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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
Tags: Jimbo Mathus, Knockdown South
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
Tags: Dan Zanes, Social Music
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
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
Tags: Cage, Hell's Winter
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
Tags: Bauhaus
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
Tags: Deacon Lunchbox
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
Tags: Slick & Rose, The Winter Spells
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
Tags: U2
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
Tags: Fantasia, Free Yourself
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
Tags: The Perceptionists
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
Tags: broadcast, Tender Buttons
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
Tags: Juan Maclean, Less Than Human
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
