Tenderloin – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review February 1, 1997 Tenderloin’s “Leave This Town” is crankin’ Southern rock-style punk with harmonicas that aren’t meant as a gimmick. George Thorogood, beware!
Swirlies – Iris / Swirlies split – Vents Of The Ocean Floor – Review February 1, 1997 At their best, the Swirlies are a nice collage of extreme slack-i-tude, at their worst, completely pointless. Every song is a little of both.
Supersuckers – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review February 1, 1997 Supersuckers sound like, well, the Supersuckers. I think they were sober when they recorded this one.
Suicide King – “She’s Dead” / “Sick Sick” – Review February 1, 1997 Their veins-protruding-from-the-forehead, eyeball-popping punk is rivaled only by the Dwarves in their ability to channel and pervert MC5 intensity.
Stone Fox – Review February 1, 1997 An intense girl rock band. And, yes, there’s a smattering of the Quartet of Pro-Brunettes. I like it. It makes me happy.
Steel Miners – Irony – Review February 1, 1997 Blue-collar throwbacks to the guys who slaved in the mills and pits all day and then threw back shots all night. They’re characters in Springsteen songs.
Speedball – Drive Like Hell – Review February 1, 1997 Grimy, gritty, and pumped up to let it rip on the drag strip, Speedball play a brand of rock not often heard these days.
Slick Shoes – Review February 1, 1997 Slick Shoes has fast as fuck drumming like NOFX, Strung Out, and practically everything on Fat’s roster, and crisp, precise, mega-fast guitar riffing.
Skankin’ Pickle – The Green Album – Review February 1, 1997 This release is Skankin’ Pickle’s fifth and last with front man Mike Park who left to focus on The Bruce Lee Band and his new Asian Man Records label.
Enduro – Shiva Speedway / Enduro split “Moonshine” / “Sister” – Review February 1, 1997 I can do without Enduro’s schmaltzy indie ballad on side b.