DARIEN Splitting 7 inch 1998

 

Discogs

 

Pop punk featuring John Telenko of Serpico. Highly recommended.

Tracklist

A1		Never Too Much
A2		Splitting
B1		P.S.
B2		1000 Sketches

REFUSED / RANDY Refused Loves Randy EP 1995

 

Discogs

 

Refused is a Swedish hardcore band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandström, and bassist Magnus Flagge. Guitarist Jon Brännström was a member from 1994, through reunions, until he was fired in late-2014. Their lyrics are often of a non-conformist and politically far-left nature.  

Randy is a Swedish punk band formed in Piteå in 1992.

Tracklist

1

Refused–

TV Freak

2	Randy (4)–	Pump The Brakes
3	Refused–	Humanalogy
4	Randy (4)–	Re-Fused

MEATHEAD Bored Stiff 1994

 

Discogs

 

Industrial duo from the 90s, which recorded 2 splits with Cop Shoot Cop as well as a number of their own records.

 

Tracklist

1		Drone	3:57
2		A Thousand Pipes	5:02
3		Inflatable	4:10
4		Outta My Face	4:27
5		You Owe Me	4:09
6		You're A Bore	3:38
7		Blow	1:34
8		Metallic Mantra	6:00
9		No. 1

10		Dick Smoker	4:08
11		Phone System Crashes	1:29
12		Phreaker's Buzz	2:59
13		Flap Jack	3:28
14		Hoodoo	3:17
15		Right Here

16		Lunch / Metallic Mantra	4:22

MEATHEAD / COP SHOOT COP Kill A Cop For Christ And Bring Us His Head 1996

 

Discogs

 

 
There are some extra tracks in this file.- Blogatrix

Meathead were an Industrial duo from the 90s, which recorded 2 splits with Cop Shoot Cop as well as a number of their own records.

 
Cop Shoot Cop was a rock music group founded in New York City in 1987. They disbanded in 1996. The band were frequently classified as industrial rock, but were often quite different from many bands so dubbed, with a distinctive instrumental lineup that encompassed twin bass guitars, found metal percussion, and no lead guitar.

 

Tracklist

1	Meathead–	Large Amerikan Jaw	3:19
2	Cop Shoot Cop–	¡Schweinhund!	2:42
3	Cop Shoot Cop–	¡Schweinhund!

4	Meathead–	Large Amerikan Jaw

5	Cop Shoot Cop, Meathead–	Untitled	2:07

CIRCLE JERKS Oddities, Abnormalities & Curiosities 1995

 

Discogs

 

American punk rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles by vocalist Keith Morris and guitarist Greg Hetson.
The band has broken up and re-formed several times, sometimes with different bassists and/or drummers.

Tracklist

  1. Teenage Electric
  2. Anxious Boy
  3. 22
  4. Shining Through The Door
  5. I Wanna Destroy You
  6. Sinking Ship
  7. Brick
  8. Fable
  9. Dog
10. Grey Life
11. Exhaust Breath
12. Career Day

COP SHOOT COP Room 429 EP 1993

 

Discogs

Cop Shoot Cop was a rock music group founded in New York City in 1987. They disbanded in 1996. The band were frequently classified as industrial rock, but were often quite different from many bands so dubbed, with a distinctive instrumental lineup that encompassed twin bass guitars, found metal percussion, and no lead guitar.

