On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Kimberly Rivas-Plata wrote:
actually, RS reviewed IYFS last spring I think it was, much to my shock. they gave it a pretty decent review as well (can't remember exactly what it said but I could go look it up if anyone was that interested).
For some reason I continue to subscribe to that rag... Maybe because I they do occasionally turn me on to something I might not otherwise have known of, or might have underestimated. I am not into much of anything discussed in Rolling Stone. My taste is all over the map, but leans toward esoteric electronica. I very much doubt I would have discovered Belle & Sebastian based on the description from the people at the records store: British indie-pop that sounds like The Zombies? No, I'd pass on that quickly. And I think you'd agree that description does the band no justice. The Rolling Stone review did make it clear that anyone favorably inclined toward wordy, poetic, somewhat pastoral pop, played by a rather large ensemble, should check into B&S. Which, happily, I did. As I recall, they gave the album 3-1/2 stars. --Mark __ <http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome> <MPEG & RA audio clips> Imminent: SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14 "The electricity is no better off than on." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+