Articles by John F. Butland

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  Various

  I’m In Love… With That Song

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Boasting the subtitle “23 Australian Bands Pay Tribute To The Genius Of The Replacements,” I’m In Love… With That S...

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  Various

  Terra Musica Global Explorer II

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  The Global Explorer series marries world music to dance and electronica, usually with interesting results. The first disc opens with Fatboy...

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  Bobby Teens

  Fast Livin & Rock N Roll

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Fifteen two-minute slabs of sleazy trash rock. With a mostly female band the obvious comparisons are the Go-Go’s, Bangles and Runaway...

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  Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics

  More Million $eller$

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Dickerson, former leader of surf garage punks Untamed Youth, cranks out a rollicking style of rockabilly that sounds like what we’d h...

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  Estrella 20/20

  Afro Mexicana

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  The Estrella boys are trying to fill the huge void left by the dissolution of the mighty Teengenerate. They might not reach the heady heigh...

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  Lord High Fixers

  Is Your Club A Secret Weapon?…

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  The Lord High Fixers mix blues with Texas-styled garage punk — the sort with its roots in the 13th Floor Elevators — and embrac...

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  Love Me

  Jubilee Park

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Love Me, a four-piece Australian band with three vocalists, comes across as a combination of Cocteau Twins and Cowboy Junkies. In other wor...

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  Scruffs

  …Take A Bath

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  The six-track EP from the Aussie power pop trio kicks off with “Stan And Rocky,” a slammin’ slice that recalls the Replac...