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Vancouver, BC Sept 1(Hcr16
By Barbara Doll Alphonse Leong,
Denise Sheppara
CLOVER H O N E Y
Clover Honey are so cute, you don't
know if you wanna hug 'em or strangle
'em. Featuring sweet harmonies complemented with occasional synchronised
yelps, a drummer with darling pigtails,
and a song about finding a dead body
I n the Alley Way," the trio were captivating. Singer/guitarist Amy Brannen coolly
began many of the songs by herself,
sounding a lot like a girl doing Cars covers. -AL
JESSE'S GIRL
Jesse's Girl certainly knows how to
play music, some of it quite catchy, especially the tunes with the trumpet. But
the guys seemed bland and somewhat
flaccid. The tunes were rather low key
and mellow, and even the heavy songs
seemed like they'd been soaked in
Prozac. The rather interesting assortment of sounds in their songs gives the
impression that maybe Jesse's Girl
hasn't quite found its niche yet. -BD

KICK I N T H E EYE
The little girl voice of the co-lead
singer gives the feel of a high school
dance and the bouncy tunes lend themselves to that overall impression. Kick
In The Eye (formerly BMX) brought
along their own gong show contestants
who danced, laughed and drank while
chanting out the band's name. The music was energetic and youthful and the
several cover tunes they played were
fun. -BD

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across a band playing songs influenced
by the Turtles or the Beatles. -BD
HISSY FIT
A low down deep dirty sound pumped
out of the dangerous feminine growling
feline in her black leggings with her tomboy torn knees, Hissy Fit's sound conjures up images of a sober Courtney
Love. The blonde guitarist babbled to the
audience between songs and made his
guitar sing while the lioness roared and
rocked out hardfortheir toe-tapping head-

MOTHERTRUCKER
A heavy in-your-face punk band Waring out some ripping music along with
the voice of the not-so-dainty lady that is
the loud sound of Mother Trucker. Although the lyrics were completely lost in
the wash of the gaping sore of the songs,
the oozing never stopped and no BandAid would help against the battering
abuse of the thrashing beats. -BD
SATURNHEAD
These five groovy guys have mas- [
tered the Austin Powers flowery Brit pop
bounce. It was a sweet pleasure to run

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bobbing tunes.The short set provided just
a tease of the meatier substance that
certainly lay beneath the surface. -BD
DSK
If Hard Core Logo is your idea of a
walk in the rock'n'roll park, then put
DSK up on a landfill pedestal and worship them forever. This evening's performance was no different from their
average, run-of-the-mill thing of beauty.
Served up extra chunky thanks to
front-tornado Blair Dobson's acerbic
ways, the audience ate the Tool-infused testosterone up like candy,
through heavy-hitting mulch like
"Landmine" and "Shiny" from 1996's
Exploder release. If this band —
made up of the city's strongest session musicians (Matthew Good, Bif
Naked) — were able to fully apply
themselves by touring, recording
new tracks and not living so damn
hard, they'd be huge and loved by
groupies everywhere. -DS
SATINA SATURNINA
Satina Satumina is a visual performance and a musical act. A man in
a body suit with a fetish bikini over it,
and a baby doll mask covering his face
played the mutated guitar sounds. A
woman in a similar outfit, with pink fuzz
on the armpits, arrives with her beehive hairdo. Meanwhile, during the
visual act, the musical trip continued
with Satina Satumina poetically speak-

ing, twisting words and
singing on top of the textured sound. -BD

words, and were delivered at top volume
with murderous guitar accompaniment.
-AL

SPACE KID
These four guys
beat out one fast jump
up and down song after
another. Overall a bouncy punk sound
with very little stage presence. -BD

WOW
At any music test, at least one band
should play disco-ish grooves that last
forever. Wow did that and more. Fronted
by two women, the group were heavy in
the theatrics department. Tubular bells
were rung, sparks were set off, and
Vishnu goddess poses were struck. The
rhythm section was relentless and easily hooked the audience. Like cellular
biologists, Wow has taken the virus that
is disco and they've come up with a new
guitar-oriented strain that engages flesh
and mind. -AL

DSK

SEX IN S W E D E N
Considering their name, the group
had surprisingly little to do with sex or
Abba-like reflections, but Sex In Sweden definitely drew inspiration from
someplace. In their case, it was the
sweet oi-oi-oi sounds of Buzzcocklovin' 70s punk rock that made this
band tick. Democratically dividing up
vocals amongst three of the fourpieced outfit, the group knocked out a
whack of tight old-school tunes. -DS

REVULVA
Revulva has as much testosterone
as you'll ever find in a girl band (and
some guy bands!). Dressed in devilishly
red dresses and staring intently into the
audience, they dished out a selection of
highly charged metal-tinged songs. Most
of the lyrics dealt with relationships, included most of the common swear

MOTORAMA
With more edges than a pentagram,
Vancouver's pent-up trio Motorama was
certainly not easy music to listen to, but
it was great nonetheless. Kicking off the
show jamming instrumental^ to the
squeak and squawk of radio noise, the
group showed their colours early on.
Bursting into the first vocal cut, the sound
was definitely Pixies-laden and the action onstage was total focus. While the
music is likely to evolve further, their live
showisdead-on.-DS