little image bring 'Kill the Ghost' to Vinyl at Center Stage on Friday

The Hollywood Records alt trio closes out a big year in Atlanta's 300-capacity room, the city they play more than any other.

Some bands play Atlanta on the way to somewhere else. little image keep coming back. On Friday they're back again, this time in a room small enough to feel like a favor to the regulars.

little image play Vinyl at Center Stage on Friday, Nov. 13, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are through Ticketmaster. Vinyl holds about 300. Atlanta is the city the band plays more than any other in our records, and this stop falls in the middle of a November run that has already taken them through Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh, with Raleigh–Durham the night after.

It's been a big year. The band released its second album, Kill the Ghost, on March 27 on Hollywood Records, following its 2023 major-label debut, *Self Titled*, according to Wikipedia. The singles came in a steady stream: "The Pressure," "Run for Forever," "Novocaine," the title track and "Real Estate." A deluxe edition followed on July 10 with two new songs.

The title is a mission statement. Alt AZ 93.3 put it this way: little image aim to kill the ghost but retain the innocence, a band that isn't interested in dwelling on the past. The album cover carries a rabbit, meant to reflect the innocence of youth, and Rock Da Fuq Out described the record as turning inner turmoil into arena-sized catharsis.

Inner turmoil turned into arena-sized catharsis, in a 300-cap room.

That's the hook for Friday. Songs built for arenas, played in a room this size, is a good trade for the audience. And the band has had plenty of practice with both. After the album came the Kill the Ghost Tour, their second headline run, 16 cities from May 6 to June 20. Then they spent July and August opening for Young the Giant and Cold War Kids, per Wikipedia. Playing big stages all summer and then coming back to a club tends to make a band sharper, not softer.

Expect Kill the Ghost to anchor the set. With a deluxe edition out since July, the two newest songs may show up too. And with a hometown-feeling crowd, the older material from *Self Titled* should get its moment.

A few practical notes. An 8 p.m. Friday show in a 300-cap room is the kind that fills up, so buy ahead through the Ticketmaster link above rather than a resale site. Vinyl is the small room inside the Center Stage complex, so double-check you're heading to the right door when you arrive.

Atlanta has been in little image's corner for a while, and the numbers show it. A year of new songs, a headline tour and a summer on bigger stages all come back to a 300-person room on Friday night. If you've been following along, this is the one to be at.

Sources: Little Image — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Little Image aims to Kill the Ghost but retain the innocence on new album — Alt AZ 93.3 (altaz933.com); Little Image turn inner turmoil into arena-sized catharsis on Kill the Ghost — Rock Da Fuq Out (rockdafuqout.com); Little Image interview: Kill the Ghost — Variance (variancemagazine.com)