15 January 2025

BREAKWATER Demo cassette 1995

 



Discogs


Canadian Emo hardcore band from Victoria, British Columbia, active between 1994 - 1996.

Not the highest quality and there are a few light dropouts as with many cassettes over 30 years old. Stops and starts, quiet parts, noisy parts. They sound like they were on Ebullition record label. - Blogatrix


Tracklist

A1
Two
A2
Four
A3
One
A4
Five
A5
Seven

DON MARTIN THREE Don Martin Three LP 1996

 


Discogs


American emo-hardcore band from St. Augustine, Florida.

In the vein of Floodgate and Policy of Three - Blogatrix


Tracklist

A1
Untitled 1
A2
Untitled 2
A3
Untitled 3
B1
Untitled 4
B2
Untitled 5

MINK STOLE Eats Head of Owner 1993


 

Discogs

 

German alternative rock band from Stuttgart.

 


Tracklist

1
Open Mind Surgery6:35
2
Replacement4:09
3
Teacher's Pet2:23
4
Refrigerator3:52
5
Walk On Water3:17
6
Dwurbles Bulsara2:31
7
Universal4:26
8
Pass3:45
9
I Wither1:49
10
Lazer Boy2:01
11
Sane4:03
12
Shrink And Fit Machinery

JACK OFF JILL Covetous Creature EP 1998


 

Discogs

 

Jack Off Jill Biography by MacKenzie Wilson

South Florida's Jack Off Jill is a sultry version of what Marilyn Manson could be, but not entirely a passionate foursome. Formed in 1992, Jack Off Jill's raging stage presence and lyrical intensity brought the band national recognition without the powerful backing of major-label support or industry management. Enigmatic frontwoman Jessicka, bassist Robin Moulder, drummer Laura Simpson, and guitarist Ho-Ho Spade released a handful of 7"s and a slew of EPs, including their Marilyn Manson-produced debut EP cassette, Children 5 and Up, in the mid-'90s. Gumball's Don Fleming was next in the production seat for the band's first full-length, 1997's Sexless Demons and Scars, and the Covetous Creature EP followed a year later. Jack Off Jill returned in mid-2000 to release their dark sophomore effort, the Chris Vrenna (ex-Nine Inch Nails) engineered Clear Hearts Grey Flowers. Their career retrospective release, Humid Teenage Mediocrity: 1992-1995, was issued in 2006.

 


Tracklist


1. American Made (Tweaker Remix)
2.
My Cat (Meow Mix)
3.
Poor Impulse (No Control Mix)
4.
Girlscout (Sunday Mix)
5.
Cumdumpster (Delusional Cannibal Mix)
6. My Cat (Automatic Speed Mix)
Poor Impulse Control (750 Degrees Of Separation Mix - Morphic Field)
7a. Poor Impulse Control (750 Degrees Of Separation Mix)
7b.
(no audio)
7c.
American Made (Extra Metal Tweaker Mix)
7d.
(no audio)
7e.
Covet (The Clarice Starling Mix) Put The Lotion In The Basket By Jessicka & Howard 
      Melnick)

O.A.D. The Minotaur's Plate 1997


 

Discogs

 

Noise Hip-hop, 90s progressive, or club music for next generation. Dance music of chaotic noise with loud volume and high sound pressure. Heavy rhythm section by Hiroshi Funato (ex SIGHTS) and Takashi Ogushi (ex S..P.H. and Omoide Hatoba), plus electrically processed saxophone and guitar go wild and make ultra energetic music. Including many guests like Ryuichi Masuda (ex RUINS ), Yoshihide Otomo, Hisato Hosoi (Children Coup D'etat) and Atsusi Tsuyama (Omoide Hatoba).

 


Tracklist

1
State 2 State7:22
2
Tetsu No Senritsu6:40
3
Kioku Ni Yoru Satsujin6:11
4
Juryoku No Niji4:57
5
Minotaur's Plate6:45
6
U-184:47
7
Seed (Tribute To Aimee)7:22

BIRDLAND Birdland 1991


 

Discogs


UK rock band, founded in Birmingham in 1988, by brothers Robert Vincent (vocals) and Lee Vincent (guitar), along with Syd Rogers (bass) and Gene Kale (drums), all the band members with the exception of Syd Rogers had previously played in The Zodiac Motel.

