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The Handcuffs: Worth the Wait

New Release:Waiting for the Robot by The Handcuffs (OOFL Records) Sep. 6, 2011 “Testing, testing / May I have your attention / We are The Handcuffs / This is a test” Chloe Orwell sings through her bullhorn on “This Is A Test.” The good news is: they passed the […]

Death Cab for Cutie Thrill Atlanta

Live review: Death Cab for Cutie with Frightened Rabbit at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, GA 8/11/11 Ben Gibbard played like a man possessed Thursday night for Atlanta fans. Maybe that’s why Death Cab for Cutie began the show with the eight-minute, stalker-inpsired “I Will Possess Your […]

The Wooden Birds in Atlanta

Live review: The Wooden Birds with Takenobu and Lily and the Tigers at the EARL in Atlanta, 7/17/11 Andrew Kenny and his Wooden Birds just wrapped their tour promoting the new release Two Matchsticks (Barsuk Records), a well-received and wonderful record. Upon their arrival in Atlanta, Kenny gushed […]

Hospital Ships Release Stellar New Album

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 Redefine Loud in Atlanta

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, […]