CD Review: The Coathangers — Scramble

CD Review: The Coathangers — Scramble

The Coathangers Scramble Suicide Squeeze Records By Samantha A. Parvin The Atlanta all-female quartet, The Coathangers, presents their latest and second full-length album Scramble with great enthusiasm. Their style showcases several characteristics of African and early American roots music (and ultimately blues, rhythm and blues, pop, hip-hop and rap genres), such as call-and-response, syncopated rhythms, […]

MAYOR OF PONCE: Rock & Other Four Letter Words

MAYOR OF PONCE: Rock & Other Four Letter Words

Stuff I think about, but not thoroughly… ·         I was driving through Mobile, Alabama the other day and saw a flier for a hip hop group called “Mobil-anaires”. That’s pretty awesome. Right off the bat and they're already more interesting than the dreadfully boring Selmanaires.   ·         Why does Janelle Monae always look so surprised […]

CD Review: Pomegranates — Everybody, Come Outside!

CD Review: Pomegranates — Everybody, Come Outside!

PomegranatesEverybody Come OutsideLujo Records By Al Kaufman The Pomegranates, from Cincinnati, have that same indie-pop exuberance that caused the media to fawn all over Clap Your Hands Say Yeah a few years back. Much like Clap Your Hands, Pomegranates clearly draw heavily upon their early Talking Heads and New Order albums. Everybody, Come Outside! is […]

Record Store Day at Criminal Records, April 18

Record Store Day at Criminal Records, April 18

Record Store Day is fast approaching, and we're getting reports in for how our own local indie record stores will be celebrating. Little Five Points' Criminal Records will be hosting a slew of bands throughout the day, and of course will be having a huge sale, competitions and special Record-Store-Day-Only releases up for grabs. Anyone […]

CD Review: Dan Deacon — Bromst

CD Review: Dan Deacon — Bromst

Dan DeaconBromstCarpark Records By Ben Grad It's hard to see Dan Deacon's newest album, Bromst, as anything more than a collection of excellent (but similar) songs. By track four of Bromst, “Snookered,” Dan Deacon has established the pattern he'll use throughout the album: about a minute of minimalist noise buildup (in “Snookered,” a jumble of […]

Atlanta Film Festival Guests Include Eddie Vedder, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin & More

Atlanta Film Festival Guests Include Eddie Vedder, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin & More

We have a confirmed list of all the guests who will be at the Atlanta Film Festival's Opening Night Gala on April 16 at Rialto Center for the Arts. Confirmed guests (pictured above) include Eddie Vedder (musician, Pearl Jam), Josh Brolin (W., No Country for Old Men), Chris Moore ("Project Greenlight," producer of Good Will […]