23 Degrees, "Born Of Earth's Torments", Chilly Dub Bubblegum, CD, Silent, (November 29, 1995)

Partial track listing:
"Beyond Oahu", "Born of Earth's Torments", "Going Fast (Trail Mix)", "Land of Jasmine", "Maya O", "Roy's Trance", "Tubby (Fatta Version)", "Turn"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
This CD is (pick one):

a) Chilly Dub
b) Dubby Chill
c) Dill Bubblegum
d) Double Chubby Dill Pickle bubblegum
e) all of the above

8 tracks of echoy, wavy, warm, gentle double chubby chilly dill bubblegum which doesn't stick to the sole of your shoe when you dance in it.
- Ann Arbor

Partial track listing:
"An Extremely Lovely Girl Dre", "Bitterlings Transformation", "In the Garden of Sandoz", "Kaskado's Love Song", "Mama Duul and Her Sauerkraut", "The Garden of Sandoz in the"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
The long awaited CD reissue of the rare debut LP from German underground pioneers Amon Duul. Although largely unknown by the general public (and they would be even less so, if not for their tenuous relation to the longer running, more prolific Amon Duul 2), their emphasis on lengthy, repetitive, percussion oriented tracks was a big influence on later German kraut/prog and techno-pop scenes. As for the material on this CD, it is classic communal psych with a foundation of percussion and singing/chanting being accompanied by distorted chords beaten out on a single guitar. Personal faves include: the CD's most aggressive track, Im Garten Sandosa, in which distorted, fuzzy guitars buzz over the up tempo percussion foundation; Kaskados Minnelied, a short, atypical track in which lysergic guitar and sitar dominate, there are no vocals and only minimal percussion; and of course, the 17 minute opening raga extravaganza. Give yourself and your audience a sonic treat and an education.
- Daryl Licht

Partial track listing:
"Bright New Future", "Fat Back Burner", "Flat Fix", "Heaven", "No Such Animal", "Rain", "Underwater Still Life in Mot"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
A relaxed, mature voice backed up with quirky, ineffable instrumentation. These are pop songs, but the intellectual, weird pop in the tradition of Adrian Belew or Brian Eno. The music is loony and cool with Bennett on percussion and electronics, backed up by Hahn Rowe on guitar and bass. In the notes Bennett guarantees that the guitar sounds are samples and the samples are guitars. For nutty grown ups with smooth taste.
- Anubis

Net Pointers for this group:

• Some information about Samm Bennett over at the Knitting Factory label's web site, including a discography.

Net Pointers for this album:

• Track list, artist information, background stuff about the album, track lists, sound samples and cover art. Wow!!

Net Pointers for this label:

• The Knitting Factory label web site.

Partial track listing:
"Blackberry Blossom", "Cajun Waltz", "Double Toruble", "Funky Chicken", "I Don't Love Nobody", "Indian See Saw", "Time Changes Everything"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Instrumental bluegrass played by 1 of the best fiddle players. Byron Berline and banjo player John Hickman. These are my favorite bluegrass instruments, so I liked this album a lot--many great tunes to choose.
- Peggy O

Partial track listing:
"Sight", "This"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
I was warned about this band. I recall the mention of their name in conversations regarding the murky, slow sounds I cherish so much. For some reason, the promptings never spurned me to search for any of their material, so it took until someone brought it to me to figure it out. The first side of this thing is a plodding monster. Its says 33 1/3 on the record, but you'll have the urge to switch it to 45 after about 10 seconds of this behemoth sound. I have one suggestion: DON'T. Its a 33 alright, slow, murky and drony. The vocal track even sounds a little slow, but that was intentional. The A side is very reminiscent of Godflesh ca. 1989, and with the sound quality, its hard to tell if the drums are real. With 4 people in the band, one of 'em better be a drummer. This thing is so bassy, pounding, and packed with sludge, I can imagine the engineer's speakers took a beating during mix-down. The B side is more of a punk thing, a bit more upbeat, but still maintaining tones of the down-tuned. Look forward to the new full-length from them, also on Profane Existence.
- Maskatron

A review from someone on the World Wide Web... (June 14, 1997)
"Eric Greenwalt" if that is his real name is just another Perky Pop singer, a la David Cassidy of the Patridge family. A happy go luckey romp through top 20 pop!
- lilmw@aol.com

Partial track listing:
"Chain of Thought", "Rock the Vote", "Totql Chaos", "Work"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Out of Colorado (Once home to Jello Biafra), comes a classic-punk (read: NOT 90's fun-punk-pop) outfit with a standard drums-bass-guitar-vocals line up and touch of cynicism. The music itself is pretty standard. The vocals over it are almost spoken word, but they have a point to get across. The two songs on the A Side are about the general sociology of America today and how the government controls us, and how elections are scams. Great though-provoking lyrics; something to pay attention to. The AA side stars with a song called "Work", which, musically is a bit more favorable than the A side songs, and opens up discussion on the subject of Slavery, which we like to call employment. The side finishes up with "Total Chaos" which has a more modern hard core sound, with distorted vocals and a really quick pace. Its over before you know it.

