The Whigs

trio has played just about everywhere else in town, so why not play its first show at the Neighborhood Theatre? The Good: The night got started with a 30-minute set by Charlotte's GogoPilot.

There’s some logic to that as it’s probably easier to promote competition than a co-headline which is never easy as the default thought tends to be that the last band on is the main event.

Uninhibited despite the small crowd of fans that descended upon Velvet Jones on Saturday night, Georgian-based band the Whigs delivered an all-at-once energetic and wholesome serving of Southern-flavored rock to fist-pumping patrons during their weekend stop in S.B.

The threesome from Athens GA literally wrote the album in its entirety while touring nonstop after their previous album.

Hitting the Bottom Lounge stage to the strains of the Tomahawk Chop—by far the coolest use ever for that lame chant, forever ruined by Jane Fonda—Atlanta Braves fans the Whigs actually began their set six minutes ahead of their scheduled 11:10 start time.

The Hummingbird, Atlanta, USA

The Whigs, The Sammies, The Hymns Visulite Theatre April 2, 2009 The Deal: Athens, Ga., rockers The Whigs return to the Visulite and bring along Brooklyn's The Hymns and Charlotte's The Sammies. The Good: I heard a lot about The Hymns before the show and they definitely lived up to the hype. Playi