Big Heavy World's Sonic Tonic from Burlington, Vermont

The 16-track Burlington rocker! An alternative compilation: Seven Days says, “Something momentous will have to happen this year to knock this CD off my Top 10 list...” Northeast Performer calls it, “a remarkable representation of a burgeoning scene that deserves all the attention it has attracted as of late.” All proceeds from the community-sponsored Sonic Tonic CD benefit Spectrum Youth & Family Services.

The tracks: Lindy Pear, "Engine 4861"; Chin Ho!, "When Everything Explodes"; Never Only Once, "Rebuild"; Zola Turn, "Angels" (CD debut); (sic), "Pharmacopoeia" (CD debut); The Fags, "She's Coming Over"; Rocketsled (last-ever release!), "Consumption"; James Kochalka Superstar, "Keg Party"; Barbacoa, "Delirium Tremelo"; Gladly, "Two Days" (CD debut); Starlight Conspiracy, "Empty Space"; Five Seconds Expired, "Sick of You"; Spill, "Tigger"; Cranial Perch, "Vampyre"; Construction Joe, "Lizard"; and Guppyboy. "New Orleans."