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The Grape Street Pub - Volume Two (2 CD Compilation) Issue #39 Jul. '02 2
CDs, 36 Artists, 36 Songs, 10 bucks. What more do you need to know? Volume
Two
released by The Grape Street Pub, one of You
don’t need to waste your money on the current crop of
Corporate contrived movie
releases. Put on Volume Two, hit play and
let these artists
show you a good time. It’s a straight up, pedal to the metal,
Rock the house,
top down, cruise the strip, blast the groove, get down and party fun
fest in a
jewel case. With
36 different songs/styles there’s something here for
everybody – The set is
broken down into “The Vibe”
CD & “The Drive”
CD – both accomplishing their mission to entertain. The
Vibe CD
grooves along with such a roll that no matter where you are or what
you’re
doing, it’ll soon have your feet moving to shuffle inducing
grooves – the likes
of which can be found in the Reggae jammin’ of Prince
Of Babylon
(Babylon), the mondo hooky Alt. Rock of The
Grundles
(Better
Than Him),
plus, the low simmer and soaring reaches of Triple A artists Ben
Arnold
(Blacklight) and Jim Boggia
(O/P)
respectively. The smokin’ Alt. Blues of K-Floor
(Will
I Stay)
ignites the center of this set with an electric Funk that compliments The
Blue Method (First Plan Of Redemption)
who rip it up with a
Neo Soul revivalist sermon that’ll turn anyone into a
disciple. Also, along
with the stunning vocals of Stargazer Lily
(Middle Of
America) and the They Might Be Giants – Ben Folds
morph of The
Argument (Inflatable Amy)
you’ll find the best Little Feat
resurrection since the passing of Lowell George, namely the Kelly
Bell
Band (Ain’t Like It Used To Be).
And, that’s just dropping a
mention of half the CD – so, can you see what
you’re getting here? How can it
get any better than this? With Disc 2 of course… “The
Drive” (CD 2) picks up where Disc 1 leaves
off. After setting you up
with a good time groove feel, The Vibe
(CD 1) delivers you
into the hands of The Drive, which then
does as it says and
Drives the Rockin’ good times home with a harder edge
that’ll have the speakers
screaming as the summer blisters away. Silvertide
(Blue Jeans) opens the 2nd
CD with driving hard rock that
should be all over the now “Modern Rock” format
radio, along with the mosh
creating, sinister industrial sounds of Carfax Abbey
(Perfect),
the rip it up, classic-dinosaur guitar rock of Poppy
Cock Babble
(Push), and the sleekly produced, flat out Alt.
Rock of DownCircleBack
(Out). But not all of The Drive CD
puts the harder
edge of the music first, we also find plenty of vocal intense
selections
wrapped around a few more distinct musical presentations –
take notice of the
talented singers on hand within the Melodic pop rock of Laura
Mann
(Laughing At Myself - w/Vernon Reid), the
hard-cut, goth-edge of Tapping
The Vein (Crushing),
the jammy stylings of Seeking Homer (Horses
Running)
and the hypnotic grace of The Mudhens (A Whole Lot Better)
and you’ll
see why Volume Two has become a banner CD
that we here at IndepenDisc
are proudly flying high. Unfortunately,
we have not had the opportunity to visit The Grape Street Pub
<http://www.grapestreetpub.com>,
housed at 105 Grape Street in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, PA
but, we
think if we ever do, we may end up never leaving - for it already feels
like a
home away from home. The Grape Street Pub
embraces everything IndepenDisc
stands for and supports: Brothers in arms for the spreading of the
Indie music
word. We
at IndepenDisc had/have a fond affection
for the “Exposed”
double LP sampler series released by CBS Records in the early
80’s, years later
in the late ‘90’s IndepenDisc
was born of an Independent
complication CD (Burner
– released by Home Office Records – IMC
‘Zine #1 Sept. ’98) <http://www.independisc.com/burner.htm#Issue1>,
now as another decade takes shape we are extremely delighted to welcome
Volume
Two from The Grape Street Pub
into our universe. Forget
the Corporate summer movie blockbuster soundtrack push, it’s
been designed to
get into your pockets. We have your Summer (and beyond) soundtrack
right here –
even if you can’t get to Philly – and
it’s been designed to get into your life. The
The Grape Street Pub
- Volume Two (2 CD Compilation)
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