Pop punk band from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, formed in June 1990, now relocated to Tokyo, Japan.
Featuring members of U.G. Man including Jun Taniguchi who formed the Less Than T.V. record label in Tokyo, Japan. - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Hate | 2:37 | |
| 2 | Note Book | 3:28 | |
| 3 | A Thinking Man | 3:16 | |
| 4 | Calling My Name | 2:42 | |
| 5 | Roll | 2:58 | |
| 6 | Leaving Home | 4:27 | |
| 7 | Subway | 2:58 | |
| 8 | Instrumental | 2:47 | |
| 9 | No Way | 2:56 | |
| 10 | Slack | 2:26 |
Associated with Tokyo, Japan's underground label Less Than T.V., U.G. Man emerged in the early 1990's with a thrashcore / hardcore punk style of playing their instruments - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Less Than T.V | 0:38 | |
| 2 | Dead At Birth | 0:12 | |
| 3 | Compress (Words 2) | 1:01 | |
| 4 | Sheriff | 1:03 | |
| 5 | Hole | 1:00 | |
| 6 | Chaos | 0:37 | |
| 7 | Sick In Air | 2:22 | |
| 8 | Disposal | 0:41 | |
| 9 | Mind & Matter | 3:59 | |
| 10 | Process | 0:43 | |
| 11 | Disappear | 0:58 | |
| 12 | Don't Do Not | 0:42 | |
| 13 | Party | 0:35 | |
| 14 | Love It | 1:58 | |
| 15 | 199 | 0:50 | |
| 16 | Words | 1:59 | |
| 17 | Minus And Slash (Live) | 1:00 |
Heavy alt rock from Massachusetts - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Needle Queen | 1:43 | |
| 2 | Superpig Overdrive | 2:54 | |
| 3 | Cruisers | 4:15 | |
| 4 | Ureic Acid | 1:53 | |
| 5 | Mexican Drip | 3:10 | |
| 6 | Getting High | 3:05 | |
| 7 | Rice Burner | 3:12 | |
| 8 | Droopy's Lament | 3:30 | |
| 9 | Lambchop | 2:52 | |
| 10 | Motor City | 8:59 |
Heavy alt rock from Minneapolis, Minnesota - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Teachers | |
| 2 | Hellride '95 | |
| 3 | Sunshine | |
| 4 | 209 | |
| 5 | Time To Think | |
| 6 | Challenge | |
| 7 | The Midget | |
| 8 | First Born | |
| 9 | Murder | |
| 10 | My House | |
| 11 | One Of Us | |
| 12 | Just One |
Punk band featuring Tim Armstrong, bassist of Rancid. - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| A | Red White And Blue | |
| B1 | Insane Rats | |
| B2 | What Is It? |
A now-defunct American pop punk band active in the mid 1990s. The group started in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to California. The band featured members from Ultraman, 440 Six Pack, Porn and The B-Movie Rats. - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Lies | 2:15 | |
| 2 | Spin Around | 3:53 | |
| 3 | Pieces | 3:03 | |
| 4 | Aimee | 3:51 | |
| 5 | We All Love Her | 2:05 | |
| 6 | Everything | 2:29 | |
| 7 | Untitled | 1:09 |
Split 7 inch between Australian hardcore / powerviolence band Chickenshit and U.G. Man, a hardcore punk band from Japan. - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| A1 | Chickenshit– | Intro / Provoice |
| A2 | Chickenshit– | Foreign Bodies |
| A3 | Chickenshit– | Piss Weak Attempt |
| A4 | Chickenshit– | Amatuer Psychiatrist |
| A5 | Chickenshit– | Departed |
| A6 | Chickenshit– | Loneliness The Mother Of Invention |
| A7 | Chickenshit– | Who Put Cheese In My Sandwich!?? |
| B1 | U.G. Man– | Nothingness |
| B2 | U.G. Man– | The G.P. Men |
| B3 | U.G. Man– | Suns |
| B4 | U.G. Man– | Work |
| B5 | U.G. Man– | D.I.O |
| B6 | U.G. Man– | Good Sence |
| B7 | U.G. Man– | Buck (Final Edition) |
Melodic punk band from Columbia, South Carolina.
Tracklist
| A1 | So Low | |
| A2 | Leave The Light On | |
| B | Waterfall |
Indie pop from Germany. - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Sleeping Cliché | |
| 2 | I Thought That I | |
| 3 | Mental Harvest | |
| 4 | To Mum | |
| 5 | In A Milky Mood | |
| 6 | Fragmentary Love | |
| 7 | Fake Fur | |
| 8 | Fred | |
| 9 | Just A Friend | |
| 10 | Sonic Sound | |
| 11 | Pale | |
| 12 | Sally's Home |
England's Embrace build upon their status as stars of the post-Brit-pop era, blending anthemic hooks and sweeping pop balladry. They emerged to success, scoring early hits with "All You Good Good People" and "Come Back to What You Know" and debuting on top of the U.K. Albums Chart with 1998's The Good Will Out. With a sound that bridged the power of Oasis with the emotive lyricism of Coldplay, Embrace cultivated a strong fan base at home, hitting the top 10 with 2000's Drawn From Memory and 2001's If You've Never Been, and again reaching number one with both 2004's Out of Nothing and 2006's This New Day; the latter featuring "World at Your Feet," the official song of the English football squad during the 2006 World Cup. Following a hiatus, they returned to the spotlight with 2014's Embrace, experimenting with electronic flourishes, while remaining indebted to their emotive anthems, as on 2018's Love Is a Basic Need, 2022's How to Be a Person Like Other People, and 2026's Avalanche.
