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     The Mommyheads 
     
     Self- Titled 
     
     (Geffen Records) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here is the Sth record from this San-Francisco based | 
     
    
   
   
    
     quartet; which, incidently is their first release ona major label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Go outand buy the CD right now because that would betheright [ 
     
     thing to do. This band is oh such a refreshing change from the | 
     
    
   
   
    
     usual radio friendly excrement that makes up the “top nine at 
     
    
   
   
    
     nine”. The music is actually good. The songs weren’t written | 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Babyface for five fresh faced teenagers. There are no drum 
     
    
   
   
    
     November, 11 1997 
     
    
   
   
    
     machines. The songs actually have more than fourchords.And |Eore 
     
    
   
   
    
     not once on the entire album do we hear the words: “Put your | 
     
    
   
   
    
     hands in the air, wave ‘em like you just don’t care”. Now I 
     
     suppose you want me to compare these guys to somebody else 
     
    
   
   
    
     so you can get a feel for what they sound like. Well, does | 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     anybody ever listen to old Paul McCartney records? The 5 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mommyheads deserve to be listened to. The songs are thought- 
     
     fully written and melodic, and really show off the vocal talent 
     
     of the lead singer. It’s unusual to hear a guy singing these days 
     
     who isn’t trying to sound like Eddie Vedder. So now that you 
     
     know how good it is, go out and buy it and love it. Or send me 
     
     email and! will make acopy of theCD for you eventhough that 
     
     is illegal. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rob Maclsaac 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Gandharvas 
     
     sold for a smile 
     
     (Watch/ Universal) 
     
    
   
   
    
     You may remember The Gandharvas from their release 
     
     a while back, “First Day of Spring”. Well they are back on the 
     
     scene with their first release from sold for a smile, “Down- 
     
     time”, a philosophic look at the mentality of people today. The 
     
     Gandharvas have a sound that could be described as 80’s pop 
     
     with less synthesizer. Their music tends to be very perky and 
     
     upbeat, particularly “Hammer In a Shell”. Vocalist Paul Jago 
     
     has a really unique voice; he tends to sound more like he is 
     
     talking in time to the music instead of singing (no, he doesn’t 
     
     rap) “Watching the Girl” is a cool song and “Milk Ocean” is 
     
     very mellow and evokes the image of walking slow motion 
     
     through a dream. Perhaps the best of all, The Gandharvas are 
     
     Canadian. Sold for a smile is an album worth hearing. So give 
     
     them a listen, eh? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Emilie Adams 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Various Artists 
     
    
   
   
    
     Trainspotting #2 
     
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     Trainspotting (the movie) was a welcome shock 
     
     to the system. The heroine filled expose on life in Glasgow, 
     
     Scotland was a fantastic fantasy-like reality. Sex, drugs and 
     
     Iggy Pop were embraced and choosing life was just some- 
     
     thing to think about; or express to the viewers of the film. 
     
     What pone of that movie = a a ae of 
     
     music, tri to pop, to lollipop mop twas 
     
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     y, cuz, it may not be as strong as the first and it will sim 
     
    

    
     be known asa novelty album. Well, there are part truths. 
     
     lies are these; there are good songs on this second sound- 
     
     track, most notably Sleeper’s “Statuesque”, Goldie’s “Inner 
     
     City Life” and David Bowie’s “Golden Years”. But for some 
     
     reason the album just doesn’t grab you the way the first one 
     
     did. Now I am mace making comparisons, of course, 
     
     because if this were the first it may be received better. But 
     
     we all know that it is the makers of Trai ing that are 
     
     trying to cash in a little more on the movie, they know it, so 
     
     I don’t mind calling it a disappointment. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Various Artists 
     
    

    
     A Life Less Ordinary (origi- 
     
     nal soundtrack) 
     
    

    
     (A&M Records) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The deliciousness of this 
     
     album is almost overwhelm- 
     
     ing, in no small part due to the 
     
     galaxy of stars that has graced 
     
     this soundtrack to Cameron 
     
     Diaz and Ewan MacGregor’s 
     
     daze that you glide into with 
     
     alterno legend Lou Barlow’s 
     
    

    
     trip-hop band Folk 
     
     Implosion and their track 
     
     a of Lies” is beauti- 
     
     fully shattered by REM’s 
     
     (quartet at the time) new ren- 
     
     dition of “Leave”, originally 
     
     from their latest release. Un- 
     
     derworldand The Prodigy both 
     
     add to the occasion by allow- 
     
     ing the of gloomi- 
     
     ness to take control; but yet 
     
     — a conflict occurs when 
     
     Cardigans are produced. 
     
     The naming ofall the artists on 
     
     this album is simply done to 
     
     prove that this is indeed a qual- 
     
     ity album with great groups 
     
     and greater music. 
     
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