Republica – Review

September 1, 1996

Not since C&C Music Factory or Lords of Acid have I been swayed by a beatbox thump, rock-hard guitar, and a sassy female vocalist oozing sexual attitude.

Red Five – Bunny – Review

September 1, 1996

Bass heavy powerpop with two female guitarists/vocalists, whose voices both land in Exene Cervenka/Deborah Harry territory.

Perpetua – Irational – Review

September 1, 1996

While much of the songwriting is bare-bones brutality, and that which isn’t is a rather juvenile stab at aggressive electronic music, I have faith in Perpetua.

Patti Smith – Gone Again – Review

September 1, 1996

Patti Smith must have been playing “Opposites Day” when she titled this album Gone Again, ’cause she is back. Praise goddess, Patti Smith has come back to us.

Synthetic Pleasures – Review

September 1, 1996

Filmed on location from Tokyo to Detroit to cyberspace, Pleasures samples from a staggeringly ambitious menu of cutting-edge technologies.

River’s Edge – Review

September 1, 1996

The murdered girl is as resonant a portrait of femininity fragility as Ophelia, except she didn’t drown and Ophelia didn’t spend all of Hamlet lying naked.

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