Friday, March 6, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Gothic rock and hip-hop stirs music scene
By Kelly Corcoran Special to the Kansan
If you are reading music reviews you should check out the March edition of Harper's magazine, particularly the Thomas Frank article "Pop Music in the Shadow of Irony." Frank dedicates about three pages to Lawrence and its music scene. His article has created quite a stir in the music journalists' world. Responses are planned in Spin magazine, The New Yorker, and The Village Voice, just to name a few.
Let's talk about music.
The Swans — The Swans are Dead — Young God
The Swans have been the leading gothic rock band since 1982. This live double album is the last release from the band, which has called it quits after last year's tour.
In 1983, the Swans were an intense crashing concept of intelligence, eroticism and rage. In 1997, the Swans returned to that image, using repetition, drone and crescendo with a heavy focus on the vocals rather than a Ministry-esque hammering and thrashing. The Swans were stoic and brooding in the mid-'90s.
Centered around Swans' primary songwriter and founder Michael Gira and female vocalist Jarboe, this live double CD documents the 1995 and 1997 tours. The black 1997 CD, the vastly superior disk of the two, features lengthy interpretations of mostly unreleased material. The song *Hypogirl* starts out with lyrics that Marilyn Manson probably will plagiarize for his next album: "Can I steal your mind/Can I crawl down inside." The difference is the Swans are meaner and wiser than Manson, not super-dramatic and predictably bizarre. *I am the sun* is a hit on KJHK, and deserves to be. This song sums up the 1997 edition of the Swans with its all knowing arrogance. "I am the sun, I rise above the world." The white 1995 tour CD has its moments, but most of the songs are better in their studio form on the Swans 1996 Soundtracks for the Blind double CD.
If you have been searching for a combination of Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper and Sonic Youth, then this is your CD. The Swans are mean curmudgeons and knowingly genius.
I thank Badaboom Gramophone No. 2 and Jordan N. Mamone for an introduction to the Swans.
Various Artists — New York
Reality Check 101 — Payday/FFRR
The subway tunnel photograph
on the cover of this album is appropriate. This compilation highlights underground New York City hip-hop artists Company Flow, Godfather Don and the Natural Elements. Add the turntable skills of DJ Premier, Jeru the Damaja's DJ, scratching and mixing these songs, and you have one hard hitting album.
This album is dedicated to real hip-hop. Each group on this record has produced albums, but they have not received the attention they deserve. Company Flow's Fun Crusher Plus was the best hiphop album of 1997, and this track is lifted from that album.
Track this CD down if you love hip-hop, but cannot find merit in Puff Daddy and his fame. DJ Premier's lyrics read, "The underground started hip hop, and the underground will hold the fort down when everybody else crumbles down."
Various Artists — Essential Pebbles Volume One — Interactive International Productions
The Pebbles series of 10 albums focuses on 1960s garage-pop music. This scene of garage music generated The Who and keyboard sound often heard on Doors' albums. The Pebbles series is complied in an essential CD along with a second CD of rare bonus tracks.
Featuring obscure artists like the Preachers, the Shays, and the Ju Jus, this collection is a great preamble to a modern-pop music scene that you can see in the film Quadraphenia. Pop music is primarily party music. Songs like Need a Little Lovin' and The Girl with Long Black Hair are fun and dance-worthy.
The next time you are at a party and things are not going well, try playing this album. The standard college party will turn into an event where even that macho guy and pretentious girl will try the twist, swing their hips and try one of the other 1960s music dance steps.
Ultimate '66 garage classics!
A variety of 2.5-3.5 square feet with sophisticated finishes on the anthracite finished finish, a timeless and versatile design. This collection is one of the most important pieces of this edition.
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