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Rating System RADIO, RADIO ★★★★★ Crack These are currently the top ten albums being played at a randomly selected college radio station. It ★★★★ Heroin might actually be broadcast over closed circuit TV; we’re not entirely sure. ★★★ Angel Dust 10. The Singing Sisters of Syracuse ★★ Marijuana (eponymous debut) ★ 9. Mr.Spock’s Music From Outer Space Baywatch 8. Sesame Street Presents: The Count Counts 7. Christmas on Death Row (compilation) 6. Squba Gear, Bowling For The League EP Squba Gear artists took me by surprise. It wasnÕt a 5. The Simpsons Sing The Blues Pocket Band song that I instantly loved, (the singerÕs bowling with the 4. anything by Kansas Every month, we ask for screaming and crying became increasingly homies 3. Guy Lombardo Sings Elton John and receive thousands, irritating as the song went on) but it was Tank Records 2. Music From The Motion Picture Dolemite, sometimes thousands, of one of those rare songs that stop you dead unsolicited tapes from in your tracks if only because itÕs com- Volume 1: “Awwww, Yeah…” unsignable artists that pletely unlike anything you may have ever 1. Fifty-Five Years of Ska: An Anthology would like us to “discover” heard before. (four song EP) them and recognize their Since then, the band has been written unique “talent” in the up in nearly every major national music Pocket Band section of the magazine (as well as People and Better Homes few are future classics, and a few others U. Rocks page. We’ll pay and Gardens), appeared on the Conan OÕBrien explore and define varied musical genres in an attention, we don’t want to show, and become the subject of the most unpredictable and shockingly effective man- have to repeat this: U. intense major label bidding war that I can ever ner (the flute and harpsichord solos on Òbad- Suck! U. are lame! We are remember. In a remarkably short period of ddassssss songs,Ó the albumÕs only rap track, tired of listening to your time, this band has gone from being unknown will make you wonder why no one ever shitty ass slacker drool- to overhyped. thought of the idea before), but really, doesnÕt ings. Our editors think this I still remember the first time I ever heard The music itself on this, their first full it seem like Rolling Stone, Spin, and Details column is a neat idea, but Squba (pronounced Skwoo-bah) Gear. I was length album is always interesting stylistically give perfect scores to just anyone lately? ItÕs fuck them. They know that riding in my friend, a fellow hip music criticÕs and musically but generally a little bit disap- true that this is an album that will be looked if they try to fire any of us, car, Bob. The music critic that is, not the car. pointing. There are a number of strong songs back on as the defining (or beginning) we’ll tell the whole damn The song, a bootlegged version of ÒGroom here; Òspitting on a wall,Ó Òmidrange booster,Ó moment of our musical generation, but is world the truth about how with a viewÓ (which is included on the album) ÒmonkeyÕs reelÓ and Ònose job earringÓ are President Clinton really justified in suggesting it is that this unreadable, left an impression that runs so deep that I feel commercial enough to become big main- that it be mandatory for every library in the unread magazine is still in the need to tell you about this now. The way stream hits without compromising the bandÕs country to stock multiple copies of this print, and who it is that the band pulled off the bizarre combination of trademark sound. The cover of ÒDust In the album? I donÕt know. Buy the album and stands to gain from the all the spacious grandeur and instrumentation of WindÓ makes Kansas look like a bunch of judge for yourself. of the suffering. Trust us, the best electronica bands with the intimate untalented hacks (hicks?) by comparison. the truth is as ugly as post- feel and poppish song craft of the best indie ItÕs true that every song is memorable, a Star Wars Mark Hamill, and just as sleazy. This being the last Our Picks Pocket Band column that we will ever do, it is only appropriate that this month Prodigy U2 The song remains the been sitting we have found the ultimate The singer looks like Pop same. Again. unwashed in my mug, unsignable band. I was an asshole. fly to the second waiting for this pre- scared when I saw the pho- baseman. Rock and Bjork cise moment to strike. tocopied stick figure Bush roll needs an infield Telegram (Editor’s Note: We “album cover” and I was Razorblade Suitcase fly rule. Sjucks. Gjet ojver ijt. only mention this worried when I read the If you have to ask, because we’ve been label on the side of the you’ll just never get it. Collective Soul Pearl Jam told that ramen is a tape. It was not until I actu- <whatever it is that Washed Up (live) symbol of the college ally began to listen to the No Doubt the new album is Still struggling to cap- culture that we are tape that the sense of Tragic Kingdom called> italize on one good supposed to represent dread began to kick in. It I doubt it . YEAH! New Collective album and one good and yet in reality have wasn’t music. It was some- Soul album! WOO video from half a nothing to with. thing called the Zarch Fleps Aerosmith HOO! Guess what? No decade ago. The official home Experience, and frankly, it Nine Lives one gives a shit! page of this Editor’s scared the shit out of us. This is their tenth 3 Weeks, 2 Days Note can be found at: The locks are being “comeback album.” Morphine Amount of time that www.urag.genera- changed on Monday. You do the math. Like Swimming ramen remains have tionxasamarket.com.) 8 U. Putz Magazine ¥ April 1, 1997.