David Garza : A Strange Mess of Flowers 1989-2004
Noticeably absent from the Austin-based singer-songwriter
Luna 10/20/2004: Echo Lounge – Atlanta, GA
Having just released the stellar Rendezvous to considerable acclaim and selling out East Atlanta
North Mississippi Allstars: Beyond The Hill Country (Interview With Luther & Cody Dickinson)
Before their weekend stand at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Glide’s David Eduardo took a seat on the tour bus with The North Mississippi Allstars- a Grammy nominated, 3-time Bonnaroo fixture that crafts what Rolling Stone calls,
Gov’t Mule: Deja Voodoo
Deja Voodoo is a 64 box of crayons filled with only shades of blue, and Warren Haynes delivers them in a fashion no one on the scene matches. You can never go wrong with the blues.
Antibalas: Who is this America
No one in The Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra served as keynote speaker at the recent RNC in the group
The Kicks: Hello Hong Kong
FM Radio may agree and these boys will make millions screaming the line
Macha: Forget Tomorrow
Thank you Macha for being simultaneously ahead of your time and caught in a bit of a New-Wave nostalgia thing.
Barbara Cue 7/24/2004: State Botanical Gardens, Athens GA
Featuring Widespread Panic’s Todd Nance on vocals and drums joined by vocalist and damn good Dobro player William Tonks, bassist and Athens scene stalwart Crumpy Edwards, guitarist and rural music mainstay Jon Mills, and pedal steel bad ass John Neff (Drive-By Trucker fans will recognize the sounds, if not his mug) the headlines will surely read, “Barbara Cue Rocks the Garden!”
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band : Welcome to Woody Creek
Woody Creek is a country road collision between the reliable green tractor pulling slide guitar, fiddle, and banjo and the rural rocking musings of a Frey/Henley collaboration.
LP: Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol
Thankfully, without Moby and too many buttons, LP kicks out all the rock and roll that No Doubt wishes they did. Then again, LP would likely agree that it wouldn
Five Eight: Five Eight
Almost 20 years after forming, and with half a dozen records under their belts, Five Eight turns out a self-titled effort that is neither ground breaking nor a complete disappointment.
Firewater: Songs We Should Have Written
Ignoring history, former Cop Shoot Cop bassist Tod A impresses once again as the spark and hydrogen of New York
Hope For a golden summer : I bought a heart made of art in the deep, deep South
Every inch and breath of my being feels compelled to pen the greatest review ever to leave these fingertips, because, without question this is the finest record in my collection.
Patterson Hood : Killers and Stars
Though it may appear these are milk and honey times for the Truckers, evidently they walked on egg shells, or broken glass as it may be, for a time at least, a couple years back. Killers and Stars was recorded in 2001 and in essence it chronicles these rotten and ambiguous times, at least from the perspective of one Patterson Hood, the principle song writer in the most important band in America.
Drunk & Furious : Alcoholypse Now
Drunk & Furious make George Carlin uneasy, Howard Stern appear very hirable in today