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The Mind Spiders - The Mind Spiders Album Review: The Mind Spiders - The Mind Spiders By Evelyn Anne Clausen Mind Spiders want to punch you in the face, and you’re going to like it. Don’t worry, though; after the initial assault, they’ll buy you a beer and tell you how cool you are. At least, that’s how I feel after listening to The Mind Spiders , the first release from Texas punk rockers Mind Spiders. Lead by front man Mark Ryan, formerly of Denton, TX [...]

S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT By Evelyn Anne Clausen Listening to experimental rock can sometimes be more of a chore than a pleasure. I find myself thinking things like, “Yes, this is interesting, but do I actually enjoy listening to it?” Far too often, the answer is no. I’m all for experimenting in theory. I think the world needs bands who are willing to push [...]

The Dodos - No Color Album Review: The Dodos - No Color By Evelyn Anne Clausen If album releases are like high school, The Dodos have finished their senior year and are ready to take on the world. Unlike many bands, The Dodos truly broke out with their sophomore album Visiter (2008), but hit a snag on the disappointing Time to Die (2009). Fortunately, the band has regrouped and returned for album number four, the thoroughly enjoyable No [...]

The Joy Formidable (Photo: Evelyn Anne Clausen) Live Review: The Joy Formidable, Mona, BRAHMS 03.22.11, The Earl, Atlanta By Evelyn Anne Clausen I went into The Earl in Atlanta on Tuesday night with fairly low expectations. I had been listening to The Joy Formidables' new album, The Big Roar , for the last week and was somewhat unimpressed with the band’s '80’s girl-rock kind of sound. It wasn’t that it was a bad album, it just sounded so much like what had already been [...]

The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck Album Review: The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck by Evelyn Anne Clausen As a young man, John Darnielle wanted to be a poet. Instead, he began putting his words to music, with the help of various friends over the years and the result was the surprisingly brilliant music of The Mountain Goats. With a solid track record of albums dating back to 1991, The Mountain Goats have produced songs that seethe with repressed anger and ache [...]

Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh Album Review: Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh by: Evelyn Anne Clausen According to its record label, Say Hi has broken up 37 times in the last decade. While this seems an obvious joke at first, as Say Hi is the one-man production of Eric Elbogen, there is some truth to the claim that Elbogen has seen his share of ups and downs in his ten year career. Despite the occasional use [...]

Jukebox the Ghost (Photo: Evelyn Anne Clausen) Live Review: Jukebox the Ghost, February 4, 2011, The Tabernacle, Atlanta by Evelyn Anne Clausen Some bands are so good at crafting music in a studio that their live performances simply don’t live up to the careful production of their recordings. Other bands are fine recording artists, but excel at live performance in a way that a recorded album simply can’t capture. Jukebox the Ghost falls into the second category- a band who must be heard live [...]