Hotel X – Routes Music – Review

July 1, 1997

The off-kilter jazz with solid backbeat directly recalls Universal Congress Of’s melodic sensibilities. Better yet, Greg Ginn doesn’t make an appearance.

Helium – No Guitars – Review

July 1, 1997

No Guitars is a pretty darn fine pop, luminous enough to stay the granola-folk gag reflex the stated concept and butterfly cover art may arouse.

Faithless – Reverence – Review

July 1, 1997

What appears to be a trip-hop album, with Tricky grooves and an ultra cool wordsmith, veers off into a modern pop love song with a slow funk groove.

Disque 9 – Des Incurables – Review

July 1, 1997

So you wake up one beautiful sunny morning and say to yourself “Well, I didn’t really have any plans today, so why not eat those last two hits of acid.”

Danielson Famile – Review

July 1, 1997

All members of the Smith family, ranging in age from 12 to 24. There’s a tinge of gospel, but mostly it’s sloppy acoustic folk-ish weirdness.

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