College Music Journal (CMJ) New Music Compact Disc (CD) Volume 51 - November 1997 Bundle.

College Music Journal (CMJ) New Music Monthly Sampler Compact Disc (CD) Volume 51 - November 1997 Bundle

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This particular disc features 21 tracks totaling nearly 77 minutes of breaking music during this time and specifically of note:
A number of the other songs had success in the charts or come from debut or major label debut albums for the artists. Details are in the track list below. Fifteen of these 21 bands are still at it today, almost a quarter of a century later!

Benefit from the skill of CMJ Network, Inc. at collecting an interesting sample of new songs from a variety of genres from talented artists of unsigned up to well-established bands and providing a compelling package of emerging music each month.


Listen to the amazing cutting edge sounds from November 1997 - almost like traveling back in time to hear the following tracks on the audio CD:
Track#Band NameSong NameRun TimeNationalityGenreAlbumDisbandedNotes
1.PortisheadAll Mine3:59English/BristolAlternativePortishead - 1997OngoingFirst single off the album; single reached #8 in UK
2.EverclearSo Much For The Afterglow3:54American/Portland, OregonAlternativeSo Much for the Afterglow - 1997OngoingBand's best selling album - double platinum
3.PietastersOut All Night3:15American/Wash. DCReggae Ska/SoulOut All Night EP - 1998OngoingFeatured in 1998 Playstation game Street SK8ER and NCAA Football 06
4.IvyThe Best Thing3:38American/NYCIndie RockApartment Life - 19972012Major label debut single & first single for the album
5.Death In VegasDirt3:43English/LondonElectronicDead Elvis - 1997OngoingTrack from their debut album featuring samples from a Woodstock Festival MC addressing the crowd
6.Sweet 75Lay Me Down3:27AmericanAlternative RockSweet 75 - 19972000Track from their only studio album
7.Royal FingerbowlNothing But Time3:30American/New OrleansPop/RockHappy Birthday, Sabo! - 1997OngoingBluesy rocker from their debut album
8.Adam SandlerThe Lonesome Kicker4:14American/LAComedy/ParodyWhat's Your Name? - 1997OngoingVideo was shot with Pittsburgh Steelers Kordell Stewart, Greg Lloyd, and Jerome Bettis at Three Rivers Stadium about kicker Andre Kristacovitchlalinski, Jr.
9.Finley QuayeSunday Shining3:41Scottish/EdinburghReggaeMaverick A Strike - 1997OngoingTop 20 single in UK
10.Greg GaringMy Love Is Real3:56American/NashvilleAlternative Pop/RockAlone - 1997OngoingSong from his debut album
11.Holly McNarlandNumb3:57Canadian/VancouverAlternative RockStuff - 1997OngoingMost successful single, reaching Canadian Top 10 chart, from first full-length debut album
12.Love Spit LoveFall On Tears4:20American/NYCAlternative RockTrysome Eatone - 19972000This single reached Modern Rock Tracks Top 40
13.Baby BirdYou're Gorgeous3:53English/SheffieldAlternativeUgly Beautiful - 1996OngoingBand is best known for this surprise hit single that reached the UK Top 10 and did well internationally as well
14.GenevaInto The Blue3:24Scottish/AberdeenAlternative RockFurther - 1997OngoingTheir second single released to coincide with their headlining of the NME's 1997 annual Bratbus tour of new bands and it became a Top 40 single in UK
15.GaragelandFingerpops2:48New Zealanders/AucklandIndie RockLast Exit to Garageland - 1996OngoingSingle reached NZ Top 40
16.Pat DiNizio124 MPH3:23American/NJRockSongs and Sounds - 19972012Song from his debut solo album; Pat DiNizio toured nationally with The Smithereens (he was a key founding member) and played local venues with The Scotchplainsmen before passing away in 2017
17.Beautiful SouthDon't Marry Her3:23English/HullPop RockBlue Is the Colour - 19962007featured hit single reaching #8 on the UK Singles Chart and opening track on their fifth studio album
18.Kacy CrowleyHand to Mouthville3:47American/AustinAlternative RockAnchorless - 1997OngoingFirst single off her major label debut album
19.Jack Off JillAmerican Made3:19American/Fort LauderdaleAlternative RockSexless Demons and Scars - 19972015This song was on their first national 7" recording
20.Juno ReactorGod Zilla Mix5:05English/LondonElectronicaGod Is God (Front 242 Mixes) 12" & 45 RPM - 1997OngoingMix by Belgian electronic music group that is still recording today
21.The Promise RingNothing Feels Good2:09American/MilwaukeeEmoNothing Feels Good - 1997OngoingThis was a defining album in the Emo's second wave with impressive sales

