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Quartet Mostly Colors Inside Linesnew
The group's improvisational bouts are guided by an ever-present sense of melody and structure. Improvisation does play a large role in the quartet's material, but it's always kept in place by established structural parameters in each song.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Festival Quartet
Band Preserves the Lascivious Live Behavior of Frank Zappanew
Project/Object began as a simple annual get-together in a basement and has since become an ever-evolving tribute to the huge multi-faceted back catalog and undeniable weirdness of the late Frank Zappa.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mike Andrews |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Project/Object
Georgia Native Debuts Nine-Minute Piecenew
"Irrational Exuberance" is hardly simple. It's a wild ride for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra through musical changes, surprises, and virtuosic, multilayered streams and flurries of sound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mountain Music is Not Deadnew
In Love What You Do, the six "brothers" mix together all the stylings of country, bluegrass and mountain music with sprinklings of rock, gospel and punk to create something that is held together by sheer enthusiasm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
This is Indie Pop Done Rightnew
Bright Ideas, the first Portastatic album to be recorded with a stable band is arguably its best, but certainly its most focused release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Portastatic, Bright Ideas
Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew
MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Band Seeks Inspiration in the Backwoodsnew
Like the futuristic novel from which the guys take their name, Bear vs. Shark is an "age-appropriate" spectacle seeking to ramp up entertainment values like gas prices.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bear vs. Shark, Terrorhawk
Violinist Fiddles With Hip-Hopnew
Conventional wisdom says the last thing a female violinist from Israel would have is a standalone hip-hop career. But not only does Miri Ben-Ari hold the strings, she's pulls some, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
He Golfs, Fishes, Makes Musicnew
Tony Joe White has figured out how to mix business with pleasure, and you get the feeling he does pretty much what he pleases.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Heroes, Tony Joe White
Can Julie Dexter Marry Music With Motherhood?new
She's the versatile jack-of-all-trades who's played a legion of roles: from teacher to head of her own Ketch A Vibe record label to promoter to club owner.
Oh, and she's pregnant.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julie Dexter
Singer Delivers Goods Once Againnew
Retaining her affinity for the music of the past and presenting her own material in a seamless blend, Adrienne Young shows just how important music history is in terms of contemporary influences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Second Release Is a Smokernew
The girl has more natural soul than any 10 of the current crop of prefab "American Idols." Nikka Costa has one of those incredibly expressive voices that works just as well in a funked-out rave-up as it does a sultry ballad.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Can'tneverdidnothin', Nikka Costa
Band Brings New Spirit to Old Songnew
OCMS hasn't much updated or tampered with its old-fashioned approach since the drugstore days. Instead, its members just keep getting better at what they do.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Old Crow Medicine Show
Brooklyn Duo Turns Dicey Beginnings Into Solid Rollnew
On its fourth full-length, Black Dice hasn't exactly gone NWA, but a renewed emphasis on rhythmic structure has resulted in a metamorphosis from dislocated filter-buffeted abrasiveness to head-bobbing lope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Dice, Broken Ear Record
Country Star's Time of Reckoningnew
Trisha Yearwood decided to make Jasper County a musical tribute to her home and her roots. Now it stands as a tribute to her father, who unconditionally supported Yearwood's aspirations from an early age.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jasper County, Trisha Yearwood
