"IN AND OUT" M The new single from the forthcoming album Head Down. On Atlantic. 1990 Anonlor Re, orelmy Corp A Tenn Warner Compony Continued JACKPOT ! their theme song and soundtrack for the cable TV comedy show Kids In The Hall; but in case you're not, here's your invitation to one helluva rockin' beach party. Wax that §111c REPORT board while humming these: the spy theme "Good Cop Bad Cop," the chuckle of "Theme From T.V.," "Zombie Compromise," the slow, evil grooves of "Shake Some REPORTING DATES Evil," "Bennet Cerf," "Having An Average Weekend" and their covers of "Run Chicken Run" and "Harlem By The Sea." R A DI O A N D S PE CI ALT Y MOTHER LOVE BONE Apple (Hard Rock/New World/Retail/ (PolyGram, 825 Eighth Ave., New Beat Box/Jazz) York, NY 10019)—Half of Green (Monday-Tuesday) River's bastard spawn (the other is the Aug. 20-21 Sept. 10-11 recently hairless Mudhoney), the Bone Aug. 31 & Sept. 4 Sept. 17-18 BOB MOULD Black Sheets Of Rain arises with a follow-up to an EP released (Virgin, 8247 Alden Dr., Beverly on a bogus indie a little over a year ago. Hills, CA 90210)—As a member of And to answer everyone's first question, DI AL O G U E Husker Du, Bob Mould helped define indie yes, vocalist Andrew Wood recently died of rock, pushing the sonic limits in all sorts of a drug overdose and MLB is trying to find (By fax or mail) directions without regard to form, style or a replacement as we type (someone please (Monday, 6 p.m. EDT) preconceived instrumental restraints. While itell Sounds). Where the EP seemingly hid July 30 Aug. 27 his 1989 solo debut opted for a more the full capability of Mother Love Bone, Aug. 13 Sept. 10 acoustic sound—found in some latter-day Apple shines their full potential—they're a Husker works also—this sophomore effort is band that successfully combines the sounds Reporting Line: 516-466-7111 for the most part loud, aggressive and ex- Fax: 516-466-7159 hilarating in its adventures with the buzz- Reporting Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT saw guitar. Joined by Anton Fier (Golden Palominos) and Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), with whom Mould toured last year, this self- produced album has a large, crisp sound ADVERTISING DEADLINES that is captured by the tension between (Camera-ready) Mould's droning guitars, his ominous #203 (Aug. 31 issue): Aug. 27 vocals, Fier's busy drumming and a limitless energy that pushes this record into an in- tense aural storm that refuses to lose sight of its melodies. With Black Sheets Of CERTAIN DAMAGE Rain (his heavily emotional and personal #30: Masters due Aug. 15 lyrics are not quite as gloomy as the title Street Date: Sept. 10 may suggest), Mould forges into new ter- ritory, taking his stately experiences with him to build on what he has accomplished MUSIC MARATHON and given to the music world, and takes it to the next piercing, self-assured level. Each (Registration) of these 11 songs truly have their own ap- of Seattle with the style of a Guns N' Roses $175 before Aug. 15 ($85 student) peal and significance, but check out "It's (they hold Alice Cooper in high esteem $200 before Sept. 15 ($85 student) Too Late," "Hear Me Calling," "Hanging also). Andrew slithers through his lyrics, fit- $225 after Sept. 15 ($95 student) Tree," "One Good Reason" and the epic ting into the inner-city gutter prince role as title track for starting reference points. snug and natural as leather pants on a suf- fragette. The L.A. romanticisms and the production razzle-dazzle get a booster shot from the Bone's understanding of the com- %WE mon rock denominator, not letting scarves and glitter prissy up all those virile and Manager, Publisher information Systems EXIMIthr. chesty riffs. Mother Love Bone is enrap- Robert K Haber Horizons Editor Art Director lint Caligiuri Judy Virsinger tured by image, not soul (but T. Rex was Musk Editor like that too); Apple is as racy, pulse- Craig Marks Systems Analyst Art Director Shelley Rosen —notair jsr-i-GietSrn-er- quickening and infectious as an impromptu Managing Editor NMS fuck. Mother Love Bone reeks of hip- Mork Glaser Contribufing Editor Paste-up Artist Circulation Director Suzanne Hayes notic sex, and so will you after you listen to Metal