AltWeeklies Wire
George Clinton's Trip To The Mountaintopnew
The big payback, why crack is wack, and the future of the Funk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
10-21-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Joi's Badass Revengenew
Can Atlanta's funk matriarch turn a career of big breaks and bad timing into her Hot Heavy & Bad comeuppance?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jacinta Howard |
08-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joi, Joilicious
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
Walk Softly and Carry a Major Lazernew
Diplo and Switch animate dancehall electro in Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Williams |
04-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Will Dondria Have to Check Her Personality at the Door?new
What started with a $15 webcam and the simple idea to post YouTube vids of herself singing a cappella R&B covers turned into an Internet phenomenon after her rendition of Ciara's Promise garnered more than 1 million hits. That's when Jermaine Dupri came calling.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Internationals Give Virtue to Former Vicesnew
Jody Abernathy and Mark Mundy have been making music together since they were 14, more than two decades now. But they consider their latest work, featuring their new combo the Internationals, to be their greatest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
A River Runs Through Coyote Bonesnew
David Matysiak jokes that if Bruce Springsteen's brooding Midwestern odysseys Nebraska and The River were meant to be part of a trilogy, the third installment is Coyote Bones' Niobrara.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Coyote Bones, Niobrara
Alela Diane Makes Herself at Home on 'To Be Still'new
The folk singer infuses sophomore album with a sense of place.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Hassiotis |
11-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alela Diane, To Be Still
A Dirty Job for Goodie Mobnew
With Cee-Lo back in the fold, Atlanta's Goodie Mob returns to salvage the real Dirty South.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Maurice Garland |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raekwon's Newfound Peace of Mind Leads to Release of Long-Awaited 'Cuban Linx' Sequelnew
Now, 14 years later, the Wu-Tang Clan's slang-master general is ready to follow Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II through to fruition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Philip Mlynar |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Intelligence Gets Lost in Spacenew
Fake Surfers, the fourth album from Seattle's junk-punk, noise-pop foursome the Intelligence, begins like the opening scene from The Godfather.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fake Surfers, The Intelligence
Sunn O))) Moves Mountains With Apocalyptic Soundnew
With the group's members spread out across the globe, getting them together on the same continent is a chore no less monumental than the doom-laden riffs Sunn O))) wields.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Monoliths & Dimensions, Sunn o)))
