THE GOURDS
Shinebox (Sugar Hill)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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The latest from Austin iconoclasts The Gourds fleshes out their 1998 EP gogitchyershinebox with five tracks recorded in 1998 at Amsterdam's legendary emporium of fine music and cannabis by-products, the Milkveg. Those tracks are fine additions to the Gourds canon, but the real news here is the ready availability of the band's cowpunk cover of Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Gin & Juice." Those whose taste runs to glam rock more than hip-hop may prefer their down home version of "Ziggy Stardust," but "Gin & Juice," Gourds-style, is simply the funniest damn thing I've heard since... well, it might just be the funniest damn thing I've ever heard. And there's a bunch of good songs and real fine pickin' to go with it! You just gotta hear this one, and once you do, you're gonna have to own it.

Track List:

Gin & Juice * Everybody's Missing The Sun * Dooley * Ziggy Stardust * Two Girls * Lament * Trampled By The Sun * Maria * Omaha * Jones Oh Jones * I'm Troubled * Plaid Coat

© 2002 - Shaun Dale