| 1998 |
June carries on where May left off, except for
the sudden and uninvited introduction of some "new talent" in the form of 3 kids
from the states, all called Hanson. So
Mmmbop sits atop the charts, 2 places above a
vastly superior song called Paranoid Android, the
soundtrack to my recent, ill-fated, pre-exam cramming. There's something
appropriate about that... The rest of the new
Radiohead elpee
Ok Computer is sounding great too, and has been
met with good reviews all round. With any luck they will shortly rule the world,
though their record company representatives in America seem to think otherwise:
"Not enough singles" was their verdict after hearing the record.
And in second place, The Seahorses, as
Do it Yourself lands softly in the album charts
at #2. It's good to know the Hendix / Zeppelin influences are still there for Mr
Squire, though they are much less evident than in his work on
Second Coming. They'll do well, them Seahorses.
Hooray! Teenage Fanclub make a long overdue
return at the end of this month with the single
Ain't That Enough. As
Mark Radcliffe said after
letting us hear it on his Radio 1 show, it's a case of "and tonight Matthew
we're going to be The Byrds, and there's nothing
wrong with that!" See the
news page for more about the fannies revival.
Being quite a good month for singles Deadstar
will have to settle for second or third place with
Don't it get you Down, sounding not entirely
unlike Garbage but with less of the studio
jiggerypokery. Behind them try
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's
Young Girls & Happy Endings,
Hurricane#1's latest rock slice
Just Another Illusion or the surprise that the
Fun Lovin' Criminals have allowed themselves
to mellow both musically and lyrically to cover
10CC's classic
I'm Not In Love.
Speaking of Garbage
the new album looks like a long time coming so don't hold your breath. They're in the
studio, much pool is being played...
A mention must be made of
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans tribute to the late
Notorious B.I.G. The single is called
I'll Be Missing You, and contains a
blatant steal (oh, sorry, it's called "sampling" isn't it?) from
The Police's classic
Every Breath You Take. It turned out a great
record itself though!
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