Birdland Biography by William Ruhlmann

British band Birdland scored four U.K. chart hits in 1989 and 1990, including the Top 40 "Sleep with Me." Their album Birdland reached the U.K. charts in 1991.

 

Tracklist

  1. Shoot You Down
  2. Sleep With Me
  3. Don't Look Back
  4. Paradise
  5. Wake Up Dreaming
  6.
Rock 'N' Roll Nigger
  7. Everybody Needs Somebody
  8. Letter You Know
  9. Beat Me Like A Star
10. She Belongs To Me
11. Hollow Heart
12. Exit

EVELYN FOREVER Lost In The Supermarket 1998

 

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Discogs


Evelyn Forever Biography by Jason Ankeny

Jersey Shore power-pop quartet Evelyn Forever was formed on the campus of Rutgers University by singer/bassist Ed Yoo, guitarists Reef Fanous and Mark Sanderlin, and drummer Matt Lewis. Quickly landing a regular showcase at the famed Asbury Park club the Saint, in 1997 the band was the first act signed to the fledgling local indie Airplay, issuing their acclaimed debut LP Nightclub Jitters in 1997. An appearance on the Del-Fi compilation International Pop Overthrow preceded the 1998 release of Evelyn Forever's sophomore record, Lost in the Supermarket. Good to Be Alive was issued three years later.


Tracklist

1
Crush2:47
2
Evelyn Misunderstood3:06
3
Cry2:49
4
Magic Of The Moment3:30
5
Baby Blue2:59
6
Teenage L.M.S.3:21
7
Spin2:40
8
Sultry4:11
9
Rockin' Chair3:34

10 January 2025

ELECTRALUXX Super Dee-Luxx 1998

 



Discogs


Super Dee-Luxx Review by Steve Huey

Electraluxx make their first contribution to the campy surf/garage/rockabilly revival genre with Super Dee-Luxx, a wild, trashy celebration of twangy guitars, sleazy sex, fast cars, and the like.



Tracklist

1
Sex With Ya' Cousin
2
Electraluxx
3
That's The Way
4
I'm Poor
5
Truck Driver Blues
6
Don't Push Me Around
7
42
8
Peanut Butter
9
You Make Me Sick
10
Run Chicken Run
11
Sex Fiend
12
My Brother Gave Me The T-Bird
13
Robutussin
14
Made Of Gold
15
Johnathn Fire-Eater
16
Bobby's Dead
17
What's Inside A Girl
18
Under The Hood
19
Rt. 80
20
Ickety-Pickety
21
Baby Doll
22
Shit List

HIP RIPPER Let's Go Out 1999

 


Discogs


Let's Go Out! Review by Alex Henderson

Queens, the New York City borough that gave us everyone from the Ramones and the Fleshtones to Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J and Mobb Deep, has been known for a variety of music over the years. In the late 1990s, one of the acts that came out of Queens was Hip Ripper, a melodic pop-rock unit that sometimes brings to mind the Goo Goo Dolls. Let's Go Out! isn't a gem; nor is it innovative or groundbreaking. Nonetheless, Hip Ripper cranks out decent, well intended pop-rock, guitar pop and americana, and one can hear the band's potential on such down-to-Earth offerings as "You Don't Understand," "Anywhere You Wanna Go" and "Lonely Like America," a socio-political number that finds the New Yorkers decrying the state of America's poor in the 1990s and attacking those who have little or no compassion for them. Hip Ripper detours into classic country on an enjoyable cover of "Gotta Lotta Rhythm in My Soul," which Patsy Cline recorded in the late 1950s. This CD indicated that Hip Ripper was worth keeping an eye on.



