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by Julia Pope
Atlas Road Crew - “Voices.”
each part. However, that’s not the case: Ernie Cates has
both. That, to me, is great talent in and of itself. Where
it’s at its finest is in “I won’t let this fear take control me”
in “Still I Rise.” Which one speaks more to you? If I
were to take a personal vote as to which song has more
“sabotage,” it would be “Through the Ashes.”
If you’re like me, you must hear, and maybe say
sometimes yourself, “Where’s all the good music?”
“Don’t they ever play anything good on the radio anymore?” “I miss the good ol’ rock & roll days.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you good news: Rock
is not dead. Straight out of Charleston, South Carolina,
Atlas Road Crew brings us “Voices.”
Speaking of voices, it won’t take you very long to
hear Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson in Atlas’ lead vocalist Taylor Nicholson. So much so, you’d almost
think that the Black Crowes, themselves, released a new
song and kept their style of music. Additionally, note
the roll-off-the-tongue choice of lyrics, with a decided
don’t-care attitude in it. That the song is about a broken
heart only reinforces it.
Atlas’ musical style is equally as rich as the Crowes’,
as well as that of Muscle Shoals and the Allman Brothers. It’s the rock/blues/soul we all love.
And for good measure, let me throw in a little Tesla.
That “Gotta give a little love to yourself ’ line is much
like something Tesla would sing, maybe in a different
context. Nevertheless, there are some similarities in
“Ricochet,” and “Rise and Fall,” and “So Divine,” just to
name a few songs from Simplicity, Tesla’s new CD.
And heaven’s not too far away; neither is good ol’
rock & roll.
More, please!
It takes me twenty seconds to know when an instrumental intro makes or breaks a song. For “Through
the Ashes,” it’s the former. If this was meant to be
a scream-o/guitar duet-with some “silent” in between-they nailed it.
What’s funny is that Deaf Angel had a song called
“Rise Up;” Silent Sabotage has “Still I Rise.” Even funnier, “Through the Ashes” has lyrics of “rise up”. This
should tell us headbangers something: let’s rise up, and
continue to do so, in celebration of some metal core that
reveals talent.
Silent Sabotage - “Rebuild The
Foundation”
shout, “You are ugly, and I hate you.” A two-thumbs up
for nailing that in “Make You Cry.”
In my humble opinion, they’re gutsier and more
straightforward than Ugly Kid Joe. They alm