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ROYAL FMH88WL
Happy Birthday, Sabo!
$11il8 CD
In the past two years, Royal Fingerbowl
has quietly become an underground
phenomenon. Showcasing the songwriting
of singer-guitarist Alex McMurray, Royal
Fingerbowl presents a disheveled,
sardonically witty blend of jazzed pop,
bluesy rock and swinging tear-jerkers.
HOARSE
Happens Twice
$11.88 CD
Hoarse, the newest straight-ahead rock trio
on Detroit's blue-collar music scene,
including former members of sponge and
paw, makes its mark with its debut album, *
happens twice. From Cleveland to
Milwaukee, Hoarse continues to establish
itself with its own style of "power-punk,
post pop."
DAMAGE
Forever
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Separately they are creative, diverse, and
gifted singers and performers. Together
they are DaMage, an ultra-harmonious
R&B vocal group from London, England.
Abounding in soul exuding style, DaMage
vocally bridges smooth, sultry melodies
with energizing rhythms and polished
grooves.
SIZE 14
Size 14
311.88 CD
Bom out of a nine-tafive telemarketing gig
and on LA. musician classified, the
unstoppable thrill ride that is Size 14
began a year and half ago in Hollywood,
Californio. Size 14, best described as on
entertaining foursome who write irresistibly
catchy tunes that "undog the ears of even
the most jaded listeners."
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COMMANDS VENDS
The Uneventful Vacation
811.88 CD
Commander Venus are poised to take on
the world with their second album, The
Uneventful Vocation, a collection of high
pitched odes to growing up young, sad and
disinterested. The key to Commander
Venus lies in the powerful passion of
Conor's lyrics, which belie his age and
sound as though they were penned by a
roadweary rock veteran.
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MXPX
Life In General
$11.88 CD
These ore the same guys whose "Chick
Magnet" video is all over music television
stations! And, they're hot in LA., Seattle,
Chicago and Minneapolis to name a few
cool cities. Woddya waitin' for? Homer's
has it now.
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BUCK*0*NINE
Twenty-Eight Teeth
$8.88 CD
BUCK*0*NINE create a fun and frenzied
ska-core sound that is impossible to resist.
With three releases and relentless national
touring under their collective belt,
BUCMHINE promises to conquer America
with their new album and TVT debut
"Twenty-Eight Teeth."
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HOOVERPHONIC is a four-piece bond from
Belgium. HOOVERPHONIC ployed a
showcase in London and went down like a
storm. They blend the most extreme
and unexpected musical styles together -
ambient, techno, trip hop, folk,
salsa and pop!
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FOREST FOR TIE TREES
Fores! For The Trees
Forest For The Trees is the brainchild of
singer/songwriter/producer Carl
Stephenson. An experimentalist and
innovator, Stephenson inadvertently
established himself as a pioneer of trip
hop, a breakbeat heavy pop form defined
by psychedelic textures and hallucinatory
effects.
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Hang-lips
Slum cd
One of the hordest working bonds in '96,
Goldfinger is back witirfc sophomore
offering "Hong-Ups*. The bond spent the
better port of 1996 on the road, ploying
310 shows in 365 days. A highly reoctive
live bond, 6okjfinger's never ending
touring, coupled with across the board
support from both radio and MTV make this
band swcessfalh tin imlng.
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811.88 CD
Chopper One fly on high-octane pop-rock,
saturating their songs with the maximum
amount of hooks, melodies and harmonies
per square inch. In their music, growiHips
celebrate kid memories with unashamed -
teenageonthem power.
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Jeff Porcoro was one of the greatest
drummers ever. Period. He played on so
many records, it's nearly impossible to list
them aU here. He was also a member of
the supergroup *Toto\ until his death in
1992. No one else could play that shuffle
beat like jeff could. A tribute to Jeff is a
lovefest produced by David Garfield and 13
outstanding musickms.
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