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Tuesday, 22 July 1997 |
Written by
Jerry Del Colliano
|
DCC Records Re-Issue
| Performance 8 | Sound 6.5 |
From
the archives of BMG music comes a classic 1961 Harry Belafonte record
entitled Jump Up Calypso re-mastered and re-released by DCC Jazz. The
record is defined by the distinctively raspy voice of Harry Belafonte
and accompanied by both large and small ensembles with a true island
flavor.
Tuesday, 15 July 1997 |
Written by
Jason Karsh
|
Vanishing Point, Reprise Records
Performance 6 Sound 7
Perhaps
you've wondered where they've been, or maybe that was just us. In fact,
the rumors of this band vanishing off the planet can now be confirmed
as just that. Back with their latest release 'Vanishing Point,' Primal
Scream reaffirms that if nothing else they're still alive. And, while
it was their debut 'Screamadelica' put them on the map, it seems that
their second album, 'Give Out But Don't Give Up' is the one that still
finds its way into the rotation around here.
Tuesday, 15 July 1997 |
Written by
Jason Karsh
|
artist:
Sarah McLachlan
album:
Surfacing
format:
CD
label:
Arista Records
performance:
7.5
sound:
8
reviewed by:
Jason Karsh
Couple
this, her fourth and most anticipated release, with the summer's highly
successful Lilith Fair concert tour she spearheaded and you end up with
a lot of critics describing Sarah McLachlan in myriad ways. Little
hasn't been said, except for perhaps this. I believe that Sarah
McLachlan is the single best singer/songwriter living today. Period.
Male or female. Period. However, that said, it should be pointed out
that while I am a fan of both her voice and work, as a reviewer I hold
those select artists on another level to a much more stringent criteria
than the also-rans.
Tuesday, 15 July 1997 |
Written by
Jerry Del Colliano
|
Sutra Spin,
Cyber Octave Music.
Performance Quality = 7 Sound Quality = 7
The 'Electronica' gig; what is the deal with it and why is The Audio
Revolution so with it? Well, we take drugs, a lot of them and lyrics
really just seem to get in our way. What we really like are grooves,
Sugar. Syrupy-sweet, spinning, loopy grooves. The kind that mix well
with our drugs or that serve us well as background music. Yes, twenty
times better than rock and fifty times better than radio, Electronica
is akin to Classical in this background-sound regard. Just like
Classical, you can have Electronica on virtually all the time.
Tuesday, 15 July 1997 |
Written by
Jason Karsh
|
Unplugged (EP),
Columbia
| Performance 9 | Sound 9 |
Yes,
this is an EP. Yes, it only contains seven songs. So why are we
reviewing it? Two reasons: one, it is the first and only live Maxwell
out there; two, it is that impressive. Not so much in that Maxwell can
make live versions of his songs sound both fresh and original, but in
that he can take other artists' work and make them his own. Case in
point, five of the songs on this EP are his, two are not. And these two
cuts are just about as different as they come.
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