Indie/Alternative Review – Page 260

Mick Farren – Jack Lancaster – The Deathray Tapes – Review

February 1, 1996

Think poetry and punk don’t mix? That spoken word is pretentious? You’re right, but that doesn’t stop Mick Farren and Jack Lancaster from trying something new.

Lydia Lunch – Exene Cervenka – Rude Hieroglyphics – Review

February 1, 1996

This one-liner/fragment approach broaches all the right subjects: Women’s rights (good), government (bad), modern society (sucks). Once in a while, it clicks.

Lucky Me – Glue – Review

February 1, 1996

Despite being a perfectly good band, Lucky Me can’t stay with eerie beauty or outbursts of freakish energy. They stick with an annoyingly muddy middle.

Laurels – 90-95 – Review

February 1, 1996

Laurels play a peculiar brand of loud art-rock, so dark and powerful that it’s hardly a surprise that it’s been apportioned out mostly in the small doses.

The Stuffings – Macro Metal – Review

February 1, 1996

Macro Metal may be a bunch of really stoned guys in a living room with a four track and too many effect pedals, just fucking around and giggling. But so what?

The Rentals – Return of the Rentals – Review

February 1, 1996

Halfway through this painful ordeal, I suddenly felt like I was at one of those “Best of the ’80s” nights that are all the rage in the clubs.

Jack Logan & Liquor Cabinet – Mood Elevator – Review

February 1, 1996

Jack Logan and his Liquor Cabinet jumped on the lo-fi train, but it’s unclear as to whether they meant to or just read the schedule wrong.

Incredible Force of Junior – Blue Cheer – Review

February 1, 1996

Good emo-type music that is Pixies influenced. Reminicent of past Seattle garage bands or the modern day Pee-Chees.

The Marshes – Review

February 1, 1996

Steven Wardlaw’s strafe-stringin’ is a virtual encyclopedia of fifteen years of punks from ’81-vintage L.A. blooze to the odd Hüsker Dü electrical storm.

The Happiest Guys in the World – The Ultimate Sing-Along Experience – Review

February 1, 1996

Happy sing-a-long music perfect for preschoolers or that motivational someone. Lyrics like “Come on, we can do it!” Now is the time, let’s do some good.”