AltWeeklies Wire
Subdued and Softnew
South's new album won't set the world on fire, but the group puts on a winning performance in its own quiet way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Lacking Personanew
Everything Is isn't bad, but it may get lost amid more ambitious competition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Everything Is, Nine Black Alps
Oh, Sunshiny Gothnew
Brooklyn's Kudu twists dark lyrics and unpredictable beats.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death of the Party, Kudu
Indie Cred With Hokey Twangnew
Were it not issued on a cool indie label, Sun, Sun, Sun wouldn't sound out of place on adult contemporary radio between Bonnie Raitt and the Eagles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sun, Sun, Sun, The Elected
Muse of the Weirdnew
Animal Collective can't hide, even if it tried.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Feels
For Unlawful Col. Knowledgenew
Despite its unique sound, Col. Knowledge's new album hasn't sold particularly well.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
If You're Happy and You Know Itnew
Only in New York could a tentative-sounding indie act that's still wet behind the ears be crowned as the latest best thing since sliced bread by a phalanx of bored bloggers, college radio jocks and music critics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Behind the Musicnew
Beth Orton lets her music slowly emerge from her psyche.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers
Double the Woodnew
Oliver Wood feels that by leaving much of Ways Not to Lose as just he and his brother Chris, his songs are given new meaning.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: the wood brothers
All in The (Sur)namenew
Cassavetes isn't an experimental band, but it gamely tinkers with song format.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cassavetes, Funny Stories
Pausing for Happy Hournew
Far from random and anonymous, Jazze Pha's beats unmistakably carry his imprint -- usually elegant and plush, evoking playalistic sounds of early 80s funk and R&B.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Happy Hour, Jazze Pha
Turning Music Into a Movementnew
In the 90s, Atlanta witnessed a soul music renaissance, and its epicenter was the small bistro, Yin Yang Music Cafe.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro and Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Poetic & Overwhelmingnew
This album will strike some listeners as enlightenment and others as frippery, but all 10 tracks are dominated by Bejar's full-bore approach.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Citty of Dreamsnew
Citty's lyricism is evident, belying the aphorism that Southern rappers can't rap.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Citty
Good Ol' Twangnew
National Grain infuses its classical numbers with energy and spirit, a hallmark of its restless, genre-spanning musical tastes and record collections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: National Grain
