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...songwriting and instrumental ability, these guys approach the level of XTC. All the songs are built on the complex riffs of lead guitarist lain Harvie intermingling with the equally complex riffs of guitarist Brian Tolland. Usually these two play eschew electric guitars for acoustics, and the striking thing is that they don't lose any power in doing so. Songs like "Hammering Heart" and "Crows In The Wheatfield" are anthems, for Christ's sake, and they are played with guitars that are actually made out of wood...
...cross over into the field of Lechmere background music, was formed by vocallist Terry Hall, formerly of the Specials (a decent two-tone band) and Fun Boy Three (a synth outfit that gave the Go-Gos their first hit, "Our Lips Are Sealed.") With bassist Karl Shale and guitarist Toby Lyons, Hall strikes out after something different with this group, and regrettably...
...noteworthy because it contains "Cruel Circus," the second dumbest pro-vegetarian song even on wax--the first is "Meat is Murder" by the Smiths. That song like most is a reflection of the colourfield's attitude problem, a problem easily fixed by introducing Hall to Husker Du's lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould on one of Mould's bad nights. That would be a lesson in commitment...
...hard stuff when they made this disc, and their new-found and short-lived temperance allows them to write excellent songs which use Paul Westerberg's off-key voice to its fullest potential. But the Replacements still know how to have fun: as of recent live gigs, guitarist Bob Stinson has been playing encores nude. Help support these guys' habit...
Racer-X (Homestead Records) by Big Black: Guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini grew up in Middle America and now he's out to revenge himself on that particular bit of real estate. Big Black is the most violent, yet also the most listenable group of Homestead's recent post-punk crop. Both the songs--especially "The Ugly American"--and the liner notes show a sense of humor long gone from most rock and roll. This EP certainly beats Bing Crosby fists down: a must for anyone who burns Norman Rockwell paintings in his spare time...