A really cool thing about this record is that it comes with a little Activity Book. It has mazes with objectives like: "Bad Religion is having an ethical problem with signing to a major label. Can you help them?". The maze is a fat, direct line from Bad Religion to Atlantic Records. ouch. Another maze asks you to help Green Day make it to the stage at Pepsi Cola's Woodstock, without being side tracked by Reporters from "Entertainment Tonight", groupies, security, or the deli tray & clean towels. Other pages slam the Offspring, NOFX, Screeching Weasel, and post-punk media superstar, Henry Rollins. The book also has stories and articles, they lyrics to the songs etc. This is a cool record.
- Maskatron

Partial track listing:
Despise You, "Busted Outlook"; Despise You, "Ensename Myself"; Despise You, "Nel Interesa"; Suppression, "Elite"; Suppression, "Mechanized Flesh"; Suppression, "Overdose"; Suppression, "Stranglehold"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Despise you has recently recorded somewhere between 30 and 40 songs, 8 of which appear here. Their sound has become a bit more punk compared to earlier stuff. The loss of their drummer has been holding them up for a while, but with a stockpile of songs unreleased, there's still plenty Despise You releases yet to come. The songs here are the first of that batch, now featuring bassist Leticia Perez heavily on vocals. While pissed hardcore doesn't usually incorporate female vocals, Despise You does it well, lending a punk flavor to their already violent flurry. This new stuff has a big Suicidal Tendencies sound (and you know damn well I mean old Suicidal, fucker), as is wont of a hatecore outfit from Inglewood. With 8 songs on one side, you better believe they're short. They even do a really fast version of the Circle Jerks' "in your eyes" (or was that Peter Gabriel?).

Suppression steps up to bat with something like 11 new songs (they say its 11 ideas). This stuff really expands on the whole idea of Powerviolence/noise. The vocals are so buried and distorted its impossible to tell what they're saying, but lyrics are included on the sleeve (and they're pretty damn good). The first song (actually, 3 ideas) I'd have to say is the best, beginning with an explosion of hate, and decaying into a riff of furious anger, some of the best and most diverse stuff I've ever heard from these guys.
- Maskatron

Partial track listing:
Discordance Axis, "Alzheimer"; Discordance Axis, "Area Trinity"; Discordance Axis, "Eye Gag"; Discordance Axis, "Integer"; Plutocracy, "Chikcens"; Plutocracy, "Feel the Wrath"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Discordance Axis drops 5 tracks of borderline noise-core, similar to Anal Cunt, but with intelligence and purpose. This stuff is so violent and fast, it seems impossible that there's only 5 songs on this side, but this is epic blurcore, where the minute mark is actually met in most songs. This is blinding, powerful stuff that'll make you shit directly into your pants immediately upon listening.

Plutocracy comes out with the "last" of their posthumous releases (subsequent bands No Less, ETO and Spazz have already each released several tapes & records). The 6 songs here were recorded in 1992 and feature the classic Pluto blend of hardcore, pot & samples galore. The track "Pluto Loko" features samples of Joe Pesci from the film "Good Fellas" (which must have just come out at the time). Great shit from a great band (check out ETO, No Less & Spazz for the continuation of this kind of stuff). This E.P. has since been re-released on CD by Convoy, along with the "Dankstahs" full length E.P. originally released on Slap-A-Ham/625 Productions, some previously unreleased live material and ancient demo tracks.
- Maskatron