Magazine Table of Contents

Features

Baby BirdInterview by Tom Lanham
Photographs by John Garbarini
p. 24
PhotekInterview by Kurt B. Reighleyp. 26
Sweet 75Interview by Chris Nicksonp. 28
Green DayInterview by Tom Lanhamp. 30
On the Cover: PortisheadInterview by James Lien
Photographs by John Greenburg
p. 32
Stereolab: Mary Hansen, Laetitia Sadier, Morgane Lhote, Tim Gane, Andy RamseyInterview by Douglas Wolkp. 36

Departments

Letters to the Editor
  • Patti Villegas
  • Greydyn Gatti from Newemarket, ON
  • Marshal Giggleman from Ft. Bragg, NC
  • Chappy from Rochester, NY
p. 6
Quick Fix
  • Margaret Leng Tan/Avant Schroeder
  • Atari Teenage Riot vs. Atari 2600
  • Greg Garing/That High Lonesome Beep
  • Helium/Dragonflight
  • Olive/Dressing for Success?
  • Label Profile: Revenant
  • Geneva/Metro Beat
  • Sound Bite:Holly McNarland
  • Weird Record: Xper Xr/Lun Hsiao Shuai
p. 8
On the Verge
  • Souls
  • Garageland
  • Royal Fingerbowl
p. 18
The Scene is Now: The Sons of Scott Walker
By Chris Nicksonp. 20
Geek Love: Lou ReedBy Matt Asharep. 57
Mixed Media
  • Bliss Alley
  • Band-In-A-Box
  • The Tango Lesson
  • Fight The Power
  • Lip Balm Anonymous
  • RockOnTV
  • Fight The Power
  • Great God Pan
  • Monozine
    p. 66
    Just Outp. 69
    Directoryp. 69
    Top 75p. 70
    On the CDp. 73
    Localzine: Burlington, Vermontp. 77

    Reviews

    Best New Music
    • The Apples In Stereo
    • Pietasters
    • Ivy
    • Chris Knox
    • Death In Vegas
    • Bill Fox
    p. 16
    Album Reviews
    • Beautiful South/Blue is the Colour
    • Bentley Rhythm Ace/Bentley Rhythm Ace
    • Comet Gain/Sneaky
    • Cornershop/When I Was Born the 7th Time
    • Dance Hall Crashers/Honey, I'm Homely
    • Pat Dinizio/Pat Dinizio
    • Julie Doiron/Loneliest In The Morning
    • Everclear/So Much For The Afterglow
    • Forgiveness/Slichot
    • Fu Manchu/The Action Is Go
    • Grifters/Full Blown Possession
    • Juno Reactor/Bible Of Dreams
    • Love Spit Love/Trysome Eatone
    • Man Or Astro-Man?/Made From Technetium
    • Grant McLennan/In Your Bright Ray
    • Merzbow/Scumtron/Mute
    • Moby/I Like To Score
    • Murdy City Devils/Murder City Devils - Die Young Stay Pretty
    • Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen
    • Oblivians/...Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron
    • Polvo/Shapes
    • Promise Ring/Nothing Feels Good
    • 6 String Drag/High Hat
    • Spring Heel Jack/Busy Curious Thirsty
    • Summer Hits/Beaches and Canyons
    • Sundays/Static And Silence
    • Tsunami/A Brilliant Mistake
    • Upper Crust/The Decline And Fall Of The Upper Crust
    • Mike Watt/Contemplating The Engine Room
    p. 38
    Mixed Signals
    • Roger Sanchez/United DJ's Of America
    • Dave Trance/Very Superstitious
    • DJ Brownie/Planet Rampant III
    • Rob Di Stefano/A Touché of Class
    p. 56
    FlashbackBy James Lien
    • Jessie Mae Hemphill/Feelin' Good
    • Phil Ochs/Farewells And Fantasies
    • Stanley Brothers/Earliest Recordings
    • Charles Wright/Espress Yourself/In The Jungle, Babe
    • Library of Congress archives/Railroad Songs
    • Alan Lomax/Prison Songs
    • A&E/Prohibition documentary
    p. 58
    SinglesBy Douglas Wolk
    • Gerty Farish
    • Pissed-Officers
    • Spare Snare
    • Number One Cup
    • Dubreq
    • Pastels
    • Sleep
    • New Order
    • Wir
    • Damon & Naomi
    • Belle And Sebastian
    p. 60
    DanceBy Tim Haslett
    • Roni Size
    • Coldcut
    • David Holmes
    p. 62
    Hip-HopBy Brian Coleman
    • Gravediggaz
    • Coolio
    • Organized Konfusion
    • Eargasms
    p. 63
    MetalBy Ian Christe
    • Deceased
    • Six Feet Under
    • Dismember
    • Extreme Noise Terror
    • Living Sacrifice
    p. 64

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