AltWeeklies Wire
Mojo Risingnew
Heavy Mojo smashes through genres and generates so many different kinds of musical energy that you're not sure what to call it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Blow Out the Sound, Heavy Mojo
Long Time Gonenew
Graham Nash talks about CSNY and the importance of speaking your mind.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
08-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eclipsed by its Own Shadownew
Black Holes aims less for cerebral pleasures than those of coital variety.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Holes and Revelations, Muse
Cerati Revisits His Rootsnew
Cerati's new record is a return to the original blueprint that made Soda Stereo such a rock powerhouse: progressive riffs, heavy kick drums and choruses apt for chanting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alejandro Leal |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ahà Vamos, Gustavo Cerati
Lacks Originalitynew
It's hard to fault the technical aspect of the production, but the songs rarely thrill and tread on house music's most hackneyed themes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Come with Me, Roger Sanchez
Cruel and Usualnew
Gym Class Heroes uproot hip-hop traditions with rock music, good-time pop grooves, and whatever sound suits their fancy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Two Discs, Two Sidesnew
Each woman explores a different side of mainstream house music on House of Om.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
07-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Colette & DJ Heather, House of Om
White Whale Starts WWInew
What's a band from landlocked Lawrence, Kan., going to sing about? Why, an allegorical sea journey, of course.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Schacht |
07-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: White Whale, WWI
Wry and Quixoticnew
Holland's light, spidery lilt only makes her fictional, early 20th-century American characters more corporeal.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
07-20-2006 |
Reviews
Walker: Atlanta Producernew
Modeled after The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, this album is loud and bombastic, with lots of multi-tracked harmonies and hammy riffs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
07-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Broadcasting More Clearlynew
TVoTR's previous, baptismal recordings were at times as dusty as impassioned -- this one is crisp and intimate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-13-2006 |
Reviews
Expanding the Formatnew
Watt intersperses his own original songs into the blend, but he also grafts bits of his spoken-word poetics onto other tracks in the mix.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
07-13-2006 |
Reviews
Larvae Gets Subtlenew
Larvae's second full-length is a much more introspective hybrid of electronic and acoustic songs than the dark drum and bass of the group's previous efforts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
07-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Weight, Larvae
Protest with Classnew
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint make a protest record, but the prevailing tone is measured and wistful.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
07-13-2006 |
Reviews
Don't Call Them Gospel Rappersnew
Grits may be the biggest hip-hop group you've never heard of.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
07-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grits