A review from someone on the World Wide Web... (April 29, 1997)
Yowza!!! Two insane and renowned grind bands finally team up on a platter that sends Notorious B.I.G. skyrocketing out of his grave. D.A. hit you with some (as usual) scary, complex, technical blurr/grind sans bass and wimpiness. Friggin' fast-ass drummer Dave Witte leaves nothing to be desired speed-wise, as he currently gives the fastest drum machines a run for their $. Plutocracy kick it out in a different fashion, sounding a bit more hardcore/PV than D.A. yet still retaining the insane grind edge. Layers and layers of vocal noise and screams blanket the entire recording, thus enhancing its aural power. Seriously, if you haven't checked out any Pluto or D.A. release yet, DUH. Get one now. I also recommend D.A. live (I'm on da east coast). A singer that jumps about 40000 feet in the air, the robot drummer, and a somewhat boring guitarist but still. Arrgh! One of my fave 7"s!!!!
- Chris Milkman

Net Pointers for this group:

• discordance axis official homepage can be found here

Partial track listing:
"Colossal Scissors (-)", "H T M Losers", "Knife, Spoon, Zug", "Prog Epilogue", "Vhf #21", "Weird Orbits"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Pete Dixon

Partial track listing:
"Pt 1 Frank-O-Fest: An Episod", "Pt 2 Frank-O-Fest: An Episod"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
John Frankovic and six Milwaukee loonies met at the Summerfield United Methodist Church to jam in 1992. The tools of the deconstruction include: drums, cello, didjeridoo, nose flute, jews harp, sitar, harmonica, bass, trombone, berimbau, pipe organ, tympani, and bamboo sax. ``An Episode... '' is two huge trippy improv-scapes. Side one could be a eulogy for all the offshoot species of birds forgotten in evolutionary dead ends: like flightless woodpeckers, day-glo auks, and toucans the size of children. Side two might be a Naked City song stretched over a half hour. Frank-O-Fest is twelve inches of unstoppable stony fun.
- Anubis

Partial track listing:
"Cell Therapy", "Dirty South", "Guess Who", "Live at the O.M.N.I.", "Soul Food", "The Day After"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Four brothers who cruise Atlanta making big old beats and sippin' mint juleps. It's production by Organized Noize and art by Cee-Lo, Khujo, Big Gipp and T-Mo. The vocals are a gumbo of masculine power, sharecroppin' shuffle, and soulful falsetto. The flows are brilliant blues mostly regarding the trends of street turmoil, but diversions are made to discuss ``Mom'' and eating habits. Superior shit.
- Anubis

Partial track listing:
"Honey Boy", "Little Wing", "News From the Street", "Rainbows Cadiallac", "Sad Hour"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Another bluesy outing for Mr. Granelli, who does his best to pound out the rhythms and make you ask for more. Maybe ``pound'' isn't exactly the correct word here. Yes there are times when the music seems to want to take off and fly away, two guitarists and bass on this as well as granelli on drums, however, there are some very fine mellow blues sounds on here. My favorite of note is track 5: ``SAD HOUR''. I was lucky enough to be listening to this while I was driving through north beach in the city last saturday, and not to sound too corny, but gosh darnit I was glad to be alive. 4 originals along with covers of Ry Cooder (track 2), Bruce Hornsby (track 3 (don't let this scare you, he could teach Bruce a few lessons)), Thelonious Monk (track 8 (outstanding)), and finally a cover of Jimi's: ``little wing''. Blistering guitar leads in a Bill Frisell kind of way, not suprising, Granneli had Frisell on his last release. If you like the monk cover than you must check out the S.F. based jazz group TJ Kirk.
- Reverend Dah Wave

Partial track listing:
"Between Midnight and Day", "Bound to Miss Me", "Bukka's Jitterbug Swing", "Catfish Blues", "Going to Brownsville", "I Ain't Gonna Be Worried no", "I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy", "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and B", "Pony Blues", "Roots Woman"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
In a blues world of Robert Crays and Stevie Ray Vaughans it's nice to hear the blues with true feeling. Although only 25 years old Harris has the blues flowing through him. Just Corey playing his Dobro and a slide. Pluckin' and slicin' he plays his guitar masterfully. Listen for kazoo on the humorous songs. This is vintage blues with a heartfelt bluesy, gutsy voice.
- Pete Dixon

Partial track listing:
"16:05:94"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
What can you say about a CD whose liner notes are far more varied than the 29 minutes (1 track) of audio cosmic ideas you hear? "16:05:94 was made using the FM operators of the Yamaha SY99 & TG77 synthesizers which allow looping of envelopes. Because each sound is made from 4 elements which in turn are made by 6 FM operators, each with its own envelope, complex loop sequences can be programmed. The FM sound can then be sampled and these samples again made into loops. The piece is played simply by triggering the loops." The composers (J&L Whitehead) provide an elaborate flowchart showing those who have influenced their music. I can hear the influence of Stockhausen, Cage and Riley (serialism, minimalism) but fail to hear the generic Blues influence. This music is not programmatic or descriptive it is more like a found object - "like sheets of color without drawing which relate strongly to painterly abstractionism". Elaborately programmed noise!
- Ann Arbor