Tracklist

1		Room 429
2		Ambulance Song
3		Fragment
4		Shine On Elizabeth (Live)

JAMES James 1991

 

Discogs

James Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

A long-lasting and consistently eclectic U.K. rock group, James first emerged from their native Manchester in the mid-'80s playing a brand of urgent, ringing pop. With their textured guitar parts and distinguished vocals courtesy of frontman Tim Booth, they earned early comparisons to the Smiths, who responded by endorsing the younger band. By the dawn of the '90s, James shook off these comparisons by embracing acid house, the first of many adventurous left turns the band took over the decades. The baggy pop single "Sit Down" proved to be their breakthrough, reaching number two in the U.K. in 1991 and becoming an alternative rock hit in the U.S. The follow-up album Seven consolidated that success in 1992, but it was 1993's Laid and its bawdy, soaring title cut that established James' mature sound. Working with Brian Eno, the group took aural risks that paid off artistically and commercially. Throughout the remainder of the decade, they remained perennial chart staples culminating in the creative highlight Pleased to Meet You before entering a hiatus in 2001. The band regrouped in 2007, releasing Hey Ma the following year and settling into a groove where they alternated tours with ambitious album projects such as 2010's two-part The Night Before and The Morning After, 2021's pandemic journal All the Colours of You, and Be Opened by the Wonderful, a 2023 double-album where they reinterpreted songs from their catalog with the support of an orchestra and choir. James' 18th studio album, Yummy, was released a year later.

James formed in Manchester in 1982, when Paul Gilbertson (guitar), Jim Glennie (bass), and Gavan Whelan (drums) met Tim Booth (vocals) at Manchester University and asked him to join their fledgling band. During the next year, James became regulars on the local club circuit, and by 1983 they had signed to Factory, releasing their debut EP, Jimone, later that year. Two years later, their second EP, James 2, was released, and Morrissey, the lead singer of the Smiths, publicly endorsed the group, asking them to open for his band. By the summer of 1985, Larry Gott had replaced Gilbertson, and the group signed to Sire Records. Working with producer Lenny Kaye, the group recorded its debut, Stutter, that year, releasing it in early 1986 to generally positive reviews.

Over the next two years, James toured constantly, building up a solid fan base. They released their second album, the folky Strip-Mine, in 1988. The record failed to capitalize on their live following, and the band departed Sire the following year, signing with the independent Rough Trade. On their new label, James released the moderately successful "Sit Down" and the live album One Man Clapping, which climbed to number one on the indie charts. In 1990, Whelan was replaced by David Baynton-Power, and James expanded to a septet with the addition of keyboardist Mark Hunter, violinist Saul Davies, and trumpeter Andy Diagram. The new lineup signed to Fontana Records and released Gold Mother in the fall. Following a handful of minor hit singles, Gold Mother finally became a breakthrough success in the spring of 1991, when a re-recorded version of "Sit Down" -- boasting a then-contemporary baggy beat -- climbed to number two on the U.K. charts and became a staple on U.S. modern rock radio. Although the success of "Sit Down" was a blessing, it also was a curse, as the single became all James were known for. The band began to rebel in concert, playing almost nothing but new material, and its next album, 1992's Seven, was perceived as a misguided stab at big arena rock.

For the follow-up to Seven, James stripped away Diagram and worked with producer Brian Eno. The resulting record, Laid, was a quieter, more ambitious album, and it received some of the band's best reviews. While the album was ignored in the U.K., it was an alternative rock hit in the U.S. on the strength of the title track, which became a crossover hit. During the Laid sessions, James recorded another album's worth of experimental music with Eno that was released in the fall of 1994 as Wah Wah. The album received mixed reviews and the group took an extended break throughout 1995, partly due to guitarist Gott's departure. In 1996, Tim Booth recorded a collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet) entitled Booth and the Bad Angel.

With guitarist Adrian Oxaal in tow, James returned in early 1997 with the more straightforward Whiplash, followed two years later by Millionaires, which featured yet another new guitarist Michael Kulas. Their spectacular follow-up, 2001's Pleased to Meet You, was a critical success, though it didn't perform quite as well on the charts as their two previous sets. A few months later, Booth announced his departure from the band he founded nearly 20 years before, and James called it quits following a winter tour of the U.K. in December 2001. Their break-up ultimately lasted six years and in 2007, James re-formed and embarked on a sold-out tour in support of the double-disc compilation Fresh as a Daisy: The Singles. The reunion yielded new studio work in the form of 2008's Hey Ma, the band's tenth album.

