AltWeeklies Wire
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
Finally Taking Chancesnew
The album won't necessarily up the Strokes' sales or exposure, but it should garner them more respect.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ray Cummings |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Brakhage Homagenew
Recorded at a memorial benefit for experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, this is Sonic Youth at its best -- lost in its own hazy head space somewhere along the sonic journey from strings to pedals to amps to the ether.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Mostly Unswervingnew
This fifth full-length emerges after three years in the void, with a competent and slightly darker hue, balancing atmospheric subtleties with mammoth crescendos and chest-pounding passion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Milemarker, Ominosity
Box Set Captures Significant Momentsnew
Donovan released a body of work that has become symbolic of the times, and has bred numerous covers and instantly recognizable melodies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
This One Guarantees Smilesnew
This album is full of original rock ditties that give props to all the cool cultural elements of the holiday, even down to questioning how it's spelled.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hanukkah Rocks, The LeeVees
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.
Hey Santa, Download Thisnew
This year, it's all about single songs downloaded digitally and hardwired into the personal music device of your choice. That's right: Santa's making a playlist and checking it twice.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Producer Still Has Longevitynew
This collection of unreleased songs and rare jams from producer Prince Paul has the feel of sifting through the basement tapes of an overachiever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hip Hop Gold Dust, Prince Paul
Southern Rootsnew
Far from an anomaly, the level of artistry that Anthony Hamilton exhibits on this album is what all R&B musicians should aspire to.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-08-2005 |
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Balancing on a Tightropenew
Bonnie Raitt's 18th release applies superfluous sonic makeup that often covers her raw journeyman complexion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Souls Alike
Rock 'n' Roll Lifestylenew
Marianne Faithfull spits out her guts and dares you to call them beautiful.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Unfiltered Footagenew
For all the Dolls' rawness, these unscripted snapshots fail to coalesce into a story or something more meaningful because of the lack of narration.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: New York Dolls, All Dolled Up
She Should Be Played on Phonographnew
Listening to this album is like going to your grandmother's country home, sitting on her front porch swing and staring up at her in awe as she and a few friends recount tales of their lives with the use of fiddles, piano, banjo and guitar.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
12-01-2005 |
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Blurring the Linesnew
Call Bishop Don a band of dilettantes. The guys dip their toes into a variety of forms to cadge together a sound reminiscent of an old bar band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bishop Don, Flowers from the Devil