Partial track listing:
"'76 Comeback", "Broken Man", "Centre of Things", "Everything Is Forgotten", "Flippin' the Bird", "Jungle Beat", "Misirlou", "Morning Dew", "Shake Yr Wings", "Song Remains the Same", "Stowing Away", "You Follow"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
King Loser are thee most edgy & wonderful of all the NZ bands...way way beyond mere dreary pop, these geezers blend Davie Allan's "Cycledelic" guitar tones with stark despair and utter whimsy. There's some spoken word over motor-revving guitar & VUGrind, intense spacy instrumentals, EchoPlexed surf, cool moody sixties instros, lumbering FuzzSludge, saucy chanteuse silliness, a version of "Misirlou" the way Lawrence Welk would have done it had he ever discovered the drum kit & the big beat, and an NZDepression version of "Morning Dew" the way Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra would have done it had they lived in Kiwiland.
- Phil Dirt

Partial track listing:
"Deatra Dub", "Havah Nagilah", "Hellish Bossa", "Insurrection Dub", "Ju-Ju", "Night Tide", "Sun Down (Winternationals Mi", "Watusi Stomp"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Imagine if Martin Denny was born 40 years later in a Japanese village...he'd be doing this. It's a bizarre mix of Exotica, Ambiance, and subtle Noise. "Havah Nagila" hints of Buddy Merrill (Lawrence Welk's guitar player) meeting Cal Tjader in Hiroshima...very strange and haunting mix. This CD strikes me as a futurist's view of the past...a sort of looking forward to see lounge of the fifties.
- Phil Dirt

Partial track listing:
"Anything Southbound", "Back Along the Line", "Bluefield", "Bream", "Duncan's Blues", "Grandpa Was a Carpenter", "I Can't Put My Arms Around a", "Lonesome As It Gets", "Mother, the Queen of My Hear", "You've Walked on My Heart"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
A contemporary bluegrass band who get better and better, this band is headed by twin powers Larry Cordle on vocals and guitar and Glen Duncan on fiddle. Unlike many bluegrass bands, these guys do mostly original tunes, many of which have a nice classic sound.
- Peggy O

Partial track listing:
"2 Song Gesalt", "A Sudden", "Amongst", "How Can I Face Tomorrow", "Plagarism", "Plagiarism"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
This is a very soft spoken country flavored single from a bunch of famous schmucks looking to get out of the spotlight. The A side is a very mellow spoken country song with whiny guitars way out in the back yard. Be way careful, cuz it opens with a spoken introduction using the explative not deleted "Motherfucker", so ya gotta either fade it up after that (no problem), or don't play it. The B side is even more mellow and low key. It's a sad ballad that reminds me of some of Sal Valentino's work because the vocal has that Scotch smoothness and accompanying slur.
- Phil Dirt

Partial track listing:
"Plainfield"; Melvins, "(Banter)"; Plainfield, "(Banter)"; Plainfield, "Banter"; Prose in Wisdom, "Smelly"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
In between song banter from live shows. The Melvins side is mostly Buzzo trying to stop fights, feedback, riffs, etc.. The Plainfield side however, is sheer genius. The rip-gut audience relations of one "Smelly Mustapha"-leader of the band and the hillbilly answer to G.G. Allin. Witness the spectacle.
- Wimpy

Partial track listing:
"Abalone Daze", "By the Sea I Will Stay Forev", "Hammer Head", "Kaena", "Krill Slippin'", "Neptune's Revenge", "Ocean Beach", "Over the Falls", "Run Don't Walk", "Sand", "Soul Surfin'", "Splashin' with the Mermaid", "The Drift", "The Goodbye", "The Whales"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
This is the first album the Mermen recorded in 1989, almost 6 years ago. Their sound has evolved a lot, but Jim's writing is still overwhelmingly great! The production is quite different, and Jim's guitar is a lot less processed, with an almost surf sound to it. Many of these early songs still reside in their set, attesting to the power of the composition. Beautiful flowing melodic and powerful.
- Phil Dirt

