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Am I Not Your (iirt?
★ ★★★
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initial shot k, most listener* i«»i .it leas* their
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chn es dazzling renditions of "Bewitt heel.
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Happy Mondays
Yes, Please
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dured I hr album \ml allct woikmg with the
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having a h * us rieliniteh is a new idea Ihe six
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oils hv hud o| i j oss pollinating si* les I i om
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vi* als air at time^ a bit !•»*•« low to those «»t
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1 mils (tutirirr/ and David King split thr
songs open with rnann urumming \dd
bassist Wag with ihr ihvthltttt pumriirling tit
drummer |!i| (in! Man 's Danish still i> able to
jumpstait tbr ham! smaterial
In a lot oi wavv \meninn Slan/iatd m tualh
rnav l»t- a nru begtnnmg toi tins rvolvrng
turn!
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Man's Danish Hill Ik- muir ot a risk as it push
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thru its collet five v-our vs ill timl a nu hr it 1 an
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in the studio
The Purple Paisley one is ant agar Pnnce new IP in stores Sept 29 «s hailed as a return to the
Revolutionary days ot 1999 We would bke to ten you the album title but as «the diminutive tunker's
wish it is merely a cross between the mate and female symbols Cool logo - bad marketing idea
to one can accuse the start ol EMI of being stupid After being dumped by The
EMI:
Milking old Peppers
leu ncii unm rep|jci» > n oiu^ ur. u v: j
ruts album Oct 1 Titled Whjt Hits the album represents ail of the band's
big EMi releases and through the magic ot licensing Under the
l Bridge the group s only certified hit
‘ Harvest Moor Neil Young s 24th solo album m as many years,
/ be out Oct 27 The album is being marketed as a companion to 1972 s
Honest and features the S3rne band Young recorded with then
Beating the sophomore |»n* 'with an early November release is EMF
The young lads responsible tor the far-too-overplayed single
'Unbelievable have put together Stigma with a more solid foundation
and a greater depth than was apparent on Schubert Dip
The Sundays will release Blind, then totlow-up to 1990 s Reading
Writing and Arithmetic later this month The 12-track disc is a bit more steady than the quartet's debut
although it's still obvious the band s influences only date back to The Smiths ■ Eric T Muter The Temple
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on the road
A brief look at October November concert listings
B 52s Houston TX. 10/16 Austin IX 1017 Dallas IX 1018 El Paso TX 1020. Phoenix A2
1021 Inglewood CA 1023 Laguna Hills CA, 1024 San Diego. CA 1025 Denver CO. 1027.
Salt Lake City UT 1028 Sacramento. CA, 1020 Mountain View CA, 1031 Concord CA 11/1
Concrete Blonde Colorado Springs CO 10-5 Boulder CO 107 Salt Lake City NV. 10/8
Phoenix AZ 10 10 Las Vegas NV 10/11; San Diego CA 10/13, Ventura CA. 1014 Los
Angeles. CA 10/15 San Francisco. CA 10 16
Erasure Chicago. IL. 1014 15. Detroit Ml 1017 19 Toronto, ON 10-22-24 New York NY,
1027 28 30 31 San Francisco. CA 11/13-15 Los Angeles CA. 11/17 1 8 20 22.24 2 5 2 7-29
Sonic Youlh: Chicago IL 105, Atlanta GA. 10-9 Washington. DC 10 11 Pittsburgh PA
1013 Cleveland. OH, 1014 Toronto ON 1015. Buffalo NY 10/16 Binghamton, NY. 10/17;
Boston MA 1020 New Haven. CT. 1022. New York NY 1024
quotable
“I think we all grew to appreciate what we do for a living.”
—Natalie Merchant, on the 10,000 Maniacs three-year hiatus