So back to independently-released music. Negativland present us with one of the best CD packaging jobs ever, a work of art (I won't even try to explain, just buy this) and one of their most "difficult" listening events yet. It reminds me of the scary "Go to sleep Tommy" tape collage stuff from their third album. Gone are the humorous songs or easy to digest collages. This is powerful, evocative stuff and all the more amazing that no digital editing was employed in its construction. (www.negativland.com)
Music Reviews | No. 32
Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 1 and 2
by Larry Crane
Despite all my warnings in the end of this issue about recording crazy people, I'm really glad someone made these recordings. Irwin Chusid is the author of a book of the same name, and he compiled...