posted April 21, 2003 14:56                  

Dave Martin, Matador Records
1. Cobra Verde - Easy Listening (Muscle Tone) I just
can't stop listening to this. Easily as good as the
first CV record, Viva La Muerte and one of the best
records of this year. Easy!
(http://www.cobraverde.com/)
2. Deadly Snakes - Ode To Joy (In The Red) 3rd
fantastic record in a row from this, once again, all
Canadian line up of the Deadly Snakes. For these guys
to lose a member like Greg Oblivion and not lose any
ground is just about the highest praise I could give
them. Essential!
3. Clone Defects - Shapes Of Venus (In The Red)
Distorted: Sonically, Phsyically, Emotionally. These
guys nail it.
4. Dan Melchior's Broke Revue New 12" + Unreleased
stuff + the older albums too. These days anybody
releasing an all covers record is gonna raise an
eyebrow or two from me, but Mr. Melchior and crew come
through in fine fashion on their 12", they've also
been hard at work on a new record that I've heard some
of and it is fantastic.
5. Subsonics A Lot To Forget (Slovenly) Straight outta
the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" school Atlanta
Georgia's most deranged band returns with a great new
album. Over the course of the past ten years or so
they've mangaed to release 5 albums of primative,
Velvet Underground on speed action that is light years
removed from most of the "garage rock" that people
love to talk about. The Subsonics are the real deal!
6. Modey Lemon Enemy/Crows/ Six Minutes Of Blackness
Dbl 7" (In The Red) - What would a top ten from me be
without the Modey Lemon on it? This should hold you
over until the new Modey Lemon album later in the
Spring. Two new songs (that actually will pale to the
album versions once you hear them) the otherwise
unavailable "Six Minutes of Blackness" that is
fantastic. Plus a reissue of the extremely limited
first 7." All in one handy package.
(http://www.themodeylemon.com/basepage.html)
7. Voi Vod - S/T CD (Chophouse) I know that a new Voi
Vod album w/Jason Newsted on bass(!?!?!?) sounds as
appealing as going to war or something, but this is
amazingly solid and if it weren't just a bit too long
I'd say it was downright great.•
8. Television - Live & Live at the Academy NYC 12-4-92
CD (Ohoo) Even with the PHD candidates in the crowd
(Hey, I Love the Dead Boys, I just don't wanna talk
about during a show) I had a great time. Lots of
guitar weedilidge and then some. The Live CD is a CDR
they were selling and it's pretty great. A bit heavy
on the S/T Capitol stuff, but that had just come out
so what do you expect.
9. Pere Ubu The Shape Of Things (Hearpan) Two live
sets from April 7th, 1976. Lots of talking between
songs (mostly from the audience.) All the hits plus a
choice (pre-redundency era of course) selection of
covers.
10. Thomas Brinkmann It Was Never You/Tina 12" & Mix
CD (Max Ernst)• Pretty straight forward, crowd
pleasing type stuff, but pretty great as well.