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His dest songwriter in the city, and I Vancouver line, the last, called "Can't Stand voice sounds quite different on managed to get my arms You," features a lengthy talking separate songs. Sometimes it's wrapped around his latest demo bit near the end that puts a post- low and drawn out, other times tape Somehow I managed to Special Heavens to Betsy/Bikini it's scratchy and strained. erase the first song on the tape Kill type twist on the traditions Believe it or not, he actually had Idiot. If I were this talented, I of the first girl group days, but the guts to cover a Fugazi wouldn't be that sod. Another did make me (sentimental song He slowed down "Bed For complexity of the singer/song­ excuse to keep their kids away reviewers are being lazy by fooM) long for a bit more in the Scraping" and played a writer is that you have to be local CDs! from this dangerous-sounding comparing them to other female the way of backing vocals blues strum while he crooned (2- careful not to make them happy REMOVAL stuff You will hear somelhing musicians, so I'll start out by say­ (<fonfondv@hotmail com> 3318 Main St., Vancouver, BC, or else they might lose all their Hello, my name is irrelevant menacing in these songs (or ing that Siobhan seems to have <http://members.tripod.com/ V5V 3M7) talent. (773 E Pender St., (Wrong) should I say pieces? They're gone to the Stiff Little Siobhan_Duvall>) Cover songs on a demo tape are Vancouver, BC, V6A 1V8) My feature CD of the month, mostly wordless, of course, and Fingers, Clash, and usually not a good idea unbss you This is a guy that you know. because a) they're having iheir identified only by number), as Buzzcocks school of songwrit­ change the song drastically or your He's David Lester of Mecca record release party on well as almost unspeakably ing and playing Now that's a local demos! voice or skills on an instrument are a Normal. He has put out a solo September 1 Oth at the Brickyard heavy Somehow the absence of very good school, but I have to lot better than the original. Clive tape called The light changed (and you should go) and b) they a singer lets you really feel the add that this CD also owes a lot Oh, the angst, pain, and preten­ Goodinson does a few too many before I could blink. Beautiful, really rock Removal must songs, and remember that the to the Shangri-Las, Elastica, sion of the singer/songwriter covers on his demo His originals endless guitar work. I saw him at have commercial radio station best part of Led Zeppelin was and Blondie traditions, ond How can you help but the love aren't bad, but he does sing very Yoyo A Gogo, and he's got the music directors scratching their the drums, and the best part of these are all good things too. the contradiction. Singer/song­ loud I think I'm just not too excited moves down. Helicopter strums, heads (or maybe banging them Black Sabbath was the power Unlike many of her peers, Duvall writers are hurt, depressed and because he tries to sound like knee action, and facial expres­ against a wall). It's a metal band chords Removal is pretty far, er, sings, writes songs, and plays a unloved, but somehow they hove Ron Sexsmith (<goodin- siveness. (Get to the Point, 304- made up of three guys with the f-c tho: speedy guitar in her own tight lit­ enough self-confidence to sing [email protected]>) 1320 Salsbury Dr., Vancouver, smarts and wherewithal to dinosaurs of rock, however tle three-piece, also unlike many about themselves, and they want Now, if you haven't heard B.C., V5L4B3) • produce their own records and Imagine a runaway train of post- of her peers, she seems shame­ everyone to hear them. For s tour successfully across Canada Metallica metal without the lessly willing to trade on the way , I r ,ved n > thar H a p I»lnen * v M i v o without an outside manager embarrassing lyrics and with she looks in a flashy cutaway enough self-involved demo tapes They pack the clubs even though some sampling thrown in and dress Well, why the hell not? this month. The summer tends to they don't get any press or radio you're a lot closer. And, as I She's a one-time member of the be a downer for the unhappy. Meeting l>eop(e is like standing on a door Wat. play, and, what is perhaps even said, you should go see them. Bombshells, a band widely Chicken scratch also seems more surprising, Removal hos no (2612 Eton St., Vancouver, BC, remembered (for better to be characteristic of the Welcome You stan4t letting your feet drown and vocalist. Of course this means V5K 1K1) *e) r r their tude singer/songwriter. I'm not sure if that there will be no embarrass­ and look than for their musical this guy's name is Robert Ian wafce foo *t>rin*s. But for you, it's nof like <r*akiW an ing Robert Plant/Ozzy SIOBHAN DUVALL prowess, and her photos really Merre or Robert Ian Herre lr*t>ression . You are r(ow(y sinking Iower , frot n» one Osbourne like posturing and Siobhan Duvall are appealing Duvall sings 4 Maybe it's neither Nonetheless, preening, and that parents will (Independent) petulant, hard, fast, aggressive I was actually taken aback by notice*. This is Depression* have to find a non-lyrics-related A lot of female musicians think and girlish songs on this EP, the first song on his tape. I dou­ why. Where they come from is a also pretty weak, a big-beat She rules. Big time. The Aside, mystery, but they've turned up on electro-nightmare with weird hip- "Randy Costanza", has an a new single on the Brentwood hoppy vocal samplings and amazingly cool guitar loop, and Estates label out of Rhode Island.