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Conscious Reviewnew
Review of Julie Dexter's new album Conscious
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
12-30-2004 |
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Tags: Julie Dexter, Conscious
Album Features Dozen Finely Crafted Tunesnew
Recorded informally over two evenings at the legendary Station Inn, Nashville's premier bluegrass club, Camp uses the forum to showcase his lyrical collaborations with the likes of Guy Clark, Jim Lauderdale and Cowboy Jack Clement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
12-16-2004 |
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New Album May be Most Defining of Careernew
This album is Buddy Miller's version of a gospel album, and he nails it. All the signifying Miller traits are there, from his rich and soulful vocal style to his amazing guitar work.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
12-16-2004 |
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Album Infiltrates and Imbues Pop with Dimensionalitynew
Across 12 tracks, Le Tigre makes like Chicks on Speed to Blondie to J.J. Fad; screechy and preachy to hopscotch hip-hop. However, the buffing of the chaotic lo-fi hiccups makes Le Tigre's staunch missives seem less urgent.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-02-2004 |
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Tags: Le Tigre, This Island
Album Takes an Unconventional Approach to Hip-Hopnew
Williams shows how spoken word can be explosive-tipped and delivered in propulsive patois that puts many a mercurial MC to shame.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-18-2004 |
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Tags: Saul Williams
Second Album Mix of Bubblegum Pop and Post-Punknew
Brooklyn's the Rogers Sisters could just as well be from Athens circa 1982. The group's latest release has you wondering if you've run across a perfectly preserved artifact from over two decades ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-18-2004 |
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Tags: The Rogers Sisters, Three Fingers
Album Pays Tribute to a Pioneer of American Musicnew
In a market flooded with tribute albums varying in quality from terrible to tremendous, Bloodshot Records manages to hit the higher end of the scale with a fairly well-balanced tribute to the first lady of rockabilly, Wanda Jackson.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
11-18-2004 |
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Life Seems Neither Morose or Obtuse Enoughnew
Type O Negative's first album in four years features all the group's hallmarks: lyrics both mournful and puerile, delivered in Steele's grave, guttural voice.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-04-2004 |
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Trio Takes Much-Needed Turn Toward Substantial Songwritingnew
Slowing down the post-punk velocity and balancing raw electronic textures against stripped-down arrangements and an introspective tenor, Q and Not U has definitely come into its own.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-04-2004 |
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Tags: power, Q and Not U
First CD Remastered, Remixednew
Cerberus Shoal's 1994 self-titled debut walks a fine line between cool exploration and formulaic wankery. The remixed CD reissue of the group's initial album offers a comprehensive look at the group's then-budding yet often misguided sound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
10-28-2004 |
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Tags: Cerberus Shoal
Not a Single Note Rings Superfluousnew
Despite the sinister history behind "Abaddon" -- a Hebrew word for a destructive hell (and as easily a play on abandon) -- Pinback's third full-length is the duo's most assured and plotted.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-21-2004 |
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Tags: Pinback, Summer in Abaddon
DJ Has Come Into His Own With New Albumnew
Put the name aside, however, because Jaku is still fraught with delicious tension. Live shakuhachi flute, Kodo drums, turntable jabs and free jazz piano all punctuate his melancholic, melodic laments.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-21-2004 |
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Why Morrissey's Solo Albums are Better Than What He Did With the Smithsnew
Morrissey isn't trading on the legacy he created with the Smiths' between 1983 and 1987 because he doesn't need to. The cream of Morrissey's solo output is every bit as good -- if not better -- than what he recorded with the Smiths. But to believe or disbelieve, you have to listen to the records themselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-21-2004 |
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Tags: Morrissey, You Are the Quarry
Group Makes Connections Not Originally Intended to Existnew
The group mixes sprawling shards of percolating percussion with burbling bass and hiccuping vocals, creating a micro-edited chaotic bliss. But where past material bristled, Connector bustles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2004 |
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Tags: Mouse on Mars, Radical Connector
Live and Well Celebrates Parton's Recent Worknew
Recorded and filmed at her theme park Dollywood, the 23 tracks are loaded heavily with bluegrass, but Parton gives some time to the string of '70s and '80s era pop-country hits such as "Islands in the Stream" and "Here You Come Again."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Dolly Parton, Live and Well
