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Columbia's Hootie and the Blowfish are toui "Kootchypop." Clockwise from left: Mark Bryan LIVE I Hootie arid the Blov By MATT HANLEY ^ In a recent review of _ Kootchypop," the new album by l|ll '-jH Hootie and the Blowfish, a critic KSflL&h* \ wrongfully dismissed the group and its latest work as mediocre, jQuS claiming in his clever title that bUHI^ "IT MM nuuue JJiuws 11; Wednesday at RockafelLis,S when KtlPsS ? played to a packed house of fans 5 f^ho were better judges of the e?lMSSHB f,and s talent than any one critic, ?? m's one included. ^|s i c| j, Each of the five songs from the l new album were performed, and -i ,e crowd rocked to them as they I ^5Hi ' ;;?ve in the past. The fc^SffLJ Kootchypop" songs have been ? performed live for a year, and it's ,0ya,ty> or 1 hard to say what the songs sound fricnds to an up 4^e" vided by drur ? A good comparison would be bassist Dean Fel "leve Miller. If you like his great- feel-good sonj est hits album of songs from the Hand," an upte J - 70s, you should enjoy Peace and brothe tchypop," where the songs "If You're C arc just as fun and easy to sing fosters good vitx ta Tbe opening track, "The s that demar Did Man and Me," tells the story aJong. o an old bum and how he got to Rucker said i e that way. Written by lead members "really inger Darius Rucker after he about." passed a bum on the street, the Whatever it is an , 1S s?? but is kePl alive by like "Only Wanr guitarist Mark Brvan .u . - -. oryan. the song or m More lively is Sorry s Not last tune is tne e] Enough," where Rucker sings of lection: simple, #?KPAC IB' H 940 Harden St. THE^ in Five Point< NORTH? 799-7571 FACE ill ' patagonia $5 ^ ^Vll Book B WITH THIS COl. i$5?re |#U33 - ! i W_. , ~ 940 HARDEN ST. IN 5 ^ i Any Book Bag 1 * ^ Good Throu Carc Photo provided by Fishco Management ring the country in support of their new CD , Dean Felber, Soni and Darius Rucker. ICHNG yfish don't flounder The band said the independently-produced album is a stepping Istone to getting a national recordf. ^ ing contract. Manager Rusty Harmon is shopping the album to major labels such as Sony, and the group has enough material to fill At D Ar?bofolloe' thn KanH W KM rWJgIPn iwvivww?i*?o , "IV ?u changed the song order to keep themselves interesting and to keep (ootchypop 1116 fans guessing. "lOOtie & setlist tinkering meant two "he Blowfish P?Pular and expected covers, t ^ q ^ "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and David Allen Coe's ack of it, among "You Never Even Called Me By beat groove pro- My Name," were dropped. nmer Soni and Hootie made up for this with ber. The album s nevv COvers such as "Ziggy ' is Hold My Stardust" by David Bowie. The :mpo jam about , , . , . rhood seems capable of playing any ioing My Way" son? wants' but the members is and has a cho- choose prudently because they are ids you to sing in a professional band that knows what it covers well and what it lone of the band doesn't. The concert was a knows what it s refreshing change for Hootie. The show was so full of energy and , it s positive, just . , , ? ? , la Be With You " spontaneity that when Hootie does i the album The 'and a maJor label record deal, the pitome of the col- band should consider debuting easily swallowed with a live album. TTTTMrrmll si uutN i ui: ags OfW PON ilM) ALL SALON SER' Columbia Mall ' I I *Offer only valid with Mul Bk["r ' Monday through We points m m m m | gm mm VI J )una! Siamese Dream smastyiifc pu/npHips siamei Smashing Pumpkins By GREGORY PEREZ ^ ' i? It is easy to equate Chicago's < I j Smashing Pumpkins with a sum- , j I mer storm. / Dark, forboding and soothing, the band can explode into a daz- dictable and even a tad < zling flash of brilliance. by toying with the tempei Billy Corgan and crew return his music, with "Siamese Dream," their first The moodiness of major label album following their Dream" is contagious. Sc indie LP, "Gish." as "Mayonnaise" and "So Songwriter/arranger/genius Billy with emotion. They are th Corgan keeps the Pumpkins unpre- songs you would want to which would have been a more appopriate name. record's sole purpose is "Incesticide" was a compilation money, of demos, songs recorded for inde- But as a result of