AltWeeklies Wire
Piano Red's Lost Atlanta Tapes unearthednew
Considered the godfather of rock and roll by many, Atlanta legend Piano Red’s final album gets released 25 years after his death
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-13-2010 |
Unclassified
Apples in Stereo Don't Fall Far From the Treenew
In their new album Travellers in Space and Time, Apples in Stereo push toward the future via disco.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
05-04-2010 |
Reviews
Animal Collective and Danny Perez Present 'Oddsac'new
Twisted images and Kubrick-like abstraction color new visual interpretation of the band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-27-2010 |
Music
Tags: Oddsac, Animal Collective
'Masta Killa Live'new
Ever since Masta Killa snuck some verses into "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" back in 1993, he's been the shadowy soldier of the Wu-Tang clique.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-20-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Masta Killa, Masta Killa Live
Cadillac Jones Still Blowing That Homegrownnew
The funk-soulsters return with Rhythm Method.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rhythm Method, Cadillac Jones
Judi Chicago Ignites 'Bright Lights, Fun City'new
Atlanta’s dance haus group gets Dada with it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Second Coming of Retribution Gospel Choirnew
Alan Sparhawk doesn't have a reputation for writing exciting music, which makes his ascent into the exuberant rock of Retribution Gospel Choir's aptly titled second coming, 2, so remarkable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: 2, Retribution Gospel Choir
Flip It and Reverse It: The Magnetic Fields' 'Realism'new
Not even Morrissey could pull off a line like "I want you crawling back to me, down on your knees, like an appendectomy sans anesthesia" without a hint of irony; but that's the power of Stephin Merritt.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Despite her MS Diagnosis, Exene Cervenka Lives for the Momentnew
The vocalist for L.A. punk stalwarts X, poet, and former wife of actor Viggo Mortensen was assembling a collection of bucolic country songs to be counted among her strongest work. But in the midst of it all she wasn't feeling well.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Somewhere Gone, Exene Cervenka
Warning Lights' Latest Offering is a Tranquil Listening Experiencenew
Drew Haddon's follow-up to '07s Eternity Drones embraces the guerilla approach to loud, lo-fi and open-ended drone music that was once stifled by the academic imperialism of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lamonte Young and the likes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Further On, Warning Light
'In Search of Stoney Jackson' is a Return to True-School Rhythm and Soulnew
Stoney features a procession of newcomer MCs and old-school voices rhyming over backdrops of ghetto psychedelia. The resulting texture weaves samples from the '80s, '90s and now into an unrelenting groove that peppers classic cuts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
Two Atlanta Acts Hone Their Sound From the Outside Looking Innew
The Selmanaires' singer, guitarist and mini-Korg knob twiddler Herb Harris doesn't mince words as he shrugs his shoulders and exhales when asked about the divisive electronic sound of the Selmanaires' third, self-released CD Tempo Temporal.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Selmanaires, Tempo Temporal
Same Song: The Goner Fest 4 DVD/CDnew
The DVD dutifully documents Memphis, Tenn.'s annual garage-punk marathon from 2007 with clean, nonintrusive camera work, but after a while it all starts to look and sound the same.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-19-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Goner Fest 4
'Fire In My Bones': Post-World War II African-American Gospelnew
Fire in My Bones functions like an unofficial sequel to Dust-to-Digital's inaugural collection of pre-WWII African-American gospel music, Goodbye, Babylon – albeit far less grandiose in its presentation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-19-2010 |
Reviews
Muddy Waters: The N.E.C.'s 'Is'new
The group’s latest EP plunges headlong into dark, psychedelic murk. The semantics of a word like "progressive" need to be handled delicately when it comes to the band, which is defined by an ever-constant push to better itself. But progress for the N.E.C. is a process of refinement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The N.E.C., Is
