30 April 2011

BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD Puddin' EP 1993


by request

I used to have a promo copy of this on Pepto Bismal pink vinyl but stupidly gave it away to someone I shouldn't have.


Tracklist

1 Pickin' Flowers For 3:08
2 60 Seconds 3:52
3 Melanie 3:54
4 Smoke Rings 3:30
5 Laughable 4:53

BUILT TO SPILL In the Morning 1995


Thanks Jenz!




Tracklist

1 In The Morning
2 So And So And So From Wherever Wherever
3 Terrible Perfect

dEUS Suds & Soda 1994


Thanks Jenz!



 
 
 

dEUS Biography

by Jason Ankeny

Belgian art rock band dEUS have traversed decades of weirdness and uncommonly angular alternative rock, with a sound that's remained hard to pin down and harder to predict since they formed in the early '90s. The lineup has changed over the years, but the band kept their music inventive and multi-dimensional on standout albums like 1999's The Ideal Crash and 2012's Following Sea. Eighth studio album How to Replace It arrived in February of 2023, the band's first new music in years.

dEUS formed in Antwerp in 1991 and was originally comprised of vocalist/guitarist Tom Barman, bassist Stef Kamil Carlens, drummer Julle De Borgher, violinist Klaas Janzoons, and guitarist Rudy Trouvé. They began their career as strictly a cover band, but soon began performing new material, honing an irreverent, free-form live show drawing on influences ranging from folk and punk to jazz and prog rock.

After issuing a four-track EP titled Zea, dEUS mounted a series of London performances that led to a contract with Island Records. This made them the first Belgian-based indie act ever to sign to a major International label. In 1994, the band released full-length album, Worst Case Scenario, winning acclaim for the singles "Suds and Soda" and "Via." After announcing plans to produce their own pornographic film, they issued 1995's My Sister, My Clock; however, in the wake of the record's release, Carlens exited to focus on his side project, Moondog Jr. Trouvé soon followed suit, channeling his energies into the group Kiss My Jazz; with new guitarist Craig Ward and bassist Danny "Cool Rocket" Mommens in tow, dEUS returned to the studio to cut 1997's In a Bar, Under the Sea. The Ideal Crash followed in 1999. Over the next decade, dEUS released only two albums, Pocket Revolution and Vantage Point, before releasing 2011's Keep You Close (which featured guest vocals from the Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli on some songs) and 2012's Following Sea in relatively quick succession. Output would be minimal for the next ten years or so, with only the compilation release Selected Songs 1992-2014 surfacing in 2014. In November of 2022, the band shared their first new music in years with the single "Must Have Been New." The song preceded their eighth studio album How to Replace It, which was released in February of 2023. Instead of the band's usual meticulous writing and refining process, the songs for How to Replace It grew quickly out of focused jam sessions.

 
 
Tracklist

1
Suds & Soda4:20
2
Texan Coffee1:18
3
Secret Hell4:59
4
It. Furniture In The Far West0:53


SMALL 23 True Zero Hook 1993


Thanks Jenz!


Tracklist

1 True Zero Hook 3:30
2 Off Balance 3:01
3 Noodles 2:38
4 Makes Me High 3:15
5 Red Comes Up 4:49
6 Recharged 3:18
7 Finding It Hard To Believe That There Was A Floor 3:29
8 Saturday 2:30
9 A Wall To Paint On 3:23
10 Before We Forget 3:23
11 Get Used To It 3:16
12 Chopsocky 6:08


CHRIS MARS Tenterhooks 1995


by request


Tracklist

1 White Paddy Rap 3:01
2 Forkless Tree 4:01
3 Mary 3:35
4 Lizard Brain 3:56
5 Hate It 3:18
6 Brother Song 3:19
7 Water Biscuits 3:48
8 E.I.B. Negative 3:26
9 Haunted Town 4:23
10 Floater 2:38
11 Cadaver Dogs 3:53
12 New Day 3:18



24 April 2011

ELEVENTH DREAM DAY Eighth 1997

Thanks Martin
 

 
 

Artist Biography

by Jason Ankeny 

The career of the noisy guitar unit Eleventh Dream Day -- one of the most resilient and criminally underappreciated bands to rise from the Midwestern underground community -- was a textbook study in alt rock endurance; despite a nightmarish major-label tenure, ill-timed roster changes, and commercial indifference, the group persevered, ultimately emerging as elder statesmen of the flourishing Chicago independent scene of the mid-'90s. 1991's Lived to Tell was a guitar-fueled highlight of their major-label period; 1997's Eighth found them still powerful and compelling despite a return to the independent community and being stripped down to a trio; 2006's muscular Zeroes and Ones, and 2021's more contemplative Since Grazed demonstrated that even though they were only a part-time band, they were still making music every bit as strong as they did in their salad days.


Tracklist

1
For A King
2
Writes A Letter Home
3
Two Smart Cookies
4
Insomnia
5
View From The Rim
6
April
7
Motion Sickness
8
Last Call
 

VARIOUS ARTISTS Ear Of The Dragon - 19 Asian American Bands 1995


By request

The track running order listed on the CD cover is incorrect-the list below shows the actual running order of the CD.  