Surf Heavies review (July 15, 1995) ****
About 5 years ago, I got this cassette in the mail from these guys in San Francisco that I'd only heard slags about from the local snobby nosed purists. It was a 16 track cassette album called "Krill Slippin'". Well, I listened and listened. There was something really cool going on under relatively unsympathetic production. I thought about it for several weeks, and decided to write the band with encouragement, production values suggestions, and some trad surf sensibilities. I wasn't sure what was trying to be accomplished. It could go in a really great trad direction, or it could become what it has...the best band in the world! Anyway, this has been 5 years coming to CD. It's very important in that its great music, good listening, and, when combined with "Live At The Haunted House" provides true perspective on the development of a marvelous band. This will please any serious Mermen fan as well as instrumental fans...ok, so I'm a bit biased toward these guys, but that doesn't take away from their music. TRACKS: Ocean Beach, Krill Slippin', Splashin' With The Mermaid, Run Don't Walk, Abalone Daze, Soul Surfin', The Whales. WRITE: The Mermen, 3300 Vicente #202, San Francisco, CA 94116 USA
- Phil Dirt

Partial track listing:
Bianchi, Kenneth, "I Didn't See Anything..."; Bundy, Theodore Robert, "I'm the Most Cold-Blooded..."; Kemper, Edmund, "I Had Thought Of..."; Lucas, Henry Lee, "I Was Death..."

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Maskatron

Partial track listing:
"Bel Air", "Big Brown Eyes", "Doreen", "Dressing Room Walls", "Goin Goin Gone", "My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin", "Old Familiar Steam", "Over the Cliff", "The Other Shoe", "Victoria", "W I F E", "You Belong to My Heart"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Joe Ed

Net Pointers for this group:

• The Old97's home page, including tour info, sound samples, etc.

Partial track listing:
"Batucada De Carioca Pt 2", "Injury Time", "Onde Anda O Meu Amor", "Psycodelico", "Roda Mundo", "Un Premier Jour Sans Toi"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
In spite of the title, this CD has nothing to do with psychedelic music. It's being marketed as acid jazz, but it's really more of a Brazilian 70's sound updated by sparingly used sampled beats. Think of being in an out of the way club in the heart of Rio at 3 AM. I think this group is composed of member from France and Brazil, judging from their names,credits, and the mixture of French and Portuguese lyrics. About half the tracks are straight ahead Brazilian jazz and the others are more contemporary in nature, i.e. DJ samplings and effects to embellish the tropical late night sound.
- Ronnie Libido

Partial track listing:
"(Theme From) Maj Wood", "Andromeda Sex Lounge", "Death of a Reventlo", "El Pendejo", "Meet Mr. Reventlo", "Over the Falls", "Persephone", "Planet Reventlo", "Reventlo Hayride"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
What's that lurking in the weeds along the side of the road...looks like a bunch of normal geeks having some kind of twisted identity crisis...why, that must be...The Reventlos! From the worn clubways of the city of angels come four veterans in search of relief. Doing the hang at a Hellecasters show, Gregg & Matt detected a twinge joy creeping across their collective brow when they discovered it was alright not to have a singer, and not do be playing morbid & depressed songs. "Hey, we could do that!" echoed somewhere in the gray matter. Having no particular pigeon hole they wanted to fill, and having played in every kind of band that ever was, they went for sound capsules instead of a formulaic sound. Every song tells it's own story with it's own sound, so variety becomes the watchword. There's no mistaking it's the Reventlos, it's just every tune is a new and different experience. There's DeathSurf with "Death Of A Reventlo", TurnipTruckTwang with "Reventlo Hayride", SpaceInvaderBottleneckTweeked Soundtrackage with "Planet Reventlo", they pay homage to Roy Buchanan & Roy Orbison in "Two Roys", there's ConFusion with "Over The Falls", and SludgeProg with "Pass The Gow (I Think I'm Chet Baker)", HeavySurfSludge in "El Pendejo", a sort of conjuring aimed at raising the daughter of Zeus & Demeter from the endless sleep with spoken word over a KrautRock (a la Kraan) prog bed with Cry Baby wah wah rhythms in "Persephone", FloatingMoodRock in a very Phil Manzanera / 801-ish piece called "Andromeda Sex Lounge", FlowingTropicalFunk in "Western Stars", CowPopChurchKeyWhammyBar in "(Theme From) Maj Wood", Scenic Polynesian MoodScape in "Girl From Colonet", the full breadth of their styles contrast from Whimsical "Epic" Play Prancery into Sludge-O-Metal DeathGrungeDramaScope in "Meet Mr. Reventlo", and finally, MajorMondoMetalDrudge monster movie soundscape with Twangy guitar leads which yields to a SpeedPicked melody in "King Kong", which is actually only 3:30 and not the 11+ minutes the countdown timer will display...the balance of the track serving up a couple of backwards bits at -1:30 & -:18. All in all, mighty big entertainment. Their live "Surf's Up!" performance on November 18 (Aired November 25) was nothing short of magical. We're talking about them coming up for either Winter Swell or the Shig & Buzz show in April. Yeow!!!
- Phil Dirt

