JEFFREY
MORGAN’S MEDIA BLACKOUT #528.159!
Beastie Boys – The Mix-Up
(Capitol) :: I get the Zappa-influenced bargain basement cretin slop mentality, but these mushy instrumentals are strictly
for ’luded out losers. A-heads prefer Teenage Fanclub’s The King.
Lori
Cullen – Buttercup Bugle (self-released) :: A bouquet of brass-backed melodies that are light
and airy, just like windswept love is supposed to be. This clever Cupid’s got a hammer and she’s swingin’
it all over this land.
The Grip Weeds – House Of Vibes Revisited (Ground
Up) :: They’re not the Beatles, but an incredible stimulation!
Nathan Lawr &
The Minotaurs – A Sea Of Tiny Lights (Minotaur) :: Ever get the feeling that too many
people are making too many records these days? I sure do.
Rasputina
– A Radical Recital (Filthy Bonnet) :: Are you ready for two women playing cello versions of “Barracuda”
and “Rock And Roll”? I sure am.
Raine Maida – The Hunters Lullaby
(King Noise) :: For a second, I thought that “China Doll” was Iggy’s Idiot song, but then I realized
that even Bowie at his most cocked-out never wrote wretched lyrics like: “She’s sweet like honey, sour like democracy.”
Intodown
– Brave New World (self-released) :: This mind-bending garage-surf art rock album whose hippie-trippy touchstone
is the 13th Floor Elevators is going up so punch a higher floor!
Twilight Hotel
– Highway Prayer (self-released) :: Producer Colin Linden has brought out the best in this sweet-pickin’
guy ’n’ gal duo, so how come they don’t got no record label yet?
Kamera
– Resurrection (Nettwerk) :: And you thought the ’80s were dead.
SIZZLING
PLATTER OF THE WEEK: Johnny Hollow – Dirty Hands (Orange) : “Scully, imagine Bernard
Herrmann reincarnated as an aggregate of two gals and a guy and you’ll have an idea of just how spooky this unbalanced
album is.” “What are you saying, Mulder? That this is the most haunted Goth-infested record ever?” “All
I’m saying is that you’ll want to file this one next to Siouxie & The Banshees’ A Kiss In The Dream
House; it’s that good.”
Be seeing you!
