Teeny tiny reviews

Utah Philips The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (Righteous Babe) Folk backed by hip hop beats by Ani DiFranco. 9 (MT)

Spent Idols Hugs and Kisses/Tonight (Spent City) A brilliant tongue-in-cheek ride through Pistols-inspired punk.9 (JT)

Scarface The Untouchable (Rap-A-Lot) Low-end g-funk that fills the void Dre left on Aftermath. 8 (JT)

Heart Greatest Hits (Capitol) Seattle grrrls rock the '70s, schlock the '80s, hawk camp in the '90s. 8 (CY)

Various Plastic Comp. Vol. 1 (Nettwerk) Underworld, Propellerheads and crossover breaks for newer converts. 7 (MS)

Noise Unit Drill (Metropolis) Filler between nice techno and not-so-nice industrial. 7 (RB)

Reef Slow (Warner) Begs open debate on the actual cool factor of the Guess Who. 5 (RB)

Zero (Zero) More breathy vocals and insipid breaks. This time folksy! 4 (MS)

Rollins Band Come In and Burn (Universal) Henry should stick to barking. His singing sucks. 3.5 (JC)

Aerosmith Nine Lives (Columbia) 27 years ÷ 9 lives = 3(CY) more discs...