This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Radio 4: Stealing of a Nation – average dancepunk
Ministry: The Last Sucker – pummeling rhythms
FireHouse: Hold Your Fire – plentiful riffs
ZZ Top: La Futura – couple gems
Vandenberg: Vandenberg – quality debut
Rush: Hemispheres – difficult ambition
Stereolab: Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Vol. 2) – mixed bag
Superdrag: The Fabulous 8-Track Sound of Superdrag – urgent rock
Ben Folds Five: The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind – welcome return
Robert Pollard With Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department – matured songwriting
Minus The Bear: Infinity Overhead – better Bear