Review by Sam Parvin; photo by Lauren Betty. Being the avid live music fan I am, I’m almost ashamed to say that the night of Monday, July 26 was my first visit to East Atlanta’s ultra-hipster new music venue and bar, 529. I was expecting the venue to be a little larger and “fancier” than […]
Moreland and Arbuckle Flood Telarc By Al Kaufman Aaron Moreland and Dustin Arbuckle are doing everything they can to keep to blues alive. Arbuckle tears apart his harp every time he brings it to his lips. His voice is rich and just rough enough to sound like he’s lived about which he sings. He sounds […]
Kele The Boxer Glassnote Music By Chris Homer The Boxer, the debut solo album from Kele, marks a shift in style from the sound of his work in Bloc Party. While Bloc Party combined elements of guitar-driven rock with electro, The Boxer is almost entirely devoid of guitar. Instead, Kele focuses on bringing forward electronic […]
Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots Atlantic By Ellen Eldridge The biting announcement of Core’s “Dead and Bloated,” released in 1992, has been replaced with the underhanded pinch of “Between The Lines,” which, along with lyrics in several songs including the chorus to “Hazy Daze,” could be a reflection of feelings expressed toward Mary Weiland’s […]
The District Attorneys Orders Form Self-Released By Eileen Tilson It is highly unlikely that someone who sat for the bar exam would be considered a laid-back individual. Thus it is ironic that when a band from Athens dubbing themselves The District Attorneys, they have the ability to transport you to the hazy days of summer […]
Miniature Tigers Fortress Modern Art/LG By Eileen Tilson Once upon a time there was a woman who ate her very first pot brownie. This “space cake” as she so cleverly called it, took about 45 minutes to effect her, starting at her tingling toes, and riding her blood waves, until her entire body felt like […]
M.I.A. /\/\/\Y/\ (Maya) N.E.E.T. Recordings By Giles Turnbull This album has everything, from paranoia to power tools, and that’s just the first 60 seconds. If you loved Arular and Kala, then Maya, M.I.A.’s third studio album, won’t disappoint! It’s full of the same quirky lyrics, infectious tunes and banging beats that’ll keep you dancing along, […]
Steve Miller Band Bingo! Roadrunner By Al Kaufman Steve Miller has sold exactly 1.6 gazillion copies of the Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78. In the ’80s, every single person in the United States either owned a copy or knew a person who owned a copy. For college freshmen, the album came in the orientation […]
Kylie Minogue Aphrodite Astralwerks By Cory Albertson Critics and the public alike enjoy comparing pop’s various princesses in an effort to see who’s ripping off who with what outfit or which one’s beating the other on the charts. But when you’re Kylie Minogue and you have over two decades of experience as pop royalty, releasing […]
By David Courtright Somehow this was my first experience at 529. I’ve seen the gory insides of most of the dive bars and music joints in this town, but for one reason or another, this was my maiden voyage into the cramped, smoky, and entirely magical world that is 529. As previously mentioned, Future Islands […]
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Future Islands In Evening Air Thrill Jockey David Courtright It’s only so often an album comes along that so entirely captures the imagination, so resolutely devours the listener, exists in its own time and place in a state of almost perfect stasis, free from time. The indie music blog world is often a cauldron of […]
The Junior League Band Jelly Roll Beaver Records By Jim Simpson The Junior League Band’s third full-length release begins with the most promising and enticing invitation to a party as ever there was one: “Give me some sugar and hold me tight/The whiskey’s out, don’t be a stranger tonight.” With banjo player/lead singer Lissy Rosemont’s […]
Trances Arc TA Self-Released By Eileen Tilson Twice in my Atlanta music life has my dear friend “The Pirate” sat me down at Six Feet Under to talk music. The first time he did this, he told me about The Constellations, which of course I instantly loved. The second time he told me about Trances […]
The Chemical Brothers Further Freestyle Dust/Parlaphone/Astralwerks By Ellen Eldridge From its static opening – described as “alien morse code” on the website – throughout well-blended songs, The Chemical Brothers’ seventh release, Further, holds true to its title taking listeners further into the experience of music. The cover art shows a woman not only diving into […]
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