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...this week, Chris Knox, who's spent the last decadeplus in his native New Zealand as half of Tall Dwarfs, the cruelest-minded, most inventive, funniest, and possibly the most interesting duo on the 80s-90s global rockscape. (Before that, Knox fronted NZ's premier punk bands, the Enemy and Toy Love.) Meat contains most of his two solo albums, Seizure and Croaker--solo records in the literal sense, since there's no backing band and no studio musicians. Instead, it's Chris Knox singing, playing his loud'n'fuzzy guitar, then going back into the studio and playing...
...those topics and more, and a range of vocal melodies to match. "Not Given Lightly" is one of the most sincere and moving love songs I know; I've personally seen it captivate at first hearing people who don't normally know, or care to know, anything about "punk rock...
...Bore Now Bore" 9. The Fumes "Empty Cell" 10. The Queers "Bonehead" 11. Fat Day "Choad Nickel" 12. Frances Gumm "So Much of Nothing" 13. Element of Crime "Delinquint Squint" 14. Huggy Bear "Teen Tighterns" 15. Killdozer "The Pig Was Cool" 16. The Lune "The Traveller" 17. Skinned Teen "Punk Rockest" 18. Adickdid "Eye Level" 19. Sparkalepsy "Bong Ammo" 20. Guided By Voices "Stabbing a Star...
...charismatic star. The music's fine (and the stardom must get annoying), but it's Kathleen Hanna's singing that sets this record apart. "Don't need you" was a catchy chorus from the last Bikini Kill disc, Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah. But by now, if you like punk rock at all, you ought to know that you need to hear...
...clumsiness are among the other topics on Ankle Deep, which mostly steers clear of boy-girl stuff in favor of far less charted lyrical waters. All the banging on sets of bells and strumming of ukeleles somehow add up to ingratiating, appealing music, neither clunky nor gimmicky, and neither "punk" nor slick. My favorite Wimp Factor song is "Role Model Glue," about a guy like me who can't bear to believe less than the best about his personal heroes: "Use too much role model glue/ To build up someone to look up to/ Not such a great idea." Here...