This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Gaza Strippers: From the Desk of Dr. Freepill – full throttle
Samiam: Whatever’s Got You Down – middle road
Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies – classic Sweet
Sleater Kinney: One Beat – strong chorus’
Redd Kross: Show World – lost treasure
Tindersticks: Curtains – dark richness
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime – heady brilliance
Stereolab: Not Music – catchy kitsch
Soul Asylum: Hang Time – energetic ‘Mats-lite
Public Image Ltd.: This Is PiL – welcome return
Garbage: Not Your Kind Of People – moderately successful
Hot Snakes: Suicide Invoice – punk gem
Watershed: Twister – midwestern power-pop
Alive: No Token Vol. 3 compilation – strong diversity