Ocean
      Colour
      Scene
     
     
      One
      From
      the
      Modern
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It
      is
      not
      many
      bands
      in
      this
      era
      of
      constant
      change
      that
      can
     
     
      be
      found
      celebrating
      their
      tenth
      anniversary.”
      Yet,
      I
      had
      never
     
     
      heard
      of
      this
      Birmingham
      based
      band.
      “One
      from
      the
      mod-
     
     
      ern”
      (C)
     
    

    
     
      is
      easy
      to
      listen
      too,
      but
      just
      as
      easy
      to
      get
      fed
      up
      with.
      This
     
     
      album
      has
      not
      made
      a
      lasting
      impact
      on
      my
      auditory
      nerve,
     
     
      and
      probably
      won’t
      impress
      yours
      either.
      Cute,
      but
      a
      little
      too
     
     
      cute.
      Murphy
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Music
      For
      Our
      Mother
      Ocean
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hollywood
      Records/Universal
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      strong
      compilation,
      this
      CD
      (C+)
      has
      an
      eclectic
      range
      of
      songs,
     
     
      from
      a
      slightly
      punked
      up
      version
      of
      “Little
      Deuce
      Coupe”
      featuring
     
     
      Brian
      Setzer
      with
      Brian
      Wilson,
      all
      the
      way
      to
      Snoop
      Dogg
      with
     
     
      members
      of
      Rage
      Against
      The
      Machine
      on
      “Snoop
      Bounce.”
     
     
      Rounding
      out
      the
      CD
      are
      cuts
      such
      as
      Beck’s
      “Electric
      Music
      And
     
     
      The
      Summer
      People”
      and
      James
      Taylor’s
      “Gaia.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O’Connor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Puya
     
     
      Fundamental
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MCA
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Move
      over
      Ricky
      Martin;
      make
      way
      for
      Puya!
      In
      their
      debut
     
     
      full-length
      album,
      these
      Puerto
      Rican
      rockers
      (Puya
      role
      call:
     
     
      Eduardo,
      Sergio,
      Harold
      and
      Ramén)
      combine
      heavy
      metal
     
     
      with
      traditional
      latino
      sounds.
      Just
      as
      the
      musical
      styles
      inter-
     
     
      mingle,
      so
      do
      the
      languages,
      as
      most
      songs
      feature
      lyrics
      in
     
     
      both
      Spanish
      and
      English.
      The
      result
      is
      beautifully
      schizo-
     
     
      phrenic.
      Puya
      may
      not
      be
      for
      everyone,
      but
      for
      those
      yearning
     
     
      for
      something
      just
      a
      little
      bit
      to
      the
      left
      of
      unusual,
      this
      could
     
     
      be
      it
      (B+).
      Coll
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mary
      J
      Blige
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mary
     
     
      MCA
      Universal
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      the
      title
      and
      cover
      art
      suggests,
      sometimes
      simplicity
      is
      the
      best
     
     
      way
      getting
      one’s
      point
      across.
      Blige
      engaged
      on
      a
      journey
      of
      self-
     
     
      discovery
      in
      order
      to
      release
      this
      album
      which
      narrates
      her
      struggles
     
     
      and
      those
      of
      her
      predecessors.
      With
      the
      participation
      of
      the
      notori-
     
     
      ous
      Lauryn
      Hill,
      and
      Elton
      John,
      Blige’s
      Mary
      (B)
      is
      her
      best
      release
     
     
      to
      date.
      Murphy
     
    
   
   
    
     
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