+ DAVID FENTON'S TOP TEN (approximately) +
 "White Boys, White Noise"
1. Elliott Smith, self-titled (Kill Rock Stars)
A guitar, and vocals. Tell everyone you know, then play it for them. They'll understand.
2. Chavez, "Ride the Fader" (Matador)
Shimmering, glimmering, loud and smart. This is the band you want to be in when you want to be in a band.
3. Unwound, "Repetition" (Kill Rock Stars)
Analog snowflakes from a nuclear winter, their world is very, very cold. Getting older, feeling meaner.
Everything you always wanted to know about Nirvana.*
5. Thirty-ought Six, "Hag Seed" (Mute Records)
Why haven't you heard of them? What's happening here is bigger than the both of us.
Smokey Robinson rides into Westworld on a team of stolen donkeys, is elected mayor.
7. George Saunders, "CivilWarland in Bad Decline" (Random House)
Sad, sad yes-men, just getting by in a not-so-digital future. Every laugh comes with a sting attached.
8. The Jesus Lizard, @ the Warfield, S.F. 9-16-96 (Touch and Go)
Naked and sweat-soaked by the end of the first song, David Yow is the hardest-working man in any business. |
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