Live review: Company of Thieves / Ben Deignan / Sleeper Agent at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta, June 18, 2011 Chicago’s Company of Thieves know how to entertain. On the road with their sophomore release Running from a Gamble, this outfit also knows how to rock. Leader […]
Album Review Hospital Ships: Lonely Twin (Graveface) May 22, 2011 Lawrence, Kansas-based Hospital Ships have set sail with a stellar new album. The band’s second release, Lonely Twin (Graveface), finds Jordan Geiger exploring places he may never have been (and never thought he’d go). With this meloncholy and […]
Mogwai at Center Stage in Atlanta, May 20, 2011 This five-piece band from Glasgow, Scotland must be huge fans of Spinal Tap because they had it turned up to 11 all night. Mogwai is known for the quiet-loud-quiet pattern in many of their songs. But for Atlanta fans, […]
After fans waited 24 years – assuming that the Cars would never reform – it has happened. Today marks the release of the first Cars record, Move Like This, since 1987’s Door To Door. Sadly, singer and bassist Benjamin Orr passed away from cancer in 2000. The four […]
Live Review: The Twilight Singers with Margo and the Nuclear So and So’s at The Masquerade in Atlanta, 5/5/11 Greg Dulli is the man. The man, that is, in charge of his band, his sound, and his life. That was not the case a few short years ago. […]
Live Review: Oryx & Crake at The EARL in Atlanta, 4/11/11 Local and regional bands have been doing CD release shows since the beginning of time (or at least since the advent of CDs). It’s a rare occasion when people actually stand up and pay attention to them. […]
Live review: Cut/Copy, Holy Ghost! at The Masquerade in Atlanta, 3/28/11 Australia’s Cut/Copy brought the eighties back to Atlanta on the kick-off to their world tour Monday night. It was all synth and hooks as near-riotous fans jumped and jammed to Cut/Copy’s reinvention of the New Wave decade. […]
This year marks the 25th anniversary of that debut album, and the boys decided it would be a great time to put out something new. After a fourteen-year break, they have released what could be their most mature and soulful work to date.
Live review: Dum Dum Girls, Reading Rainbow, Dirty Beaches at the EARL in Atlanta, 3/10/11 Influences on the musical tastes of Dum Dum Girls come from a long list of artists. Dropped names have included The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop. For the new EP, He Gets […]
Live Review: Jonathan Richman at The Highland Inn Ballroom in Atlanta, 2/18/11 At 59, Jonathan Richman can still bring the youthful exuberance to every performance. In his first night of a two-night stand at Atlanta’s Highland Inn Ballroom, fans stood in awe of Richman’s songwriting genius and lightning […]
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