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* * * dog
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Urge Overkill
Exit The* Orngton
Pocket
Band
Extra Fancy
Lot Angeles Extra fancy
may be the nation's most
famous unsigned band
Countless aggressive
live shows and a deafening
street burr have earned the
band eitensive media cov
wage — typically the sort
of hype reserved tor a
mayor label debut
"Everything it sort ot
happening the apposite way
from how It normally does,"
says bassist DA foster The
band — which also includes
vocalist Brum GnHo, gui
tarist Michael Hatetey and
drummer Den* O'Brien —
hat been playing in the LA
area tar nearly three years
With great hype comet
great headaches, though
The band ts often pegged as
"homocore," a media tag
GrMo, the only gay member,
says ha could do wtthout
"(Our music) Is not
'homocore," Grtflo uyt.
'beciuu there are throe
straight guy* playing along
Our music's to everybody *
Stoner Mart the band's
independently pnducBd
debut, Incorporate* the heav
tor and ol punk. Industrial
and cvan rockabtoy, comple
mantol by Grtto's husky
vacate and candto lyrics.
"Whan I first started this
band, I was at a point in my
Mb where I ready needed to
start looking at mysett and
GftHo says “tt‘s vary liber
ating to siposa every tittle
detail about mysett in front
of a bunch of people The
cool thing about bite punk
movement coming back is
that people ready seem
open to new things."
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Hob Hooper. U. of Southern
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priori meditation on
the state ot iot k band
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inuj’.r of iwank t It at is
v» bleathtakmeU cixh it
inicjtrni to take over
not just ihc wmi s imiui hut the entire planet
( ooinrss (ut its cost, however, ami »n the < asc of
I fgr. it meant you tan never dus*xiatc the mutu
horn the image \\ Inch u>n t a problem it you rr m
the ni**hJ to jum led hip anti lx r<‘i thrW, nm know
like ( heap l risk roikfd It \ m the mutter
momenta, like f-jetf \ dclnatc \ tew of the Ka«n
that the uHilneti iteuirnfi a problem betaine in
y*»Uf heart, whi want to ting along with a line like
lake a walk otiUitir vourvelf/l *ct to know the |hti
son behind tire late Is it totneone vou tan really
love' Hut you fe afraid the Ixtvs in I'rgc would
laugh and tall sou a sissy
Muwtally tlx hand u»ntiniio to apptopnatc the
lx st nxk riffs of the past 20 years, but 1 don't think
that s even a ttimc anymore l igt is the best there
is at what they do making dashing, disj>osahlc
n>tk history \nd that s a compliment
Spirit of *73:
Rook for Choice
Vartoui Art/mtm
* * *
It look three yc%ir\ to
£ct dm rrumi nude. 4\
'kit mb inj|or UbrU.
freaked by the It c l
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to Wcvk with the pohtut
of u pro-choke tom pita
lion So titicft did it lot
thcmvcivcA
brat urine "girl hand*
ot the ‘K) % dtjinj* covers of girl tingm of the '(K.
the album trlrhratc* the dmo dev ade musically arid
pohtualis wav the year of the Raf t W ,uU
decision) Highlights intitule Joan Jett ami Kink for
l hour founder* 1 ' the Kunawaw ( her
r> Bomb and I \c v Plumb * faithful version ol If I
I an t i lave You
NX Hat v on the record is jftf>c it s vs hat s not on
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big hitters Sinead O ( miner Salt n Pepa I he
Breeder* I he B S.% and M< 1 vtc all staunch
vupfxinrf* of women v fights wrre repoftedh ton
tasted for the project Sure, logistic* un tx* tmieh on
a compilation, but fexv vsherr d e\crvtw»dv go'
Hurricane
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on the went iiruc Def
14m v hrvday in the
mid 80*. who t I)I d
foe hip hop innnvjum
the ft r 4 v 11 c Bov* tor
ncauiy a dciadr and
all hr *an come up
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hem fly he is Mmm Refreshing
He i not very convincing, either On track* like
l*ass Me I he t»un ami I rcl 1 he Blast/ Hum
vane posits him sell as another gat totin player,
whuh i*n t ail chat interesting, even if vou do
believe him And guest laps by Beastic Ad Rink and
t s press Hill s Sen I H»g only highlight Humeanr %
shortcomings on the mike
lo his credit. ( anc raises ihc political stakes on
