AltWeeklies Wire
Traversing Genresnew
Dieselboy, who has been lobbing volleys from Philly for more than a decade, bridges hardstep, neurofunk and now progressive house/trance, of all things.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dieselboy, The HUMAN Resource
Forcing Beautynew
An elegiac-meets-alluring aura gives Fox Confessor an undercurrent of disassociation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
That Shit is Dope!new
Ghostface Killah returns -- bigger, longer and uncut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghostface Killah, Fishscale
Polishing Solo Popnew
Long known as the well-primped frontman for radio-friendly Dallas cowpunks the Old 97's, Rhett Miller has transitioned into a distinguished popsmith.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rhett Miller, The Believer
The New Crop of DJsnew
The new millennium's DJ vanguard, like New York's James F!@#$%^ Friedman, has more in common with sommeliers than chefs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Evolution of Electronic Musicnew
To some, this comprehensive collection may come across as highly dissociative, but in a microchip-satellite world, what is sound anyway?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Their Muse is Boozenew
Watching this beer-soaked documentary, you begin wondering if throughout the world-renowned group's ascension, the dudes might actually have just tried out whatever because they were drunk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Mastodon, The Workhorse Chronicles
Brit-Pop Melting Potnew
This British buzz band combines tautly coiled retro-contemporary 70s and a jangly, analogue Brit-pop bop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Strike a Juxtaposenew
Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto renders himself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Meat Beat Manifesto
Minstrel With Mayhemnew
At the heart of the album is conflict -- the thin line between consumer and critic, hip-hop's soul vs. hip-hop sold -- and Little Brother isn't immune to the syndrome.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother, The Minstrel Show
Evolving Claritynew
Jazzanova's strength is in weaving such a meticulously embroidered mesh that you take each remix for a collaborative original.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jazzanova, The Remixes: 2002-2005
Album Aims to Turn Dancefloor Into Saunanew
Album offers up sleek tracks imbued with regimented physicality and retro characteristics that pulse with the moody current of underground European electro-house.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Body Language, Vol. 1, M.A.N.D.Y.
Blood on the Wall Isn't As Dark As You Thinknew
Brother and sister team Brad and Courtney Shanks -- two of the three points that support the Blood on the Wall triangle -- know all about complementary genes and nostalgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood on the Wall, Awesomer
Music Remains Young, Dumb and Full of Cumnew
The sound is stripped, and Danko wants you stripped, too, you learn from the hyperbole in the forked-tongued, wolf-whistle lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danko Jones, We Sweat Blood
Chronicle of a Street Poetnew
Born to Run is a resonating chronicle of a street poet defiantly roaring past born to lose. Stay gold, Bruce. Stay gold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
