1993
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 1993.
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Vampire Rodents – “Lullaby Land”
Vampire Rodents’s Lullaby Land is brutish, misanthropic industrial in the vein of Skinny Puppy. In fact, Lullaby Land has a lot specifically in common with Skinny Puppy, most noticeably in Anton Rathausen’s sinister gremlin-like vocals that sound almost identical to Kevin Ogilvie’s style. For one last comparison, Lullaby Land sets up the same kind of… (read more)
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Coroner – “Grin”
Coroner have no album as atmospheric and progressive as ‘Grin.’ However, it sounds somewhat like a transition to a masterpiece that was never made. (read more)
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Slowdive – “Souvlaki”
"Souvlaki" is one of the most major albums to come out of the shoegaze movement of the 90s — and for very good reason. (read more)
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Band of Susans – “Veil”
The riff in “Not in This Life” is so similar to the Big Black song “Kerosene” that I kept expecting Steve Albini to shout the title. I originally got this album because it had a pretty, purple cover. As it turns out, Veil is a solid B-tier shoegaze album that’s worth checking out for enthusiasts… (read more)
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Life of Agony – “River Runs Red” (1993)
The skits here are pretty horrible. River Runs Red attempts to take on the serious concept of parental neglect and an abusive home life, but the mother’s voice for example sounds so ridiculous and exaggerated that these parts actually take on a comedic tone and end up making a joke out of something serious and… (read more)
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Better Than Ezra – “Deluxe”
‘Deluxe’ by Better Than Ezra sounds like a poor man’s R.E.M. Not enough strong hooks here to be a great pop rock album. (read more)
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The Auteurs – “New Wave”
Delightful. I thought I was never going to like Britpop outside of a few exceptions, but The Auteurs are much less obnoxious than the ear-splitting volume of Oasis or the smartass vibe of Blur. The guitar on this album is very light and sparkles with elegance, perfectly accompanied by Luke Haines’s soft vocals that still… (read more)
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The Cranberries – “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?”
Wow, color me surprised (which in this case would be a dark red). I decided to trust history writing The Cranberries off as a three-hit wonder responsible for the classic singles “Dreams,” “Linger,” and “Zombie.” I may have to stop doing this, because history almost prevented me from discovering one of the ’90s‘s better alternative… (read more)
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Yoshi’s Safari
Bearing the name of one of Nintendo’s most iconic characters, surely ‘Yoshi’s Safari’ is the highest quality of all Super Scope games… Right? (read more)
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Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge
As the Super Scope fails to catch on in the video game market, a sequel to the first standalone Super Scope game, ‘Battle Clash,’ comes in the form of ‘Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge.’ Is the rebranding a bad omen? (read more)