AltWeeklies Wire
Manchester Orchestra's Time on the Road Informs its Latest Releasenew
While still rife with melody and outsized ambition, the group no longer feels compelled to ascend to the footlights, proving content to slug it out with the rabble on the floor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
05-13-2009 |
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Chicken-Fried Side of Stonesy Country-Rawknew
A good start-to-finish release, Instrument of Change's sonic moxie and occasional change-ups help it avoid alt-country homogeneity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
03-08-2007 |
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Tags: Instrument of Change, The Sundogs
Unearthly Charmnew
Singer/songwriter Teitur Lassen's music moves with an unearthly charm on gentle breakers of melancholia and heart-spun hope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-07-2006 |
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Tags: Stay Under the Stars, Teitur
Surprisingly Freshnew
Tracks such as "Seventeen" and "Nine" marry the group's overdriven clang to the dark, simmering romanticism of the Cure.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-07-2006 |
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Tags: Give Me A Wall, ¡Forward, Russia!
Unfiltered Footagenew
For all the Dolls' rawness, these unscripted snapshots fail to coalesce into a story or something more meaningful because of the lack of narration.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-08-2005 |
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Tags: New York Dolls, All Dolled Up
Blurring the Linesnew
Call Bishop Don a band of dilettantes. The guys dip their toes into a variety of forms to cadge together a sound reminiscent of an old bar band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Bishop Don, Flowers from the Devil
Light and Airynew
While not designed for all climates and moods, American Analog Set forges music of subtle, unassuming beauty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: American Analog Set, Set Free
Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew
MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
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Band Has Not Progressed Very Far Stylisticallynew
The album is as heavy and tight as any of the group's releases since the first album, but it's also not a departure.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-15-2005 |
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Tags: Obituary, Frozen in Time
Two-Disc Epitomizes Strengths, Weaknessesnew
Neither the tunes nor the lyrics can quite sustain the quieter presentation, however. It's intriguing, and Dave Grohl sings surprisingly well, but it's hardly memorable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Foo Fighters, In Your Honor
Band Finds its Apotheosis on Latest Albumnew
Working a shoe-gazer vibe that echoes acts like Ride and Lush, lead vocalist Jason Martin outfits the velveteen textures with strings and percolating electronics, crooning over gilded hooks and drummer Frank Lenz's bubbling backbeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
05-12-2005 |
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