This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Redd Kross: Neurotica - kitsch pop
Ministry: Dark Side of the Spoon - auto pilot
Kix: Blow My Fuse - acceptably derivative
Rush: Feedback - uninspired retreads
Mudhoney: Here Comes Sickness – Best of BBC Recordings - raw bursts
Juliana Hatfield: Bed - quirky pop
Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies - glorified demos
The Desert Sessions: Volumes 3 & 4 - true stoner
Robert Pollard: The Crawling Distance - psych-rock gems
The Jim Carroll Band: I Write Your Name - new-wave poetry
L.A. Guns: Cocked & Loaded - hair/glam classic
Medicine: Her Highness - blissed-out trippiness
Slaughter: Stick It to Ya - superior musicianship
Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse - groovy Frenchness
Survivor: Greatest Hits - montage heavy
Tindersticks: Can Our Love… - mellow weirdness
Monster Truck 005: Singles – indecipherable noise-rock