_:_
I Ip
I
TRACY BONHAM ^'y^m
The Burdens Of Being Upright
While any number of performers
exhaust themselves vying to be recognized
as voices of a generation. Tracy Bonham
offers a decidedly personal alternative -
one marked by provocative, jarringly
honest songs that amply communicate the
freshness with which this classically-trained
violinist turned singer-guitarist approaches
her craft.
JIMMY IHACKERY 6 THE DR1VQIS
Drive To Survive £
siijncD
Jimmy Thockery and the Drivers
unrig nigrrpowerea penon nonces to
over 250 stages a year. Thockery is
a guitar hero whose driving energy
is a brilliant blend of virtuosity and
artistic taste. Port ferocious intensity,
part subtle understatement-his
technique (Mines an artist of
consummate skill.
■>
_i_
-- ^
The Borrowers
$11.88 CD
Forged in the smoke ond haze
of countless clubs from Cleveland to
Los Angeles, The Borrowers have defined
their sound - a harmonic convergence
of jangled rock with a lyrical insight that's
at once instantly familiar and
totally new.
I
I
Lv.
$11.88 CD
MU330 classifies it's music as ska,
a speedy, rhythmic, danceabie style similar
to reggae m if s emphasis on the off-beat.
But as the band's biography claims
somewhat tongue-in-cheek: "MU330 has
punk, noise, singalong lyrics’ pop hooks and
hard-pounding double^boss-drum rhythms'
Welcome To The Real World
$11.88 CD
Toang! has reissued this eariy classic
album from The Business. This CD is a
picture disc and contains bonus trades. The
Business is currently on tour with Battalion
of Saints.
I I
:r%
DIHROTIC OUTSIDERS
Neurotic Outsiders
$11 JR CD
When the group originally formed to
play a benefit show at LA's Viper Room, the
musical chemistry among the four Neurotic
Outsiders was immediate. The band's Monday
night jams became the hottest show in town;
Philadelphia; and were written up in RoKng
Stone and Details. An album was the obvious
next step. The result is a set of high-energy
n«Milt maaaJa u«lL amm jIuMj* mama Iaamaaaajaaa Jaaaaa»aaaaaaa»a»
I I
III '-fl
■ 1
%
Vij
A Worm's Life
$11.88 CD
Ifs A WORM'S LIFE. And anyone
expecting to hear the some old Dummies
is in for quite the surprise. The Crash Test
Dummies hove produced A WORM'S LIFEs
themselves with guitars that snarl
and drums that thwak for o heavier, edgier
sound that will gently sneok up behind
you... and smack you in the back
of the head.
PALADINS 1333
Million Mile Club
$9.88 CD
V- I \
After seventeen years together,
Paladins - heroic champs of the road and j
pure American roots (rockabilly) - make
their 4AD debut with their latest album.
Recorded on the band's favorite turf - live
on tour in venues from Canada to Tijuana
' .* • ^
V v
0
i
I_