Shadowland are another one of those '60s-oriented bands, but this time with a little bit of a twist. While you'll hear sitars and tablas and the odd burst of weird stuff on "Sweet Mystery," and it's really the sort of '60s orientation that allows for other influences. There's a little bit of R.E.M.-style Georgia acoustic rock here and there; there's a feel that's got a little Lou Reed and a little Led Zeppelin on "Heroin Eyes," yet doesn't get into that endless nasally drone. In some respects, part of the direction that Shadowland seems to want to take is a mix of Tom Petty and Creedence Clearwater, with a touch of clean Beach Boys-style harmonies. This isn't a thin mix by any means -- these guys are quite capable of starting quietly and breaking into a full-fledged wall of sound at a moment's notice (which they do at least one time too many, leading you to anticipate that everything that starts slowly is about to explode in crashing drums and roaring guitars). For all the divergence, too, it's a surprisingly uniform album -- even despite the "live in the studio" style of "Something On Your Mind," which has a good-naturedly ramshackle air about it, leaving it as one of the most engaging numbers on the album, along with the terrific "The Deepest Indigo Blue," which was apparently recorded with the band sleepy from an extremely long day; the relaxed air helps it considerably. The '60s ambience certainly comes through, though --"Miss Yesterday" is the one consciously '60s-oriented song, but then you also have "Evil That You Do," "The Deepest Indigo Blue," and "Sweet Mystery" sounding directly '60s-inspired. The nature of the whole album, for all the crashing around with percussion instruments, is organic, rather than technological, right down to the use of Rockfield Studios. The Beauty of Escaping is an entertaining album, good in terms of ambience, and certainly listenable, even when the songs are fitted with a message and fired point-blank at the listener.
27 January 2011
JUICY For The Ladies 1994
JACK DRAG self titled 1995
Thanks to Shane for this request!
Discogs
Tracklist
1 | Velour | |
2 | Loop | |
3 | Hail The Caffeine Dream | |
4 | Should've Told | |
5 | Dope Box | |
6 | There Was A Moon… | |
7 | Friends | |
8 | Raincoat | |
9 | Space 67 | |
10 | Bright Day |
HUNGER FARM Dogma 1991
THE FLYS 25 Cents 1995
Thanks to Lih for helping us out with this request!
The Flys Biography by Greg Prato
The beginnings of Hollywood-based rockers the Flys lay in informal jam sessions between eventual members James Book (bass), Peter Perdichizzi (guitar), Adam Paskowitz (vocals), and Nicky Lucero (drums). Eventually another singer/rapper, Joshua Paskowitz, joined, and the band found themselves signed to Trauma Records. By merging alt-rock and post-grunge with retro sounds, the Flys took a far more original approach than the majority of other late-'90s alternative bands. Prior to the August 1998 release of their debut album, Holiday Man, the band had already appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Disturbing Behavior and played at the Bethel/Woodstock site for the A Day at the Garden show. The Flys' sophomore album, Outta My Way, which featured the hit single "Losin' It," followed in the spring of 2000, but by 2002 the band had gone on indefinite hiatus.
Tracklist
1 | Rejected Coin | 3:40 |
2 | Tyrant | 3:20 |
3 | Machine Dream | 3:57 |
4 | Annabelle | 2:57 |
5 | Suffer Herself | 3:42 |
6 | Blue Life | 4:03 |
7 | Ear | 3:12 |
8 | Mother's Song | 3:21 |
9 | Helicopters In The Sky | 3:59 |
10 | Understanding | 4:01 |
24 January 2011
SMACK DAB Queen Crab 1992
19 January 2011
JACOBITES Robespierre's Velvet Basement 1993
First U.S. CD release of 1985 album.
