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Second Release Features Rich Harmoniesnew
It's a bluegrass/old-timey album every bit as deserving of the cross-generational adulation received by O Brother's soundtrack.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Home to You, The Peasall Sisters
Two-Disc Epitomizes Strengths, Weaknessesnew
Neither the tunes nor the lyrics can quite sustain the quieter presentation, however. It's intriguing, and Dave Grohl sings surprisingly well, but it's hardly memorable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Foo Fighters, In Your Honor
Album Works Nicely Within Pop Conventionsnew
Blitzkrieg Pop, T. Raumschmiere's second album, is much more listenable and varied than the 2003 debut Radio Blackout, a clanging beacon for the German techno capital that rarely sleeps in the pursuit of the groove.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Blitzkrieg Pop, T. Raumschmiere
Music's Inner-Workings Heard Well in Recordingnew
It's a spontaneous-sounding rendition, with a good stereo separation that happily allows the music's inner workings to be well heard.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Album is Old-School Kewlnew
Every MC Chris song is an anthem for a person you never wanted to be but always were. It's for the person you always have been, but now don't mind being thanks to [adult swim] shows including "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Quartet Returns to Give Thanksnew
There are plenty of moments across Sigur Ros' catalog that could be described as hanging in mid-air, but not particularly playful. Yet Takk (Icelandic for "thanks," a word Sigur Ros signs to any autograph) is like a series of little children's stories to the band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gospel Doesn't Have to be Watered-Downnew
Marty Stuart and his three-piece band the Fabulous Superlatives cook up a spicy Southern brew, and the album shows that the genre-defying Stuart can do much more than is allowed within country's narrow confines.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Debut Album is Instrumental Blissnew
Thunderous washes of melancholy elevate the music from pop to an operatic soundtrack guided by churning and chugging guitars that swell with desolation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Former Shock Rocker Returns to Formnew
Alice Cooper rediscovers his garage roots for such imaginatively titled, pedal-to-the-metal rockers as "Woman of Mass Distraction," "Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)" and "Your Own Worst Enemy."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, Dirty Diamonds
Unpredictability Still Dominates Musicnew
At 58, Joe Ely figures it's the most involved he's ever been in music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely
She's Not Loretta Lynn's Daughter, But She is Johnny Cash's Mothernew
At 36, Lynne is an artist unapologetic in her stubbornness, defensive about her creative process, and reluctant to play the celebrity game with even a well-meaning listener like myself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shelby Lynne
Huey Lewis Churns Out Easygoing Setnew
Adding a three-piece horn section to these energetic, if not terribly innovative, reworkings of hits, oldies and a few surprisingly tough recent tunes makes for a pretty terrific set.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Huey Lewis & the News, Live at 25
Trio Whir in Secret No Morenew
Because this album is two-thirds cover songs, it allows listeners a glimpse in to what makes the Secret Machines tick more than where the road is leading the group.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Passing the Test of Timenew
The more things change, the more they stay the same, and Repeater sounds better now than ever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Band Wraps Messages in Sillinessnew
System of a Down marries the in-your-face moxie of Chuck D., embraces its Middle Eastern cultural legacy like Frank Zappa, and fancies itself a musical wannabe junta similar to Rage Against the Machine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hypnotize, System of a Down
