Archives for June 1994

Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star

June 30, 1994 by Jim Connelly

(DGC)

At first, you respected more than actually liked Sonic Youth. They were a great idea on paper. Then Daydream Nation happened and you were bowled over–you not only liked Sonic Youth, but all of the bands that took their dissonant guitar ideas as musical cornerstones. So you eagerly scooped up Goo and Dirty as the whole “alternative” scene exploded around you. You liked, often loved, how they wrapped popsongs in that huge guitar blanket.

The Beastie Boys – Some Old Bullshit

June 23, 1994 by Jim Connelly

(Grand Royal)

As submitted for publication in KADE Magazine June 23, 1994

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They were right.

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Hole – Live Through This

June 18, 1994 by Jim Connelly

(DGC)

Like Let It Bleed, Street Survivors, Double Fantasy or (for some of you), Three-Way Tie (For Last), this is one rock and roll record which will be forever linked to the tragedy which surrounds it. Ironies abound because they always do, but the fact that this record wouldn’t existed without Kurt Cobain’s music or commercial clout doesn’t in any way diminish from its overall power. Did she learn songwriting tricks from her husband? Of course. Wouldn’t you? Did she make them completely her own? You bet. This is Courtney’s record top to bottom.

Frank Black – Teenager of the Year

June 16, 1994 by Jim Connelly

(4AD/Elektra)

Published by KADE Magazine June 16, 1994

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The Pixies were some weird amalgam of art and garage rock. They crammed busloads of chaos into intricately structured spaces. Yet, obviously feeling restricted by a rhythm section whose idea of tricky was speeding up and slowing down, chief Pixie Black Francis changed his pseudonym and hired musicians who could play the strangeness he heard in his head.