Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Let it Sway <\/em> Miss Autopsy Caterpillar<\/em> review writers: New Music Reviews, from the Summer print issue Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Let it Sway Polyvinyl Records, 2010 Still going strong and starting to wear a [musical] rut into the pathway of progress and still with the indie label that put \u2018em out there, Polyvinyl Records, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have just released their third release […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4051,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2011\/03\/14\/sxsw-polyvinyl-records-sxsw-showcase\/","url_meta":{"origin":2607,"position":0},"title":"Polyvinyl Records SXSW Showcase, on Saturday (3\/19)","author":"admin","date":"March 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Alert)Live Music In The Lone Star StateSaturday (3\/19) On top of all the crazy festivities that this year's SXSW will surely provide you, there's one thing that you must do - COME TO THE POLYVINYL SHOWCASE! 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\nPolyvinyl Records, 2010<\/strong>
\n Still going strong and starting to wear a [musical] rut into the pathway of progress and still with the indie label that put \u2018em out there, Polyvinyl Records, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have just released their third release for said label, entitled Let it Sway<\/em>.
\n I like this CD best, so far. It\u2019s got some edginess as well as coherence and an ideal that were missing on both their debut as well as their previous work, Pershing and their debut, Broom. While the aforementioned CDs were both quite unique and had their own good points as well as a talented pool of bandmates, Let it Sway has a sense of cohering to a style that is coming into their own as well as the experience as well as the passage of time to perfect those songs they keep cranking out: way to go!
\n This \u2018cemented\u2019 sound – a groove that really works for these guys, can be heard on songs such as \u201cBanned (By the Man)\u201d, \u201cAll Hail Dracula\u201d and \u201cMade to Last\u201d, which, like most of the rest of the album, have a groove to them: the kind that is produced spontaneously and just can\u2019t be a mathematical equation.
\n The only time I found them reverting back to the post-everything-ness of their previous works was on the track \u201cStuart Gets Lost Dans le Metro\u201d. While it is a cool name and is actually something that happened to me once as well – a long time ago (I got lost trying to find a certain place, traveling via the Metro in Paris, but that\u2019s another story), it just, in the end, left me a little cold. But, in general, the rest of the CD from there on really rocks, it doesn\u2019t slow down or get all goofballed up (like downing a bunch of reds with a couple drinks and then trying to function) and experimental on you.
\n Also good are the last few songs, \u201cCritical Drain\u201d, \u201cAnimalkind\u201d and \u201cPhantomwise\u201d (as well as the already mentioned closer, \u201cMade to Last\u201d). All in all, this shows that SSLYBY is prepped to be around for a while with the sound of things getting better all the time. I\u2019d still love to see them in concert, so, publicist, please send me a comp when they come to San Diego! Thanks! ~KM.<\/p>\n
\nLens Records lensrecords.com<\/strong>
\n Another great band that hails from Chicago – what a surprise – think of all the great stuff that\u2019s come out the former Second City (now it\u2019s the \u201cthird city\u201d – in size, behind NYC and LA): The Wax Trax! bands that included KMFDM, Legendary Pink Dots and since Ministry signed a contract with Sire – a once really hip label that got sucked up by Warner Brothers, not exactly the epitome of independence – Al Jourgensen and his Ministry partner\/bass player, Paul Barker played in a few side projects under bands with different names but featuring the same line up that was in Ministry, basically. This was what 1000 Homo DJs, Revolting Cocks, LARD and other little experiments and jams were all about – trying not to get sued for breach of contract by Warner Bros.
\n Besides that crowd, however, there was the whole TAANG! thing, Touch \u2018N\u2019 Go, etc as far as hip labels. Big Black, Steve Albini\u2019s intense, nihilistic, post-post-punk that has now evolved into Shellac; one of the best things to come out of Chicago, though, has to be Joan of Arc (led by Tim Kinsella) and Tim\u2019s brother Mike\u2019s solo stuff, released under the pseudonym Owen. And, of course, who can forget The Smashing Pumpkins – isn\u2019t Billy just so dreamy? (j\/k) Enough about the past, though. It\u2019s dead and gone. It is the \u201cNOW\u201d that matters most. It\u2019s too bad, but most people spend too much of their lives dwelling on the past – what might have been, what went wrong, what if you\u2019d done this instead of that, etc. Or else people are so worried about what tomorrow will bring that all they can do is prepare, practice and think about that future thing, which may, indeed, be something that must be done, but only up to a point. You come first and your pleasure is paramount to someone else\u2019s wants. \tIt may sound selfish, but you know it\u2019s true.
\n Miss Autopsy is a totally un-Chicago sounding band – no loud guitars or kick-in-the-balls drum machine works. They are a regular \u201crock\u201d band, in the sense that they don\u2019t have any kind of gimmick or whatever that put them in a subgenre of rock. Each song on Caterpillar is an articulate glimmer into the band\u2019s (mostly Steve Beyerlink, the main man and the songwriter) head. They\u2019re slick but unpretentious. They have talent – whether or not they always use it to the best of their abilities is debatable. But if you\u2019re a fan of new indie stuff; if you like to take a chance on a new band you\u2019ve not heard of, Miss Autopsy would be one to start with. ~KM
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\nJeff Cochell Between The Lines<\/em> <\/strong>
\nOld-school singer-songwriter shooting for the stylings of Gordon Lightfoot and James Taylor. Between The Lines is ten tracks about love and there\u2019s a lot of sadness and melancholy in here. You really feel like you\u2019re listening to someone describe how their heart was stomped on over and over again. There\u2019s an honesty here that will strike the listener as boldness. In \u201cBaby\u201d Jeff\u2019s acoustic guitar strumming is smoothly impressive, and his deep voice resonates the instructive lyrics about the certain way he wants to see a girl. His vocal transitions to higher notes can be a bit rocky, not quite Bob Dylan rough but folksy enough to merit another beer or two around the campfire, and keep the alt-blues vibe really close. Especially nice was the female accompaniment of Donna Davis\u2019 harmony vocals here and there throughout. It\u2019s seasons the tracks and complements Jeffs vocals well. On \u201cWhen You\u2019re On Your Feet\u201d other harmony is Eugene Lewis, with backing vocals provided by Rob Wessels. John Lindahl is credited as bass and drums in several tracks, and Anne Sweeney plays piano on two. This CD\u2019s strong suit is really Jeff\u2019s guitar playing. The acoustics meanderings are truly a thing of beauty. Track 9, \u201cSomewhere,\u201d is a phenomenal piece that will inspire thoughts of clear babbling streams in a pristine mountain forest. (jeffcochell.com, myspace.com\/jeffcochell) ~BY <\/p>\n
\nBY: Bob Yunger
\nKM: Kent Manthie<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"