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4The Daily-Tar HeelThursday, October 8, 1937 - - ' - ov hAcfo Don't let radio rule! Look at what they don't play By TODD MORMAN Special to the DTH There are a lot of great new records that you'll never hear on commercial radio for all the wrong reasons (shame, shame). But don't let that stop you alt of the following releases are excellent. If the names are all new to you. consider yourself lucky; you've got worlds to explore. And. hey. if the names are familiar, consider yourself lucky there's not a bad song in the bunch. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper's new album Bo-Day-Shus! is a good place to startbecause the song "Elvis is Everywhere" has a good shot at being a hit These two guys have cultivated a loyal club following by combining simple talking blues (Mojo on guitar. Skid on washboard) with a wild and hilarious stage show. Previous songs include "Jesus at McDonald's," "I Hate Banks" and "Gonna Put My Face on a Nuclear Bomb." The new album shows them stretching out a bit adding horns and backing vocals on some tracks, getting funkier (just a little), and singing some wiser, even poignant lyrics. But Bo-Day-Shus! is no sell out for proof, you can check out the scatalogical "I Ain't Gonna Piss in No Jar." or "I'm Gonna Dig Up Howlin' Wolf." complete with casket-opening sound effects. Vinyl success number three for Mojo and Skid. The Dukes of Stratosphear were XTC. No surprises there some of last year's Skylarking would fit nicely on Psonic Psunspot. the new Dukes album. Unashamedly inspired by the i. A L . ' A A 1 ' 'if I J 8 -" 1 i ii rvrTjiuMmin to NT" A few albums you will not hear on the radio DTHDavid Minton best 60s psychedelic pop (you can actually play name-that-song-influence). they start with almost unbelievably catchy melodies, add an odd and amazing variety of instru ments and effects, and come up with a near-perfect reincarnation of The Levin' SpoonfulByrdsBeach Boys TrafficSmall Faces and. oh yeah, the Beatles. This is one of the best pop albums ever (at least of this year), and you won't hear any of it on commercial radio. Still unconvinced? Try these song titles: "You're my mmi nr ran w QUIKSILVER MAUI & SONS BILLABONG GOTCHA CATCH IT CB MADE IN THE SHADE ClSnrf & Sport . gg H? LDJL S H i Hi . V 175 East Fraeldia St. (above Four Comers) Drug." "Vanishing Girl." "Collidea scope" and "Braniac's Daughter." If you enjoy the intensity of. say. Sonic Youth, but sometimes, get a little bored with headbanging rhythms, try Happy Nightmare Baby by Opal on SST records. Kendra Smith and Dave Roback (formerly of The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade, respectively) create music that is both psychedelic and metallic, but slowed enough to allow you to really explore the darkness within. RECYCLE This Newspaper I not just wallow in it The heavy T. Rex guitar and vocal influence is a joy 1 wish more bands would acknowledge their debt to this guy. The sound is mystical and wonderful (is that a harpsicord I hear behind those guitars?). This is folk music to listen to after the coming apocalypse. Here's one for the guitar wor- shippers: Tom Verlaine was a found ing member of Television, one of the best of the mid-70s New York bands who were doing tilings that would later be called punk. Famous for his biting, fractured guitar lines and alternately funnyangry lyrics "I fell into the arms of Venus de Milo." for one), Verlaine's solo albums have been explorations in guitar and , keyboard work that are usually pretty stunning, and Flash Light, his latest, is no exception. This reminds me of U2's first albums, probably because Bono and the Edge listened to a lot of Tom Verlaine. There are bits of guitar here and there that seem to ricochet around your head as you listen (my idea of fun). Add beautiful keyboards and powerful, suggestive lyrics and you've got another great Tom Verlaine album. The Windbreakers have become over their five releases a group of players rotating around guitrist Tim Lee. a Jackson. Miss., native who's worked with Let's Active and Rain Parade, and the Bongos, among others. So. the overall Southern pop sound of this band shouldn't be a surprise. What is a surprise is the gritty power of the songs on the new album. A Different Sort, due mostly to Lee's vocals and grinding guitar. The Windbreakers have always had an edge many other "jangly" pop , bands lacked, but here it's up front, and especially notable in the lyrics. Lee uses pieces of sax and drops of piano, as well as a very nice female vocal partner, to warm up the album. The end result tastes like sandpaper crepe wrapped around peaches dipped in chocolate sauce. Yum. Title lyric: "There's a different sort of heart break every day." Go ahead, toy one. Michael Jackson doesn't need your money that badly. Two minutes is too long for Calabash Every second counts when you're cookin' Calabash. When the color's perfect you're done, and that's always less than two minutes. That's why Calabash seafood has so much taste and tenderness, heaped up high on your plate! SCAfOOO AESTAUMAMT whv rftacooton's lamed m seconds C i Dinner: 5-9. " daw a week Lunch: 11:30-2. Mondav-Fridav 495-80 '-822" Major credit cards .'Hwv-M East at MO , ' Iti ..,.JJ-rdr.-
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