31 January 2012

APE HANGERS Ultrasounds 1995

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Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

On their debut album, The Ape Hangers create a trashy, punchy hybrid of '70s hard rock and punk rock. They don't always have melodies strong enough to pull off their ideas, but when their songs do take hold, they're quite catchy. (Allmusic.com)

24 January 2012

SINCOLA Crash Landing in Teen Heaven 1996


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Biography

by John Bush
Guitarists Wendel Stivers and Kris Patterson, bassist Chepo Pena, drummer Terri Lord and vocalist Rebecca Cannon formed Sincola in Austin, TX, in 1993. The band honed its punk-pop approach on three singles before their 1995 album debut, What the Nothinghead Said, on Caroline Records. 

Tracklist

1 Rundown 2:51
2 Not 100% Pure 2:25
3 Happy M.F. 3:20
4 One Hit Wonder 2:31
5 Nerd God 3:00
6 Legendary Nowhere 3:05
7 Letterbomb 3:05
8 Star '79 2:36
9 In The Bone Garden 3:10
10 Start/Stop 2:17
11 Canal 3:12
12 Red Danube 4:44


GASLIGHT RADIO Hitch on the Leaves 1998

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Review

by Ned Raggett

Practically unheard of outside Gaslight Radio's home continent, Hitch on the Leaves is a wonderful debut album from this quintet, equal parts pretty Cocteau Twins-inspired shoegaze and fragile rock drive. With the lovely chime of "New Estate Dreamboat" starting things off very well, Rory and Martin Cooke's guitars containing all the open-ended ringing one could want, the fivesome merrily make their way from softly melancholy strength to strength. Songs like "Spindlings of the Summer" and the majestic "Rosalie," with its vast sense of space and gentle impact, are sure to make any Chapterhouse, early Verve, or Kitchens of Distinction fan weep with delight that there's at least some bands out there still carrying the flame. Happily, Gaslight Radio don't sound like a cloning of any one group in particular, partially since the group turns from … » Read more

23 January 2012

VITAPUP An Hour With Vitapup 1995


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Thanks to M.P. for the upload!


Tracklist

1 Thanks For Coming To The Show 0:18
2 Burger King 1:55
3 Freedom For Saturn 2:59
4 City Soul 2:23
5 Organic Banana 0:22
6 I Need It 3:05
7 Blast Off With A Verse 4:08
8 Rock The Bells 1:27
9 Dragonfly 3:22
10 Disbelief 4:18
11 Come Thru 4:36
12 Build Your Own Home 3:24
13 Sports Car 1:30
14 Its In Your Mind 0:13
15 Odyssey 3:00
16 I Wanna Live Where Wonder Woman Lives 1:05
17 Staple In The Sun 5:49
18 What's Inside Of Me 2:05
19 Come Thru In A Circle 4:27



SATURNINE Flags for Unknown Territories 1997


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Thanks to M.P. for the upload!


Biography

by Jason Ankeny

Indie pop band Saturnine formed in New York in 1994 when singer/guitarist Matt Gallaway and bassist Mike Donofrio met while studying law. After enlisting drummer Jim Harwood and guitarist Jennifer Baron, the group issued their debut EP, Autoglider; their full-length debut, Wreck at Pillar Point, followed in 1995. Flags for Unknown Territiories appeared a year later, and in 1998 Saturnine returned with Mid the Green Fields. Upon completing 1999's American Kestrel, Baron left the lineup.

22 January 2012

BIS Detour 7 inch 1999


 


Tracklist

1 Detour 3:58
2 Kiss And Tell 3:43
3 Why Don't We Go Home? 2:20

HAZEL / OVARIAN TROLLY Romeo / Incendiary 7 inch 1997



More 90's 7 inch goodness




Tracklist  

A Ovarian Trolley Romeo
B Hazel (4) Incendiary

CHAINSAW RECORDS Compilation






  This is pretty rare. Hope you like it!

Track Listing:
1. Some Velvet Sidewalk Dumb
2. Frightwig I Thought I Knew You
3. Bikini Kill This Is Not a Test
4. Gag Order Episode
5. Autoclave Still Here
6. Duh Hex
7. Lois Press Play and Record
8. Dumbhead Good and Plenty\
9. Sky High Style 1 Song
10. Spitboy Motivated by Fear
11. Tim Green No. 6
12. Tsunami Skinny
13. Donna Trains

TEENBEAT 100 7 INCH COMPILATION 1993

 




 Discogs



Track Listing:
Side A
1. Blast Off Country Style Wiener Dude Attitude
2. Eggs Baked Alaska
3. Tsunami Brickbook Building
4. Butch Willis Falling in Love
5. Unrest International Nautical Miles

Side B
1. The Shoetrees Collisions
2. Bratmobile There's No Other Way
3. Sexual Milkshake The United States of Arousal
4. Cobalt Saturday
5. Los Marauders Slicker Than Snot

21 January 2012

ADICKDID self titled 1994

This self titled CD release was packaged in a hand screened printed envelope. The vinyl release was titled "Dismantle." Fans of Slant 6, Calamity Jane, Bumblescrump, Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill will dig this old gem.

SKIRT self titled EP 1994

Thanks to El Diablo con Queso for this upload!
Hate to describe them this way but it's gonna help you out a little so here we go: all female fronted band from Atlanta, Georgia who will probably remind you of 4 Non Blondes somewhat. Much like Linda Perry, this woman can wail on the mic in a good way!

Tracklist

1 Slow 4:10
2 Middle 4:35
3Silent3:06
 

ANDY STOCHANSKY Radio Fusebox 1999



This guy was the drummer for Ani DiFranco but this isn't Ani DiFranco-like music. I think the first track is the best.

