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The Calling are a pow- second single from America Town, right, Kenny Dope and Louie Vega erful new LA band that draws on its is receiving significant airplay on have busted up a 2-CD set for the decadent Southern California roots several radio formats and has been ever fabu and timeless West End to make their music defiantly added to more than 50 stations in label - The 25th Anniversary upbeat and unsettlingly intimate. the U.S. America Town is an ambi- Edition Mastermix. Fueled by the songwriting of gui- tious and wholly satisfying work. The set contains 21 remastered, tarist Aaron Kamin and lead singer It's not necessary to dig too deeply re-EQed West End Catalog classics, Alex Band, The Calling turns in to hear sounds and melodies and seven of which have been remixed. one of the year's most auspicious instruments reminiscent of con- When we say remixed, we don't debuts with Camino Palermo, their temporaries like Dave Matthews mean chopped up and redone like RCA Records premiere album. and Ben Folds and classics like The most remixes are today. They have 'Produced by Marc Tanner, with Beatles and Elton John. actually taken the masters and eight tracks mixed by the legendary On the personal tip, I saw remixed f~r flawless sound quality. Chris Lord-Alge, the new album Ondrasik perform recently at You'll find tracks like "Heartbeat" serves up hit after hit. Madison Square Garden. It was a Native Texan Jimmy (Taana Gardner), "Do It To the Of course you are more than Christmas show for the local radio Smith writes about club Music" (Raw Silk), "Don't Make Me likely familiar with the hit station Z100. As he played his "Wherever You Will Go." But my music news and trends. Wait" (NYC Peech Boys), "Is It All grand piano and sang "Superman," Over My Face" (Loose Joints), pick from the album is "Could It Be His column appears members of the NYPD and New "Heat You Up" (Shirley Lites), Any Harder." If you like to span out York Fire Dept surrounded the' weekly. He can be "Keep On Dangin" (Phase II) and a and listen to some Alternative upper level of the bakony with reached bye-mail at ton more, all mixed up in party Rock, then this will surely be a their families, carrying blue and red [email protected]. fashion by Masters at Work. clever addition to your collection. glows ticks respectively. 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