Chris Hill wrote re Steve Kirsch's note:
> > --You Am I--"Hi Fi Way"--the second album by these Aussies, where they
> > turn down the Stooges, turn up The Jam and get spectacular results.
> >
> Next to Afghan Whigs & Curve, THE best concert I saw last year.
> The lead singer has a charisma that controls a crowd like none
> I've seen, and the band's energy is palpable. I kick myself for the
> number of their Seattle shows I've missed, and vow it'll never
> happen again. Amazing show. I tend to prefer the third album,
> _Hourly, Daily_ and the 4th, _#4 Record_, to their rawer first
> two.
I picked up HI FI WAY a couple of years ago and it didn't do much for me- I
resold it. Late last year I stumbled over a copy of You Am I's most recent #4
RECORD, and it's great. It would certainly been one of my top 10 pop records
last year if I'd heard it longer. HOURLY, DAILY's out of print, but I managed
to locate a copy on ther net and I'm hoping it'll be in today's mail.
Roomie Dave went out and bought a copy of HI FI WAY, and while it's not the
equal of the new record, it's much better than I remembered.
b.s.
n.p. Mandy Barnett I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO CRY
