Pinhead Gunpowder – Goodbye Ellston – Review July 1, 1997 Sounds like Green Day (It oughta – it’s Billie Joe’s “other band”). The good stuff. Produced by Kevin Army.
Peter and the Test Tube Babies – Test Tube Trash – Review July 1, 1997 English versions of good ole boys they are, four yobs you can sit back and have a few with as they thrash out unmistakably British proto-Oi.
Not Breathing – Sangre Azul – Review July 1, 1997 More electronic creepiness. Without getting too purple with my prose, gibbering nightmare creatures cavort with Queen Mab inside a computer.
Napalm Death – Inside the Torn Apart – Review July 1, 1997 Inside Torn Apart is the most memorable Napalm record in a long time. This should’ve been the followup to Harmony Corruption.
My Dying Bride – Like Gods of the Sun – Review July 1, 1997 Slow, down-tuned anthemic guitar riffs and dark organs stand in for the frayed-nerve speed blasts, but in no way is this a kinder, gentler band.
Lilys – Services (For the Soon to Be Departed) – Review July 1, 1997 Farfisa trills, twangy guitars and punchy snares abound, albeit in the service of titles such as “Hark, An Open Channel” and “The Gravity Free Atmosphere of MSA.”
Leather Strip – Retrospective – Review July 1, 1997 This CD has eleven classic tracks that probably leave out a lot of your personal favorites but keeps them dance hits coming.
L7 – The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum – Review July 1, 1997 Most people know L7 through their convolutions to the movies, but they’ve been playing punt rock for years even though they’re just a bunch of girls.
King Crimson – Epitaph: Live in 1969 – Review July 1, 1997 The avant of yesterday has become the garde of today. Even so, there remain those who stubbornly resist conforming to the well-drawn form of the norm.
January – Keep Me From Sleeping – Review July 1, 1997 Her name’s Christine, and it seems she’s been hanging out in cocktail lounges when not in a band called January with a bunch of rock and rollers.