Tracklist

1
Anywhere You Wanna Go
2
The State I'm In
3
All Folked Up
4
Gotta Lotta Rhythm
5
Breaking The News
6
Hiding Out
7
Lonely Like America
8
Wild Sun
9
Liar
10
Black And White
11
You Don't Understand
12
Highway Horizons

MILLTOWN BROTHERS Slinky 1991

 


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Discogs


Milltown Brothers Biography by Kenyon Hopkin

Peaking during the wake of the "Madchester" scene, Milltown Brothers -- vocalist/guitarist Matt Nelson, guitarist Simon Nelson, bassist James Fraser, keyboardist Barney James, and drummer Nian Brindle -- derived a spirited '60s pop sound, highlighted by the zest of a farfisa organ. Although they never reached the popularity of their contemporaries -- Inspiral Carpets, Charlatans UK -- the band did manage to gain some attention with their 1991 debut, Slinky. Following the release of their second album, Valve, the band broke up.


Tracklist

1
Apple Green3:13
2
Here I Stand3:38
3
Sally Ann4:53
4
Which Way Should I Jump?3:54
5
Nationality5:07
6
Never Come Down Again4:05
7
Something Cheap2:52
8
Seems To Me4:20
9
Sandman3:06
10
Real5:44

04 January 2025

MILHOUSE / COERCION Milhouse / Coercion 7 inch 1995


 

Discogs

 

Milhouse is an American hardcore band from Long Island, New York. Active from 1994 to 1998.

Coercion is an American straight edge-hardcore band from Astoria, New York, active from 1995 to 1997.

 


Tracklist

A1MilhouseVersus Excalibur
A2MilhouseBurning Down The House
B1Coercion (3)The Infection
B2Coercion (3)Bird Of Prey


IDLE HANDS Treaty EP 1999


 

Discogs

 


SoCal emo/punk/hardcore outfit featuring Meaghan Ball, formerly of Buffalo, NY emo band Copper (2). The band's career was cut short following a major van accident at the beginning of their Summer 2000 tour. Though there was no major physical harm to the band members themselves, the band was never able to fully rebound from the shock and financial loss of the accident. The band did however manage to get out to Hellfest 2000 in Syracuse, NY before deciding to call it quits.

 
Tracklist

1
Treaty
2
Never Expected Much
3
Return To Reason
4
The Collectors

SNOUT What's That Sound? 1994


Discogs

 

Snout are an Australian indie rock band who were formed in Melbourne in 1991 and disbanded in 2002. They released numerous recordings & were twice nominated for an ARIA award. 

 

Tracklist

1
What's That Sound?
2
Inspector Plod
3
I've Got Clean Hands
4
Civilization
5
Greenwich Meridian Time
6
It's Alright
7
35 Sec. Street Song Bridge
8
Tumbling
9
T.V.O.D.
10
Green Belt Fields
11
Night & Day
12
Binary Code
13
Slow To Stop

DAVID BYRNE Feelings 1997


 

Discogs

 

Best known as the lead singer of Talking Heads, David Byrne has also collaborated with many artists from Brian Eno to X-Press 2, and has also released several solo albums on his own Luaka Bop and Todomundo labels.

 

Tracklist

1. Fuzzy Freaky
2. Miss America
3. A Soft Seduction
4. Dance On Vaseline
5. The Gates of Paradise
6. Amnesia
7. You Don't Know Me
8. Daddy Go Down
9. Finite=Alright
10. Wicked Little Doll
11. Burnt By The Sun
12. The Civil Wars
13. Untitled Interlude
14. They Are In Love

PRESENCE Inside 1993

 



Discogs


Relatively short-lived UK project, set up in 1991 by Laurence (Lol) Tolhurst (ex drummer/keyboards The Cure). Line-up was Lol Tolhurst and Chris Youdell (ex Then Jericho) on keyboards, Alan Burgess on drums, Gary Biddles on vocals, Roberto Suave on bass. Released one album "Inside" and 4 singles to mixed reviews and split in 1993.



Tracklist

1
Never4:24
2
Fragments3:40
3
Act Of Faith4:02
4
On Ocean Hill5:05
5
Revolve4:29
6
Highest Peak5:30
7
Pause5:00
8
Raindown3:38
9
Missing4:17
10
In Wonder4:16
11
All I See4:56
12
Inside5:43

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT 13 Above The Night 1993

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Discogs

 


The Thrill Kill Kult saga began in Chicago 1987 when recently transplanted Boston musician Buzz McCoy and poet/artist/singer Groovie Mann discovered that they shared a similarly oblique view of the world inspired by tabloid headlines, B-movie ethos, sexually ambiguous decadence and sheer boredom.

