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JBC Review In Q (fwd)
From: M.M.J. Fogel <mfogel_at_npiec.on.ca>
Date: Fri 25 Oct 1996 - 14:38:17 PDT
Date: Fri 25 Oct 1996 - 14:38:17 PDT
A friend of mine, Michael Hanna, scared this up for me and I thought it might interest you folks in the pasture.
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- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 23:58:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Hanna <zen@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> To: Matthew Fogel <mfogel@npiec.on.ca> Subject: JBC Review In Q
Here's a review for the rerelease of a JBC album I found on Q magazine's web site. Thought you like to read it.
Drums The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
Draining The Glass
Nectar Masters NTMCD529
Falling off stages and learning to live with obscurity have been
the wise watchwords of Pat Fish and the elegantly named Jazz
Butcher Conspiracy since they began their indie noodlings in the
early-'80s. Fuelled by a fondness for Carlsberg Special Brew and an
attachment to the chord progressions of post-punk stalwarts like
Orange Juice, they have quietly filled racks of second-hand record
stores with collections of songs of wit, warmth and melodic
muscularity. This compression of four albums begins with the cult
classic Southern Mark Smith, indulges in B-movie frippery (Zombie
Love, The Jazz Butcher Meets Count Dracula) and machismo baiting
(Real Men) before spreading out the genuine pop nuggets like
Girlfriend, Big Saturday and Party Time. Too talented to be
dismissed as a whimsical pop eccentricity, the JBC deserve a wider
audience than the rancid moshpits that usually welcome them.
Three stars
Paul Davies
zen@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Received on Fri Oct 25 23:57:50 1996