Chinchilla – “Little King” / “Up My Sleeve” – Review September 1, 1996 What separates the San Diego all-girl quartet Chinchilla from this mess is that they’re fun in a bouncy yet art-damaged way.
Butterscott – “Bartleby” – Review September 1, 1996 Butterscott come across like a self-conscious neo-hippy outfit that’s derivative of Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Hootie and the you-know-whats.
Brutal Juice – “All American City” – Review September 1, 1996 Slippery and twisted psych pop with sardonic overtones. Brutal Juice create anthems that no one “in his right mind” would want to sing along to.
Buddha Knievil – Freak Magnet / Buddha Knievil split – Review June 1, 1996 I’d like to tell you what the 33 1/3 side sounds like, but my copy has a huge scratch on it and skips so much that it’s rendered unlistenable.
The Magdalenes – “Threadbare” / “Harvest” – Review June 1, 1996 J. V. McDonough has one of the most honey-laced voices I’ve heard in years, and brings it all back to the original country divas of the past.
Teen Idols – Nightmares – Review June 1, 1996 Breaking up, drag racing, the-Ramones-live punk is alive and well, and these Nashville punks are eating it up.
Supercharger – Goes Way Out! – Review June 1, 1996 Imagine if Ed Wood had been fully conscious of what he was really creating on film, and then you begin to grasp the beauty of Supercharger.
Sayhitolisa – Review June 1, 1996 Sayhitolisa, from Cambridge, MA, who are essentially hat-tippers to the sentimental side of ’70s funk, are looking for a new bassist. They said so.
Rye Coalition – New Sheriff in Town – Review June 1, 1996 “Great Communicator” is more distorted than bad vertical hold on a TV. “Jimmy Walkover” features urgh-aagh-bleah vocals and sounds like a mudslide.