinx musician and gaming ephemera enthusiast based in Decatur. These two aspects of Sebastian’s identity couldn’t be laid more bare than on his debut EP SLM_RNG_EP. Needless to say, [ PREMIERE: Slime Ring, SLM_RNG_EP Read More »](/premiere-slime-ring-slm_rng_ep/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/july-round-up-1024x1024.jpg)](/july-2021-release-round-up/) [ Aug 10 2021 ](/july-2021-release-round-up/) ## [July 2021 Release Round Up](/july-2021-release-round-up/) The Man in the Submarine by Allen Love Allen Love’s The Man In The Submarine is truly a breath of fresh air: it feels totally current, playful, and experimental. Love perfectly balances evoking the milieu of forward-thinking alternative funk acts [ July 2021 Release Round Up Read More »](/july-2021-release-round-up/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/june-1024x1024.jpg)](/june-2021-release-round-up/) [ Jul 9 2021 ](/june-2021-release-round-up/) ## [June 2021 Release Round Up](/june-2021-release-round-up/) Storm the Gates of Heaven by Canopy Joc Canopy Joc mastermind and True Blossom songwriter, Chandler Kelley, contextualizes the singles he’s been doling out in the first half of 2021 with his first full-length release, Storm the Gates of Heaven. [ June 2021 Release Round Up Read More »](/june-2021-release-round-up/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/may-2021-1024x1024.jpg)](/may-2021-release-round-up/) [ Jun 7 2021 ](/may-2021-release-round-up/) ## [May 2021 Release Round Up](/may-2021-release-round-up/) Love, Grey Skies by Do You Feel Lucky? Do You Feel Lucky? is the supergroup we didn’t know we needed. Comprising Barry’s Dead, Hayes Gotsick, and Anthony Doud of Safari Williams, the band uses “Love, Grey Skies” to prove the [ May 2021 Release Round Up Read More »](/may-2021-release-round-up/)