t pedent labels, B-sides and BBC acceptance of angst music tracks. young white males, recor< The members of Nirvana had now bombarded by meritl humor enough to realize they were such as the Doughboys, handing semi-product to their fans "Crush," the Doughbc between legitimate releases. label debut, has lots of gri A cash cow is a non-essential torted guitars, and the c product designed to exploit the featured prominently in th marketplace. "Incesticide" fits this The mainly unintelligi definition: It is a collection of and the whining vocals a songs that do not gel together to tious for pretension's sake form an indespensible whole. The With "Crush," A&N 14 Songs ' ffflpiiff Paul Westerberg ^ Sire/Reprise 2 1/2 H $or By LEE CLONTZ ^Wl Senior Writer pf 1 %** Call him the King of Angst. I "PjV At any rate, Paul Westerberg t!, ,?* fashioned a powerful catalog of songs in the '80s as lead singer of The Replacements, singing about whole, the album fails life, relationships and loss. Since together as a whole desj the breakup of his beloved band, terrific tunes, fans have waited to see how he "14 Songs" finds Wes would rebound. typically dour spirits, pe Unfortunately, his new release, ing to make up for the t "14 Songs," neither re-establishes songs he contributec his reputation nor tears it down. As "Singles" soundtrack in l1 the title implies, it's a mixed bag of Things start off wel tunes, some better than others. As a with the first four song: SCOUNT DAYS! I i__ fi. .v --liflHi hTTV^tZTibTaTm s?y-mmBW Hi Hppj: Hi[vK] I iTn IliKfii ffi i||p KmUIhb^^I OFF B VICES & PRODUCTS* '36-1192 nnpio student I.D. 1 IV^VJIO >dnesday. HAIRSTYLISTS ;r-FM BO 27j6 Devine j audiofile a and brood to. The heavier ditties such as the album's first single, "Cherub Rock," and "Geek U.S.A." feature James Iha's broad, fuzzy guitars and the solid percussion care of Jimmy Chamberlain. Corgan takes production a step further by layering up to 20 differont nnitor traobc At/Pf PCtrh f\lhpf In HUilt ?U1UU UUUIVO v/*vi vuvai vuivi iv/ fill out the beefy distortion sound. A short but dramatic jaunt into classical experimentation happens listurbino *n "Disarm," with Corgan tooling pom(ln. Z with a string section. R.E.M.'s rament of .... ..... 6 . , Mike Mills cameos on keyboards in "Soma." Siamese j^e 3mast)ing Pumpkins are risings such jng on "alternative" scene, stayma" brim ing fresh and original without plode kind of ding the same path, sit alone Rainy days beware. h has followed the recipe for altemative success. The company even recruited producer Daniel Rey, a producer best known for his work H with the Ramones, Iggy Pop and I L7. Not knowing his motives for working with the Doughboys, I would guess that Rey was short of 19 cash the week he agreed to pro M duce "Crush. j "All of which points the cash cow finger at "Crush". K> make The record fits the description: It is unnecessary, and it exploits a hC Tu Public thal seemingly doesn't ,fa e y know any better.A&M probably j bins are ~ ess hands spenl a fortune on ^ Doughboys, the record will probably go plat>ys major inum 30(1 hand Pr?bably n?y dis- he on 1116 1994 Lollapalooza trek. Irums are ^ y?u can hold your nose long annnnh Ki.n onH pnirtV a Pach le mix. "'"ugii uuj anu w.jv; - .? ble lyrics cow, pick up a copy of re preten- "Incesticide." At least Nirvana s. could partially admit they were I records screwing the public. considerable muscle. "Runaway Wind" and "World Class Fad" in f A particular are standouts, with 4r Westerberg examining the pitfalls j as I of, respectively, losing one's goals and being overly ambitious. For |L? Westerberg, this is the most delicate balance of all. The album as a whole is a series UPS and downs. The hodge, podge quality of the album is best exemplified by Westerberg himself in his "Knockin on Mine" reading ; to hang list; "Comic books, the Bible, road }ite a few maps, pornography/Anything you wanna read." Similarly, the quality iterberg in of the album runs on about the rhaps try- same lines. wo upbeat Listen with care. It's an uneven I to the solo debut for Westerberg, but if 992. you can listen to "Down Love" II enough without dancing, you'd better check s showing for a pulse. I ly^ ; v. 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