Natives of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, brothers Danny (lead vocals, guitar) and Richard McNamara (guitar) formed Embrace in 1990. After placing an advertisement in a local newspaper, the duo recruited drummer Mike Heaton and bassist Steven Firth. After rehearsing for several months, Richard found "Retread" in Danny's demos; the country-tinged song was unlike anything else in the band's catalog, but its anthemic sensibilities became the keystone for their sound and led them toward their signature fusion of Oasis and Verve.
In October 1996, the group signed with the Virgin subsidiary Hut Recordings; in America, they signed with DGC Records. Eager to establish indie credibility, the group released their debut single, "All You Good Good People," on the hip indie label Fierce Panda in February 1997. Over the next few months, it was followed by the singles "Fireworks" and "One Big Family," which were both released on Hut. Those two singles were successful, but the re-release of "All You Good Good People" on Hut in October proved to be their breakthrough, entering the charts at number eight. Released in May 1998 -- shortly after the group received a Brit Award nomination for Best New Band in February -- "Come Back to What You Know" cemented that success and paved the way for the June 8 release of their debut album, The Good Will Out. Greeted with generally positive, occasionally enthusiastic, reviews, The Good Will Out entered the charts at number one. It was released in America the following month and "All You Good Good People" went on to become a favorite at college radio.
Tracklist
| 1 | The Last Gas | 3:38 | |
| 2 | Now You're Nobody | 4:34 | |
| 3 | Blind | 3:58 | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 3:56 |
Tracklist
| 1 | Floor Pile | 4:30 | |
| 2 | All These Things | 2:47 | |
| 3 | Rich Hum Of Air | 4:23 | |
| 4 | You're The Cup | 3:52 | |
| 5 | Twilight Hall | 2:22 | |
| 6 | Captain Of Quarantine | 3:28 | |
| 7 | Holland | 2:51 | |
| 8 | Hobos On Parade | 2:47 | |
| 9 | William's Alabama | 3:11 | |
| 10 | Yard Grass | 1:44 | |
| 11 | Heavy Crown | 3:11 |
Minimum Chips were formed in Brisbane in 1993 by Julian Patterson on guitars, drums, keyboard and electric piano; Nicole Thibault on vocals, organ, synthesizer and trombone; and Ian Wadley on drums, guitar, trumpet and synthesiser.[1][2] During their Brisbane years Minimum Chips supported international acts: Stereolab, Bikini Kill and Pavement.
Minimum Chips' first release was a split 7-inch five-track extended play on Chapter Records in September 1995. Two tracks were supplied by Perth-based band Molasses. The group's three tracks were recorded in June of that year at Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Guy Blackman, the label's co-owner,[3] eventually joined them on bass guitar in 1998.[4]
In 1996 the group followed with a four-track EP, Blip,[5] and then a split single, with "Postal" by Minimum Chips, and Alastair Galbraith providing the other side.[6] Their next EP, Swish, appeared in 1997 via Varispeed Records,[7] with five tracks, which featured their signature song "Furniture".
Tracklist
| 1 | Swish | 3:41 | |
| 2 | Bunnysan | 3:09 | |
| 3 | Surf Kill | 2:35 | |
| 4 | Walkman | 2:32 | |
| 5 | Furniture | 4:06 |
With their 1991 start as an acoustic two piece, Neil Shumsky (vocals/ 12 string guitar) and his friend Rachel (vocals/ guitar) went under the moniker of Bouquet as they brought on their sincere pop of minimal innocence. Mostly playing throughout the area of Leeds and Sheffield, England, Bouquet would eventually release a handful of EPs on various labels for the next two years before Rachel's 1993 departure. Ultimately resulting in a three year hiatus, Shumsky finally reformed Bouquet in 1996 with the addition of Shaun Alcock (drums) and Chris Mabbs (bass). Hailing the 1997 seven-inch of "Before I Die I'd Like To See A Flying Saucer" as their comeback release, Popstar Records followed through on the trio's first full-length Coral Kingdom in 1998. Soon after, Darren O'Conner joined that same year as a second guitarist.
Tracklist
| 1 | In The Golden Eternity | |
| 2 | Travelling Companion | |
| 3 | Bouquet Of Angels | |
| 4 | Citrus Grove Lullaby | |
| 5 | Train Magique | |
| 6 | The Land Beyond The Sky | |
| 7 | Uluru's Charl | |
| 8 | Electric Fluff | |
| 9 | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | |
| 10 | Wine And Romance | |
| 11 | Chie Kato's Dream | |
| 12 | Deep Sea Gallery | |
| 13 | You Are What You Eat |
Twin Tone Digital
Saucer was an indie rock band from Minneapolis, MN.
Tracklist
1. Spoonerisms
2. Orange Pants
3. Bugs In My Hair
4. My Sweet Hostess
5. Turn Me On Dead Man
6. Emergency Exits
7. The Bunny
8. Freaky Deek
9. Cigarette Polly
10. Ah Morning
Indie / alt rock (this is not the guys from Flesh For Lulu). - Blogatrix
Tracklist
| 1 | Answer | 3:33 | |
| 2 | Give It Away | 3:30 | |
| 3 | Always That Good | 4:20 | |
| 4 | Short On Ideas | 2:12 | |
| 5 | Inner Child | 4:32 | |
| 6 | Shoot | 4:12 | |
| 7 | Charlie Parker | 2:36 |
