ie 1994 pop crop

OH NO! Not another block-
- headed blah-blah-blah_ best-of
onanistic gesture. you say?
Fear. not. [have listened well
and’ discriminately this past
~-year.-The. releases revisited ..
» here are worthy. If you care for
- pop music, read on.

“ Michael Becker
Music Reporter

\ Giant, Sand Glum,
: Imago/BMG 1994
iJ: It's an unkempt, staggering
affair: Neil Young and Sonic Youth -
are the inspirational kinfolk . of
Giant Sand _Singer-guitarist Howe
Gelb.
i.’ Mery. -cool
“abound.
Latin Playboys, Slash Records
» 1994 -
"Los. Lobos ‘members ‘David
Hidalgo ‘and ‘Louie Perez team up -
‘with ; Mitchell. Froom_ and ‘Tchad’
‘Blake for'a weird ride through’ the”
dusty barrio.
he, ‘project; sounds pre-digital
and’ purposely .’.low-tech.”. The -

‘jronic”

homilies :

cover tunes — Meat Puppets, vin-
tage Bowie and. Leadbelly —
makes this session something spe-
cial.

Fastbacks — Answer The Phone,
Dummy, Sub Pop 1994

Fourteen blistering shredders’
, from a most excellent Seattle-based

power trio. Most punky edged
groups with girls out front have
well-used Fastbacks - plastic on
hand.”

This disc is a thrill. I love the
way Kurt Bloch machines sharp
and melodious inondo guitar riffs.

layboys ‘take: their: oblique. sonic: - Kateil } Keineg - — Oo Seasons re)

ues “from Tom - Waits and: the..

Played out; upon an eaniathy,
acoustic; platform,” Kurt Cobain’s

Messages - of alienation are |

leva that 31% of
didn’ | get even one cold»:

2 hard surfaces for up
So keep those hands ;

cough syrups ‘containing.
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Castles, Elektra 1994 ;
- This debut release from a soulful

i - Weish singer. ‘combines elements of
. Celtic folk with a dash of blue. .

« Keineg has an incredible voice,

the deft range of which was more

ully revealed ‘at.one:of the year’s
best live performances, her recent

solo appearance at the Railway
Club in Vancouver.

Elvis Costello -- Brutal Youth,
Warner Bros. 1994

For all of the detours Declan_
Patrick MacManus has taken along
the way ~— country, folk. and
orchestral inclusive, none of it quite
rises above the taut intensity that
Elvis and the Attractions can put
out when they’re on top of the
game.

Brutal Youth cheats tiine. The

moody, hook-laden entity: that is
this year’s model comes up just this
side of perfect.
Neil Young And Crazy Horse _
Sleeps With Angels, Reprise -
Records 1994 :

Young: frames what is funda-

~ Mentally a bittersweet reflection
upon loss, specifically the suicide

this year of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain,

.with hope and considerations of the

healing power of love.

Grunge fi purehead.. Young .

“'probes the psychological landscape
that defines his self-wasted spiritual .

offspring. :

It’s a Crazy Horse insta- classic.
Texas .—  -:Rick’s' Road,
Vertigo/PolyGram 1994

The disc finds this Scottish :
group in fine fettle. The tracks stick -
it to the cerebrum with glorious cer-
tainty. ©

For those ‘with a soft spot. for .
vintage British blues-rock. sound; ::

there’s an appealing retro-feel. to
the project. Sharleen Spiteri’s. soul-
ful voice is a- knock-out. ' fo

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