AltWeeklies Wire
Behind the Musicnew
Beth Orton lets her music slowly emerge from her psyche.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers
Evolution of Electronic Musicnew
To some, this comprehensive collection may come across as highly dissociative, but in a microchip-satellite world, what is sound anyway?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Their Muse is Boozenew
Watching this beer-soaked documentary, you begin wondering if throughout the world-renowned group's ascension, the dudes might actually have just tried out whatever because they were drunk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Mastodon, The Workhorse Chronicles
Brit-Pop Melting Potnew
This British buzz band combines tautly coiled retro-contemporary 70s and a jangly, analogue Brit-pop bop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Desert Desolationnew
Moments of epic sadness give these Nick Cave songs a classical feel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Double the Woodnew
Oliver Wood feels that by leaving much of Ways Not to Lose as just he and his brother Chris, his songs are given new meaning.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: the wood brothers
All in The (Sur)namenew
Cassavetes isn't an experimental band, but it gamely tinkers with song format.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cassavetes, Funny Stories
Pausing for Happy Hournew
Far from random and anonymous, Jazze Pha's beats unmistakably carry his imprint -- usually elegant and plush, evoking playalistic sounds of early 80s funk and R&B.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Happy Hour, Jazze Pha
Turning Music Into a Movementnew
In the 90s, Atlanta witnessed a soul music renaissance, and its epicenter was the small bistro, Yin Yang Music Cafe.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro and Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Poetic & Overwhelmingnew
This album will strike some listeners as enlightenment and others as frippery, but all 10 tracks are dominated by Bejar's full-bore approach.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
The Game of Lifenew
Frost is too drained to invest any more emotion into winning back her estranged lover -- rather, she relishes the beauty in her tragedies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Too Legit to Quitnew
BR549 has worked hard to shed the "novelty act" status and establish itself as a legitimate and viable band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
Citty of Dreamsnew
Citty's lyricism is evident, belying the aphorism that Southern rappers can't rap.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Citty
Good Ol' Twangnew
National Grain infuses its classical numbers with energy and spirit, a hallmark of its restless, genre-spanning musical tastes and record collections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: National Grain
Grassroots Are Always Greenernew
Saheli is "a multi-ethnic a cappella women's trio that seeks to build community through the healing power of song."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saheli