Partial track listing:
"Carlos De Lizard", "Have no Fear", "I Don't Want It", "I Don't Want", "I Like People", "Master Satan Drives...", "To Be..."

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Wimpy

Partial track listing:
"4UV", "Birds Day", "Hemispheric Sink", "Loop End Devil", "P-Machine", "Rockwool Airport", "Spectrum", "Sunrise"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Victor Sol is a German expatriate techno producer who resides in Barcelona, and teams up often with the infamous Atom Heart of Frankfurt (see +N). He is quite capable of generating brain-damaging synthesizer tweakage on his own. Most of the cuts on this CD are looped confections without a lot of development and can be used as tone poems in their own right or as foundations for ambient layering workouts. The last two cuts feature weird, burbling dance beats suitable at a prom for profoundly disturbed individuals.
- Mr. Goodwrench

Net Pointers for this label:

• Pointers to FAX label stuff on the web.
• The official FAX web page.

Partial track listing:
"Aire Serrano (Serrana)", "Aljibe Arabesco (Granaina)", "Cantina Del Pelele (Cantina)", "Cuna De Mimbre (Nana Flamenc", "En Los Patios (Sevillanas)", "Flor Del Caribe (Guajira)", "Luna Callada (Por Tientos)", "Noche Oscura (Seguiriya)", "Oracion Minera (Rondena)", "Sombras Del Atardecer (Solea"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
The origins of this music is reputed to be Indian, African, and Arabian, so it can be argued that this is many international sounds mixed into an amalgum called flamenco. Soler has played with, and recieved the tutalidge of the older masters, including Pepe Badajon. Soler has worked with many of the major dancers and has been on the scene long enough for people to think he is older than he actually is. The sound you will all recognize as familiar, but the amazement at the sound is the surprize. When the strings are popped or the hand is used to get a slightly percussive sound amongst the intricate finger work it you have to wonder how is all this happening at once? There is one track with dancing on it, which I didn't care for as much as the guitar only tracks. This is great to listen to at work, while not working.

Partial track listing:
"Birthquake '06 Revisited", "Erode Me", "Pushpin Gum", "Sister Distortion", "Sunshine Overdoze", "Wish You Were Here"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Cycle guiterrorism - needles peg further. #1 "Wish You Were Here" surface burn time trials. #2 "Sister Distortion" race the sea beast ("Leviathan?"). #3 "Pushpin Gum" mesmerizing feedback lust, power specs industrial garage fire. #4 "Erode Me" environmental sculpture. #5 "Sunshine Overdoze" Ultranscender, mechanics of reality. Five rides o' fury await your courageous indulgence. Bathe in fuel. Check for tight out-cues.
- Goatboy

Partial track listing:
"7 Horned Star", "Ape the Rich", "Cold-Coct the Cornoer", "Doom Beat", "Eyes of the Spirit", "Hi-Priest", "In the Sanctuary", "In Their Sea Thru Raincoats", "In Your Sanctuary", "In Your Snactuary", "Like the Sunrise", "Nectar Sublet", "Oahu Strum", "Spoiler!", "Sweet to My Soul", "The Kingdom's Fruit"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
From some /cgi-bin/kfjcdb-list?sortname=Trumans+Water">Truman's Water folks come this gospel music, but it ain't the gospel that would please the people who request it on Peggy O's show. All the lyrics have to do with finding God. They write, if life is about sex, worship sex, if life is about money then worship money, worship whatever makes life thrilling, and according to this record, Jesus thrills them. The music can be fast paced to strummy, sort of melodic Truman's with a little J. Mascis on the poppy tunes, and on other tracks there screams and horns, brass horns, not goat horns. Quite a range of styles, but the pieces are predominantly guitar bass drums and occassionally brass. I really enjoyed about half of this, and that says a lot when you consider there are over thirty tracks here. Soul-Junk refers to the Kingdom of Heaven. 1952 is part one, and part two is on vinyl. I don't think part two will be all on smokin', drinkin', sex and the Devil, but it would be an interesting part two.
- Hairy Kari

Net Pointers for this group:

• Band's official home page, free ice cream with a note from yer mom.

