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Hut Yigs lunil is t.u ii »i brass I Illusion M<muc, Kirn Gordon .ind the gang i .m i mm i nn air on songs dial ininm rithrr their horrid, avani-gardr. 1‘Wfls nuw or dir ra/or-edgcd |K>p ot Yig's other jk-i pm |<’< l, Nuvana Often. troth stvlrs imp up in one tear k Not cvrn a solo In Fugayj’s Ian Mat Rave r an make up lot thr group's toi mini vocals or dir altmnr s IX; usrrdosr I lie onr dillrrrncr tirlwmi Souk Youth and groups nidi sitnilai prohlrim — thr IV fill s and Yrs — is that Sonic'* amps go all thr was up to 20. Skip ii ■Adam Itkssriss. The Inatigk, Iltrxrl l INXS Welcome to Wherever You Are ★ ★★★ Ihr ■ s liisi audio irlrav suite the irihnixlrivriir.il candv of \ graced lop Iti airwaves iwu mmh ago, Wfltome to Whnr'rft I fill \lf sees IN \ S I r disc OV r I lllg I hr powers hold tools tli.it dominated the r.uh seats ol thegn»up 's lli-seai lustoiv Ihr fitst hall ol the alhtini. displacing a haul edge with stings like the driving "Heaven Sriu," suggests the Anvars havr abandoned ihr sweeping ptmet ballads and pulsating dancr trai ks t haiactcrisiii ol then last i ouplr outings Hut thr vi ond hall siavs true to ihr ghost ol ISA's pu-si nl. onh this tunr with a wrl tonir ambitious altitude I’atisrs I tel wren songs air rlutunatrd. instrumrntation and MH.tls oftrn distorted and a variety ol stvlrs — from Indian to t lassual - art- exploit'd I hr band vrminglv has narked the lairs! direction of another tnrgagtoup returning to the past with an ear to the future. Yet like Bono on l '2 s latest. Hulihrmr s ashran mutant t- Ivins seem nusplat ed on an allium in h m nuisital texture. "Men and women (using each other the slum," he croons straight-fared while the Australian Concert On hrstra builds to a t limac tit crest cutlo tin the diet \ t It ivt Still. Wftarme works as a whole Part fum tiling garage iik k, pan trailed pop n roll, u has something old. something new, something borrowed and mam things blur — courtrss ol the brooding cuts on relation ships INXS hasn't tome fiimplrtch lull i m It- hut it has put out a promising, pel sonal piojct t Buyers ol Writ urns to UVo-rei You An should listen like thirst s ■ Mike Meyer. Ihr Hadgn-HrraM. I of Wist onstn, Madison Morrissey Your Arsenal ★ ★★★ With his fourth album since the Smiths demise. Morrissey again proses that even on his own. he is still the Sultan of Sulk Ih once pondered sutli profound cjucs tlolis as “What Difleletite Does it Make anti "How Simiii Is Now-'. hut with ArvnaL Mmi!nm‘\ i loscls inspects life's hu m .ip.iltlc (rulhs Stephen sings a delighlfulls self tiepiniating romp (hrough [In- lulls ol I,inie on ihe iiisi sin gle, “We Hate It ssriient 'in i itenns txcotnc mhccssiui Music alls, \r\truil is iiuirr advanced tliun anything Momwi and Co. Iiau- rrleasrd in date- 'You’re < ionna Need Some-one < )n Youi Side" has a harder roe kahilis ssvtng than ‘Sing Your Lite’ from lionet Drag. sshtle “<Certain People 1 Know" is dectdcdls honky-tonk — Mo//a ssith a countrs twang But earls Ians rejoice, he still carries the acoustic six-suing that accompanied him through Smiths songs like “Please. Please, Please let Me (et What I Want," pioduting like-sounding melancholy in "Seasick. Yet Still Docked" and "I kmns It s Gonna Happen Someday." Yes. onc e again, he's cranked up die .uigst, cou|unng up that old Smiths c hanu Ix-si in "You're Hie One lot Me. Kalis" ami ui lines like "ms lose is as sharp as a needle in your ese ” Kor (axi s sake Mornsses, cheer up. • (■collies hula. /WiArir/Srsv Boston 1 from t»*r fMhtafcm <4 < fW Sari.«***/ (.Vifcgr *fnn%tsinr in the studio on the road Jmn's Mttctton QmcWy s beoomng more popular brokan up than It ever ms together And Warner Bros is al ow 'am with Lav and Ran. a sort-oWdwW new Jane's abum hitting stores Sept 15 and teahiring—you guessed ft—several lee trade and a law ram songs. You can stop hoicfing your bieatfi: lour very king years after the release of Bind Mao's Zoo. alternative denies 1I.M Maniacs are raturrang in late September wWi African VMrf Society 1 l.t_tk. —4 Ik. - -I- -At , 4 AAA_I.... /V'— M t iwi lira iravra uw ovrauira ibionv vwm. wmmj * OmMi (the Next Bo Thno?) are wleesino Amtrictn Sttndtftf Sept 8. the new atoum reported^ sheds eome of the Loe Angela band $ previous eccemhdty and trades it for loud, metallic mrk'n'rol. Tha Fane dn is art to iitoase to next albunt some tone in Me ^fftofwbfr—hopeiuly. The atoum Meady has been (mhedbic^Ntohertoitortlheflmif^tornedMMtolo^toiir »_ ii^ifSrf M*a4a tow LaM^tal ULto Oiljiuwiji* mmI MmmW if mv iQno rwy iw sDUnni mtf ovviriiv vf Hn«n*i Queen Smmm top hopes so. Mod's nnr atoum 98.9 Fwqort* edto is Med Mto tough, todMMMch tones. perhaps to a dtopsrato A bnet look at August-Scptemoer concert listings Quits 'a* Ratal. Matalltea t Fattk Ha Ham: Vancouver. B.C., 8/17; Seattle, WA. 8/19; Oakland, CA. 801; Pasadena. CA 8/22, Phoenix, AZ. 805; Las Cruces, NM, 8/27. LaHapatam: Raleigh, NC. 8/18; Atlanta, GA. 8/20, Miami, a. 8/22; Orlando, a. 8/23; Charlotte, NC, 8/25; Minneapolis. MN, 8/28; Troy. Wl, 8/29; Atlanta. GA, 8/1; Maw Orleans. IA, a/4, Houston. TX.SW; Daias, TX 8.3, Phoenix, AZ. 9/8; Lot Angelas. CA. 8/11,12. l|teI***:Katemnoo.Ml,8/18;CteMiand,OH.8/19: Portland,ME.8/22; StoM.vr.8Q3; Arnhem MA, 8/24; Wantagh, RY, 8/28,27; Hattewy. PA. 808; Manedetd. MA. 8/30.31; Upper Darty, PA.9/1; Richmond, VA. ft/2; Adania. GA. 9/4; Pteham.AL.9A; Memphis. TR, M. Ufc East Rutoertord, RJ, 8/11.13; Washington, OC. 8/15.16; Saratoga, RY. 8/18; Radnro, MA. 800,22, a; FftMftuigh. PA. 80S; PMadatphte. PA. 80,3$**. Ml, ft* Akim, IA. Ml.