Author: Dave Basham
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #9 May-June 1997
Indigo Girls – Shaming of the Sun
Despite the occasional political prattle that earned this Marietta, Ga. duo the well-deserved “Indignant Girls” tag, the Indigo Girls continue to produce genuinely compelling music, complete with an intellectual spine. After expanding the group dynamics on the electric guitar-laden Swamp Ophelia, troubadours Amy Ray and Emily Sailers return on Shaming of the Sun with an [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #8 March-April 1997
Rock*a*teens – Cry
Last year’s debut album by the Rock*a*teens was a veritable blast of supernatural radio, AM-style. The Georgia band (featuring members of such acts as DQE, Dirt, Opal Foxx Quartet and the Jody Grind) managed to convincingly conjure up the spirit of the marvelous mono days of Phil Spector’s do-wop “Wall of Sound” via the voodoo [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #7 Jan-Feb 1997
Vigilantes Of Love – Mercury Lounge (New York City, NY)
Framed against a backdrop of heavy steel duct work and red brick and mortar that recalled their late, great hometown club the Flying Buffalo, the Athens, Ga. trio Vigilantes of Love seemed eerily at home at the New York date of a monthlong tour. Frontman Bill Mallonee opened the show with a pair of solo [...]
