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Collaboration Spurs a Tournew

The eight songs that resulted from these two bands' collaboration sound more immediate and energetic than anything else either band has released on its own.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Mosi Reeves  |  12-15-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Musician Revives His Mississippi Rootsnew

This year marks a milestone for the former Squirrel Nut Zippers Jimbo Mathus. He's releasing his first album on his new label of the same name.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Chris Parker  |  12-08-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Bringing Real Music to the Toddler Crowdnew

Dan Zanes had a kid and went searching for music for her. When he couldn't find the updated 21st century folk music that was in his head, he made his own.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Al Kaufman  |  12-08-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

Indie Rapper Cleans Up and Spits Out New Albumnew

Cage eliminated the misogyny, braggadocio, battle-rap nonsense. He wanted to stay away from all the pretension and just make honest, real music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Mosi Reeves  |  12-01-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Band Passes Through Valley of Shadowsnew

The rusty cogs are turning and a new Bauhaus full-length is lurking on the horizon, but it's still a ways off.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Chad Radford  |  11-23-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Reflections on a Legacynew

My earliest recollections of Deacon were from the crazy nights at Tortilla's on Ponce de Leon, where at midnight the eatery was called "the Mudd Shack," a coffeehouse for underground performance artists who just didn't fit into the local rock clubs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  James Kelly  |  11-23-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

They Still Sound Streetnew

This better, stronger, faster version of Slick & Rose goes forward into a big, bad music industry with a new sense of self-confidence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Carlton Hargro  |  11-23-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Perhaps the Band Should Find Some New Hobbiesnew

U2 may not have the power to change the world with its music, but it still has the power of its celebrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Nikhil Swaminathan  |  11-17-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

She Makes Dreams Come Truenew

Fantasia's strings of life weren't always so sweet as her gorgeous high notes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Tamara Palmer  |  11-17-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Band Discusses Image With Black Dialoguenew

Akrobatik says his band turned being from Boston to their benefit, taking the time to grow their sound rather than waiting to be discovered by Jay-Z or Russell Simmons.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Chris parker  |  11-10-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Performance Artist Takes Lunar Adventurenew

Space and NASA provide The End of the Moon its ostensible subject matter, but as is the case with Anderson's other performances, the album ultimately explores life in America.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Alex Rawls  |  11-10-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Less Is Morenew

Broadcast is adept at combining aspects of retro pop with futuristic pops, which makes the comparison of Tender Buttons' static-basted machine beats and scuffed synth melodies with Alphaville -- featuring a mecho-organic computer at its heart -- all the more appropriate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Tony Ware  |  11-10-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

A Punk-Only Doctrine Morphs into the Electronic Dancenew

There's nothing on Juan Maclean's album Less Than Human to suggest a once-doctrinaire punk is behind it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Alex Rawls  |  11-10-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

This Quiz is B-A-N-A-N-A-Snew

Gwen Stefani ain’t this reviewer's hollaback girl so here's a quiz instead of an interview.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Jamie Allen  |  11-04-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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