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Show .Tbmubtyjme $, fff7 twitch Pf 1 MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT GUIDED BY VOICES A Crime for All Seasons (OleMatador) Tf IS D "rocking." Imagine that. The producheavily over-dubbtion, however, reveals Perm's Everything is a concept for My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. The band started as a ed lack of a cohesive band. Producer Brendan O'Brien plays bass on the album, which means tracks couldn't concept for a movie. The soundtrack was made; the movie wasn't Since then, TKK has made at sit least two other concept TmstimGmi, hmtTrnVf Yomr albums: the dark and funky Confessions of a Knife and (Hefty) 1995's Hit and Rnn Holiday, a campy '50s iiker chic party Now they're back with a new concept. The band started the industrial dance craze; now it's following the Top 40 techno craze. The lyrical components are (Thrill jockey) Anyone who says rock is dead needs to Ssten to bands on Chicago's the same dope, devils and dames. A quick scanning of the song titles leaves no questions independent labels. One fine fine example is Bill Ding a combination of studio about the content, especially since the titles are usually about the only lyrics in the songs: "Fangs of Love," tweakery, jazz rock, chamber music and roEing avant rock, with a sense of humor. B2 Ding sound's like John "Lucifer's Flowers," "Dope Doll McEntire's team recording under pseudonyms, but I can't confirm my suspicion. Whoever Bill Ding is, they've bid down 14 tracks of pure aural kicks. It's hard to deny song tided Three Week Money Back Guarantee, especially when k sounds good. - Another gnat band from Chicago, the Sea and Cake, put out two hril-iaand melodic aSbums He Sea and Coke and ALesaw before releasing the medkxxe The Biz in 1995. Wkh 7k Fawn, the Sea and Cake return with a new sound. The album starts with a natural seashore fed on Sporting life," before Mectronics" and studio play come in. aO-st- ar "Blondes Jungle," Lobotomy Eyes," With "Sexy Sucker." Musically, TKK has mellowed out on the kitschy big band industrial and has turned up the beats and fuzzy guitar t spurts. TKK is gravitating toward the heavier techno-industri- nt al favored by Lords of Acid, especially on "Lucifer's Flowers" and "Dope Doll Jungle - The band even goes for on "The Twilight tech-no-hou- se Web" and break-be-at on "Mr. & Mrs. Bottomless Pit." What A Crime for AM Seasons is missing is die fresh, continu- JohnMcEnbre (drums, keyboards, programming) recorded the afcum at ous industrial groove that Confessions of a Knife and Sesptosion were built around. A Crime for All Seasons isn't a flop, but it has been done his Soma Studios, with typically incredible results. As with any of McEnure recent musical escapades, 71c Fawn emphasizes textures, sounds and washes. It's a painterly afcum, assembled in the studio. Even though The Fawn is accom-pushe- d and the textures are intricate I and pleasing, I want the old Sea and Cake, like I want the old U2. fea fin tal parts sounds good, but lacks the "feel." band ever-importa-nt story has also GBV's changed for the better. After a string of under-appreciat- MICHAEL PENN SMOG ed albums for Scat records and Matador records, the band generated Under the the the Stars and one of Bushes, Under (Epic) 6x? home-recorde- d well-record- (Drag City) ed B31 Callahan is simply one of the Guided by Voices is most delicate and melancholy songSawfish Holy Breakfast albums. the most respected indie pop units, while Furthering that equation, writers around. In the future, hell be is the most pro- appreciated with the esteem Michael Penn is generally Mag Earwhig GBV reserved for the likes of Leonard duced album yet. viewed by critics as a Before wad up, Cohen and Nick Drake. your panties who opportunist, coat-tailstill Callahan's journey to this point the is recording very five, rode his brother Sean's been swift Early albums like hasn't and unadorned So, what are Guided by raw, the Sky Forgotten Foundation Sewn fans like varied to like their just Voices and Michael Penn GBV. The results on Mag and Julius Caesar were sloppily doing in the same CD review recorded damage folkrock appealare diverse, Earwhig partially Now that GBV ventured memdue of the enlistment to ing in their rawness. However, further into the realm of the Callahan didn't reach critical mass of bers Cobra since Verde, d album, as until 1995's Wild Love. Since Wild Mitch parts (Tobin Sprout, opposed to the Callahan's gray skies have residMitchell Kevin of and Lave, Fennel!) albums GBV alone have ed interior spaces, creating dark, in it lately. gone the band is famous for, there the best dausuupliubic and beautiful albums. are more similarities between Though separated, Red Apple Fats carries the 'heavy songs on Mag Earwhig include GBV and Penn than the forappearances by Sprout andor load" again. This time with engimer would probably admit. Both musical units make Mitchell like "Jane of the neering and instrumental help from Universe and "Mute Jim O'Rourke (Gastr del SolRed hybrid forms of retro rock. Waking CrayolaTortoise). The results are GBV plays psychedelic, post-pun-k Superstar." At 21 songs, Mag finds GBV its at most dirges filled spare, mystic crunch, while Earwhig and accessible and with nanahves images of mispoppy, Penn plays updated jangle fecund, and beauty. firmly grounded in glori- use pop. 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