Marathon Andy Skibins Ext./live Graphk Artist "Shangri La," "Stardog Champion," Coordinator Retail Coordinator Judi Colahon Associate Editor "Stargazer," "Man Of Golden Word" and Lydia Anderson ARGHIII Editor Typosnehr "Crown Of Thorns." Jeer Aswad Contact Sheet Fran McCarthy Coordinator Mary Martin Associate Editor Jeff Dandurand Deborah Orr Printing Supertiser Production Assistant Kenny Kramer Associate Editor Christen McClellan James Lien Printing Assistant Robert Post Research Editor Scott Doi,- New Muse Awards E x ecutive Producer Editor: Metal Marathon Muse Marathon Special Projects Coordinator Director Diane Turofsky Associate Editor Certain Damage Kevin Sharp Music Marathon SHADO WY MEN ON A SHADO WY Project Coordinator Event Coordinator PLANET Savvy Show Stoppers Reggae Route Editor Paul Casani-ii Cathie S. Moore Amy Wachtel (Cargo, 5718 Lamas St., San Evora Production Office Manager Jazz Une Coordinator Coordinator Gail Jacob Diego, Ca 9212 2 /6 19-535-0418)— Gene Kalbacher Annette Russell Hicks Receptionist So you've been buying (or scamming) loads New World Metal Marathon Denise Smith of Beach Boys CD reissues and now you're Musk Coordinator Coordinator ARGH!!! ready to hear some lovable surf-pop re- Cliff Firma Id Associate Editor College Media Inc. surface in a '90s band. Well, look no fur- Root Roo President Editor Robert K Haber ther than the shadowy grooves dished out Music Marathon Glen Sansone Art Director Exciartive Vice by this land-locked Canadian trio, who let Adrian Milano Presidents their watery imaginations go wild. Artfully Joanne Abbot Green Diane Turofsky combining some of your favorite riffs of the past with candy-coated melodies, these Vice President David Margulies enigmatic men make shaking your bikini- o clad hips and tossing your bobbed hair CAU New Music Report (ISSN 0890-0795) is published 6i-weekly by College seem like the coolest thing since Sex Wax. SOUP DRAGONS Lovegod (Big Life, Medea Inc with offices at 245 Great Neck Rood, 3rd Floor, Great Neck, NY 11021. Savvy Show Stoppers is a compilation do PolyGram, 825 Eighth Ave., Subscription rates 5175 00 per year, 2 years, 5315.00. Second class postage paid at Gnat Neck, NY. CAU New Music Report is copyright 1990 by College Media Inc. 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Management Jim Grant/Roger Cramer for Seriously Inc Inc Seriously for Cramer Grant/Roger Jim Management OP CBS Recoras Inc C1990 CBS Records Records CBS C1990 Inc Recoras OP CBS Tm F. Rea US Pat Pat US Rea "Time's Llp:' the new album from Living Colour M IMI featuring the first track, "TYPE" with two non-LP B-sides. Produced by Ed Stasium I tif t ACKPOT . Continue, volatile sonic attack of Jesus Jones, and firmly established with the aid of myriad haze of hash smoke, gypsy clothes and im- elnow the Soup Dragons have discovered a U.S. licensing deals, Moev's identity has mense Marshall stacks. The Hypnotics con- new twist on James Brown's "Funky proved to be hard to nail down. Now jures up the squalor and dissipated Drummer" beat by tape-looping layers of paired down to a trio, Moev has delivered grandeur of ripped velvet cushions and drums on "Backwards Dog" and by the follow-up, Head Down, and the pro- cracked-mirror decadence of the great sl00000wing down the beat for "Mother sleazy '60s ballrooms and auditoriums—just Universe" and "Softly." As on their earlier turr . it up and let it come down heavy. Sire/Warners effort back in '88, This Is My Art, the Glasgow, Scotland, quartet focuses on passionate, intense vocals/lyrics by Sean Dickson, who also co-produced and co-mixed the group's third effort. Dickson's Ian McCulloch/Michael Hutchence vocal leaning might not make him distinct, HEART THROBS Cleopatra Grip but the backing screech of feedback, static, (Elektra, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, sporadic samples and grungy noise gives New York, NY 10019)—Pop music has the band an updated sound that expands been coming in from the British Isles in all their range while keeping the hooks. Bow shapes and sizes so far this year, with Man- down to these: "Kiss The Gun," "Beauty chester assuming the leading role as far as Freak," "Mother Universe," "Love You To sound and volume.