Soil – Review April 1, 1998 A 20-minute self-titled debut from a Midwestern bunch of hopefuls sprinkled with a few veterans of the heavy underworld. A very impressive debut.
Sheep on Drugs – Never Mind the Methadone – Review April 1, 1998 If you’re into long grooves and remixes, by all means, get this – there’s some good quality stuff here, I’m just not too into it.
Firewater – The Ponzi Scheme – Review April 1, 1998 Some people were let down by Tod’s apparent turncoating from the Cop Shoot Cop sound, but the same energy exists in Firewater. The name says it all.
Elvis Costello – Extreme Honey – Review April 1, 1998 Liberally samples the patchwork crazy quilt of records under WB’s tutelage, shows conclusively and inexpensively that EC in the ’90s is every bit the eccentric.
Nashville Pussy – Let Them Eat Pussy – Interview April 1, 1998 An interview with Blaine Cartwright, Ruyter Suys, Corey Parks, and Jeremy Thompson
God Lives Underwater – Life in the So-Called Space Age – Interview April 1, 1998 An interview with David Reilly