Live review: Dntel, The One AM Radio, Geotic at the EARL in Atlanta, 8/21/11 Jimmy Tamborello is the one-man-band known as Dntel, now touring in support of his recent EPs, After Parties I & II (Sub Pop). Tamborello is not new to the indie electronic music scene. Maybe […]
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 […]
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 […]
Live review: The Rosebuds and Other Lives at The EARL in Atlanta, June 16, 2011 Imagine working with your spouse 24/7/365. Never a break. But the product you make is in demand and made of high quality materials. This has been the situation for the Rosebuds’ Kelly Crisp […]
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. […]
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