by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - Soundtrack
V/A – Austin Powers – The Spy Who Shagged Me – CD (Maverick) As far as soundtracks go this one is pretty damn good. The focus on many of the tunes is a 60′s sound with a contemporary feel. The bands on this release including the combo of Burt...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - Soundtrack
Bernard Herrman – Alfred Hitchcock 100 Years – CD (Milan / BMG) It’s Hitchcock movie music, of course this c.d. is great. Hitchcock was a great film-maker and the music in his movies is an intricate part of the overall movie composition. I dare...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - Soundtrack
Randy Edelman – The Hunley – CD (Milan / BMG) The movie is about the first submarine to have sunk an enemy ship. It was developed during the Civil War for the south. Quite a few people drowned in the development of the vessel, including the designer. So...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - Soundtrack
James Burwell – The General’s Daughter – CD (Milan / BMG) This is a military flick so one would suppose that the soundtrack full of heroic or military music. Wrong. What we get is an excellent soundtrack containing haunting ‘classical’...
by Gail Pop | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – World of Ska – CD An assortment of prominent ska groups on Triple X Records. The collection features Judge Dread, International Beat, Big 5, Selector, Rico Rodriquez, and Lauredo Aitken. The music is a celebration of life painted with the atmospheric...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Where is My Mind – Tribute to the Pixies – CD (Triple XXX Records) Fifteen Pixies songs covered by a variety of fairly new bands that are starting to make waves such as Braid, Promise Ring, Weston, Superdrag and Teen Idols. There are also some...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – United Kingdom of Punk – The Hardcore Years – CD (GMM Records) This is another release by the extremely diverse Music Club label. This time the focus is on early UK hardcore bands. On this disc you get great songs by: GBH, Vice Squad,...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Tangled up in Blues – Songs of Bob Dylan – CD (House of Blues) When I first started listening to this release, I had a feeling that I was going to hate it. However, when track four kicked in with Isaac Hayes started doing his version of Lay...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – The Sound of Channel One: King Tubby Connection – CD (Guava Jelly) The two CD set highlights artists including King Tubby, Delroy Wilson, Badoo, Jim Brown, Prince Pompidou, Calvin Stuart, Desmond Irie, and Larry Marshall. Channel One was a studio is...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Skins ‘n’ Pins – CD (GMM Records) 78 minutes of mohawks, safety pins, adrenaline and sweat. My favorites on this comp were: The Pinkerton Thugs, The Burdens, The Murder City Wrecks, The Trouble, Lower Class Brats, The Dropkick...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Short Music for Short People – CD (Fat Wreck Chords) 101 bands/songs in just under 50 minutes. This was an idea of Fat Mike’s and he did it. I heard it was supposed to be the best 101 bands, but I think he left a lot of great ones off. Still,...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Punk’s Not Dead – A Tribute to The Exploited – CD (Radical Records) 17 primarily newer, old school sounding, punk bands pay tribute to the Exploited. The bands I’ve heard before on this comp owe a lot to the Exploited and it shows...
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