LOTUS CROWN Chokin' on the Jokes 1997

Thanks to Scott

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Named for an ancient Chinese fable, the orchestral hip-hop band Lotus Crown was the vehicle of singer/guitarist Jimi Shields, a onetime member of the Irish noise-pop outfit Rollerskate Skinny. After exiting the group's ranks following their 1994 EP Threshold, Shields relocated from Dublin to Chicago, stopping briefly to play drums for his brother Kevin's band My Bloody Valentine. After settling in the U.S., he recruited guitarist Paul Dillon, bassist Lennie Dietsch and drummer Zack Kantor, and Lotus Crown soon hit the road in support of the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev before recording their debut EP Alvar Aalto (titled in tribute to the Finnish architect) in late 1995. After entering the studio with producer Dave Fridmann, the quartet emerged with the full-length Chokin' on the Jokes in the spring of 1997. 

Tracklist 

1	The Well (Endless)	3:47
2	The Well (Of A Mother's Symphony)	4:55
3	Circus, Circus	4:59
4	Swallow The Bee	4:34
5	Strapped & Tied	3:12
6	Blue Arse Fly	3:43
7	Shuttle Weary	4:30
8	No Title	2:40
9	Riddle Me Sober	4:39
10	Won't Give Up ('Til I Win Your Lovin')	2:38
11	Cynical Clever	4:31
12	Beginnings	5:17

SILVER SCOOTER Orleans Parish 1998

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Tracklist

1	Tribute To The Phone Calls	2:16
2	Sleight Of Hand	4:51
3	Should've Stayed	2:22
4	Cancer & Wide-Eyed Looks	4:37
5	New Orleans	4:18
6	Deliver Me Driver	3:18
7	So Long	4:10
8	If Nonsense Only Knew	2:52
9	Sand Dollar Relief	4:37
10	Dinosaurs	2:03
11	Cup & String	3:06
12	Morning View	2:56

IMPALA Square Jungle 1995

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Artist Biography by Greg Prato

A surf quartet hailing from Memphis, TN, Impala has issued four full-length albums (El Rancho Reverbo, Square Jungle, Play R&B Favorites, and Teenage Tupelo Movie Soundtrack), as well as an EP (Kings of the Strip). 

Tracklist  

1	Herculanium	2:42
2	Rope Of Sand	3:04
3	Big Noise From The Jungle	3:02
4	Choctaw	2:39
5	Diamond Head	2:19
6	Another Day, Another Man	2:32
7	Jet Action Brunette	2:23
8	Don't Ride With Arnold Friend	3:00
9	Square Jungle	3:05
10	St. James Infirmary	2:04
11	Lady In A Cage	1:48
12	Night Full Of Sirens	3:14

SWEET DIESEL The Kids Are Dead 1995

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Tracklist

1	The Empire Strikes Back	2:50
2	Supermarket I Don't Know	3:08
3	Morning Breath	2:39
4	I Hate The Man	2:54
5	(I'm Just A) Kid In This Town	2:31
6	You Want It	2:36
7	Gallon Man	2:03
8	The Kids Are Dead	2:24
9	Enemy	2:42
10	Worker's Comp	1:33
11	What Happened To My Anger	3:22

SPRING HEELED JACK Connecticut Ska 1993

Thanks to Timmy

 

Rare ska

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Artist Biography by Curtis Zimmermann

Spring Heeled Jack was founded in Connecticut in 1991 by guitarist Ron Ragona and drummer Dave Karich. When the group released their Moon Records debut album, Static World View, in 1996, members included Tyler Jones on trumpet, Chris Rhodes on trombone, Rick Omonte on bass, and second guitarist Mike Pellegrino (both Pelligrino and Ragona split vocal and guitar playing). The band slowly etched its way into the ska underground through constant touring. In 1998, the group, now a septet with the addition of saxophonist Pete Wasilewski, released their sophomore CD, Songs From Suburbia, on Tommy Boy Records. Once again, the group followed it up with extensive national touring that eventually landed them a spot on the 1999 installment of the Warped Tour. Early in 2000 ,drummer Dave Karich decided to call it quits and the band went on permanent hiatus. 

Tracklist

A1	The Running Man (Looking Through The Mirror)
A2	Ruder Than You
A3	Time
A4	Let's Get Together
B1	Do You Want To Dance?
B2	I Can't Get Enough
B3	Freedom
B4	The Eastend Gangster

SLOWBURN Sparked 1993

Thanks to Stratosphere

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Tracklist

1	Whatever
2	Frenzy
3	Fall All Over
4	Dreaming
5	Trash
6	Chester
7	Seems This Way
8	Shuffler
9	Matter And Spirit
10	Velvet

SPACEHEADS Angel Station 1999

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Tracklist

1	Electric Gypsyland	6:10
2	One Way System	3:19
3	Road Sweeper	2:56
4	Black Mirror	4:07
5	Magic In The Space Age	5:20
6	Trance Figure 8	8:17
7	Psycho Bubble	1:08
8	Angel Station	5:14
9	Heads In Orbit	5:12
10	Put Me Out	4:52
11	From Now On The Signs Are No Longer In The Sky	5:26
12	Squat The Idea	1:38
13	Pedalling Power	5:19
14	Slow Blind Exit	7:54
15	Angel Passing	5:51

SWAMP ZOMBIES A Frenzy of Music and Action! 1992

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Artist Biography by Greg Prato

The late-'80s/early-'90s trio the Swamp Zombies were often compared to the likes of Link Wray and Man or Astro-Man? due to their affinity for penning tunes that merged '60s guitar pop with lounge and alternative rock. Comprised of members T Ray Vogelzang (guitar), Smilin' Dave Warren (drums), and Steeve Jacobs (bass, organ), the Swamp Zombies issued a total of five discs during their career: Chicken Vulture Crow, Fink, Scratch & Sniff Car Crash, Spunk, and Frenzy of Music & Action. 

Tracklist

Green	1:05
Unemployed	3:17
Oddball	3:34
Three Deep Thinkers	1:24
I Bawled	2:44
Damnedest Thing	2:19
Puerto Angel	4:37
Lemon Girl	2:04
Johnny Quest	2:47
Mountain Man	4:44
Before You Just Do It	4:01
Go Go Boots	3:31
Untitled	1:46
Ballad Of Ed Gein	6:43

SPACEHEADS Insound Tour Support Series Vol. 6 (Live - 1999) 1999

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Tracklist 

1	The Lone Star	4:04
2	Speedy Wonder	5:13
3	Red Ballroom	6:17
4	Parachute	8:27
5	The Dark Side Of The Street	3:57
6	Mississippi Spaceboat	4:34
7	Steam Of Consciousness	7:02
8	The Elephant Is A Vegetarion	6:18
9	Bingo Now	4:42
10	Brass Cactus	3:06
11	Are We Here?	4:03

THE LOWEST OF THE LOW Hallucigenia 1994

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Tracklist  

1	Pistol	4:31
2	That Song About Trees & Kites	2:26
3	City Full Of Cowards	4:03
4	Eating The Rich	4:05
5	Gamble	4:49
6	Dogs Of February	4:34
7	Black Monday	5:14
8	Beer, Graffiti Walls...	5:26
9	7th Birthday	4:15
10	Penedono's Hand	3:22
11	Life Imitates Art	3:34
12	Last Lost Generation	3:46
13	Motel 30	3:05
14	Night Of The Living Assholes	5:52