Earth Crisis – Gomorrah’s Season Ends – Interview April 1, 1997 An interview with singer Karl Buechner
Meathead – Cop Shoot Cop – Dick Smoker Plus – Review February 1, 1997 Meathead and Cop Shoot Cop remix songs by each other, but still can’t disguise the fact that the songs aren’t very interesting.
McRackins – Best Friend – Review February 1, 1997 Ripping out the raw leads, shouting out the harmonies, and picking up the pace to a frenzied slam, Best Friend shows a different side of the McRackins.
Luscious Jackson – Fever In Fever Out – Review February 1, 1997 The album’s strong points are the tangible rainy day ambience it produces, the honesty of its well-sung lyrics, and the clear but distant production.
Los Ass-Draggers – Abbey Roadkill – Review February 1, 1997 21 songs crammed into 22 minutes of eye-bulgin’, sweat-stinkin’, raw-throat-hollerin’, jacked-to-the-limit, speed-thrills good times.
Joy Electric – Old Wives Tales – Review February 1, 1997 Dreamy textures of synthetic sounds, layered like a fantastic banquet cake decorated with colorful oddities and scrumptious frosting.
Jane Jensen – Comic Book Whore – Review February 1, 1997 A futuristically contemporary masterpiece with a driving, industrial-oriented sound overlaid with Jensen’s seductive/ menacing/charming vocals.
Ignite – Past Our Means – Review February 1, 1997 I would love to see them on Late Show with David Letterman. They’re energetic, powerful, positive, and everything else that is good in hardcore today.
Heckle – We’re Not Laughing With You – Review February 1, 1997 Heckle create minimalistic punk rock songs without all the unnecessary trimming.