The Rocket from Seattle, Washington • 30

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Soudwaves Sonic Boom 4000 Holes 151 152nd St 503 36th St 1502 Monroe 2062483959 2065472666 5093251 91 4 ii 'LH'I'I''OTA'rC? finest keenly wrought bluesfolkrock jazz guitar CDs in the last year and then seethe jubilantly on Clouds a live CD of addled spoken word free improv from out jazz drum thudder William Hooker and Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo What can do is see the guitar from top to bottom and in all its permutations Bad Timing is replete with twisty blues plucking that spins like a series of tops winding around on a well polished floor The melodic lines concocts as a soloist on Hell in Hello but More in are unnerving in their clarity and precision not to mention their dose hewn structural integrity And the rest of Bad Timing is all about con struction building an acoustic session out of various horns guitar piano hints of percussion and an ear for both ambient music and absolute sound keeps enough delicacy in Bad Timing that be plenty safe as sound furniture but when you listen dosely the details will blow you away As for Clouds Ranaldo and Hooker tried a duet CD some years back on Knitting actory Works but the disc was less than a success Clouds on the other hand is an unqualified success It works in torrents of tense build ups that blow open into monsoons of guitar squall and drum attacks Yes die music shows more attention to the finer points dian Thurston Moore often shows but Ranaldo and Hooker make plenti ful gleeful noise And the spoken words are done tastefully wry but meaningful When and Italian saxophonist Cianni Gebbia are on stage with HookerRanaldo the impact is even greater rife with squeals and a hazy keyboard diaos seems to let fly with complete ease or diose down times blast Clouds and for the unbearably hours rip into die del icacy of Bad Timing There's your day ANDREW BARTLETT Kil Rare Kil Kare (Seif released CD So my roommate asks upon hearing Kil Kare guess Sorry squire the address but finest seem to peek from the comers of the music like mentors smiling at their young stu dents Even if they're repeating Repeater diough Kil Kare are quite the promising prodigies slicing out jagged anti pop rockers with vim vigor and a touch of piss and vinegar Sharp shards of guitar being the accepted rock critic term) make the cuts while the bass paces around the melody and vocalists bounce off one another Songs are over too nine songs in 20 minutes? I thought this was porf but a good sign it? Leave wanting more as they say The first step ha's been taken ears have been opened curiosity piqued hope Kil Kare have enough vision to grab the prover bial gold ring and bring on home JOHN GRAHAM LTJ Bukern Earth Volume 2 (Good Looking CD) It would be a disservice to UK beat impresario LTJ Bukem to label his music something lame like so how about something really abstract like music for people who hate to (I mean really loads of folks out diere buying this but no one dancing: up with that?) sleek subde work has pre viously been made available on comps such as series as well as on projects mixing his own works with those of other noteworthy dance artists such as seminal Logical Progression collection which more or less put drum bass on the commer cial and critical map here in the States or those familiar with other releases this one will come as no surprise as his trademark template is in full effect: skittering juggling beats anchored to deep dub like bass pat terns with keyboards (Bukem loves the ender Rhodes) washing over the pro ceedings like waves and repeated bird like loops flying above The Earth series is slightly more influenced by downbeat acid jazz sounds than most current drum bass and as you move from artist to artist (all expertly mixed by Bukem) there a weak cut in the bunch Of partic ular note is an absolutely mesmerizing track with a on the ish keyboard wash opening the track like a sunrise merging with a disco beat to indelible effect or those of you who have written off the new electronic dance music as one huge record company cookie sale in the aftermath of think again This just some hyped up shit for the new millennium so get over it corey du browa The John Doe Thing or the Rest of Us (Kill Rock Stars CD EP) John Doe is a veritable renaissance man in the indie domain rom paving a legacy as a founding member of one of die most influential progressive bands to emerge from the Los Angeles punk scene of the early 1980s to steady work in art house films and a slew of post solo albums on indepen dent and major labels alike Doe is back with die stunning or the Rest of Us an EP on Kill Rock Stars or the Rest of Us is a five song release featuring Doe at his finest his punk rock roots and poetic genius in exemplary without forsaking the indie rock edge that fans of yore have come to expect Caustic yet reflective lyrics are delivered in signature style as smooth as a string of unbridled sonnets His vocals are full and tex tured while his expressive broodiness is unscathed The only drawback to or the Rast of Us is its brevity Clocking in at a sinful 20 minutes the album provides barely enough time to pique a rabid interest only to dash the moments of blitheness it amply musters even in such an abbreviated form Nonetheless Doe continues to demonstrate his propensi ty for intelligentsia punk meets in a frolic with roots as his music ages gracefully and slips effortlessly into die annals of music tina potterf The Deflowers in' (Square Target CD) The Deflowers get around This may not be apparent from standing next to them in the checkout line at Safeway but just listen to these song titles from their new album in I Please New The Deflowers chief song writers Chris Martin and Rob Mercer are always hooking up with bourbon swilling gals who among other rela tionship taboos practice inebriated dentistry go out on a limb and say this is a power pop concept album about failed love The clever tide plus lyrics such as gave the best of my loveMove on to another from New are ample proof 30 THE ROCKET March 25 April 8 1998 rV Av a 1 Ar1 I.