Alt Lives!!

Comments (0) By Robert Christgau Tuesday, Apr 25 2000

CHOICE CUTS: Habib Koite & Bamada, "Cigarette A Bana (The Cigarette Is Finished)" (Muso Ko, Alula); Starpoint Electric, "Let My Brother Lie," "Bitter Happiness" (Bad Directions, Plastique); Judy Henske, "Mad Dog Killer" (Loose in the World, Fair Star); Charlie Robison, "Poor Man's Son" (Life of the Party, Sony/Lucky Dog); Matt Witte, "There's a Bull Loose in Queens" (La Notte é Giovane, Exit Nine).

DUDS: The Cure, Bloodflowers(Fiction/Elektra); Alan Jackson, Under the Influence(Arista); Pantera, Reinventing the Steel(Elektra).

ADDRESSES: Aerial Flipout, 8205 Santa Monica Boulevard #1-305, Los Angeles, CA 90046-5912; Astralwerks, c/o Caroline, 109 West 29th Street, NYC 10001; Carrot Top, 935 West Chestnut, Suite LL15, Chicago, IL 60622; Checkered Past, 3940 North Francisco, Chicago, IL 60618; Cobalt, c/o Stern's, 71 Warren Street, NYC 10007; Heathen, P.O. Box 82137, Columbus, OH 43202; Instinct, 26 West 17th Street #502, NYC 10011; Kill Rock Stars, PMB 418, 120 State Avenue NE, Olympia, WA 98501; Mud, c/o Parasol, 905 South Lynn Street, Urbana, IL 61801; Rockathon, P.O. Box 2711, Dayton, OH 45401-2711; Sugar Free, Box 14166, Chicago, IL 60614; Up, Box 21328, Seattle, WA 98111-3328; Warm, P.O. Box 1423, Athens, GA 30603.