The Dirty Three @ the Starfish Room
w /guests Calexico
June 13, 1998

It has been three years since this Aussie trio last played
Vancouver, in the same venue as it happens. They return to
Vancouver in support of their latest release Ocean Songs. As
their name suggests, this group is a trio consisting of violin,
guitar and drums. No vocals, no bass. All instrumentals.
Their last show in
Vancouver was poorly
attended but this time
around they will
hopefully ha¥e gar-
nered some new fans.
Their first perform-
ance in Vancouver, |
believe, was in 1994
when they opened for
Morphine at the

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More of Our Stupid Noise
Squirtgun Records

More Of Our Stupid Noise was put together by the founder of
Squirtgun Records, Lee Maslin. Nettwerk Productions
helped release this CD, an amazing 25 track CD of every
new song that is making waves. Says Maslin, "I sat down and
thought 'what do I listen to and what do I like? and then I
sat down and made myself a mixed tape of unreleased songs

   

      
   
    
 

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from a wide variety of music styles. Rappers like the Hip
Club Groove are on the CD alongside Noah’s Arkweld, a
slower band, and Bionic, a fast heavy metal group. There
is definitely something for everyone.

Some of the songs are great, while others like the one

_ from Bionic are awful because of their uncoordinated
instruments. Their's wasn't the only one with faults, but it
is the most noticable, with vocals barely rising above the
mix.

Nonetheless it is still a pretty good CD. For instance,
Mystery Machine's 'What I Want’ demonstrates their
smoothness and capability to play with words while main-
taining their coordination. This CD has a lot of different
types of artists and is worth the money.