AltWeeklies Wire
Hot Greasenew
The Hampton Grease Band reunites after 33 years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
06-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hampton Grease Band
Getting Minimalnew
Lazarus' mixes prove that he's better at minimalism than most.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Damian Lazarus, Get Lost
School of Hard Knoxnew
Johnny Knox is a dynamic performer, a guitarist with fingers that dance up and down a guitar neck in a blur or slowly strum a groove.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Frederick Noble |
06-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Johnny Knox
Myriad Stylesnew
Several of these tracks leave you wondering if Wilson pushes the envelope with one style too many.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lindsay |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cassandra Wilson, Thunderbird
Simplistic Shadinessnew
The flickering images on this DVD present the band with auxiliary guitarist Ben Weatherford as it stoically translates the tender/tough torch songs into a seething volcano of emotions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Live at 800 East, Telegram
Songwriters Step Out of Backgroundnew
Kane and Welch have made their careers as songwriters for some of country music's biggest artists, but wisely keep the best material for themselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Keeping Spirits Upnew
Snow Patrol makes music meant to raise hearts and spirits, not save the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eyes Open, Snow Patrol
Swim Teamnew
If the band name Hot Young Priest is a metaphor for anything, it is Byrne's keen sense of wordplay, which is borne out in her elaborate, imagistic lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
05-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Cat Has Clawsnew
Big Cat Records is more than just Gucci Mane.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
05-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big Cat Records
Southern Improv at its Finestnew
It's the ridiculous qualities that set Shaking Ray Levis apart from the stuffy tendencies of improvised music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
05-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shaking Ray Levis
Tedium Reignsnew
It's curious that Blackberry's follow-up is such an overcooked bore, replacing the former album's raw passion with a tedious, affected maturity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Powder Burns, The Twilight Singers
A Wise Return to the Darknew
Four years after the Black Heart Procession strayed off-course with the Latin-infused Amore del Tropico, the group is again drifting in a sea of familiar melancholy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Should be a Household Namenew
Lyrical depth gives Field of Crows added worth.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darden Smith, Field of Crows
Provocative and Politicalnew
Living with War channels the war-weary mentality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Young, Living With War
The Hustlanew
How did a white kid from the North became a power player in Atlanta hip-hop?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Coley Ward |
05-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
