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TOT 2 - November 1995

Spew & Spittle: Orgin of TONGUEBATH

tongueĄbath \`ten-`bäth\, noun. Music fanzine conceived in Baltimore, MD. Namesake of college radio show created by Aerospace Engineer Chris Campbell on WREK-FM 91.1. Copyright permissions belong to K.L. King who politely asked her former stationmates at WREK if she could use the show title for the publication title...obviously the answer was, "Yes."Useage: Man, I sure coulda used a TongueBath on my left facial cheek. Circulation: TongueBath 1, 2, 3, 5 - 2,500+; TOT #1 - 2,000+, TOT #2 - 2,000+. Focus: Music and only music. Paraphrased Philosophy according to Markus DeShon, Program Director at WREK-FM (as applied to the readership in Baltimore, MD): "Music is a sacred thing...music, not (necessarily) being written about elsewhere (in Baltimore)...supporting labels who are dedicated to putting out music which is innovative, challenging, and meaningful." If you wanna see how musically far-out in outer-left Mongolia you can go, send correspondence to Markus at WREK-FM Georgia Institute of Technology 165 8th St., NW Atlanta, GA 30332-0630, (404)894-2468, e-mail: wrek@www.gatech.edu and as him to zip you off a playlist; you're missing out if you don't. WREK-FM IS THE BEST COLLEGE RADIO STATION IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!

ATTN: All labels....we're a collective of music afficionados with a keen appreciation for all musical genres...ska!,acid jazz, ethnobeat, techno, folk, jazz, blues, rap, hip-hop, ambient, experimental noise and regular noise, dub, calypso, reggae, soca, new age, old age, rock, metal (sometimes), punk and hardcore, etc., etc....you get the idea. Send it (this includes recurrent/re-released material, too) ALL!!

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Skim-gerlY, Publisher/Music Editor-in-Chief

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NOTE: This episode includes music reviewed between October 1995 - November 1995.

1. Buckets of Drool - Noteworthy, and tongues up!

2. Spitton level on the rise - Worthy of mention

3. Dribble out of the left corner of your mouth - Don't waste your hard-earned beans

4. Warm bucket of spit - Forget it all-together

ACRIMONY The Acid Elephant EP (Godhead) - 4, a gaggle of gargle.

BELLY King (Sire/Reprise) - 2, too talented for their own good.

BLACK VELVET FLAG Come Relcine with...(Go Kart) - 2, the tie is the tourniquet of the mind.

BUCCINATOR The Great Painter Rafael (Basura!/Priority) - 3, noisy, yet....

EDSEL Techniques of Speed Hypnosis (Relativity) - 2, Yes. No...Yes!!

GUIDED BY VOICES Alien Lanes (Matador) -3, a few tracks worthy of a lap or two.

LIFE OF AGONY Ugly (Roadrunner) - 3, Fugly.

MASSIVE ATTACK Protection (Virgin) - 2, Tracey Thorn of EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL tempers the tantrum.

MC900 FT. JESUS One Step Ahead of the Spider (American) - 2, What happened to DJ Zero?

MJ HARRIS/BILL LASWELL Sominific Flux (Subharmonic) - 1, user-friendly, suave-as-hell.

MUDHONEY My Brother the Cow (Reprise) - 2, rough hewn.

POOLE Alaska Days (SpinArt) - 1, Bliss.

PERCEPTUAL OUTER DIMENSIONS (POD) Euphonia (Fifth Colvmn) -4, limp, techno rubbish.

POSTER CHILDREN Junior Citizen (Sire/Reprise) -3, uncomfy dichotomy.

RAILROAD JERK One Track Mind (Matador) - 2, more hooks than a shower curtain.

RED HENRY Gravity (Blackheart) - 4, major boffo.

SKYPUP Self-titled (Skypup) - 3, basement, naw, trailerpark band.

THE INEVITABLE SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Self-titled (Mammoth) - 1, 1,1, 1, 1, let's sing the song of 1! How many is 1?!.

THE CARL STALLING PROJECT, VOL. II(Warner) - 1, cartoon soundtrack heaven.

TRIBES OF NEUROT Silver Blood Transmission (Release) - 2, sequencer-filled.

THE VERONICA CARTRIGHTS One Careless Match (Shunk) - 2 , quirky-nuvo.