With a revolving cast of eccentric characters, patented use of samples and live instrumentation, intriguing subject matter, outrageous stage shows, and general propensity towards sensory overload, My life With The Thrill Kill Kult has - throughout the past decade and with each new project -continually reinvented its own reality, earning a somewhat mythical status in the process.

 
Tracklist

1
The Velvet Edge3:44
2
Delicate Terror5:37
3
Badlife4:16
4
Dirty Little Secrets
3:40
5
China De Sade4:28
6
Dimentia 664:23
7
Final Blindness4:43
8
Blue Buddha7:15
9
Starmartyr5:46
10
Electrical Soul Wish5:30
11
13 Above The Night3:42
12
Disko Fleshpot5:03
13
Savage Sexteen3:01

26 December 2024

SONIC BOOM Loser 7 inch 1994

 


Discogs


Sonic Boom Biography by Jason Ankeny

Over the course of a long career, Sonic Boom's unvarying desire to explore the beauty and power of repetition through hypnotic, sometimes abrasive sound has made him a legendary figure. Whether utilizing guitars and drug imagery as part of the influential group Spacemen 3, digging into electronic noise and avant-garde sounds with the Experimental Audio Research collective, or fronting his vintage synth-driven pop unit Spectrum, his devotion to his aural ideals earned him an impressive following in the late '80s and '90s. He turned his focus toward production and collaboration after that, working with important artists like Panda Bear and MGMT and underground artists like Cheval Sombre. In the late 2010s, he returned to making music, collaborating on an EP with No Joy in 2018 and two years later releasing the quintessentially hypnotic All Things Being Equal. In 2022, Sonic Boom teamed up with longtime collaborator Panda Bear for the joint album Reset. A holiday album with Dean & Britta, A Peace of Us, arrived in 2024.


Tracklist

A
Mechanical Man (Kozik Version)
B
Mechanical Man (Sonic Boom Version)

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH Phenomena 256 1996

 


Discogs


Moniker of the British musician and producer Pete Kember, born 1965-11-19 in Rugby, England. Sonic Boom is the founder of three acts: Spacemen 3 (co-founded by Jason Pierce), Spectrum (4) and Experimental Audio Research (E.A.R.).

Experimental Audio Research Biography by Jason Ankeny

Experimental Audio Research -- E.A.R. for short -- was a loosely affiliated assembly of performers primarily spearheaded by Spectrum frontman Sonic Boom; from time to time, the group also included, among others, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields, God's Kevin Martin, and AMM's Eddie Prevost. As a revolving exercise in guitar-based noise, each E.A.R. release radically differed from the ones preceding it, spanning the divide between weightless ambience and dense sheets of feedback; the project was introduced via 1994's Mesmerised, and was followed a few months later by Pocket Symphony, released solely on 5" vinyl. (As befitting Sonic Boom's own affection for record collecting, the releases that followed in 1995 -- Hydroponic and an untitled effort -- appeared only as a 10" and 8" picture-disc recording, respectively.) Although released in 1996, the Beyond the Pale LP was originally intended as the first Experimental Audio Research release, and was actually recorded in 1992; Phenomena 256 followed that August. Next up was 1997's The Köner Experiment, a nod to minimalist Thomas Köner, who also appeared on the disc; Millennium Music followed in 1998, with subsequent releases including Data Rape.


Tracklist

1. Delta 6 (Hydroponic)
2.
Space Themes Part 1 & 2 (Tribute To John Cage In C, A, G, E)
3.
Sub Aqua (Left Channel) • Tidal (Centre Channel) • Lunar (Right Channel)
4.
Ring Modulator
5.
As The Night Starts Closing In
6.
Phenomena 256 (3 Piece Suite)
7. Spacestation
8.
Mood For A Summer Sundown