Net Pointers for this label:

• Unofficial Homestead label WWW page, basically just postal address.

Partial track listing:
Air, "Modular Mix"; Alex, "Mandrake"; Bazbaz, "Kibboutz Dub"; Daphreephunkateerz, "Nuphunk"; Dj Cam, "No Competition"; Dj Gilb-R, "Especefunk"; Dj Lbr & Cut Killer, "Keep It Real!... Represent"; Dj Manu/Lexi (X.Pensive), "Many Are Called"; Hypnotykdeejayz, "Slow Jam"; La Chatte Rouge, "Ecouter... Fumer..."; La Funk Mob, "Folowdadealer"; La Funk Mob, "Slimfasst"; Lumumba, "La Fortune Sourit Aux Audaci"; Mighty Bop, the, "Excursion Mentale"; Motor Bass, "Bad Vibes"; Raggasonic, "La Contre Attaque"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
A collection of acid jazz/jungle/techno/instrumental hiphop/dub/etc. from 'groups' and DJs from France. A few of the names are familiar (La Funk Mob, Air, the Mighty Bop) but most of the Artist are unknown to me. The sound rivals anything on Mo'Wax. Although there is a scene in France for this sort of music, ironically, most of the vocal samples are in English which may be the reason these groups are getting any play at all in the U.K and States. If you don't like one track, try another. They all vary.
- Ronnie Libido

Partial track listing:
"Carolina Star", "Heart Trouble", "Hey Bottle of Whiskey", "Homestead in My Heart", "New Delhi Freight Train", "The Other Side of Life", "Those Memories of You", "We Know Better"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Peggy O

A review from someone on the World Wide Web... (April 26, 1997)
Few people know that John Starling, in addition to being a musician, is also an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) surgeon praticing in Fredricksberg, VA.
- Dr. David Guttman

Partial track listing:
"20 Mule Team Canyon", "20 Mule Team", "90210 Theme", "90210", "A20 Mule", "Beverly Hills 90210", "BH90210 Theme", "Big Black Bird", "Only One Word Fo You", "To Be..."

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Wimpy

Partial track listing:
Contact with a Curve, "Spinal"; Contact with a Curve, "The Absurdity of Consciousne"; Greif, Randy, "No Ordinary Storm"; Robert, Jocelyn, "Hinterland Partie 1"; Robert, Jocelyn, "Hinterland Partie 3"; Simon, Art, "Pt 1 Doppelkonzert: the Virg"; Simon, Art, "Pt 2 Doppelkonzert: the Virg"; Simon, Art, "Pt 3 Doppelkonzert: the Virg"; Simon, Art, "Pt 4 Doppelkonzert: the Virg"; Simon, Art, "Pt 5 Doppelkonzert: the Virg"

Partial track listing:
"Fish Heads", "Love and Murder", "Plop a Trailer Down", "Radio Montage", "She's So Sweet", "To Be..."

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
The Brothers Blain. Interesting, original, strange, drunken, hilarious - none of it is quite sufficient. This is its own world, the 1st 3 tracks comparable to Mol Triffid (loosely) if mostly for a unique sensibility/amalgam of rock's past heaviness. The last 3 progress the genius into electronics (described on back). Incredibly well-produced for a bedroom 4-track recording. This is entertainment.
- Wimpy

A review from someone on the World Wide Web... (December 16, 1995)
Toddio is two brothers (Todd Blain:lyric and vocals and Tim Blain:all music and mix). They are two wild brothers making wild music is the wild hills of TN. They use a 4-track cassette recorder and blow the whole thing onto a 6 song CD. This music is very different. It addresses the work poor in "Plop a Trailer Down", Lost love and lost fish in "Fish Heads", Bad relationships and emotional trama in "Love and Murder", "Toddio Revenge" and "She's so Sweet" deal with Bad love and social decay. "Radio Montage" is a cleaver work using sound bits from Rush Limbugh and Charlton Heston were Heston is reading the lyrics from Body Count's "KKK Bitch" at a Time Warner Board meeting, trying to convince them to drop the album. This album/EP is limited to 1000 copies. Each cover is hand handmade and still avalible as of 12-16-95. It cost $5.00 and can be obtained by sending snail address to tblain@edge.net. Toddio's 2nd album will be full length and is due out 7-96.
- Tim Blain

Net Pointers for this group:

• Toddio e-mail

Partial track listing:
"American Face", "American Free", "Son of Sam Donaldson", "To Be..."

