CD: Lift and Drop
Artist: Red Shag Carpet
Label: Independent
Rating: ***
Review: Soul! That's what The Vines are missing. It becomes readily apparent after listening to Red Shag Carpet's second album, Lift and Drop, which smoulders with a ragged piano-pop, folk and punk spirit. The last line of the album - "I'll find music in the sound of anything that brought me down" - is really the theme of the entire recording. Best track: Drop, which spills forth with a rush of drawly rasps about information overload, then tries to sooth listeners with a lilting piano melody. Red Shag Carpet, who happen to be Sonic's band of the month for April, roll out the tunes on April 27 at The Globe, 10045 109th st.