By David Courtright There are no more tidy boxes in music anymore. Genres are decaying on their stalks. The blight of mainstream. People ask, “What kind of music is it?” You shrug. “Good.” Fair enough. The good thing, one may suppose, is that a band like Deerhunter can become, well, mainstream. If that still means […]
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) Full gallery after the jump…
Sealions Strange Veins Self-Released By Eric Chavez Add a dash of the dark electronica/pop of The Cure, then mix in some of the experimental dance beats of David Bowie, refresh it with some talent from today and you have yourself some Sealions. The Atlanta-based foursome have recently been taking over the local music scene with […]
Ben Folds/Nick Hornby Lonely Avenue Nonesuch By Al Kaufman If there is a rap against Ben Folds, the wildly talented pianist and songwriter, it is that he is too white. It is a flag he flies with pride in songs like “Rockin’ the Suburbs.” His characters are mostly slacker youths whose problems are akin to […]
By Ellen Eldridge; photo by Lisa Solomon Keel Sunday night’s show at Verizon Amphitheater was presented by Project 96.1 as the Family Reunion tour in a similar fashion to the Family Values tours of previous years. The combination of pop-metal bands felt a bit like a dysfunctional family picnic with Stone Temple Pilots acting as […]
Tired Pony The Place We Ran From Mom & Pop Records By Scott Roberts Despite the beleaguered quality of the name of this super-group of sorts, Tired Pony, led by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and featuring the notable talents of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Belle and Sebastian’s Richard Colburn amongst others, has put together a […]
American Bang American Bang Reprise By Al Kaufman American Bang is a rock and roll band; of that there is no doubt. Their debut CD opens with what sounds like a wild sound check, then blasts into “Whiskey Walk,” which contains the type of spiraling guitars that were Living Color’s trademark back in the early […]
By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump…
By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump…
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By Matthew Greenia Guitar Wolf came all the way from Japan last Monday to play at The Drunken Unicorn, their first Atlanta show since the tragic death of the original Bass Wolf in 2005. Hideaki “Billy” Sekiguchi, a founding member who performed and recorded with the band for over 15 years, died of a heart […]
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By Nathan Berrong I have seen David Bazan, or some musical form of him (Pedro the Lion, Headphones), probably more than anyone else. I don’t know the exact number of times I have seen him, but it is definitely more than 10 and probably less than 15. I have seen him on stage sloppy and […]
By Giles Turnbull Seeing Buke and Gass live made me re-evaluate many things. If you’ve read my review of Riposte, their debut album, you’ll recall that the Buke is a modified six-string baritone ukulele and the Gass is a hybrind, part guitar, part bass, and in addition to these creations, Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez […]
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