Getting Them Straight

CHOICE CUTS:
The Apples in Stereo, "Ruby," "Questions and Answers" (The Wallpaper Reveries, SpinArt); Trent Summar & the New Row Mob, "New Money," "Be So Blue" (Trent Summar & the New Row Mob, VFR).

DUDS:
The Bloodhound Gang, Hooray for Boobies(Republic); Nina Gordon,Tonight and the Rest of My Life(Warner Bros.); the Jayhawks,Smile(Columbia); Kottonmouth Kings,High Society(Capitol/Suburban Noize); Sinéad O'Connor,Faith and Courage(Atlantic); Josh Rouse,Home (Rykodisc); Carl Thomas,Emotional (Bad Boy); Wood,Songs From Stamford Hill(Columbia).

ADDRESSES:
Artemis, 130 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10011, artemis-records.com; Chesky, Box 1268, NYC 10101, chesky.com; Chicks on Speed, chicksonspeed.com; Hannibal, c/o Rykodisc, 530 North 3rd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401; Red House, Box 4044, St. Paul, MN 55104, redhouserecords.com; Revenant, Box 198732, Nashville, TN 37219-8732, revenantrecords.com; Righteous Babe, Box 95, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY 14205, info@righteousbabe.com; SpinArt, Box 1798, NYC 10156-1798, spinart@slashcom.net; TVT, 23 East 4th Street, NYC 10003, tvtrecords.com.