AltWeeklies Wire
A River Runs Through Coyote Bonesnew
David Matysiak jokes that if Bruce Springsteen's brooding Midwestern odysseys Nebraska and The River were meant to be part of a trilogy, the third installment is Coyote Bones' Niobrara.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Coyote Bones, Niobrara
The Sweat of Yow Returns, as Does the Jesus Lizardnew
The Jesus Lizard has been canonized in its own right as one of the greatest American rock bands of the '90s. This year, they're back on the road, restoring the band's legacy and reminding the world what a force of nature they really were.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-10-2009 |
Concerts
Tags: The Jesus Lizard
Dan Sartain Wonders into Darker Terrain With His Latest Releasenew
On the A-side, "Bohemian Grove" glows with skeletal, moonlit arrangements. Adam Renshaw lays down drums over a minimal and motorik piano plod courtesy of Jack White. There's a devil-as-crooner quality to it all, and what really gives the song girth is White's glassy production.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan Sartain, Bohemian Grove
Finally Punk's Debut Full-Length Features No-Wave Aestheticsnew
Jagged sounds and riot grrrl sneers provide the backbone to Casual Goths.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Casual Goths, Finally Punk
Visceral Hooks Reign Supreme on The Pinx's Latestnew
Rock exuberance a la Sabbath, Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age puts an emphasis on skewed pop, which comes across in the bellow and chug of frontman Adam McIntyre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Look What You Made Me Do, The Pinx
Circulatory System's 'Signal Morning' is a Mess of Noisy and Bombastic Experimentsnew
Former Olivia Tremor Control leader Will Cullen Hart is at his hallucinogenic best when focusing on melodies and songwriting, but he rarely allows Signal Morning's songs to exist free of layers of sonic clutter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Simon Joyner Has Reached an Apex with 'Out into the Snow'new
Out Into the Snow is another link in a chain of crystalline, post-Dylan perfection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Out Into the Snow, Simon Joyner
Box Elders' Debut Unveils the Group's Beautiful, Jagged Soundnew
The noisy concoctions of surf and '60s pop inflections in "Stay," "Necro" and "Talk Amongst Yourself" will inevitably draw comparisons to the Black Lips, but beyond the murk and garage riffs, ramped-up pop energy drives the record through to the end.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Alice and Friends, Box Elders
Nomen Novum Unravels a Gorgeous Document of Textures on 'Paradises'new
It's not quite appropriate to label such songs as "The Color of Water" and "Miracles Come True" minimalist, but each one builds upon looping and layered cycles of drone and bliss.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Nomen Novum, Paradises
Financial Woes Could Spell the End of the Georgia Music Hall of Famenew
The Macon landmark that has amassed relics of the state's rich musical history, if not the crowds those relics warrant, is in dire straits. According to the authority board that oversees it, if the museum isn't on its way to raising $225,000 by October, it will close its doors for good Dec. 31.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Music
The Intelligence Gets Lost in Spacenew
Fake Surfers, the fourth album from Seattle's junk-punk, noise-pop foursome the Intelligence, begins like the opening scene from The Godfather.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fake Surfers, The Intelligence
Sunn O))) Moves Mountains With Apocalyptic Soundnew
With the group's members spread out across the globe, getting them together on the same continent is a chore no less monumental than the doom-laden riffs Sunn O))) wields.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monoliths & Dimensions, Sunn o)))
Jay Reatard Switches Gears for a Less-Than-Spastic Pace on 'Watch Me Fall'new
Jay Reatard's second proper album is a refined pop offering that oozes with three-chord depression and loathing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
Attractive Eighties Women's Live Show Humor Doesn't Translate to its Albumnew
It's hard to hate on a group whose mission is to have fun playing deranged, cartoon rock about things that annoy them. But when removed from the atmosphere of a bar, the jokes are good for one listen at best.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
How Atlanta's Garage-Rock Mascot Saved Himself Before Dyingnew
One year ago, the man best known by his stage name Bobby Ubangi was a rebel without a pause, partying like a rock star and working as the grouchy door guy at the Drunken Unicorn. But he got serious about his life, and his music, when faced with his death.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
07-07-2009 |
Music
