AltWeeklies Wire
Balancing Sap With Brevitynew
Voxtrot's syrupy songs could easily wear thin in larger quantities, but five songs keep it short and sweet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-30-2006 |
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Ensemble Keep Adding Contributorsnew
To list the names and rock cred of the participants on the seventh album from Scott McCaughey's ever-evolving Minus Five ensemble would take up way too much space.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
03-30-2006 |
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Tags: The Minus 5
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 |
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Futile Optimismnew
Even in the depths of entropy, Quasi remains strong to the finish.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
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Tags: Quasi, When the Going Gets Dark
Sonic Peccadilloesnew
Sound levels shred the red line into ribbons on this record -- a brutal balance of drone and melody.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
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Lacking Personanew
Everything Is isn't bad, but it may get lost amid more ambitious competition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
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Tags: Everything Is, Nine Black Alps
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 |
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Tags: Sun, Sun, Sun, The Elected
Joking With Jesusnew
Whereas the Beatles once suggested they "might be more popular than Jesus," Loose Fur pokes fun at Christianity with a sense of awkward Americana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
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Tags: Born Again in the USA, Loose Fur
Icelandic Idiosyncrasiesnew
Iceland has got to be a weird place, if only because it gave the world the Sugarcubes and then Bjork.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2006 |
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Tags: Live Zabor, The Sugarcubes
Esoteric Offeringnew
Rats! is no gateway drug into the mind of Gogogo Airheart, but a solid offering for those who are already there.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Gogogo Airheart, Rats! Sing! Sing!
A Psychoactive Messnew
Retail Detail is awash in fragmented rhythms that jitter like synapses making all the wrong connections -- stoner kids pay good money for this quality of hallucinogenic product.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Retail Detail, Untied States
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 |
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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 |
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Desert Desolationnew
Moments of epic sadness give these Nick Cave songs a classical feel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-02-2006 |
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