One Liners...(or thereabouts)

(!) MR. BUNGLE Disco Volante (Warner) Top dogs when it comes to creating a schizophrenic din of rumpus 'dance' music...MR. BUNGLE's cacophony will jumble-tumble your bowels. IN CAMERA 13 (Lucky for Some) (4AD/Teenbeat) Emerging out of London in the same year (1978) as PUBLIC IMAGE, LTD., SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES, and JOY DIVISION, similarities are abound...glum catterwauling, bleats and rants, brooding guitar licks that flick in and out, brutish-bizarre bass lines, dub-style percussion...chilling and despondent like the formentionsed groups, only IN CAMERA didn't attain the level of noteriety..it's never too late...4 bonus 1991 mild, acid-pop tracks too which are reminiscent of CLOCK DVA and CABERET VOLTAIRE. Stupendous! BEN HARPER Fight for Your Mind (Virgin) Californian version of SHANE MAC GOWAN with an acoustic slide guitar; yippy skippy. WHALE We Care (Virgin) Mostly marginal, mediocre, and middle of the road. "I'll Do Ya" yanks this release into Cafe Chantant Fringe. 409 Self-titled (Superkool) What the hell?! Like the Mountain Dew commericals...Heard it, done it, lived it. Gimme somethin' new I can plug my aural canals into. THE VERVE A Northern Soul (Vernon Yard) If you liked what the chick wrote in the WHFS Press, ...uh yeah. The Bath sez, 'Yippy, skippy.' EDWYN COLLINS Gorgeous George (Bar None) Ah, a blast of fresh bluesy-rock butt air (that's a complement). King Crooner of the `90's now, too. MERCURY REV See You On The Other Side (Work/Song) Orchestral rock, originality abound with instrumentation the likes of guitorgan, bowed saws, mojo stick, tettix wave accumulator, french horn and more traditional rock instrumentation. Intoxicatingly inventive and intense. MORRISSEY Southpaw Grammer (Reprise) His name is eponymous with crooner...he's still lyrically into self-absorbed mantras of self-pity and the anguish of love, but the title track will easily have you ambling off in a daydream. Too bad Johhny Marr and MORRISEY couldn't ressurect their former group---some Marr guitar coulda made this near perfect tune, perfect. BLOODLOSS Live My Way (Reprise) ROOT BOY SLIM has it out with TOM WAITS in a sleeze-cheese bar room and Chuck Bukowski woulda refereed the whole melee if he was still with us... God, er Satan bless his soul...stimulating. Features Seattle scenstes who play(ed) in bands called MUDHONEY, LUBRICATED GOAT, CLAWHAMMER, and THE MONKEYWRENCH. CATH CARROLL True Crime Motel (Teenbeat) Teenbeat calls her '...the hardcore SADE.' I beg to differ. SADE's the derivative, not Cath. Alluring, real alluring songstress that walks the fence. X-lent lyrics, X-lent musicians, X-lent lyrics, X-lent arrangements, X-lent lyrics! TRIAL OF THE BOW Ornamentation EP (Release) Saddle up the camels and don a turban. 4 tone poems in the tradition of Lawrence of Arabia, or for hanging out and smoking water pipes with the local neighborhood Turks at the Konak. DIVINATION Akasha (Subharmonic) Two more plastic pancakes conceived and constructed by the diabolic genius BILL LASWELL that harness two musical styles. The 'Ambient' wax is composed of tender timbres and surreal sounds. The 'Rhythm' round circular disc is full-o lively, day-glo, robotico-electro; definitely the hypno-groove of the `90's. Insidiously dancey. I am pleased