; gent: er norissett 8 * wes Alanis Morissette -- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Maverick Recording Co. 1998, CDW 47094 Alanis Morissette’s fourth album is basically a reflection of her carcer, love, and her spirituality. 1 didin’t tind the songs on this album as catchy as the ones on 1995's Jagged Little Pill, but the more you listen to them, the more they grow on you. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie is a lithe more peaceful than the angry Jagged Little Pill. After touring, Alanis went to a therapist and visited her nwin brother, Wade, in India. Of her first single, Thank U, Alanis says that it was the first song written with Glen Ballard (fellow producer, songwriter, musician) for the album. She says she experienced a deep stillness Maya BECKERSMITH MUSIC REVIEW and was leit with a great sense of inspiration and gratitude. Alanis may have lost seme fans because she waited so long (almost four years) to crank out this album, but I think she'll gain them back. For more information, you can visit her official websites. wwwalanismorissette.com and www. maverickre.com /alanis — Mava Beckersmith MB x%x* Art Bergmann — Design Flaw, Other Peoples Music 1998, OPM 2121 If you’re looking for a spot of fun, run like hell from this batch of world-weary, acerbic dispatches from the grotty side life. Art’s art goes down like a bowl! of razor blades. He’s the master of incisive lyrics and dead simple yet super sharp hooks. Hard lite slices soft tis- sue.’ Art revisits some of the songs he’s penned over the past decade. They're stripped to their bare bones with Art on acoustic guitar, the leg- endary Chris Spedding on clectric guitar and Peter Moore on harmonica. Spedding, for those not up to speed on the name, is a guy who played with the likes of Dusty Springfield in the 1960s, was asked to ago. join the Stones in 1975 and refused, and in 1976 produced the first Sex Pistols demos. The set was recorded in Toronto producer Moore’s kitchen last vear. mixes. Well-crafted songs can stand this sort of reduc- tion. Art’s honest recriminations fare fine. Gram Parsons’ delightful ditty of doom, Sin City, shows up as an additional bleak pleasure. Art has been living in Toronto recently, He’s back on stage in hometown Vancouver tonight at The Gate for a solo set and a set with a band and guest Desperately seeking Big Yellow Taxi A California fan ¢-mailed us this week for news about Big Yellow Taxi: “To: johng@nsnews.com * Subject: Big Yellow Taxi I saw the band at the High Sierra Festival and want to come to Vancouver to see them again. How can [I find cut their _ The Vitamin louse, gig schedule. Help}? Patrick Ward.” — They’re playing The Boor Pub in Whistler ronight and on Saturday, Nov. 14 they are at The Gate in Vancouver with She Stole My Beer. Look for a new CD from Big Yellow ‘Taxi next April. Their website is www2.cybersurfinet/~cp&je North Vancouver, is proud to announce the return of Lisa Gale. “It's great to be back! | look forward to seeing you again.” .Witamin Certified Nutritional Consultant 980-5545 1929 Lonsdale Avenue THE tunes on Alanis Worissette’s new Supposed Former Intatuation Junkie are not 2s catchy as her mega-seller Jagged Little Pill but they'll grow on you. artist Paul Hyde. Doors open at 9 p.m. Faithless are four different people. Rollo has an honours degree in philoso- phy and is one of the most in-demand producer-remixers in the world, scoring U.K. hits with Simply Red, Pet Shop Boys, M People and Donna Summer Vocalist Jamie Catto is a lover of Tantra and doesn’t listen to club music. Silky voiced Maxi Jazz found hip-hop in 1983 and raps a hypnotic vibe. Sister Bliss discovered house music in 1987 and snagged a London chart and It Bleed /Exile-cra club anthem, Life’s a Bitch, before her association with Faithless. Together they are a powerful force. Open 7 days Unisex Hair Studio Friday. November 6. 1998 — North Shore News — 17 ‘eesti sa erie! WHAT some of the work's Music press are writing about new releases this week: B xexkkk Talvin Singh OK (Island) -- OK (released Tuesday) is a global-groove masterpiece, as much classical as club culture. Rather than simply looping his tablas for beats or sampling a funky Bollywood break, Singh goes to great lengths to litt bits of music from around the world and integrate them into his own vision, — Tim Perlich (Toronto Now) B «x The Cardigans — Gran Turismo (Mercury) It’s really just 2a above-aver- age Garbsge album. Bur Sina Persson knows how to make disillusionment sound as inviting as a fuzzy sweater. — Alex Pappademas (Tower Records Pulse Magasine) @ Bettie Serveert plays Venus in Furs and other Velvet Underground Songs (Brinkman) — This CD was recorded live on the recent Bettie Serveert tour where all they plaved was Velvet —_ : Underground songs. Photo Michele Lauria = (Vancouver-born) Carol van, Dijk’s vocals lend themselves beautifully to classics such as Afterhours, Venus in Furs, Stephanie Saysand Black Angel’s Death Song. Hearing Bettie Serveert’s indie twist B xk tek Faithless — Sunday 8PM, Arista records 1998, 07822-19029-2 on these experimental rock If you've written off dance music as little more than a purely physical affair, check this one out to see how beat, tricky mixing, sampling and soulful lyrics can actually come together for something highly evocative and intoxicating. 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