Tracklist
1-1 | Big Store | |
1-2 | Snow White | |
1-3 | When The Rain Comes | |
1-4 | Every Girl | |
1-5 | Fortune Of Fame | |
1-6 | Where The Rivers End | |
1-7 | Hearts Are Like Flowers | |
1-8 | It'll All End Up In Tears | |
1-9 | She Never Believes | |
1-10 | Silken Sheets | |
1-11 | Ambulance Station | |
1-12 | Son Of A French Nobleman | |
2-1 | All The Dark Rags | |
2-2 | Into My Arms | |
2-3 | If I'm Crying | |
2-4 | Country Girl | |
2-5 | Sloth | |
2-6 | Someone Who Cares | |
2-7 | Before I Die | |
2-8 | Pin Your Heart To Me | |
2-9 | Road Of Broken Dreams | |
2-10 | One More String Of Pearls | |
2-11 | I Am Just A Broken Heart | |
2-12 | Only Children Sleeping |
TRIPLEFASTACTION Cattlemen Don't 1997
Tracklist
1 | Ronnie's Theme | 0:06 |
2 | Pure | 3:11 |
3 | Heroes | 4:29 |
4 | If | 4:32 |
5 | Cattlemen Don't | 4:18 |
6 | Eurogirl | 4:38 |
7 | The Rescue | 3:44 |
8 | I'm Ready | 2:48 |
9 | Duck And Run | 3:02 |
10 | Sent Them Straight | 3:04 |
11 | Yeah | 2:40 |
12 | Operator | 3:57 |
13 | No Doubt | 3:13 |
14 | Bearer Of Bad News | 5:03 |
18 January 2011
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS Bait and Switch 1995
Discogs
Tracklist
1 | My Mysterious Death (Turn It Up) | |
2 | Is She Shy | |
3 | Down To High Street | |
4 | Quarrel With The World | |
5 | Cheater's Heaven | |
6 | Cyclotron | |
7 | Negative Guest List | |
8 | Fire In The Swimming Girl | |
9 | You Can't Kill Stupid | |
10 | RnR Hall Of Fame | |
11 | Contract Dispute | |
12 | Wrongheaded |
17 January 2011
SONE self titled 1995
By request
Track listing
1. Failing Shaver
2. Willamette Valley Ass Kicking
3. The Days Parts Fitted Comfortably
4. 747 (Apogee, Perogee & Dramamine)
5. The New Action
6. Rope-A-Dope
7. High Frame Audio
8. Furious Star Force
9. -Part I
10. - Part II
11. Abacus Municipal
12. Step Up
FURNACEFACE Just Buy It 1992
Tracklist
1 | Just Buy It | |
2 | About To Drown | |
3 | She Think's She's Fat | |
4 | Can't Help Who You Love | |
5 | Government Cheque | |
6 | While My Dad Gently Weeps | |
7 | We Love You, Tipper Gore | |
8 | Shakey Thing | |
9 | Fat (Reprise) | |
10 | Down The Drain | |
11 | Fatherland America | |
12 | Kkkiss My Ass |
15 January 2011
RIPE The Plastic Hassle 1993
Tracklist
1 | Something Fierce | 4:17 | |
2 | Supernatural | 4:08 | |
3 | Centre Of The Universe | 6:10 | |
4 | Moondriven | 5:20 | |
5 | The Plastic Hassle | 7:20 | |
6 | Get Your Shit Together | 4:06 | |
7 | Mother Figure | 3:53 | |
8 | Daylight Wants To Kill | 10:50 |
THE RUGBURNS Morning Wood 1994
14 January 2011
HARVEY DANGER Demo Tape 1994
FISHWIFE Poquita Robada Mona 1994
Fishwife Biography by Rick Kutner
Before Rocket From the Crypt and Drive Like Jehu put San Diego on the indie rock map in the early '90s, Fishwife was the undisputed king of scene with over-the-top live shows. Although Fishwife had its roots in '80s hardcore, the schizoid post-hardcore zaniness that the group unleashed on its audience no doubt had any straight-edge kid running for the nearest exit. Lead singer Ryan Foxe's insane stage antics included, among others, things like getting naked, a dildo ventriloquist act, leaping from a six-foot-high Marshall stack and landing on a cup of the favorite Mexican rice drink Horchata, as well as handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwich's at a local San Diego club that got them banned from playing the joint forever.
The group initially released their self-tilted 7" EP on local hardcore punk label Nemesis. Not long after, Canadian indie label Cargo Records opened its new headquarters in San Diego and started a new label, Headhunter. Fishwife was the first band signed to the new Cargo imprint. In 1990, Snail Killer hit the shelves, with tunes like "Postcards From the Planet of the Apes," "Dumb Indian Songs," "Eggs," and "Chiva." Fishwife were pushing the boundaries of hardcore punk with their hilarious punk-fueled lunacy. Foxe's vocals were somewhere between Jello Biafra's nasal croon and the cartoon growl of Cookie Monster. The group's sound easily shifted from frantic spazz-outs to mosh pit dirges to tripped-out acid rock chants in the blink of an eye. The group gained a large following in their hometown of San Diego, occasionally making their way up the West Coast. 1992 saw the release of the group's second LP, Ritalin, which perfected the group's unique sound; tighter and more focused, Ritalin grabs you by the jugular and the funny bone simultaneously with such memorable classics as "Doggies Nightmare," "Almighty Wurlitzer," "Poopy," and "Hukilau."
