Record of the month: Sloan - Navy Blues
Lane Hewitt:
Long an underappreciated source of inspired pop,
Halifax, Nova Scotia's fab four up the ante here.
Brandon Grimes:
It's rare for a band to create a perfect pop-rock
record, then turn around and do it again ...
Robert Pollard - Waved Out
A hurtin' side of Bob surfaces ...
Brandon: Trying to write an objective review of one of mymusical idols can be a daunting task.
Lane: If every artist has his "blue period,"
the uneven, melancholy Waved Out is Pollard's.
Plus: Our review of the
Guided by Voices show in Chicago on 7.11.98
Also featured this month:
Unfinished business
Is My Sweetheart The Drunk the perfect epitaph forJeff Buckley? Lane examines the new record.
Teen Rebellion Never Sounded So Good
Brandon sets aside his hormonal urges to review an album from the Donnas,a group of four lusty/busty 19 and 20 year olds from California
Hootenanny! Tonight!
Brandon says the Lilys would be
the house band for a Manchester rave-up, circa 1966 ....
Northeastern melancholy with class
Lane reviews the latestPernice Brothers release, Overcome By Happiness.
Music the Miss Manners way
Brandon: underwhelmed by latest discfrom Georgia's Gentle Readers
His Name Is Rufus
Lane says that Rufus Wainwright's debut has its moments, but ...
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