HORSEY Swarm 1996

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 industrial noise rock on the Invisible Records label

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Tracklist

1	Intro Waste	0:24
2	Horde It All	4:00
3	Waste	0:08
4	Thanks	3:48
5	Waste	2:30
6	Zorba The Grand Disturber	3:54
7	Carry Me	4:12
8	Sedimentary Rise	6:12
9	Waste	0:55
10	Too Many Quaaludes	7:57
11	Black Talon	9:32

THE DASHBOARD SAVIORS Spinnin On Down 1993

by request

 

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 Tracklist 

1	Jackrocks	3:53
2	We Got An Idea	4:35
3	Nothing	3:10
4	Telling Stories	2:57
5	Not The Engineer	3:16
6	Rand McNally Blues	4:25
7	Pawnbroker	2:27
8	All Them Things I Did	5:36
9	Laundromat	4:20
10	Climbing The Walls	3:06
11	.45	5:46
12	Sal Paradise	3:48

 

AFTERNOON DELIGHT! Various Artists 1992

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Tracklist

1	–Sebadoh	It's So Hard To Fall In Love	2:01
2	–Come (2)	Car	6:03
3	–Beat Happening	Other Side	3:34
4	–Unrest (2)	When It All Comes Down	3:45
5	–Steven Jesse Bernstein	This Clouded Heart	6:26
6	–Green River	Baby Takes	4:25
7	–Codeine	Castle	4:33
8	–Afghan Whigs*	Let Me Lie To You	4:35
9	–Smashing Pumpkins*	La Dolly Vita	4:15
10	–Seaweed	Clean Slate	2:37
11	–Vaselines*	Rory Rides Me Raw	2:27
12	–Rev. Horton Heat*	Where In The Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush?	3:35
13	–Billy Childish & Kyra	Why Can't You See	2:33

DODGY The Dodgy Album 1993

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UK indie-pop band, formed in 1990 in Hounslow.
After Nigel left to record solo and pursue other interests in 2002, the band carried on with a new singer and additional guitarist. Dodgy "Mk. II" were short-lived and the band split up soon after, with Andy and Matt pursuing other interests and joining other bands and "supergroups". 

 

Tracklist

1	Water Under The Bridge	3:44
2	I Need Another	3:49
3	Lovebirds	3:56
4	Satisfied	6:06
5	Grand Old English Oak Tree	4:43
6	Stand By Yourself	3:48
7	As My Time Goes By	4:42
8	Never Again	4:10
9	Cold Tea	4:59
10	We're Not Going To Take This Anymore	4:03

SUPERSNAZZ Superstupid! 1993

 Japanese punk/garage band on Sub Pop Records

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Tracklist  

1	Breakout	2:22
2	Johnny	3:01
3	Black Cat	1:32
4	Sometimes	2:40
5	Middle Of The Way (Originally Titled "Leaving Here")	1:20
6	Playing My Guitar	3:02
7	Uncle Wiggly	2:48
8	Hardcore	2:48
9	Comanche	1:13
10	Creeps	2:17
11	First Time Is The Best Time	1:37
12	Papa Oom Mow Mow	2:46

BARDO POND Amanita 1996

Thanks to Jim

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey Bardo Pond was the flagship band of Philly's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement, which also included the likes of Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, the Azusa Plane, and tangentially the Lilys. Explicitly drug-inspired -- their titles were filled with obscure references to psychedelics -- they favored lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise. Hints of blues structure often cropped up, but Bardo Pond's earliest roots lay with avant-garde noisemakers from the realm of free jazz and from New York's no wave movement and downtown Knitting Factory scene. As their musicianship improved, the band gradually incorporated more traditional influences, but maintained their affinity for the outer fringes of music. Thus, their brand of space rock echoed not just genre staples like Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, but jam-happy Krautrockers (Amon Düül, Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru) and experimental indie heroes (Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and especially Spacemen 3). With a steady stream of releases on Matador, the band stuck around long enough to draw comparisons to the spacier, noisier contingent of post-rockers, like Mogwai and Flying Saucer Attack.

Tracklist

1	Limerick	10:21
2	Sentence	5:08
3	Tantric Porno	6:13
4	Wank	5:28
5	The High Frequency	6:51
6	Sometimes Words	4:38
7	Yellow Turban	7:38
8	Rumination	6:22
9	Be A Fish	4:42
10	Tapir Song	7:32
11	RM	9:18

MACHA See It Another Way 1999

Thanks to Jim

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Tracklist  

1	Riding The Reils	1:35
2	Sally	4:53
3	Until Your Temples Are Pounding	3:14
4	Man Wants To Be Bird	0:37
5	The Nipplegong	6:03
6	Come Close	1:52
7	Submarine Lover	3:49
8	Mirror	5:55
9	Between Stranded Sonars	8:01

SALT Delay Me Down And Make Me Wah Wah!!! 1997

by request

 

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Salt Biography

by Steve Huey

Salt is a trio hailing from Sweden consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Nina Ramsby, bassist Daniel Ewerman, and drummer Jim Tegman. The band grew out of an informal jamming circle amongst friends who attended art school together and encompassed as many as six members at a time. The current lineup has been playing together since 1992. Ramsby had some training on piano, clarinet, and saxophone, but rejected orchestral music in favor of the guitar. She writes lyrics in English rather than Swedish because she finds it a more melodic, potentially obscure and poetic language. Salt's debut, Auscultate, was released in 1995. Delay Me Down and Make Me Wah-Wah followed in 1997.