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Wimpy

Partial track listing:
"Afterimage", "Clockwork", "Nicht-Sein", "Time & Space"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
Velocette is Jason Williams of S.F. He has one other EP of ambience on Reflective. This release takes the electro sound of early Juan Atkins, with handclaps & bubbling 808 beats and weds it with dreamy synth textures to make a lush hybrid suitable for contemplation under the influence or driving convertibles down tree-shaded country lanes. A splendid marriage of Detroit & San Francisco.
- Mr. Goodwrench

Partial track listing:
"Africa Unite", "Ambush", "Can't Stop Them Now (Real Si", "Chant Down Babylon", "Craven Choke Puppy", "For Ever Loving Jah", "Guiltiness", "Johnny Was Agood Man (Johnny", "Judge not", "Lively Up Yourself", "Natural Mystic", "No More Trouble", "One Drop/Dub 12 Tuff Gong", "One Drop", "Pimpers Paradise", "Rainbow Country", "Rasta Dread (Natty Dread)", "Rastaman Rides Again (Ride N", "Rastaman Vibration (Positive", "Rat Race", "Roots Rock Reggae", "Roots", "Running Away", "Simmer Down", "Small Axe", "So Much Trouble/Dub 12 Ras", "Sun Is Shining", "Survivors (Survival)", "Three Little Birds", "Top Rankin'", "Trouble in the World (So Muc", "Wake Up and Live/Dub 12", "Wake Up and Live", "Want More", "Zion Trian"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
The surviving member of the legendary Tuff Gong harmony trio, the Wailers, sing-a-brates Bob Marley's 50th birthday with 50 covers of Bob Marley/Wailers songs. Bunny's new arrangements are a refreshing compliment to Bob's classic/timeless melodies.
- Spliff Skankin'

A review from someone on the World Wide Web... (October 31, 1996)
Bunny is part of the Wailing wailers and that's why he is wonderfulI
- Chloé

Partial track listing:
Adams, Steve/Goldberg, Ben, "Transition"; Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quar, "Mu"; Bkcp String Quartet, "Advice to Medics"; Chadbourne, Eugene/Black, Jimm, "Space Is the Place"; Hoyle, Art, "The Name Sound"; Kohlase, Charlie Quintet, "Kingdom of not"; Meanie, Bugs Band, "El Is a Sound of Joy"; Miss Murgatroid, "Nature's Law"; Mooney, Malcolm, "Darkness Light"; Moore, Thurston W La Plante, E, "Cosmic Equation"; Morse, Trudy & Friends, "Energies"; Residents, "Daydream in Space (Is the Pl"; Sharp, Elliot, "Disco 3000"; Splatter Trio, "Tiny Pyramids"; Thornhill/Chabot/Montclair Tri, "Planet Earth"; Uya, "Dancing Shadows"; Water Shed, "Looking Outward"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Howard Beale

Partial track listing:
"Darley's Reel/The Jug of Pun", "Mcgreevy's Favorite/Hold the", "The Bright Hollow Fog"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)

- Peggy O

Net Pointers for this group:

• The Internet Movie Database list of movies that John Williams has been the composer for. Plus a biography.
• The Internet Movie Database list of movies that John Williams has been the composer for. Plus a biography.

Net Pointers for this label:

• all Klezmatics tour dates (courtesy their US label, Xenophile/Green Linnet)

Partial track listing:
"Approach/Descend", "Awhile (Reprise)", "Departure", "Exploration", "Firebursts", "Glowing/Colorful", "Gravital Loft", "Ode to Spaceman", "Preparation", "Sound Ignition", "Through the Portal"

KFJC new album review (November 29, 1995)
A psychedelic/ethereal journey somewhat in the tradition of J Spaceman/Sonic Boom. A powerful and enticing wall of guitar fuzz and organ swirls that hits you like a large dose of LSD - it's impossible for it not to take control. A few tracks with low volume spoken words in the mix where you can only pick out a phrase here and there somehow manages to relax the mind and body so much I recommend listening while sitting down in case your legs go weak. This CD could stop an entire advancing army with it's heaven like drones.
- Ronnie Libido

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