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Indie Rock Darlings Real Estate Charm Blog Worldnew
Real Estate is the latest of the delightfully fey and arty indie-rock darlings to charm the pants off of the blog world — and with good reason. The self-titled, debut full-length from these New Jersey newcomers is rife with instant nostalgia that colors the wilting melodies of such songs as “Pool Swimmers,” “Atlantic City” and “Beach Comber.”
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: real estate
Amazing Grace: Cartel's 'Cycles' a One-Star Experiencenew
The Conyers quintet’s third album rings out with the grace of a leaf blower. The only thing that separates the group from the Avril Lavignes and Ashlee Simpsons of the world is gender.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Brings Out the Animal in Wes Andersonnew
Rather than break out of Andersonville and into the real world, the filmmaker burrows further into the fantasy realm with 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.' Ironically, Anderson’s latest turns out to be his most heartfelt, human movie since 'Rushmore,' despite its cast of woodland beasts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson
White Denim's 'Fits' Brims with Rhythmic Dexteritynew
By design, nothing stays in one place for too long. Radio Milk How Can You Stand It opens with a wash of noise that bursts into rhythms snaking through funk, psychedelia and art-rock terrain. The music careens wildly, crashing against the noise-damaged, Tex-Mex spaz of El Hard Attack Dcwyw and the spaced-out dub of Sex Prayer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Fits, White Denim
Spacing Out: Blockhead's 'The Music Scene'new
Manhattan beatmaker Blockhead has quietly been releasing consistently strong solo albums in the last half-decade. His tracks for other artists tend to be more in the hard-hitting, slicing-and-dicing, traditional hip-hop vein, but albums such as his latest, 'The Music Scene,' give him an opportunity to be more atmospheric and experimental.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Blockhead, The Music Scene
Great Minds Think Alike: 'Live' by Duet For Theremin and Lap Steelnew
Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel's latest offering captures two sprawling masses of improvised drones too harmonious to be called avant-garde and too experimental for stuffy modern classical terms. These sounds are the product of two minds sharing a single headspace and letting the music drive – which is typical of the Atlanta duo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: 'El Arte de la Elegancia de LFC'new
A compilation of rerecorded and reinterpreted B-side tracks, this album follows the same pattern that has propelled the band to revered status among the Rock en Español faithful: Every few years, they’re able to rerelease old material that suddenly catches fire.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alejandro Leal |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Sandra Bullock Blind Sides Atlantanew
'The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game' fumbles a potentially intriguing story of a nouveau riche family who adopts Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a future NFL star.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: John Lee Hancock, The Blind Side
'The Messenger' Delivers Stark Lesson About Casualties of Warnew
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) receives new orders in the first scenes of The Messenger. Will endured injuries to his eye and leg in an Iraqi firefight, and has the wounds and decorations to prove it, but his latest assignment will leave its own kind of scars.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Oren Moverman, The Messenger
A Biography of Ayn Rand Examines Her Intellectual Legacynew
Jennifer Burns had access to Rand’s journals, letters and private papers. She’s put that access to good use in Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, a vivid, intellectual portrait of the woman born as Alisa Rosenbaum in 1905.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
01-12-2010 |
Nonfiction
Atlanta's LGBT Community Will Likely Have a Strong Voice in the Mayoral Runoffnew
In a mayoral race between a black man and a white woman, it seems obvious that race is bound to be a factor. Much less obvious is the sizable role that sexual orientation and gender identity is likely to play in the Dec. 1 runoff between Kasim Reed and Mary Norwood.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Patrick Saunders |
01-12-2010 |
LGBT
All We Want for Christmas Is Toys!new
Welcome to the Regression Issue: Because growing up doesn't mean growing out of toys.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Various |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
What are Obama’s Top Foreign Policy Objectives for 2010?new
President Obama's big domestic New Year's resolution appears to be acting to reduce the budget deficit. Other objectives include getting out of Iraq as quickly as possible while delving deeper into anywhere else that al-Qaida operatives are cramming explosives under their nutsacks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
Don't Panic! ... Your War Questions Answered Yemen Editionnew
For many Americans, welcoming a new year means champagne, dancing, discharging firearms skyward, college football, collards, black-eyed peas, Black Eyed Peas, Dick Clark and/or Ryan Seacrest, electrified mechanical apples, a midnight kiss, feeling sad about not getting a midnight kiss, vomiting, and headaches.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
John Chilcot Has Been Criticized After Leading his Country's Iraq War Inquirynew
The inquiry, led by career civil servant Sir John Chilcot, has been criticized from the left, right and center for not pressing witnesses hard enough, for not forcing witnesses to testify under oath, and for not making crucial documents available to the public via the inquiry's website.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
