AltWeeklies Wire
Sophomore Release Begins With a Gallopnew
It's the sound of near-emptiness, with the guitars turned down and the clink and clang of cymbals quelling the constant thump of the automated bass drum. The most notable change, however, is that VV appears to have learned a few vocal tricks over the last two years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Quartet Bakes Up Something Funkynew
Out Hud is a band of captivating contradictions. All four members write songs, and producer Justin Vandervolgen helps distill the sprawling parts into a streamlined skip.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
After Beating Cancer, the Songwriting Legend Returns to Formnew
It's been nine years since John Prine released a record of new material. For his fans, who are an impassioned bunch, the wait has been somewhat frustrating, only partially alleviated by Prine's semi-regular touring schedule.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fair & Square, John Prine
One Spin Shows Band Has Something Specialnew
The delightful concoction starts with a pinch of Celtic guitar, uilleann pipes and pennywhistles, then a little Afro-beat percussion, gorgeous traditional fiddle and old-timey banjo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Duhks
Strum and Jangle Isn't Easily Forgottennew
A collection of singles and non-album tracks that encapsulate the group's most essential and obscure material released throughout the '90s, this link in Panoply's evolutionary chain harvests bleak rhythms and searing sonic scuffs in one definitive document of disjointed parallels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Looney Tunes Gone Wildnew
The fifth offering from Mike Patton and Co. pays homage to both the month of April and the soundtracks from the golden era of Warner Bros. cartoons. It sounds simple but when executed, it's Looney Tunes gone wild.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fantomas, Suspended Animation
Athens' Of Montreal Makes Whimsical, Retro-Fitted Popnew
It's likely that Of Montreal's sensibilities stem from the fact that the group has navigated the thin line between autonomous control and collaboration for nearly a decade, living and working on top of one another in communal houses and tour vans.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins
Moby Makes Music to Buy Bynew
As I listened to his new album, a statement on the transient nature of humanity called Hotel, I couldn't help thinking that its songs would be perfect for those most fleeting of cultural forms: TV commercials. Here's what I made of the album and the glossy goods and clinical services I thought the songs would be perfect for
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
04-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Songstress Hasn't Lost Sight of Qualitynew
Even with all of her endeavors into the business end of the industry, Rhonda Vincent hasn't lost sight of quality. She believes bluegrass is growing because people seek authenticity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rhonda Vincent
Jeff McLeod Fosters Oddball Sounds in Podunk, Ala.new
Alabama has long fostered a secret history of oddball music, and guitarist Jeff McLeod lies at the center of it all, picking it apart and reassembling it one warped riff at a time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeff McLeod, Red Tablet
R&B's Tweet Returns to Bare Her Soulnew
Hopefully her sophomore album, It's Me Again, will help Tweet emerge from the shadows.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: It's Me Again, Tweet
Like His Dad and Granddad, Hank Williams III Does It the Hard Waynew
Hank Williams III's drawl carries with it the unmistakable echo of his granddaddy, the first Hank Williams. And like his father, and friends such as David Allan Coe, Hank is an iconoclast who bleeds rebel red.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maroon 5 Hits Big With Songs About Love Gone Badnew
Thanks to Jane -- the ex-girlfriend of cutie-pie frontman Adam Levine -- Maroon 5 is burning up the charts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jaiye Andrews |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maroon 5
Phoenix Rises Again With New Soundnew
Released last year, the new album is not as giddy as United, but proves more cohesive with its prime Steely Dan-era lite rock and stylish, airbrushed sheen. The overall vibe is mid-tempo, taut-yet-breezy blue-eyed funk-in-a-funk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Phoenix, Alphabetical
Crooked Fingers Explores Matters of the Heartnew
Dignity and Shame, the fourth Crooked Fingers album since 2000, and first on Seattle's Sub Pop Records, is an album that features a menagerie of characters in dilemma, and yet it offers more hope and concession than any of Eric Bachmann's previous works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Crooked Fingers, Dignity and Shame
