Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: NEGATIVELAND & NIRVANA?
From: Joshua John Buergel <jbbb+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 01:56:49 -0400 
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Oh please.  If you're going to dismiss the entire newsgroup based on an
argument between about five people, AND be an elitist pig, at least
spell the name of 'one of your favorite groups' right (Negativland lacks
an 'e' after the 'v').

That said, there are plenty of us who 'make an effort to go out and find
cool music'.  I don't listen to the radio and I don't watch MTV.  I do
look at new release racks in the cool record stores in this area, and I
try to pay attention to consistant labels (i.e. Amphetamine Reptile's
13-1 run in my opinion).  Don't rail at this group mindlessly, you're
not going to change anything.  Just start a discussion, and hope it
continues.

To that end, I'm going to toss in a couple of record reviews of things
I've bought recently:

Consolidated, _Play More Music_

I'll have to give this one a few more listens, but it sounds pretty good
so far.  For those of you who don't know, Consolidated is a very
political rap act that often gets mislabeled as industrial, because a) 
they're on Nettwerk, b)  they use lots of samples and c)  alot of people
who are into 'industrial' like them, and refuse to admit they like a rap
act.  Their first LP, _Myth Of Rock_, was considerably noisier than much
of their later work (and closer to deserving the 'industrial' moniker),
while their last album, _Friendly Fascism_ was alot closer to just
straight up rap.  This album splits the difference, with definate rap
lyrics but a noisier and more heavily layered backbeat.  Plus there are
lots of groovy audience samples.  Anybody who enjoyed _Myth Of Rock_ but
didn't like _Friendly Fascism_ so much should probably give _Play More
Music_ a try.  Anybody who hasn't heard Consolidated should think
'noisier and really liberal Public Enemy, but not quite as good at
rapping', and pick up _Myth Of Rock_.  Anybody who hasn't given Public
Enemy a good listen needs to get _It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold
Us Back_, pronto.

Cosmic Psychos, _Blokes You Can Trust_

Whee, I like this record.  Just fun punk music, basically.  However, the
Cosmic Psychos avoid the typical punk trap of using the same rhythms
over and over again, and manage to be quite varied in their music
(within the basic genre, of course).  Any AmRep fans (i.e. Helmet,
Surgery, Tar, etc) should get this sucker if you don't mind a little
fun.  Any fans of good, solid, tight and interesting punk should also
check this out.  AmRep rules.  Can Tom Hazelmeyer really be this cool?

I also bought the new Tar 7" (which is on Touch & Go...anybody know
why?) and a new Vertigo 7" which I haven't listened to yet (no turntable
in my room).  I also noticed a new Halo Of Flies 7".  Does anybody know
if it is any good?  Enough from me,

Joshua Buergel      | Every time she slit her wrists
allroy+@cmu.edu     | I wish she hit instead of missed.
jbbb@andrew.cmu.edu | Every secret family crime
                    | All my love a waste of time.
                    |    - ALL, Scary Sad
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