Authors: Billy Fish
Record Reviews: November 1997
16 Horsepower’s full-length record, Low Estate, is already out in Europe. Actually it’s been out in Europe since August 25 and it sold over 20,000 copies. … read more
CD Reviews Pt 2: August 1997
Dark and spooky like an old Hitchcock film, this CD gives me the creeps like nothing I’ve heard in a long time. … read more
CD Reviews Pt 1: July 1997
There are some publicists who realize that hundreds of CDs are released each month. Sometimes a worthy disc gets lost in the stacks. … read more
CD Reviews
This salsa stuff is good. The soundtrack is excellent, and if at the next house rave, someone asks you to throw on some salsa beats, you’ll be prepared. … read more
CD Reviews: April 1997
Machine Head, just like several thousand other bands, repeatedly call for revolution. The “man” is to blame and “we,” the Machine Head fan club, are not to bow down. … read more
National CD Reviews: February 1997
It’s not funny, Gianni. The evil SLUG boss – in an attempt to further infuriate Christian Arial – passed me a copy of Kip Winger’s new release. … read more
CD Reviews: January 1997
Abbey Road Kill is one of those CDs that — if it was a record — couldn’t hold a needle in the grooves. As my velvet Elvis melts with the heat generated by Los Ass-Draggers, I can’t help but laugh. … read more
CD Reviews: December 1996
I am truly spoiled! Two Alligator CDs in one month. Son Seals: June 20-22, Chicago, Illinois. Twelve songs that make you love music. … read more
Record Reviews: November 1996
Coming off like a group of silly and fresh youngsters, Discount is the sound that will be growing in leaps and bounds soon in the indie scene everywhere. … read more
CD Reviews: October 1996
Everyone left the show saying Nirvana was the best. I was silent, so as to avoid an argument because they sucked. Lo and behold the very show is on this record. … read more
CD Reviews: September 1996
Well, I guess it is now no longer a question of talent at all, but a question of fad. This is the 90s age of fads and anything people will buy is good music. … read more
The Stiff Sheet: July 1996
The soul savior album of 1996? Absolutely. This record will sail over your head like a Dennis Miller joke in the Mormon Temple. … read more
