AltWeeklies Wire
A Hefty Declinenew
When Hefty Records said that "the recording quality and overall fidelity matches the scope of the composition," the label was clearly not putting Vox Humana out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Samadha, Vox Humana
Oh, Sunshiny Gothnew
Brooklyn's Kudu twists dark lyrics and unpredictable beats.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death of the Party, Kudu
Indie Cred With Hokey Twangnew
Were it not issued on a cool indie label, Sun, Sun, Sun wouldn't sound out of place on adult contemporary radio between Bonnie Raitt and the Eagles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sun, Sun, Sun, The Elected
Joking With Jesusnew
Whereas the Beatles once suggested they "might be more popular than Jesus," Loose Fur pokes fun at Christianity with a sense of awkward Americana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Born Again in the USA, Loose Fur
Dairy Queen Empire Strikes Backnew
When Grace Braun's band debuted in Feb. 1986, she thought she would be dead long before the group celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dairy Queen Empire
Take Your Croon and Shove Itnew
Pianist Jamie Cullum ain't your mom's Harry Connick Jr.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Catching Tales, Jamie Cullum
Muse of the Weirdnew
Animal Collective can't hide, even if it tried.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Feels
Reinventing the Bluesnew
Former Swans drummer Jonathan Kane hits the blue note with measured minimalism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: february, Jonathan Kane
Icelandic Idiosyncrasiesnew
Iceland has got to be a weird place, if only because it gave the world the Sugarcubes and then Bjork.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Live Zabor, The Sugarcubes
Esoteric Offeringnew
Rats! is no gateway drug into the mind of Gogogo Airheart, but a solid offering for those who are already there.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gogogo Airheart, Rats! Sing! Sing!
A Psychoactive Messnew
Retail Detail is awash in fragmented rhythms that jitter like synapses making all the wrong connections -- stoner kids pay good money for this quality of hallucinogenic product.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Retail Detail, Untied States
Bringing World Music to Atlantanew
As metro Atlanta struggles to get a handle on the wide scope of its cultural diversity, Maya Hoover will try to convey that Ladino is not a typo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maya Hoover
For Unlawful Col. Knowledgenew
Despite its unique sound, Col. Knowledge's new album hasn't sold particularly well.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Crop of DJsnew
The new millennium's DJ vanguard, like New York's James F!@#$%^ Friedman, has more in common with sommeliers than chefs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
If You're Happy and You Know Itnew
Only in New York could a tentative-sounding indie act that's still wet behind the ears be crowned as the latest best thing since sliced bread by a phalanx of bored bloggers, college radio jocks and music critics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