James band returned in 2010 with a pair of "mini-albums" called The Night Before and The Morning After, respectively, before late 2011 brought a short, but novel, U.K. tour (the Orchestra of the Swan and the Manchester Consort Choir were their backup bands). In 2012, the lavish and long-awaited box set The Gathering Sound was issued, and included previously unreleased audio material alongside long-unavailable video concert footage. The Max Dingel-produced La Petite Mort was released in June 2014 and marked a move from Mercury to Cooking Vinyl. Dingel then returned to produce their 2016 record, Girl at the End of the World. Written in Scotland and recorded in London, the album was bore a personal, but ultimately uplifting tone. Two years later, James teamed with producers Charlie Andrew and Beni Giles for Living in Extraordinary Times.

During the 2020 pandemic, Tim Booth worked with his Topanga Canyon neighbor Jacknife Lee to construct the basic tracks the rest of James completed while in quarantine. The resulting All the Colours of You was released in June 2021. The group chose to celebrate their 40th anniversary by revisiting their songbook with the assistance of the 22-piece ORCA22 Orchestra and Manchester Inspirational Voices, an eight-piece choir. The double album Be Opened by the Wonderful appeared in June of 2023. By this point the lineup had again expanded with the addition of singers and multi-instrumentalists Deborah Knox-Hewson and Chloe Alper. Both were present on James' 18th studio album, Yummy, which was released in April 2024.

Tracklist

  1. Sit Down
  2. Come Home
  3. Government Walls
  4. God Only Knows
  5. You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That's Always Smiling)
  6. How Was It For You?
  7. Lose Control
  8. Walking The Ghost
  9. Gold Mother
10. Top of The World

MORDAM 1999 Various Artists 1999

 

Discogs

 

Mordam Record sampler. Mordam was a record distributor that I used to order from when I worked at an indie record store in the '90s. They were my favorite distro to order from.

 

 

Tracklist

1-1	Sea Tiger–	My O.M. Flyer
1-2	Krigshot–	Maktmissbrukare
1-3	Snout–	You're The Right Kind
1-4	The Problematics–	The Kids All Suck
1-5	The Chinkees–	She's My Friend
1-6	Clikatat Ikatowi–	Trials And Tribulations Of Diana Smith
1-7	Kid 606*–	Dropkick-Tom Girl's Gonna Stick With It
1-8	Jets To Brazil–	Resistance Is Futile
1-9	Turbonegro–	Selfdestructive Bust
1-10	Word Salad (2)–	Rights Revoked
1-11	Gods Reflex–	The Summer In Between
1-12	Evolution Control Committee*–	One Beck In The Grave
1-13	Bil McRackin*–	Beverly Hills 90210
1-14	Squidboy–	Draining The Septic Tank
1-15	Ratos De Porão–	Attitude Zero
1-16	The Spaceshits–	Creepy Says
1-17	The Hi-Fives–	Cat And Comb
1-18	50 Million–	Clenched Fist
1-19	Rah Bras–	The Troubles Sould Be Died
1-20	Thorazine–	Instinct Like A Moth
1-21	Mass Genocide–	Justice?
1-22	Royalgrandprix*–	She Says
1-23	Tales From The Birdbath–	Olympia
1-24	Bunny Foot Charm–	What's With This?
1-25	The Bomboras–	It Came From Pier 13 (Main Theme)
2-1	The Surf Teens–	Kalini Wipe Out
2-2	The Chinese Millionaires–	Doll Collector
2-3	Men's Recovery Project–	Sexual Pervert
2-4	Songs For Emma–	Keep My Will
2-5	The Bangs*–	Burnout
2-6	Talk Is Poison–	Ruins
2-7	Mad Parade–	Victims Of Abuse
2-8	GoGoGo Airheart–	Sp 3
2-9	Peaceful Meadows–	Shark
2-10	Fireballs Of Freedom–	Norsk At Night
2-11	Buck (4)–	(She's In) Another World
2-12	Red Monkey (2)–	The Way I Peel Oranges
2-13	Crom-Tech–	6 In Chalec-3
2-14	Alkaline Trio–	Cringe
2-15	The Metalunas–	X-Minus-One
2-16	Capitalist Casualties–	Aniquated Decorum
2-17	Rainer Maria–	Put Me To Sleep
2-18	(Young) Pioneers*–	Meeting Over Yonder
2-19	Uncurbed–	Living In A Squat (So What!!?)
2-20	Hellworms–	Washed-Up Has-Been
2-21	Traitors–	Nosebleed
2-22	J-Church*–	Your Shirt
2-23	Replikants–	Patty's Trip

