LEO KOTTKE - My Feet Are Smiling (Capitol):: Recorded live, this is about what you'd expect; not much new material, and slightly smudgier sound, but the production is excellent, and Kottke is one of the best guitar players in the world. His on-stage wise-cracks are pretty funny, too. Much like the first Takoma album in tone, with the bonus of a few vocals. �Hear The Wind Howl� is magnificent.

ARTHUR, HURLEY & GOTTLIEB (Columbia):: This is what America would sound like if they traded the guy with the Neil Young voice for a songwriter. N.B. This is not the Michael Hurley of Armchair Boogie/Hi Fi Snock Uptown fame — no cartoon freakout on the jacket, y�see.