The group called it quits in 1993 when Foxe decided to move to New York and pursue school, while the remaining three quarters of Fishwife re-formed and took shape as the math rock trio Tanner releasing Ill Gotten Gains for Caroline Records in 1995, 1997's (Germo) Phobic for Headhunter, as well as several 7" EPs. Eventually, Foxe relocated back to San Diego and joined the '60s garage rock group the Let Downs. Fishwife recorded more than an album's worth of material before they broke up which was released in the form of their third LP, Poquita Rosada Mona, as well as a two-song 7" EP for local San Diego punk/indie label Goldenrod Records. Guitarist Gar Wood plays bass in Beehive & the Barracudas, while drummer Chris Prescott plays in longtime San Diego favorite No Knife, and bassist Matt Ohlin owns Rt. 44 Skate Shop in San Diego and plays bass and sings in the group Hiatus. Singer Ryan Foxe works and lives in Los Angeles.
Tracklist
1 | Flemenco | |
2 | First Time Caller | |
3 | Cruiser | |
4 | Queffer Suttlwind | |
5 | Lead Apron | |
6 | Skin & Bone | |
7 | A Day Of Accomplishment | |
8 | Second To Last Straw | |
9 | Marco Andre |
THE SMEARS Love is Fer Suckers 1994
LOST Stumble 1995
Thanks for the up, Buddha Boy!
Discogs
Tracklist
1 | The House Where She Lives | 3:58 |
2 | Skyscraper | 2:52 |
3 | Allison | 2:41 |
4 | What Do You Know, Bitch? | 3:47 |
5 | Other Side | 4:25 |
6 | Stumble | 5:06 |
7 | Don't Mind | 2:12 |
8 | Pissing In The River | 4:12 |
13 January 2011
LOTION The Telephone Album 1998
Yahooo thanks to Sposob Rocks for this upload!
Tracklist
1 | Rich Cop, Poor Cop | 3:41 |
2 | Feedback Queen | 3:28 |
3 | I Love Me (Vol. 1) | 4:08 |
4 | No. 99 | 4:27 |
5 | Mr. Mosquito | 3:49 |
6 | Glorified | 5:44 |
7 | Mister President | 3:48 |
8 | My Name Is Prince | 3:31 |
9 | Drop-Dead | 3:03 |
10 | West Of Here | 5:18 |
11 | Blackjack | 2:42 |
12 | 5th Fret, Distant Cousin | 4:47 |
INCH Dot Class C 1996
Tracklist
1 | Eugenics | |
2 | For Duty And Humanity | |
3 | The Law | |
4 | Shaking | |
5 | Sugar | |
6 | Chicharrones | |
7 | Machone | |
8 | Velocipede | |
9 | El Burro | |
10 | Total Access | |
11 | Moot Point | |
12 | Twisting | |
13 | Detrimental Miner |
aMINIATURE Plexiwatt 1991
Buddhaboy strikes again with aMiniature!
Discogs
Tracklist
1 | Skyline | 3:50 |
2 | Security From A Stranger | 2:48 |
3 | Bassboost | 2:58 |
4 | Windskirt | 3:42 |
5 | Fake It | 3:07 |
6 | Memory Traveler | 2:28 |
7 | Frozen | 2:09 |
8 | A Ragged Turn | 3:16 |
SWINDLE Within These Walls 1996
SHADOWLAND Shadowland 1989
The Beauty of Escaping Review
by Steven McDonald
Tracklist
1 | Wink Of An Eye | |
2 | Imitation Of Life | |
3 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | |
4 | Indigo Blue | |
5 | Sweet Mystery |
THE MARSHES Fledgling 1996
Many thanks to Sposob Rocks for The Marshes!
Discogs
Tracklist
1 | Offshore | 2:47 |
2 | Flat Out | 3:23 |
3 | Obnoxious | 3:33 |
4 | Benefit Street | 3:19 |
5 | Anniversary | 2:27 |
6 | Shadow | 0:52 |
7 | Intelligentsia | 3:47 |
8 | Little Napoleon | 3:16 |
9 | Cliff | 2:19 |
10 | The Puppy And The Smokestack | 4:24 |
11 | Slump | 4:23 |
12 | Goat Song | 3:42 |
13 | Hidden Track | 0:12 |
14 | Hidden Track | 1:15 |
15 | Hidden Track | 3:23 |