Two recent plays that leave me hungry for more --

The Like Young -- they will have a full album on Parasol later this year.  
They have a five song EP out -- it's the nucleus of Wolfie.  If you liked 
Wolfie, but wished they just focused more on straight ahead guitar pop, your 
wish has been granted.  Great winsome boy-girl vox fit perfectly with the 
sharp guitar hooks.

The Suggestions -- John Brodeur has a great voice and has absorbed a lot of 
great melodic influences.  More importantly, his songs have clear meaning.  
This is moody pop-rock, for the most part.  While this is steeped in 
traditions that Auditeers will dig, it has a contemporary edge, that I think 
is mainly a byproduct of the vocals, which makes me think that there may be 
college kids throwing a Suggestions disc in the carousel in between their 
Ben Kweller and Dashboard Confessional.

I also gave a full ear to another swell pop compilation -- Shake Your Pop 
Boomerang, from Scotty Thurling's fledgling Pop Boomerang label -- some 
familiar names, like Dom Mariani, but some of my favorite tracks are by 
bands I've never heard before.

Mike Bennett



Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com




_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail