Lick – Barbed and Rusty For Your Pleasure – Review December 1, 1994 Noisy, gross sounding guitars and muddy, humorous and/or senseless vocals. It’s so ugly, it’s kinda nice.
The Ex-Idols – Social Kill – Review December 1, 1994 They have the three-chord obnoxiousness, originality and punk-soul needed to go up against the new big guns like Green Day and The Offspring.
Lazy – Some Assembly Required – Review December 1, 1994 Fun, rather pointless girl-meets-boy stuff with bubbly female vocals. LoFi sound with garage-honest nonchalance. Cute, but dull as hell.
The Cucumbers – Where We Sleep Tonight – Review December 1, 1994 The wife-and-husband team first attracted attention in the late ’80s, but are now utilizing Deena’s sugary vocals and icy clarity to voice a darker depth.
Kill Creek – St. Valentine’s Garage – Review December 1, 1994 A strong disc, crammed full of pissed-off, high energy, sub-rock, garage-on-fire songs.
K’s Choice – The Great Subconscious Club – Review December 1, 1994 Brussels’ Sarah and Gert Bettens create some nice, light floaty pop music together. Intelligent lyrics, sultry vocals and a few rockin’ passages.
The Business – Keep The Faith – Review December 1, 1994 Keep the Faith from The Business carries a high level of energy with better production and a feeling of camaraderie.
Joe Stump – Night of the Living Shred – Review December 1, 1994 Typical guitar-god stuff. Nice melodies and good energy if you’re doing work and don’t want distracting vocals.
The Black Watch – Amphetamines – Review December 1, 1994 Their songs contain a bit of noisy guitar, and some sweet violins and violas, without being over-orchestrated.
Irresponsibles – Woody’s Head – Review December 1, 1994 Flavorful ’80s bubblegum pop with a sense of humor. Good writing, decent production, bad graphics.