Walking into Terminal West feels like stepping inside a preserved piece of Atlanta’s industrial backbone that also just happens to host some of the city’s loudest and most intimate concerts. Tucked away within the historic King Plow Arts Center in West Midtown, this cozy concert venue hosted Scottish funk-rockers High Fade, with support from singer-songwriter JT Loux, on Wednesday night. This 625-person–capacity standing-room-only space still carries the skeletal framework of the early 1900s iron and steel foundry it once was, complete with exposed brick walls, towering beams, weathered metal accents, and a warehouse-style layout that gives every show a raw, unfiltered atmosphere.
Starting shortly before 8:15 p.m., JT Loux delivered the kind of set that thrives on authenticity rather than spectacle, turning a modest stage into a rowdy Southern singalong fueled by grit, storytelling, and raw charisma. Backed by a hard-hitting band featuring Ethan Pecha (bass), Ryan Leo Adelman (guitar), and Zach McCoy (drums), the outfit leaned heavily into modern rock swagger as the Nashville-based Loux balanced whiskey-soaked ballads with high-energy anthems, creating a performance that felt equally suited for a backroad barroom or a packed summer festival field.
Loux carried himself with the confidence of an artist who understands exactly where his music lives. His vocals were packed with emotional weight and enough Southern drawl to give every lyric extra bite. Songs built around heartbreak, hometown pride, and hard living connected immediately with the early Atlanta crowd. Between tracks, he kept the room loose with quick humor and conversational banter that made the set feel personal rather than rehearsed. By the final song, the venue felt less like a concert hall and more like a packed roadside honky-tonk somewhere deep in the South, loud with applause and buzzing long after the lights came up.
JT Loux (band)
JT Loux – Guitar, lead vocals
Ethan Pecha – Bass, backing vocals
Ryan Leo Adelman – Guitar, backing vocals
Zach McCoy – Drums, backing vocals
High Fade
Harry Valentino – Guitar, vocals
Oliver Sentance – Bass
Heath Campbell – Drums
Setlist:
1.) I Hate This Road
2.) Time for a Cig
3.) Scorpion
4.) Fur Coat
5.) Gossip
6.) Room 634
7.) The Jam
8.) Swamp
9.) Think About You
10.) (unknown)
11.) Burnin’
12.) (unknown)
13.) The Jokes On You
14.) Sharpen Up
15.) Bone To Pick
16.) Chameleon (Herbie Hancock cover)
17.) Retro Inferno
18.) Burnt Toast & Coffee
Encore
19.) The Fly
20.) Life’s Too Fast
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Elliott is a music photographer covering shows in Atlanta, Georgia, and the surrounding area. The highlight of his photography career was back in the early ’90s, when he sold Neil Diamond the rights to his negatives from a show and then purchased a set of tires for his 1979 280ZX during college with the money.