to say, Akasha lives up to and surpasses all my expectations of it's predecesors (Ambient Dub Volumes I & II) are a must haves, too. ESQUIVEL More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds (Reprise) A truly magnificent listening experience that incorporates a wide harmonic palate. I recall the dramatic feelings of some of these tunes as a (dare I say?) young child in the `60's while engaged in James Bond flicks (the Sean Connery ones, of course) or while listening to the folk's hi-fi while parked on the plastic shrink-wrapped couch. This 1962 re-release is ESQUIVEL = "exciting, enchanting, exotic, effervescent, ebulient, and electric." Break out the Mint Juleps, he's the shit! THE EDSEL AUCTIONEER The Good Time Music of the Edsel Auctioneer (Alias) Track1 "Summer Hit" just makes me wanna be happy. "11th September `94" and "Haircut" are pop with simplicity that employ deft rhythms... a no-nonsense band that sings bright and catchy music. UNREST B.P.M.[1991-1994] (Teenbeat) Re-mixes and unreleased songs that I call date music, and runs the creativity gamut..UNREST sings songs about how...none of your biz-ness. SCORN Ellipsis (Earache) Re-mixes of Evansescence from the somber blue moon of Earache. Includes MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO, SCORN, COIL, BILL LASWELL, SCANNER, AUTECHRE, P.C.M and GERM that'll make you live for the monent and spontaneously combust into a warm, azure blue flame. KUSTOMIZED The Battle for Space (Matador) An utterly voracious bowl of swingin' rock-n-roll tunes.This smokes! FOR LOVE NOT LISA Information Superdriveway (EastWest) Hey! All you HELMET, CLUTCH, ORANGE 9mm freaks, EastWest has a new dish for ya! Not totally formula RNR, FOR LOVE NOT LISA stays away from the repeat lock-step guitar/bass riffs like th formentioned, but effectively manages to be another purveyor that dishes out the brick wall of sound. DANDELION Dyslexicon (Ruffhous/Columbia) As Falopier Tuber stated in TongueBath #1 "...think these guys want it bad with a Subpop dildo." If you like/dug Nirvana, Okie Dokie, but they haven't developed much of an identity in 2 years. BEN ARNOLD Almost Speechless (Ruff House/Columbie) RANDY NEWMAN wanabee. DESSAU Details Sketchy (Fifth Colvmn) I give much credit to Jason McNinch and Van Christie for not succumbing to the lame-assed mediocre-metal-mania-mode like others (MINISTRY and KMFDM, for example) did a few years back. They stay true to the anarchic-electro-industro-rock rhythms. Perhaps you guys could (a special request) remix and bring back the "Evil Flowers" "Thanksgiving", "No Way", and "Skeletons By Nature", eh?! Picks: Opener "Sun" and "Sun Burn" with their NITZER EBB-esque "Join In the Chant" rifferage..."Chalk Rub" and "Chalk Line" are nice 'dittys' too. BETTIE SERVEERT Lamprey (Matador) Prolific pop that's campy, vocally breathy yet slightly wry and not full of sequestered, in-a-cage-of-hardened-steel sounds; rather mezemerizing swells and contractions. Immerse yourself in this one! NAILBOMB Proud To Commit Commercial Suicide (Roadrunner) Pushes the anything-goes-anyone-can-do-it philosphy before they broke it...committed comercial suicide , er they split up. This is their finest hour: aural terror of heavy, thud-thrash sonic bloodbaths. Includes "Police Truck" by JELLO BIAFRA. A loud noisy treat.

