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SOUTHERN VOICE • DECEMBER 29/1994 SOUND ADVICE MUSIC NOTES & REVIEWS by LEE HUGHEY 1994's greatest hits Soon 1994 will be just another ring in the tree trunks, and except for a few untimely deaths and the release of that Mariah Carey Christmas album, it's been a great year for music. Therapy?, "Troublegum" (A&M)—The year's best, hands down. Fast, pissed-off, surpris ingly catchy songs with loads of guitar crunch flow relentlessly into one another. Scary and gorgeous at the same time. The London Suede, "Dog Man Star" (Columbia/Nude)— They've made androgyny (Bowie- style, not Boy George-style) cool again in the U.K., but Americans are foolishly still ignoring them. "Dog Man Star" is about love dur ing apocalypse, and hope during meltdown. Seedy, glamorous, arro gant and fragile, London Suede deserve your immediate attention. Hole, "Live Through This" (DGC)—Courtney Love rages one moment, makes you feel her heart break the next. Love can't decide whether she's a hurt little girl or a dragon lady, and hopefully she never will. Julian Cope, "Auto- geddon" (American Record ings)—Cope has been everything from a Liverpool punk to Britain's reigning musical mystic, and the trip's still not over. This album about spiritual road trips tells me that Julian has driven down that road to nowhere many times. Beastie Boys, "Ill Commu nication" (Capitol/Grand Royal)—The snot-nosed brats' best album yet. The Beasties make home-brew out of every musical element they've ever touched— rap, funk, jazz, hardcore punk— then flavor it with guitar noises ripped off from bad pomo flicks to produce an annoyingly great al bum. Smoke, "Heaven on a Popsicle Stick" (Long Play)— Atlanta's own Smoke create music as ethereal as their name, and as gritty. Benjamin, the skinny gay dude with the voice like a car crusher, sings melancholy hymns to loves known and never known. Man...or Astroman?, "Destroy All Astromen!!" (Es- trus)—What's not to love about this album? Almost two dozen spacy, psychedelia-tinged surf instrumentals by a band from Au burn. There's even a surf-styled remake of the theme from "Mys tery Science Theater 3000." "Natural Born Killers" soundtrack (Nothing/Inter scope)—Produced by Nine Inch Nails angst-meister Trent Reznor, this album flattens late 20th-cen tury culture into a roar of white noise: Patsy Cline bumps up against the world music of Peter Gabriel; a gloomy Leonard Cohen dissolves into a furious L7; Bob Dylan's whine fades into a Duane Eddy strut. Add NIN's hellish new track "Bum," and the album blows your head off as surely as Mickey and Mallory would. Honorable mentions go to Combustible Edison, "I, Swinger"; The Indigo Girls, "Swamp Ophelia"; The Pet Shop Boys, "Disco 2"; and Aphex Twin; "Se lected Ambient Works, Vol. 2." Lee Hughey is a former DJ, and claims to have seen every episode of "Absolutely Fabulous." Very Special Entertainment by the Legendary Miss Rachel Wells Miss Gay Atlanta 1972, Miss Gay GA1976, Miss Gay America 1978, appeared in Sharky's Machine Complimentary Champagne, Party Favors & Endless Buffet Casino Black Jack • Craps • Roulette Proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Tickets • $15 in Advance Musselwhite Band ♦ DJ Rob Reum Live Cabaret Show REVOLUTI at the Door IMMEDIATE CASH • JEWELRY LOANS NATIONAL PAWN AND JEWELRY EXCHANGE QUALIFIED ROLEX BROKER SPECIAL 30 DAY INTEREST FREE LENDING ON FINE JEWELRY WE BUY ALL JEWELRY • Private • Confidential • • Borrow on Diamonds, Gold, Watches, All Jewelry • Short Term, Long Term Renewable • Bank Vault Storage • No Credit Check WE PURCHASE ALL JEWELRY AT HIGHEST PRICES AVAILABLE, FREE ESTIMATES AND APPRAISALS Druid Chase Office Bldg., 2801 Buford Hwy., Suite 420 636-2113 • ALL LOANS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL NO AMOUNT TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL • PRIVATE