t an We (*et Along and the maelstrom protkic
t*»*n on Where s M\ Nigga* At could rival virnc
ol the liomb V|uad v he*i work
Blind Melon
Soup
★ * *
A good r cample of a modern music hi/ phetiom
Won, blind .Melon became a Huge Rock Hand
when M l \ puked up tin No Rain video off
their IWJ rpuivnumi debut album Now the band
has to convince us orur again that their resourceful
blend of southern rink and mppv stylistic switch
ups is worthwhile
It is. m a way Use band has a knack for tenacious
hooks. ami alt Ik nigh tfierc v nothing as addu trvr as No
Rain on Wn/*, there are enough interesting n contents
to keep your head ringing W cirdness abounds
gothic cellos i“C at Seat New Orleans horns
< IrrtKmasir > and even a ka/no solo (“Skinned ! Hut
it all wears thin after a tew listens More broths than
RADIO, RADIO
1. Vo la Tango. FledrO-Pura. Matador
a. Fugaii. Red Medicine. Discord
3. Bjorfc, Potl Elektra
4. Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters, Capitol
B. Thurston Moore. Psychic Hearts, DGC
5. The Mutts. Blonder and Blonder, Reprise
7. Aiams Morissette, Jagged Utile Pill. Maverick
B. Primus, Tales From the Punchbowl, Interscope
9. Matthew Sweet. IOO\ Fun, Zoo
10. Buffalo Tom, Sleepy Fyed, Elektra
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ORGANIC CARE
chunk)', Soup vhould nrvrfthrlcw keep Blind Melon
from dvr pi* of discarded M IA KituU I or now
Clueless
Orly Inal Motion Picture* Soundtrack
+ 9 9 *
Sounder a< ks arc usu
ally a Jodggv investment
Many nines the tracks
arc ihfowawjyx. tiller or
irritating "themed
songs (Remember bat
dame ') Now ( iusifu
the movie ma\ or may
not Miik, but the sound
track producers have
In chc standout single. Kim Wilde s H(K anthem
Kids In Amenta gets a punked out makeover bv
the Mulls \vshv didn t someone think of this
beforeM Otherwise. listen tot Luscious Jacksons
disto inferno Hen still groovy despite a too buss
dame remix, anti ( oolio * gangsta pop “Roilin'
With Ms Momies Other strong tontrihutions
some from newsomers Supergrass (“Alright).
Dusker Du cmjuc punkers Smoking Ropcv ■ Nerd
You Around ) and the esn perks jill Sobulc
( Supermodel i 1 his ( D will make sou led
young, hip and beautiful all over again
Rapid Fires
South Clrcl*
Anoth* Day Anotha Balia
Suave/Belativlty
Blame Dr Ore Ail guns and-ganja
hip hop sounds essentially the same
these days — horror flick synth lines
over thick bass grooves Ah. well At
least Houston s South Circle throw in a
little southern tunk and the sophistical
ed rhyme styles ot rappers Mr Mike and
Thorough
Sups rc hunk
Incidental Mumic 1991-98
Merge
Chronicling four years of b-sides,
split singles, CPs and compilation
tracks, Incidental Musk 1991 -95 is a
great way to get acquainted with this
most eiceltent band For the initiated
it's a great way to get the rarities
without spending a fortune on out of
print vinyl
Luna
Penfhousw
tlektra
Before techno/house/trlp hop/etc,
trance music depended on metronomic
drumming and inventive guitar sounds
(think Velvet Underground) LunasDean
Wareham (formerty of Gataiw 500) has
this routine down pat. and his lovely lyn
cal landscapes make Penthouse feel like
a slow barbiturate dream
Catharine Wheal
Happy Oaym
fonttnd/Mercury
As their rade hrt "Black Metathc" evt
denced. Catherine Wheel can do wanders
with guitar dynamics In tact, the lempu
bon a to catt the guitars on the CO "mates
tic.' but then you sound kke a putibcity per
son Oh, what the hoi — they re majestic
Check Rob Odunson s duet with Betty s
Tanya Dormetty “Judy Staring at the Sun '
The Wlxard of Oz
Original/ Mot ton Pic: fur e
Soundtrack
Rhino
Oiwied up into a Good Witch CO and
a Bad Witch CO. this collection has it all
— the songs, the score, outtakes, alter
nate lakes, entended versions and even
rehearsal demos Plus a 48 page booklet
with photos, storyboards and production
notes Or some1
The Preaidonte of the
Unttod States of
America
The Pmmldontu ot the
Unltod Statea of Amertca
Columbia
These wiseacres have taken up
enough space with their damn name, so
here’s the Quick skinny In the
Weerer/Pavement rein only more
punky. less ambitious and a lot lunnter
Features "We re Not Gonna Make If
(-'Cm there’s a million better
bands/With a million better songs ”),