(@) ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT Scream, Dracula Scream! (Interscope) The melting pot of punk, horns, bowling shirts and fashionable haircuts return!! You'll know what to expect. I wish I coulda heard the orchestra (see liner notes for details). FOETUS Gash (Columbia) While all you goths were in black diapers, Jim Thirlwell was venting his urban angst in noise. LIDSVILLE Sasparilla (Tackle Box) This sounded like ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, but with Scott Wieland mixed with LIVE trying to be FUGAZI...Nice artwork.POB 1709 La Jolla, CA 92038-1709. 409 Self-titled (Superkool) These guys didn't read the textbook on how to be punk, they read it. The FORMULA's not in the spray, it's in the music.

($) THE FLAMING LIPS Cloud Taste Metallic (Warner) The only thing memorable about this is the puke green jewel box. SON VOLT Trace (Luaka Bop/Warner) The other half of the defunct UNCLE TUPLEO songwriting duo proves himself to be the better. THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS Speak the Truth (Ras) This long-standing vocal reggae group comes thru with another set of socio-political grooves. GEM Hexed (Restless) A smathering of semi-precious tunes with a few magic diamonds among the bunch...they either sound like a combo of THE BYRDS , ROMANTICS, and SONIC YOUTH, or THE SMITHEREENS playing a gig in their underwear. FEAST UPON CACTUS THORNS Self-titled (Westworld) Clunky, garage-punk featuring commentary, beer bongs, masturbation, a reasonably good Hendrix's cover and 2 minutes of "Shelter from the Storm." POUND WISCONSIN 7" "Carry" b/w "Creosote" (Flannel Jammies Music) Loud, skqueely gi-tars played by trouble youth---who says midwesterners are all nice? SUN 60 Head Joy (Epic) I can't recall what they sound like, but the 60 stands for the fact that I now have another 60 minute blank tape. DANDELION Dsylexicon (Ruffhouse/Columbia) Major label dressed-up studio smegma with cheese. CAPSIZE 7 Mephisto (Caroline) Marginal music muddled in mediocrity. SMALL Silver Gleaming Death Machine (Alias) Unimpressive pop in a flannel shirt practiced to extinction. THE HASSASSINS Solar Lottery (Hat Factory) While this release may rightly be seen as decidedly ordinary in the grand scheme of things, these guys took their best shot with no frills, pressed this sucker on vinyl, and proudly said "Here we are!" Hats off to `em! THE BOGMEN Life Begins at 40 Million (Arista) Imagine U2 at the absolute lowest...bad head colds. ASH Trailer (Reprise) The product of cheap and stinky cigars chain smoked by a sweaty fat man in tights. WILCO A.M. (Sire/Reprise) WILCO is Jeff Tweedy's new band following the break-up of UNCLE TUPELO...the album is quite similar to Anodyne. The usual mix of country, folk, and NEIL YOUNG influenced rockers find their way into the songs with similarly pleasant results....quite enjoyable listening. BAKAMANO The Cry of The Turkish Fig Peddler (Basura!/Priority) Gratuitous atonal noise for the ears of pre-pubescent skateboard penis with an absence of discriminating taste. Note: On my way to an unnamed used CD store to dump this thing, I was stopped by a kid who wanted to look at my wares before I got there. The only thing he bought was the BAKAMANO...and he was in the process of opening a store to sell, that's right, skateboard clothing. I rest my case. JANDEK Glad to Get Away (Corwood) This guy is a trip. No one knows who he is, yet he has out about 20 or so albums; his work is mostly blues and folk-based and very unpolished. Similar to some of Palace's stuff, but even more unpolished. C.U.T.B. Vol I (???) - (shitheads forgot to put the label name on the cassette) I won't bother dignifying this with a comment. BLANK "Piotrville" b/w "Guillotine Lullaby" (Vermin Scum) In the land of a million-billion punk bands, they aren't bad. While they didn't knock me over, theri sound shows them at least trying to do their own thing. No everyone can be the "next NIRVANA", but not many punk bands get good reviews from me either. MONROE'S FUR "Coming In To Land" b/w "Roast" (IFA) In the land of a million-billion punk bands, they blend...'Nuff said. BLOODLOSS "Face Down in the Mud" b/w "Love Theme from Bloodloss" (IFA) Side A is an attempt to mix psychedelic guitar licks and raspy TOM WAITS-like vocals. Side B is a sax and organ driven no-so-garage tune that makes reference to the latest adult entertainment - The Lov Ewe...an inflatable "party sheep." Well, I guess that says it all. THE WRENCH Cop Krueller EP (Mississippi Cakehole) Guitar, bass, drums - inconsequential. B+ on the cover though. BACUUM CAR + THE GIRL FRIENDS (Japan Overseas) Screaming, moaning, feedback and crashes - Godzilla spanking off. HEATHER NOVA Live From the Milky Way (Big Cat) PATTI SMITH would punch this chick in the nose and then hold her down while Sinead shaves her head.

(%) HELIUM The Dirt of Luck (Matador) Lots of parts of good things make up this whole called HELIUM Worth your hard-earned beans.

(&) VA: UNIVERSE 3 (Heart of Space) ZEUS FABER - "Another World/Land of the Mermaids" at last the whales have gone to church and prayed for their salvation. DAVID DARLING - "Minor Blue" A violin leads us on a thoughful stroll through the emotions as only a violin can, winding path through consciousness and subconsciousness lit by the soft glow of a dream-like melody. TIM STORY - "After Four O'Clock" this cut boasts the intensity and lenght that is workthy of playing during the credits of a sad movie on the big screen. STEVE ROACH/ROBERT RICH - "Nightshade" the western flavor of this track calls to mind the calm resolution of a Shamaness working her wonders upon the earth. ROBERT RICH - "Lifeblood" living drum skins are expanded and brought to life by electrified animals and beings. SUSPENDENED MEMORIES - "Different Deserts" I liken to this track to an enchanted walk through the desert where I am suddenly able to see hidden living things. MICHAEL STEARNS/RON SUNSINGER - "The Ringing Desert" this prayer is a windy cross between a sacred journey and one of David Carradine's inevitable space-outs in a Kung Fu episode. MICHAEL STEARNS - "Baraka Theme" imagine a magical eastern dancer seductively veiled and revealed at the perfect moment. RAYMOND LISTEN Licorice Root Orchestra (Shimmy Disc) I picked this disc because it's on the same label as THE TINKLERS, and my reasoning proved not to be futile...The music proves to be a mixed bag of crazy, spacey lyrics, and wavering I-am-the -walrus-three-minute-long-Elton-Johnified song. If it were not on CD, I think my vinyl would be warped! The whole effect is creepy and quaint in a pleasing sort of way, like when you squish sand between your toes at the beach after your fifth beer.