Tracklist 

1	Börth
2	Suppose
3	You
4	Into Water
5	Less Assured
6	Fragile
7	A Play
8	Good God
9	Frust...
10	Silently Sleeping
11	Witty Remix
12	Sad Dog

FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ The Shadow of Your Smile 1995

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Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger

A Southwestern alternative rock supergroup of sorts, Arizona's Friends of Dean Martinez features past and present members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey. Giant Sand leader Howe Gelb, though not a member of the group, plays guest keyboards on their debut album, The Shadow of Your Smile, a surprisingly retro set of guitar-based instrumentals inspired by instrumental and surf rock of the late '50s and early '60s. With plenty of lounge music and desert country guitar twang thrown in, it's certainly retro in feel, but not revivalist; with Bill Elm's keening steel guitar at the forefront and occasional insertions of found sound and experimental bits, they evoke open dusty landscapes with wit and, one suspects, a bit of tongue-in-cheek irony. At any rate, it's a refreshing change from the often too-serious alternative rock paths that the musicians pursue in their full-time bands. Retrograde followed in 1997, and two years later the Friends returned with Atardecer. A Place in the Sun appeared in early 2000. The group switched to Narnack for 2003's On the Shore and the following year's Random Harvest, and also released Under the Waves on the German imprint Glitterhouse. Aero released the concert album Live at Club 2 in 2005. 

Tracklist  

1	All The Pretty Horses
2	I Wish You Love
3	House Of Pies
4	Chunder
5	Armory Park/Dwell
6	El Tiradito
7	Given The Time
8	Swamp Cooler
9	Blood Of The Earth (Or The Sun Sets Red In The West)
10	Misty
11	Ugly Beauty
12	The Shadow Of Your Smile
13	Per Sempre

BEN LEE

1995

1997

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Artist Biography by Ed Nimmervoll

In a music culture dominated by bands, Ben Lee turned heads by being one of the youngest singer/songwriters to make an impression on the Australian music scene. Even before the launch of his solo career, Lee attracted attention in his teens as a member of the Sydney band Noise Addict. Following the band's demise in the mid-'90s, he began issuing a string of acclaimed solo albums while taking part in several side projects, including the Bens.
In 1993, on the strength of a homemade four-track demo recorded in Lee's bedroom, Noise Addict managed to convince Fallaheen Records' executive Steve Pavlovic (who, as a promoter, brought Nirvana to Australia) to watch their debut performance at a library book sale. A record deal followed, and Pavlovic's connections immediately won the band several high-profile supporting tours, as well as a number of famous fans. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore became an early champion for Noise Addict and released the group's demo tape (now packaged as an EP and titled DEF) on his own Ecstatic Peace label. The members of Noise Addict were 14 years old at the time.

The band's first single, "I Wish I Was Him," was a satirical tribute to the Lemonheads' Evan Dando that inspired Dando to record his own cover version. The Beastie Boys' Mike Diamond also became a fan, and Noise Addict began issuing material on the Beastie Boys' label Grand Royal. The Young and Jaded EP, comprising six acoustic songs again recorded in Lee's bedroom, was released via that label partnership, yet touring was limited because of the group's commitment to school. Even so, Lee continued pursuing music by recording his first solo album, Grandpaw Would, in both Sydney and Chicago. By then 16 years old, he toured in support of the album with an American backing band. A full-length album by Noise Addict followed, and the bandmates (by then high school graduates) packed their bags for an American tour. Unfortunately, the group broke up soon after, and the 18-year-old Lee went back to his acoustic guitar for another solo album, Something to Remember Me By.


Grandpa Would

Tracklist

1	Pop Queen	3:28
2	How Can That Be?	1:58
3	Sprawl	1:28
4	I'm With The Star	3:44
5	Don't Leave	1:58
6	Away With The Pixies	3:02
7	Bolt	1:03
8	Side View	2:39
9	Pathetic	1:08
10	Song 4 You	2:37
11	Trying To Sneeze	2:26
12	The Loft	2:27
13	Frigid	2:29
14	Stumbling Block	2:56
15	Ductile	1:25
16	Love Song	0:52
17	Green Hearts	2:41
18	My Guitar	3:27

Something to Remember Me By

Tracklist

1	How To Survive A Broken Heart
2	Deep Talk In The Shallow End
3	New Song
4	Eight Years Old
5	Career Choice
6	Ketchum
7	Daisy
8	My Drifting Nature
9	2 Sisters
10	A Month Today
11	Household Name
12	Grammercy Park Hotel
13	End Of The World
14	Long Train Ride