Verbow – Chronicles – Review September 1, 1997 Verbow sounds big. It has the kind of wheatfield-raking feel that leads me to believe it makes one hell of an acoustic set of its own.
Automatic – Transmitter – Review July 1, 1997 Transmitter is Album-Oriented Rock in the sense that all the songs are pleasant, but nothing really stands out.
Bad Religion – Tested – Review June 1, 1997 Bad Religion has painstakingly recorded for us a 27 cut live album from their 1996 tour, venues spanning around the globe. It’s on fire.
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.