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Elevating Your Sleaze-Rock Quotientnew
Sunset Strip throwbacks Tsar pass the Nikki Sixx Standardized Test with their trash-glam opus, Band Girls Money.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Band Girls Money, Tsar
Aimee Mann Creates Concept Cyclenew
Aimee Mann sings the blues, or rather, depression with her "luxuriant but coolly aloof vocals".
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm
Roky Erickson Produces Near Timeless Musicnew
Roky Erickson exudes a charming if unhinged persona. His bizarre yet poetic lyrics result in music of unusual intensity and integrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
How the Fellas Got Their Groove Backnew
The Texas-based songsmiths of Spoon have delivered the groove again with their latest album, proving that a band with a terrible name can make great music.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Spoon, Gimme Fiction
An Embarrassment of Richesnew
The sheer multiplicity of this miniorchestra's sound can be a bit nerve-wracking, but when Head of Femur hits a groove, the results are breathtaking. Also reviewed is the Mercury Rev's The Secret Migration.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Two Live Albums Re-Releasednew
It's unusual that an artist as prolific, eclectic and theatrical as David Bowie has released only two official live albums to document his extensive concert activities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Bowie, David Live/Stage
Greg Trooper Has Created Opus of Stellar Proportionsnew
Greg Trooper and producer Dan Penn have created a sweet and soulful collection of great tunes that are easy on the ears.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-26-2005 |
Reviews
The Best of Highbrow Musicnew
Mugam Sayagi, Kronos’s first album since 2002’s Nuevo, consists of four pieces by the Azerbaijani pianist/composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, three of which were commissioned by the quartet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-23-2005 |
Reviews
Band Traded its D.C. Art-Punk Roots for Brooklyn Stylingsnew
Formerly the three-piece musical deconstructors El Guapo, Supersystem takes the minimalist rhythms of the former band, adds a new member and festoons its sound with ample clamor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Always Never Again, Supersystem
Nifty Noirnew
Perhaps sensing they were boxing themselves in as Jesus and Mary Chain clones, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, aka the Raveonettes, strip away the squealing reverb and punk influences of their debut on this sophomore release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Raveonettes, Pretty in Black
Indie-Rock's Joyce Carol Oatesnew
The quality of Jill Johnson’s songwriting for South San Gabriel is so consistently excellent that it seems petty to carp about his prodigious output. Also reviewed is Nouvelle Vague's Nouvelle Vague.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Detroit Band Moves Upnew
When the trio tears into the dozen grinding rockers on its album, you won't care about the extra "t" in its moniker any more than anyone ever missed the "a" in Led.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-12-2005 |
Reviews
Band Finds its Apotheosis on Latest Albumnew
Working a shoe-gazer vibe that echoes acts like Ride and Lush, lead vocalist Jason Martin outfits the velveteen textures with strings and percolating electronics, crooning over gilded hooks and drummer Frank Lenz's bubbling backbeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
05-12-2005 |
Reviews
Band Takes Well-Deserved Step Into Forefront of Genrenew
Doylel Lawson & Quicksilver are best known for their gospel work, but their forays into the secular realm are just as fruitful and entertaining.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-12-2005 |
Reviews
Castles Made of Guitarsnew
Chicago rockers the Ponys dodge the sophomore slump.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
05-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Ponys, Celebration Castle
