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...depth of talent allows Radcliffe to field a B-side, equivalent to a junior varsity team, which has itself gone undefeated this year while not surrendering a single point...
...songs which Rancid played from their self-titled debut album were on the whole less successful and less memorable. One of the best tunes of the evening, however, was "I Wanna Riot" which is currently only available on an Epitaph compilation CD, and as the b-side to "Roots Radical." A slow ska tune, "I Wanna Riot" came as a welcome relief to the slamming intensity of the rest of the show. The amazing thing was that the audience seemed to need it more than the band, which exhibited no signs of fatigue, even after racing through song after song...
...have to admit that this record has grown on me a whole lot, and all of my friends seem to be having the same experience. (One just walked out the room, saying, "This has grown on me, a ton.") Malkmus has become addicted to REM (covering "Camera" on a b-side and writing a silly tribute to them for No Alternative) and Crooked Rain features a few gorgeous pastoral tunes--"Range Life" and "Gold Soundz" in particular--that are a million times better than anything Mssrs. Stipe, Buck, Berry and Mills have produced in years. The excellent opener, "Silence...
...wouldn't be surprised to learn that Lee had swallowed a distortion pedal sometime around puberty--there's more noise bound up in his voice than there is in most beat-up old amplifiers. And when he's got something to say, it's even better--"Towner on the B-Side," for example, seems to be a song about insecure people trying to infiltrate themselves into scenes in order to get a sense of self-worth from their new acquaintances: the "did it feel good/ when it felt good" that opens up each chorus comes off, you'll have...
...B-side was similarly consistent in its effort against B.C. The Crimson back row, anchored by Steve Raser, held the Eagles to just four points, while the offense, led by fly-half Bob Jordan, kept the play in the B.C. zone...