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more spins this week than last. This EVERYTHING ZEN one's a bonafide hit, my friend. Joel, Pete and the entire EEG staff did a great job of setting this one up. WBCN-Boston's Carter Men says, " 'Good' continues stomp up our airplay and request chart here, as people have finally connected the song with the band." Mike Watt's "Against The 70s" continues to do very well at radio. The Spike Jones -directed video for "Big Train" gets presented to MTV Here are this year's winners of Gavin this week, so now is a good time to Awards for alternative and college college start thinking about adding it. radio. Back row: KROQ's Kevin Weatherly, And speaking of MTV, Jeff WCBN's Brendan Gillin, Autotonic's Dan Buckley's "Last Goodbye" video has SLEEPER Mackta, Gavin's Seana Baruth, Live 105's New Releases been added to Buzz Bin. The track "Delicious" Steve Masters, 4 AD's Rich Holtzman, ELASTICA debuts this week at #40, and as the (Arista) A&M's Scott Carter. Front row: Island's Elastica (DGC/Geff en) highest debut takes home Top Tip 1 first heard this one months ago Steve Leeds, Gavin's Linda Ryan, WFNX's For my money, there hasn't been honors. New this week at KDGE, on Live 105 -San Francisco, where Kurt St. Thomas and Boy Troy. this near perfect of a debut album ICTOZ and WRXQ. it was such a hit the word "deli- since Adorable's Against Perfection. Fresh from their Beverly Hills cious" became a much -used phrase Ned's Atomic Dustbin's "All I This London -based quartet delivers 90210 appearance, The Flaming with the air personalities. For Ask Of Myself..." culled 11 more the goods on their their self -titled Lips are turning up the heat at radio example, when Steve Masters was adds, and will most likely debut next debut, and believe me, the songs with "Turn It On." "She Don't Use on the air, a legal ID often sound- week. As mentioned earlier, the herein are of the "non-perishable" Jelly" is still getting tons of airplay at band is playing at SXSW on Friday ed like this: "Live 105, San many stations on the panel, and variety. Long after trends come and night.If you were lucky enough to go, Elastica will stand as a classic Francisco. The most delicious radio some seem reluctant to convert station ever." You get the idea. see them at the GAVIN seminar in pop album. This four -piece has tracks. The album continues to sell Months later, Sleeper finally hits New Orleans, you know their live managed to piece together the best upwards of 10,000 copies a week, so these shores, and "Delicious" is show can't he beat. of the past ("Wake Up" borrows what are you waiting foe Turn it on quite a calling card. Quirky, sexy Music talk: Run out this very from The Stranglers' "No More and all the way up! and downright naughty, minute and get a copy of the April Heroes," and "Connection" bears a IN THE PRESENCE "Delicious" is a true eyebrow rais- issue of Select magazine-PJ striking resemblence to Wire's OF GREATNESS er, and you get the feeling that Harvey's on the cover so it's money "Three Girl Rhumba"), and make it frontperson Louise Wener wouldn't well spent. Inside (page 10) is a two -their own. And what keeps your ear have it any other way. I saw page transcription of the radio chaos peeled is, without question, Justine Sleeper at last year's Reading that ensued when both Blur and Frischmann's sometimes throaty, Festival, and they proved to be Oasis stopped by Live 105's Steve sometimes soaring, voice. All of the tighter and more melodic than I Masters' show. In addition, there band's English singles are included, are three color photos, the biggest of and make an ideal place for radio to expected. Stations taking the early lead on this one include WFNX, which features Steve's smiling mug. start. Personal faves include WDST, WZRH, WBRU and KCRW. A major coup for the station. "Stutter," "Line Up," "Blue," A tip for those going to SXSW: Vaseline" and "Hold Me Now." A \ I )A RYAN Puppy Love Bomb, one of my Alternative editor Linda Ryan 'bout near true classic. -LINDA RYAN TECHNO SQID EATS favorite bands, is coming out all the PARLIAMENT dropped dead after meetinglongtime GOO GOO DOLLS way from Ireland to play their hearts (Ardent) hero, Alex Chilton. For his part, Alex was A Boy Named Goo (Warner out for you Friday night at Waterloo If The Posies and Teenage Fanclub heard to have said, "Is that the same Brewing. Bros.) satiate your tastebuds, check out Linda Ryan that's IN that Robyn Hitchcock And Supergrass is doing a short Most fever guitar bands wouldn't Techno-Squid Eats Parliament. Not song?" (as in like, five dates or something) know a melody if it broadsided only is their new album Mac corn- tour through the country in a couple them, and when they shed their skin patable for CD ROM, it's also corn- of weeks. Their spiffy new yellow - for an acoustic song, it exposes an patable for anyone into straightfor- vinyl single, "Lose It," has just been unwelcome thinness. The Goo Goo ward guitar pop. "Rockets" boasts released by Sub Pop. If you're one Dolls skillfully avoid these pitfalls the band's ability to layer foot - of the lucky markets Supergrass is and hoist themselves heads and stomping, hand -clapping rock with heading to, count yourself among shoulders above other guitar bands melodious harmonies that would the truly blessed and make a point by simply being good. There's no have label -mate Alex Chilton remi- to check 'em out. filler on these 13 tracks, and virtually niscing of yeasteryear, while all of them could find a home on "Stronger" throws punches too fast radio. "Long Way Down" has a to dodge. If you're thinking the Sugary coat to it, but Johnny Rzeznik name of this band sounds familiar, 1. PJ HARVEY - DOWN BY THE WATER brings his own brand of distanced it's because Techno-Squid Eats angst to the vocals. "Name's" mellow Parliament is the band who 3.HOLE - VIOLET acoustic guitar comes to life in the opened up this year's Jukebox Jury chorus as Rzeznik sings, "Reruns all with a killer live performance. And become our history," and "Only even though the name conjurs up 5.MIKE WATT - BIG TRAIN One" is the go -to song for pure images of DJs pumping out 10,000 melody and power chords galore. jigawats of bone -crunching bass, 7. R.E.M. - STAR 69 Check out the bald energy of those who saw the band play live "Disconnected" and the punkabilly in New Orleans know that their 8.iA 1 I I 1 a I 111INFEC of "Slave Girl." ABNG's quick gait ability to write infectious, brilliant- 9. JULIANA HATFIELD - UNIVERSAL HEARTBEAT should make it an ideal album to ly keen pop songs shines like a .11.111111111N SWEET - hear performed live. -David Beran big star. -ERIC SHEA

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