(+) FLEDGLING Self-titled (Warner/Chappell) Hazy sunny music in a genre of Siouxie; lead female voxs and all worth a taste. TRICK BABYS! Player (Go-Kart) Trying hard with emense tangle of big words in each song; takes all the fun outta a potentially fun band. BEN HARPER Fight For Your Mind (Virgin) Good studio musician, good lyricist...jaded music for the wounded child in all of us. VA: RED HOT AND BOTHERED (Kinetic/Reprise) FREEDOM CRUISE - "Sensational Gravity Boy" sounds a lot like MODERN ENGLISH, and might be worth a lap; LISA GERMANO - "The Mirror is Gone" gerl singers rule! Get this gerl!; BABE THE BLUE OX- "Hazmats" sounds a lot like Lou Reed's latest band; THE SEA AND CAKE- "The Fontana", Nawh!! FUTURE BIBLE HEROS - "Hopeless" 3 people slamming into a cop; Editor's Note: Red Hot and Bothered was founded in `89 with one goal in mind- to harness the power of popular culture to raise awareness and money in the fight against AIDS...remember: No glove. No love.

(~) THE VANDALS Live Fast Diarrhea (Nitro) Ain't no shit, Jellybean! TOTAL CHAOS Patriotic Shock (Epitaph) Buncha fuckin' noise. This sucks! RAW POWER Right (Godhead) Not as good as their earlier stuff, but worth a listen. DEFTONES Self-titled (Adrenalin) 3 good songs outta 10 ain't too bad. RANCID And Out Come the Wolves (Epitaph) Sell-outs or not, I still like `em!...a lot!!! CAMPFIRE GIRLS Mood Enhancer (Interscope) Burn this shit along with the fuckin' marshmallows! VA: AFROPEA 3: TELLING STORIES TO THE SEA (Luaka Bop/Warner) A great intro to world music for uncultured punk. HELIKOPTER 7" "Trigger Glo" b/w "Call it" (Reptilian/Kwality) It's on Reptilian Records ...so get it! SCOUT'S HONOR 7" "Cornerbag" b/w "Spinning My Wheels" (Honorbound/Kwality) Definitely worth a listen. It's pretty damn good. BURNER'S GROVE Seven Inches of Go-Go Nate 7" (Sneezeguard/Kwality) They are burnt toast. RUM & HONEY/STRESS MAGNETS Split 7" (Kwality) One side is great; the other's not. You decide.

(#) INTO ANOTHER/SEEMLESS (Revelation/Hollywood) Tuned guitars, solid drums, sincere singing and forgettable. VA:THE FALL OF AMERICAN (American) Big names (LOVE AND ROCKETS, JULIAN COPE, THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN) soon to be big names (GOD LIVES UNDERWATER, MEDICINE, THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS) and hip-hop (THE NOVICE, LORDZ OF BROOKLYN, SUPHERB). Something for everyone. VA: STEP ON A CRACK, VOL. 2 (Sound Views/Go Kart) A very good slice of what's happening right now in the Big Apple. Scary, but fun; like riding a subway thru the bowels of the city and living to tell the tale. Great liner notes by Sound Views editor Lee Greenfeld are the icing on the cake. HARDATAC Jungle for the Masses (Adrenalin) A truly great rave CD; hard-hitting, yet melodic. The sound of technology gone mad. Every track will get a good response in the more adventurous dance clubs near you. POPPYSEED Blue Daze ( C&S Records) guitar and keyboards chime; drums and percussion flow in and out. An interesting post-rock band. PORCUPINE TREE "Stars Die" CD single (Delerium/C&S Records) 3 songs from the LP, this sky moves sideways; quiet space rock. Kinda reminded me of Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat." MALFORMED EARTHBORN Defiance of the Ugly by the Merely Repulsive (Release/Relapse) Son of MINISTRY, SKINNY PUPPY; dark and forboding. Right up my alley.