HITCH LIZARD Girl Pride cassette demo 1998

 

Discogs

Melodic hardcore all-girl band from SP/Brazil.

Tracklist

A1		Girl Pride
A2		Envy
A3		The Rain
A4		Feeling In The Soul
A5		Victims

SCREWTRACTOR Eye EP 1993

 

 Discogs

 

 
If Killing Joke sounded bad. Singer sounds like Peter Murphy at times. But not a good Peter Murphy. - Blogatrix

 

Tracklist

1		Throb
2		Cowboy Spit
3		Afterlife
4		Stupid Humans
5		Crusader
6		Twitch

GOD FORGOT God Forgot EP 1995

 

Discogs

 

American hardcore band from Southern California.
Side project of 411 members Dan O'Mahony and Kevin Murphy.

 

Tracklist

1		Don't Touch	3:51
2		Sex Is A Weapon	3:56
3		Object	2:58

CRUEL CRUEL MOON Still Life 1996

 

Discogs

Indie-rock quintet from Bedford, OH.

Tracklist

  1. Cling
  2. Hollow Tree
  3. Zirconium Ring
  4. And I Want
  5. Flood
  6. Jesus Turned Away
  7. Fall Onto The Pavement
  8. Stranded
  9. I Don't Believe In Anything At All
10. Foolish Explosions

CHEESECAKE You're Soaking In It 1996

 

Discogs

Warning: not a flattering review. Decide for yourself - Blogatrix

You're Soaking in It Review by Nitsuh Abebe

You're Soaking in It -- and Cheesecake's work as a whole -- brings up a few interesting gender issues. The album is a collection of gritty, noisy, sludgy rock tunes which would probably come across as overblown and stupid if a group of men were playing them -- but should the fact that Cheesecake is composed of women really make this any better? In a few very limited senses, it does -- the thrill here is about the same thrill as Team Dresch offers, just without the content or musical interest -- but to say that the band is accomplishing something by playing a rather bad sort of music that's normally played by men seems almost as misogynistic as claiming they couldn't do it in the first place.

Tracklist

1		Sure Shot
2		White Wash
3		Five And Dime
4		So What
5		Sperm is Dead
6		What Mixture is the Best Solution
7		Bi
8		Disgracias
9		Estados Podridos
10		Flash Flood

HEGOAT Edict 7 inch 1995

 

Discogs

Noise rock band from Richmond, Virginia, USA. Edict was recorded by Steve Albini.

Tracklist

A		Edict
B1		Shortbus
B2		Rust

SWERVEDRIVER / SOPHIA Swervedriver • Sophia 2 x 7 inch 1996

 

Discogs

Sophia is the band of Robin Proper-Sheppard (ex-The God Machine), who surrounds himself with new musicians for most of the recordings. Past and present members of Sophia were also involved in bands like Ligament, Swervedriver, The Hope Blister and many others.
Founded in 1995.

Swervedriver is a British indie rock/shoegaze band founded in 1989 in Oxford.

Tracklist

A	Swervedriver–	Why Say Yeah
B	Swervedriver–	In My Time (Four-Track Version)
C	Sophia (3)–	So Slow (Four-Track Version)
D	Sophia (3)–	Sometimes