Slumberland – Sleep That Burns – Review June 1, 1997 Slumberland’s Sleep That Burns reminds me of what happened when the circus downsized and the strongman had to pull the tightrope walker’s job.
Skavoovie & The Epitones – Review June 1, 1997 With half the ten-member band on brass, Skavoovie & The Epitones provide an unmatched super-phat horn sound.
Sheep On Drugs – One For the Money – Review June 1, 1997 Sheep on Drugs bastardize every genre, steal clips from anywhere and everywhere, and yet still write songs.
Sham 69 – Kings and Queens – Review June 1, 1997 The songs collected on this disc, recorded between 1976 and 1978, hold up today. Actually, better than most first- and second-generation U.K. punk.
Regurgitator – Tu-Plang – Review June 1, 1997 There’s no consistency between the tunes, and although each one is performed competently, there’s no sense of unity.
Puncture – Immune – Review June 1, 1997 With distorted vocals, crisp drums, crunching guitars, and samples, Immune is a chaotic picture littered with the debris of a culture rapidly destroying itself.
Pollen – Peach Tree – Review June 1, 1997 Pollen: Band good, production crisp, loud (see Allroy’s Revenge +), love hate pop songs. I need a drink, you have one too, it’s on me.
Pist-on – #1 – Review June 1, 1997 “Parole” opens the disc with a Master of Puppets-era growl, yet the fat-sounding guitars are more reminiscent of Type O Negative.
Pennywise – Full Circle – Review June 1, 1997 Full Circle is like smearing your favorite ice cream over your face again. Nothing wrong with it at all. Any day.
Peace Sanctuary – Defy the System – Review June 1, 1997 I have no idea what kind of market is left for groove-heavy, go-psycho rock ‘n’ roll, but anyone interested oughtta check out Peace Sanctuary.