(=) THE YOUNG GODS Only Heaven (Interscope) Stark future now; technology for the rock generations of anytime...Powerful, good fun; believe in them...Get this music; it's great! VERSUS Dead Leaves (Teenbeat) Melodic...UNREST wields its influence, nice dynamics, too...Nocturnal musings produce an alpha state quickly. CATH CARROLL True Crime Motel (Teenbeat) Tranqulizing make-out music...Vacuous cocktail lounge scene...Too mellow, or not mellow enough; I can't tell...Thanks for the smoothie, Cath. HENRY THREADGILL Making A Move (Columbia) I haven't listened to my Knitting Factory Samplers for years; I can see nothing has changed... Threadgill sounds like a Balmer band; lots of horns foing on; entertaining stuff...Funky dissonance, but mostly dissonance.

(?) WALLMEN Variety Showcase (Bar None)...the second half of this release finds the WALLMEN spinnin' the knobs and doohickeys on their equipment like Hosstess Twinkie fueled youngsters let loose in a Fisher-Price Factory. Consequently resulting in weirdo electronic noise-ramblings that'll have you desperately grabbing the Excedrin and Depends Undergarments from your local supermarket shelves for protection. Quiveringly good stuff! THE FIERCE NIPPLES Fromp (Dance Maschochist) Bravely piercing their way through sonic t-shirts everywhere...the 'Nipples' spew forth some frighteningly nurtritious slag-punk that'll have your pursing your herpes encrusted lips and heading towards the nearest soft circular pink object. RED AUNTS #1 Chicken (Epitaph) Deliciously frisky punk rock with enough screeching female vocals and maniacal driving force to make Courtney Love and Kim Gordon do #2 in their ballerina tights. THE STAND GT They're Magically Delicious (Top Drawer) Superchunkilicious! Sugar pop music that's an important part of any balanced breakfast. Burp! ASH Trailer (Reprise) Grindingly good pop-punk trash from ASH. Tightly knit powersaw pop that's better than sniffin' glue behind the high school gym. CHUNE/GARDEN VARIETY Split 7" (Cargo) GRIFTERS-like madness from a bunch of shameless punks on Cargo Records. LAMBCHOP Your Life as a Sequel" b/w "Smuckers" 7" (Mute) Spoken-word country that left me drier than a Jack Daniel's hang-over. Friggin' inscrutable. FLEDGLING 7" (Fuel) Ditzy female vocalizations spread like stale mayonnaise over whitebread pop chords. Iceberg lettuce has more flavor, chief. VA: BLUE IN THE FACE SOUNDTRACK (Luaka Bop/Warner) Stylin' hip-hop cuts side with David Byrne's inane attempts at avoiding his inconsequentiality. LOU REED dishes out a tasty song about Egg Cream. Worth stealing from your local record shoppe. Byrne, SHUT UP!! PHIL KRAUTH Cold Morning (Teenbeat) Contorted, 1910 fruitgum company-styled, fried hippy meat. Atmospheric ramblings worth taking a couple of bong hits to....

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Top picks of Late `94 - Oct. `95

by Skim_gerly

These selections were based on glistening, artistic originality and deviation from all the other crap I've previewed and reviewed. Not too mention (but I will anyway) all of the below were either played on a daily basis in my CD player for weeks on-end, and/or currently and continually fit into this category.

BINSEY POPLARS Trip So Far (Kokopop) - pop-punk rock

CANDY MACHINE a modest proposal (Skene!) - straight-up, intelligent punk rock

CATH CARROLL True Crime Motel (Teenbeat) - pop punk with hardcore lyrics

DAWSON EP 7" Small earred rank outsider earth summit (Project A Bomb) - Scottish punk rock/experimental noise

DIVINATION Akasha (Subharmonic) - ambient + techno rhythms

THE EDSEL AUCTIONEER The Good Time Music of....(Alias) -nice pop-punk

ESQUIVEL More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds (Reprise) - elevator music of the `50s & `60s

GOD The Anatomy of Addiction (Big Cat) - 2 janitors in a drum industrial

KUSTOMIZED The Battle for Space (Matador) - straightest straight-up punk rock

MACHINE GUN TV TV Violence (Japan Overseas) - organized noise and punk rock

MERCURY REV See You On The Other Side (Work/Song) - pure punk rock

MILK CULT Burn or Bury (Basura!) - janitor in a drum industrial

SCORN Ellipsis (Earache) - samples, techno-industrial

THE INEVITABLE SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Self-titled (Mammoth) - `20s flapper stylings

TRIAL OF THE BOW Ornamentation (Release) - ambient with a world beat

VERSUS Dead Leaves (Teenbeat) - pop punk rock

THE YOUNG GODS Only Heaven (Intersocpe)- industrial-hard rock

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