Air
     
     
      Premiere
      Symptomes
      (8)
     
     
      Virgin/EMI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Weird
      Al
      and
      Air
      both
      started
      out
      as
      archi-
     
     
      tects,
      but
      Air
      uses
      their
      architecture
      back-
     
     
      ground
      to
      build
     
     
      their
      composi-
     
     
      tions.
      Premiere
     
     
      Symptomes
      is
     
     
      impressive
      in
      its
     
     
      layering
      of
      retro
     
     
      sounds,
      but
     
     
      some
      tracks
     
     
      sound
      a
      bit
     
     
      sparse
      in
      com-
     
     
      parison
      to
      their
     
     
      last
      album,
     
     
      Moon
      Safari.
      The
      Mike
      Mills
      directed
      video
     
     
      for
      “Le
      Soleil
      Est
      Pres
      De
      Moi”
      on
      this
     
     
      enhanced
      CD
      is
      a
      real
      treat.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MacLeod
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stompin’
      Tom
      Connors
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Northlands
      Zone/On
      Tragedy
      Trail
      (7)
     
     
      EMI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Once
      again,
      woo
      hoo!
      Two
      Stompin’
      Tom
     
     
      CD's
      for
      the-price
     
     
      of
      one!
      The
      first
     
     
      half
      of
      this
      is
     
     
      from
      his
      first
      ever
     
     
      record,
      recorded
     
     
      in
      1967,
      and
     
     
      includes
     
     
      “Sudbury
      Satur-
     
     
      day
      Night”
      and
     
     
      “My
      Home
     
     
      Cradled
      Out
      In
      The
      Waves.”
      The
      second
     
     
      half
      includes
      “Black
      Donnelly’s
      Massacre”
     
     
      and
      “Benny
      The
      Bum.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cra
      Oe
      ei
      lad
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Two
      Great
      Albums
      on
      ONE
      CD
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O’Connor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that’s
      okay,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Charlatans
      UK
     
     
      Us
      and
      Us
      Only
      (7)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Universal
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Us
      and
      Us
      Only
      has
      the
      blues
      influence
      of
     
     
      the
      Rolling
      Stones
      with
      a
      touch
      of
      innova-
     
     
      tion.
      The
      open-
     
     
      ing
      track
      has
     
     
      elements
      of
      trip
     
     
      hop
      mixed
      with
     
     
      raw
      gospel,
      but
     
     
      the
      rest
      of
      the
     
     
      songs
      are
      more
     
     
      blues
      rock
      than
     
     
      trip
      hop.
      All
      of
     
     
      the
      tracks
      sound
     
     
      good,
      but
      the
     
     
      album,
      asa
     
     
      whole,
      does
      not
      work
      because
      it
      is
      not
      con-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Brian
      Setzer
     
     
      The
      Brian
      Setzer
      Collection
      ‘81-‘88
      (6)
     
     
      Capitol/EMI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      a
      lot
      of
      smoking
      tracks
      on
      this
     
     
      CD,
      especially
      the
      four
      from
      his
      rockabilly
     
     
      days
      with
      the
     
     
      Stray
      Cats.
      His
     
     
      a
      cappella
      ver-
     
     
      sion
      of
      “I
      Won’t
     
     
      Stand
      In
      Your
     
     
      Way”
      is
      great.
     
     
      There’s
      also
      an
     
     
      unreleased
     
     
      version
      of
      “Sum-
     
     
      mertime
      Blues”
     
     
      that
      rocks.
      The
     
     
      problem
      with
     
     
      this
      CD
      is
      that
      some
      of
      the
      other
      tracks
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sistent.
      sound
      very
      dated.
     
     
      MacLeod
      O’Connor
     
    

    
     
      Our
      Lady
      Peace
     
    

    
     
      Happiness...Is
      Not
      A
      Fish
      That
      You
      Can
     
    

    
     
      Catch
      (7)
      The
      Arrogant
      Worms
     
     
      Columbia/Sony
      Dirt!
      (7)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So,
      what’s
      new
      with
      OLP?
      Judging
      by
      this
     
     
      CD,
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      much
      —
      but
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘cause
      they
     
     
      pull
      off
     
     
      another
      fine
     
     
      CD
      here.
     
     
      There’s
      lots
     
     
      more
      of
      their
     
     
      style
      of
      rock,
     
     
      featuring
     
     
      Rain
      Maida’s
      unmistakeable
      voice.
      Besides
     
     
      their
      current
      hit
      “One
      Man
      Army,”
      other
     
     
      top
      tracks
      are
      “Thief”
      and
      “Consequence
      of
     
     
      Laughing.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O’Connor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Www.arrogant-worms.com
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Worms,
      Canada’s
      foremost
      comedy
     
     
      group,
      experi-
     
     
      mented
      with
     
     
      various
      instru-
     
     
      ments
      on
      this
     
     
      album.
      Does
      it
     
     
      work?
      Some-
     
     
      times.
      “Steel
     
     
      Driving
      Man”
      is
     
     
      a
      hilarious
      track
     
     
      about
      John
     
     
      Henry’s
      oppo-
     
     
      site,
      and
      “Scary
     
     
      Ned”
      is
      about
      a
      real...spooky
      guy.
     
     
      “Winnebago”
      is
      probably
      the
      goofiest
      track
     
     
      they
      ever
      recorded.
      But
      what
      the
      heck
      is
     
     
      “Sponges”?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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