Suede – Coming Up – Review

May 1, 1997

“We kept everything stripped-down; we had a rule that there’d be no more than eight sounds going at any given time. It’s more basic, not so precious.”

Silverchair – Freak Show – Review

May 1, 1997

These guys are so far beyond me it’s amazing and things. It’s like they’re poets, except they’ve got guitars. “No more maybes/ Babies got rabies” – I mean, wow.

Shiner – Lula Divinia – Review

May 1, 1997

Delicate and heavy, tuned down most of the way through, Moving Pictures Rushlike at times. It’s unpredictable, dissonant, and boasts excellent vocals.

Panasonic – Kulma – Review

May 1, 1997

Some latecomers from Finland, Panasonic, came next, drawing out thin filaments of sound and laying them atop one another to writhe and squirm.

Orbit – Libido Speedway – Review

May 1, 1997

Orbit’s kinda poppy, but not sappy and sweet and earnest or anything. They’re sort of slick, but in a sleek way, not over-produced or anything.

Offside – Review

May 1, 1997

Boston Brit-pop. Offside is a four-piece of English/Irish expatriates hoping to take back a piece of their oldest colonies.

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