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404 Noise Festival: Difficult Listeningnew
The experimental sound showcase celebrates music without limitations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-15-2007 |
Music
Cultural, Generational and Stylistic Collisionnew
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid share a silent telepathy that draws strength from an intense exploration of each other's natural rhythmic tendencies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Stepping From the Shadowsnew
Legendary recluse remains a perfect mystery in plain view.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jandek
Undeniably Infectiousnew
Pinback vocalist/guitarist Rob Crow takes things down a notch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Crow, Living Well
Outside Looking Innew
The melodies are simple, brilliant and dripping with the kind of raw emotions and ambiance that are inherent in planting the seeds of a burgeoning body of songs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: JuJu B. Solomon
A Snapshot of Ruthann Friedmannew
Her magically wholesome voice exudes an innocence and beauty in these reel-to-reel demos that is of another time and place.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
12-28-2006 |
Reviews
Not So Typical Girlsnew
The Slits rekindle the punk spirit of '76.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tortoise Reemerges From Its Shellnew
Until this three-disc CD/DVD box came along, much of the band's material was lost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon
Second Time's the Charmnew
This remastered re-issue lifts the fog, revealing that as much quaint charm shoddy recording gave to such mantras as "Wonderful, Wonderful" and "Kath," there is some genuinely great songwriting hiding in the haze.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
He Just Don't Stopnew
Charles "Wigg" Walker sticks to what he does best: belting out super soul and funk songs that resonate with the sound and passion of an era that's long forgotten.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Walker
Larvae Gets Subtlenew
Larvae's second full-length is a much more introspective hybrid of electronic and acoustic songs than the dark drum and bass of the group's previous efforts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
07-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Weight, Larvae
Half Fullnew
The second offering from Omaha's tap-dancing phenomenon flirts with living down a name.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Southern Improv at its Finestnew
It's the ridiculous qualities that set Shaking Ray Levis apart from the stuffy tendencies of improvised music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
05-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shaking Ray Levis
A Wise Return to the Darknew
Four years after the Black Heart Procession strayed off-course with the Latin-infused Amore del Tropico, the group is again drifting in a sea of familiar melancholy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Disorder Reignsnew
These grooves are not for the faint of heart, but for the mutinous in spirit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
