http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes Stay plugged into the A with Creative Loafing's music blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/19/white-denim-fits/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/19/white-denim-fits/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:32 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12597 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/19/white-denim-fits/feed/ 0 The album wields a dizzying, ADD aesthetic that brims with rhythmic dexterity http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/18/blockhead-the-music-scene/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/18/blockhead-the-music-scene/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:54 +0000 Ben Westhoff http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12594 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/18/blockhead-the-music-scene/feed/ 0 The Manhattan beatmaker's latest album gives him an opportunity to be more atmospheric and experimental, and at times, to simply space out http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/atlas-sounds-doctor-bw-the-screens-virtual-7-inch-is-up-for-download/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/atlas-sounds-doctor-bw-the-screens-virtual-7-inch-is-up-for-download/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:33:29 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12676 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/atlas-sounds-doctor-bw-the-screens-virtual-7-inch-is-up-for-download/feed/ 0 Download the latest virtual single from Atlas Sound http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/duet-for-theremin-and-lap-steel-live/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/duet-for-theremin-and-lap-steel-live/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:26 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12587 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/17/duet-for-theremin-and-lap-steel-live/feed/ 0 Too harmonious to be called avant-garde and too experimental for stuffy modern classical terms http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/16/los-fabulosos-cadillacs-el-arte-de-la-elegancia-de-lfc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/16/los-fabulosos-cadillacs-el-arte-de-la-elegancia-de-lfc/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:58 +0000 Alejandro A. Leal http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12578 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/16/los-fabulosos-cadillacs-el-arte-de-la-elegancia-de-lfc/feed/ 0 The album follows the same pattern that propelled the band to revered status among the Rock en Español faithful http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/12/r-a-the-rugged-man-legendary-classics-volume-1/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/12/r-a-the-rugged-man-legendary-classics-volume-1/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:20 +0000 Ben Westhoff http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12455 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/12/r-a-the-rugged-man-legendary-classics-volume-1/feed/ 0 It seems strange for a greatest hits CD to come from an artist with only one studio album in a two-decade career, but the MC has enough beloved unreleased cuts to justify it. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/11/the-xx-xx/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/11/the-xx-xx/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:55 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12443 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/11/the-xx-xx/feed/ 0 The group's economical songwriting, drifting through a mire of twentysomething sexual and emotional ruminations, soars far beyond their years. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/10/echo-the-bunnymen-the-fountain/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/10/echo-the-bunnymen-the-fountain/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:29 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12438 The Fountain always take a backseat to the group's '80s staples]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/10/echo-the-bunnymen-the-fountain/feed/ 0 The Fountain always take a backseat to the group's '80s staples http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/09/soulico-exotic-on-the-speaker/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/09/soulico-exotic-on-the-speaker/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000 Ben Westhoff http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12431 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/09/soulico-exotic-on-the-speaker/feed/ 0 Four Tel Aviv beatmakers blends U.S. hip-hop with traditional Jewish melodies in a way that feels exotic to American ears http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/05/u2-the-unforgettable-fire-deluxe-edition/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/05/u2-the-unforgettable-fire-deluxe-edition/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:10 +0000 hhorowitz http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=12222 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/11/05/u2-the-unforgettable-fire-deluxe-edition/feed/ 0 A bonus disc of B-sides and a DVD accompany the re-release of the quartet's 1984 album.