Nada Surf -- LET GO -- this is manages to blend pop sensibility into 
post-Radiohead contemporary rock.  At times, songs are reminiscent of the 
spookier sides of bands like Fingerprintz and The Vapors.  This sounds like 
it will get a lot of time in the CD player.

Jon Langford and His Sadies -- MAYORS OF THE MOON -- This is pretty typical 
Langford, and a lot of these numbers could have fit in just as well on a 
Waco Brothers or Mekons disc.  But there are a few songs where the 
collaboration really blends splendidly, creating something that neither 
artist might have come up with alone.

FIFTH OR SIXTH IMPRESSION --

Zwan -- forgot the title -- If you liked the more melodic side of the 
Pumpkins, a la "Today" and "1979", this will make you happy.  Corgan still 
can't sing, but he does have a vocal personality and strains his limitations 
less often then before.  The new band is stellar (and keeping Jimmy 
Chamberlain on drums is so right -- a great drummer).  Not everything works, 
but Corgan is wholly incapable of making a consistent record.  He's slowly 
but surely won me over -- not great, but entertaining.

Mike Bennett



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