Biography

by Linda Seida

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Stochansky spent seven years playing drums for indie rock artist Ani DiFranco before striking out on his own, and many music aficionados identified his name only in relation to that position in the music world. By 2000, however, the pair of solo albums he had to his credit, While You Were Sleeping and Radio Fusebox, helped separate his name from DiFranco's and launch his own career. Stochansky worked on While You Were Sleeping, an independent release in 1995, while he was still affiliated with … » Read more

BEHEAD THE PROPHET N.L.S.L. / THRONES split 7 inch 1998




Discogs

Okay, Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live is not for everyone but if you dig the Mukilteo Fairies and God is My Co-Pilot then you'll probably like this. And this band features a violin player! Don't know anything about Thrones so here ya go!

Tracklist  

A Thrones Blackblade
B1 Behead The Prophet NLSL Hot Rails To Hell
B2 Behead The Prophet NLSL Strange Electricity
B3 Behead The Prophet NLSL I've Got The Time

BIS Action and Drama 7 inch 1999


Discogs

 

Biography

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Taking inspiration from Huggy Bear, the Nation of Ulysses, Blur, and the "cutie" indie movement of Sarah Records, bis were one of the most unique bands in late-'90s British indie rock. Aggressively primitive, bis spearheaded "the Teen-C Revolution," crossing D.I.Y. aesthetics with the incessant bounce of new wave dance pop, anime and manga imagery, and a childlike outlook. Bursting out from nowhere in early 1996, bis became the first unsigned band to appear on Top of the Pops, and became a sensation within the British music press, with equally passionate positive and negative reviews. However, bis won fans in the Beastie Boys, who signed them to Grand Royal Records, positioning the band to join the ranks of the international pop underground. » Read more

Tracklist  

A Action And Drama (Radio Version) 2:26
B Germ Free Adolescents 2:21

20 January 2012

SMOOTHER Copycat 1994




Tracklist


1 Honey
2 Jurk
3 Hamper
4 Lord Helmet
5 Who Cares
6 Cudjule
7 Grimace
8 Remindless
9 Juicehead
10 Pele
11 Colourful Hat
12 Fat Albert
13 Grin And Bear It
14 I Miss Galore
15 The Hockey Game

TRISTAN PSIONIC

TPA Flight 028
1996

Feves: The Sounds of Tristan Psionic
1994

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Biography
by Gina Boldman
Tristan Psionic was formed in 1992 by Sandy McIntosh (guitar), Michael Milne (guitar) and Tim Potocic in Hamilton, Ontario. When the group made their first cassette, they started their own label: Sonic Unyon (which later went on to sign Hayden, Thrush Hermit, The Dinner Is Ruined, SIANspheric and Chore, among others). Their first full-length, Feves: The Sounds of Tristan Psionic, was released in 1994. The band took a hiatus and concentrated on running their label; bassist Gary "Wool" McMaster quit out of frustration from the lack of activity within the band. By 1996, the trio had replaced McMaster with April Sabucco and had released their second full-length CD, titled TPA Flight 028. Mind the Gap followed in 2000. 

TPA Flight 028

Tracklist

1 Air Traffic Control
2 Divided
3 Lucky Star
4 Professional Human
5 Secret
6 Puke
7 All Of The Important Things I've Done
8 3AM (Circa 1996)
9 Trans Am Kid
10 Zone Of Compass Unreliability
11 Donut Rock City

Feves: The Sounds of Tristan Psionic

Tracklist

1 Black Psabbath Psong
2 The Nightmare Returns
3 25 Cents
4 ?sometimes
5 Pslop
6 Ketchup
7 Screamin' Beamin'
8 Let It Go
9 Transmission
10 Tee Hee
 

14 January 2012

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Reverberation 1990

 


Discogs

 

Artist Biography

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Echo & the Bunnymen's dark, swirling fusion of gloomy post-punk and Doors-inspired psychedelia brought the group a handful of British hits in the early '80s, while attracting a cult following in the United States. Driven by the majestic voice and outsized persona of singer Ian McCulloch and the frequently brilliant guitar work of Will Sergeant, the band started off as an angular post-punk group on their first album, 1980's Crocodiles, but by the time of 1984's Ocean Rain they had become cinematically baroque. After stripping their sound down to basics for 1987's self-titled album, which produced the deathless hit "Lips Like Sugar," the band ran into problems and experienced tragedy (like the death of drummer Pete de Freitas), but eventually McCulloch and Sergeant cemented a musical bond that cracked but never shattered over the course of two decades of albums -- some introspective gems like 1999's What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?, some like 2014's Meteorites that recaptured their dramatic spark -- and live dates.

The Bunnymen grew out of the Crucial Three, a late-'70s trio featuring vocalist Ian McCulloch, Pete Wylie, and Julian Cope. Cope and Wylie left the group by the end of 1977, forming the Teardrop Explodes and Wah!, respectively. McCulloch met guitarist Will Sergeant in the summer of 1978 and the pair began recording demos with a drum machine that the duo called "Echo." Adding bassist Les Pattinson, the band made its live debut at the Liverpool club Eric's at the end of 1978, calling itself Echo & the Bunnymen.


Tracklist

1
Gone, Gone, Gone4:15
2
Enlighten Me4:37
3
Cut & Dried3:45
4
King Of Your Castle4:35
5
Devilment4:40
6
Thick Skinned World4:25
7
Freaks Dwell4:05
8
Senseless4:50
9
Flaming Red5:33
10
False Goodbyes5:38