WIDE MOUTH MASON

January 7, 1997
Doors Open at 9:00 am
The Generator

Bill & Doug’s Big Gig #5

Early Bird Tickets $18.00
Remainder Tickets $20.00

Tickets available at The Tuning
Point and UNBC Bookstore

Brought to you by The UNBC Northern

Undergraduate Student Society, Miss

The Point Music, Molson Breweries &
The Max FM 94

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- SoundScape =

Helium
The Magic City
(Matador)

band __ trio

Boston
Helium has a sound that
would do justice to any
other indie rock band.
With unique sounds of
dazzling guitar effects,

hypnotic keyboard
sounds reminiscent of
the Cars, and an instru-
mental featuring the
subtle sounds of explo-
sions, The Magic City is
more than in its own cat-
egory. Lead singer/gui-
tarist Mary Timony’s
throaty vocals take you
to the spaced-out land
that revels in such song
tiles as “Leon’s Space
Song’, “Cosmic Ray’s’,
and “Aging Astronauts”
with a drifting, out-of-
this-world sound surfing
on digital waves compa-
rable to Stereolab.
Perhaps riding on the
girl-rock trend being
seen storming the book
of the alternative scene,
The Magic City never-
theless opens an entire-
ly new unprecedented
chapter.

- Kevin Milos

Lynnfield Pioneers
Emerge

(Matador)

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They sound like their
guitars haven't been
tuned in a long time and
their keyboard is in
drastic need of a player
who doesn’t just pound
on it, but Brooklyn’s
Lynnfield Pioneers
somehow still manage
to crank out a whole
mess of beautifully
repulsive tunes. They
takes us to a place
where nobody really
gives a damn and we
are all having a blast in
the process. Their new
album, Emerge, demon-
strates a variety of influ-
ences including funk,
r&b, hard rock, and a
dash of pop for perfec-
tion. They leave their
harsh edge _ unculled
with the lack of a bass
player and spastic drum
sounds, giving them a
sound which is _ signifi-
cant to the small selec-
tion of trash-rock bands
finding their way to the
top that they are falling
in line behind.

- Kevin Milos

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encompasing music and its many talents. Features will
inclde reviews of artists live venues, recordings, and upcom-
ing releases with a focus on Canadian and local artists
when it is viable. Future publications will include features of

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Zuzu’s Petals
Badly Needed Life
Elsewhere

UNBC can be proud of
the fact that this is the
first full album to be
released by UNBC pro-
fessors including Rob
Fry and Phil Higham.
Badly Needed Life
Elsewhere is a subtle
mix of sensually sam-
pled guitar and key-
board sounds. With
song titles such as
“Foreplay” and “Sex
Song”, Higham finds the
sexual connotations that
match this generation
when the chants lines
like “...and your sex is
cold on my face...” and
“..lick your lips, tell me
that its over...” to the
beat of a distant drum

machine. In other
tracks such as
“Montreal”, “lreland”,

and “Emily”, one has the
opportunity to listen to ~
music with a soul and a
meaning not lost to the
listener. Humbly relat-
ing to the empty sounds
that compliment first-
time garage recordings,
there is something to be
said for the versatility of
sounds this duo is able
to produce and suc-
cessfully mix into listen-
able, focused allitera-
tions.