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Loosegrove Records
This is a jazz record by a Seattle group. That’s right, a jazz record from Seattle. Maybe it’s signalling the death of grunge. Lord lettuce pays. Anyways, the music is nice. It’s got a little too much genre hopping for my taste. The production is good but not the best thing that I’ve heard. I can tell however that the musicians are talented. This band is a three piece, at least according to the cover, but the band sounded bigger to me. Check this band out if you’re really hip and think you know what it’s all about or if you just want a lively record to pick you up when you’re down.
Algebra One
Earn Your Halo
Delmar
Nice little spunky three-piece from Blacksburg, Va. Home of Virginia Tech and not much else. This is very emocore D.C./Richmond based music. What I liked about this band was their unpretentious music and cover. Good job boys. What I don’t like is the actual music and the production quality. Beef your ship up, put some vegan ass kickin’ punch behind your music. Keep the attitude, pick up the style.
AntiSEEN / The Creamers / PearlSchwartz
1+2 Plus Records
These records are off a Japan-based label. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the AntiSEEN before, they are pretty good live. Think Green Day, add Elvis and a gravely southern drawl with a touch of comic book. The Creamers on the other hand are very much a HOLE ripoff. They sound the same, they talk the same, you know. PearlSchwartz is a straight up punk. It’s not that I can’t give you a band to peg them to, it’s that they sound like a lot of bands. I did like their spunky charm though. The press junket called them street gang rock-n-roll, I wouldn’t go that fucking far. As for the label, they are trying. However, with the exception of AntiSEEN, this is a very Japanese set of records. There is nothing wrong with this, it’s just too bad to be confronted with something new and get what you expected. —Sausage King
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Record Reviews: November 1996
Record Reviews: May 1996
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