AltWeeklies Wire
Turn the Beat Aroundnew
Michael Columbia puts the art in party.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Columbia, Stay Hard
Naturally Inwardnew
Rich does not embrace the ominous power of sound captured by artists like Lustmord or Vidna Obmana, but finds beauty in the patterns that occur in nature.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Electric Ladder, Robert Rich
Balancing Sap With Brevitynew
Voxtrot's syrupy songs could easily wear thin in larger quantities, but five songs keep it short and sweet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Futile Optimismnew
Even in the depths of entropy, Quasi remains strong to the finish.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Quasi, When the Going Gets Dark
Sonic Peccadilloesnew
Sound levels shred the red line into ribbons on this record -- a brutal balance of drone and melody.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
A Hefty Declinenew
When Hefty Records said that "the recording quality and overall fidelity matches the scope of the composition," the label was clearly not putting Vox Humana out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Samadha, Vox Humana
Joking With Jesusnew
Whereas the Beatles once suggested they "might be more popular than Jesus," Loose Fur pokes fun at Christianity with a sense of awkward Americana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Born Again in the USA, Loose Fur
Dairy Queen Empire Strikes Backnew
When Grace Braun's band debuted in Feb. 1986, she thought she would be dead long before the group celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dairy Queen Empire
Reinventing the Bluesnew
Former Swans drummer Jonathan Kane hits the blue note with measured minimalism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: february, Jonathan Kane
Esoteric Offeringnew
Rats! is no gateway drug into the mind of Gogogo Airheart, but a solid offering for those who are already there.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gogogo Airheart, Rats! Sing! Sing!
A Psychoactive Messnew
Retail Detail is awash in fragmented rhythms that jitter like synapses making all the wrong connections -- stoner kids pay good money for this quality of hallucinogenic product.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Retail Detail, Untied States
Desert Desolationnew
Moments of epic sadness give these Nick Cave songs a classical feel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Game of Lifenew
Frost is too drained to invest any more emotion into winning back her estranged lover -- rather, she relishes the beauty in her tragedies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
The Critic as Artistnew
By drawing out preconceived notions and puts them under the microscope, Kogan truly shines as not just a critic of music, but of the culture at large.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Music and Fatherhoodnew
"If I was a better father, I would probably quit music," says Of Montreal frontman and main songwriter Kevin Barnes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