 


  1. Signer's Strut - aMiniature
  2. Losing My Cool - Yanti Arifin
  3. Reveille - Versus
  4. Tossing Pearls - Venus Cures All
  5. Hey Latasha - Seam
  6. Day into Night - Dolomite
  7. Live for Yourself - Kicking Giant
  8. Your King - Team Xiaoping
  9. Secret Nothing - cub
  10. The Naked City - Cartographers
  11. Smooth Control - The Dambuilders
  12. Perfect World - Mint Aundry
  13. Heavens to Betsy - Chumley
  14. I Would for You - J Church
  15. Pabu Boy - Skankin' Pickle
  16. Mr. Onion #2 - Slowpoke
  17. It's About Time - Azure
  18. She - Squash Blossom
  19. Undiu - David Pajo Band

BARRY BLACK self titled 1995


Thanks to Jenz for this upload who informs us that this was a side project of Eric Bachman of Archers of Loaf.

Discogs 

Tracklist

1 Train Of Pain 2:37
2 Mighty Fields Of Tobacco 2:45
3 The Broad Majestic Haw 2:43
4 Sandviken Stomp 2:33
5 Fisherman Thugs 3:03
6 Cockroaches 2:06
7 Vampire Lounge 4:22
8 Golden Throat 3:33
9 Rabid Dog 2:17
10 Animals Are For Eating 2:22
11 Boo Barry Blip 2:29
12 Cowboys And Thieves 2:55
13 I Can't Breathe 2:44
14 Staticus Von Carrborrus 5:02

THE BEAR QUARTET Cosy Den 1993


Thanks Jenz !
This reminds me of a cross between Dinosaur Jr. and Number One Cup meeting Gerard Cosley in a dark alley.

PURE Pureafunalia 1992


by request

Discogs

Tracklist 

1 Zen 2:47
2 Pure 3:59
3 Blast 3:41
4 Blissful Kiss 2:53
5 Wow 4:12
6 Spiritual Pollution 3:48
7 Greedy 6:43
8 Tall Grass 3:37
9 Love Is Cool 4:21
10 Swoon To The Moon 3:46
11 Make A Connection 5:38
12 House Of Fame 4:08
13 Wow (Reprise) 0:32

21 April 2011

GEFFEN RARITIES Vol. 1 1994

This is the UK version


Discogs


1. Dropout - Urge Overkill
2. Pay To Play - Nirvana 1
3. Jamie - Weezer
4. Compilation Blues - Sonic Youth
5. Bogusflow - Beck
6. Grunge Couple - That Dog
7. Einstein On The Beach For An Eggman - Counting Crows
8. Plague - Maria McKee
9. Open Every Window - Posies
10. Stove/smother - Sloan
11. Wild Goose Chasing - St. Johnny
12. Allegory - Murray Attaway

20 April 2011

SMUDGE Superhero EP 1993

 
 

 
 
1. Superhero
2. Straight Face Down
3. Missing You 
4. Outside
5. Make All Our Dreams Come True
6. Babaganouj

17 April 2011

THREE FISH self titled 1996


Thank you Achilles !


Tracklist

Solitude 4:50
Song For A Dead Girl 4:28
Silence At The Bottom 4:03
The Intelligent Fish 2:44
Zagreb 3:20
All Messed Up 5:34
Here In The Darkness 4:23
If Miles Were Alive... 1:17
The Half Intelligent Fish 2:40
Strangers In My Head 4:44
A Lovely Meander 3:50
Elusive Ones 6:51
Build 1:33
Stupid Fish 1:53
Can I Come Along? 3:27
The Easy Way 4:51
Secret Place 3:55
Laced 3:17

16 April 2011

THINGS Magazine gives I Hate the 90's a plug!

A must read site is Things Magazine who recently plugged I Hate the 90s. Nice, very nice. And a huge thank you as well.
As its name suggests, Things Magazine is full of compelling links to ephemera, art, music and so much more. Hours could be spent holing up with a cup of hot tea and this amazing blog.

From Things Magazine/

Other things. Unintentionally Creepy, a tumblr about things that didn’t work out quite as they hoped / I hate the 90s, many, many mp3s / has the proposed reconstruction of the Euston Arch been abandoned? / photography by Roy Caratozzolo / related, a street photography blog sponsored (?) by the new Fuji X100, an accomplished piece of retro design / The Story of Our Rooms / Sinetracts, devoted to ‘Turkish cult films from the 60s and 70s’ / Stewart Mackinnon: Ruptured and Remade, Rick Poynor on an illustrator who vanished.

Here are a few things offered at Things Magazine:
Go!

TUGBOAT ANNIE


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FUCK Conduct 1998



12 April 2011

ROSA MOTA Bionic 1996




Thanks Jenz !



Artist Biography by

Consisting of Ian (vocals, guitars, clarinet), Justin (percussion, clarinet), Sacha (guitars, bouzouki), Michelle (bass, guitar, harmonica) and Julie (vocals, guitars, flute), London's Rosa Mota released their major debut, Wishful Sinking, in 1995 for Mute. 

Tracklist

1 From Her To Maternity
2 Shelf Life
3 Victoria Falls
4 This Grudge
5 Frostbitten
6 Pigeon
7 Space Junk
8 Scenic Layby
9 La Chienne Est Dans L'Arbre
10 Sometimes Narcoleptic
11 Angel



10 April 2011

KING BLACK ACID AND THE WOMB STAR ORCHESTRA Womb Star Session 1995


By request

SAMMY Majik Man 1995

Thanks Jenz !



Artist Biography by

Kings of the Inland Empire
Sammy, the heavily Pavement-inspired partnership of guitarist Luke Wood and guitarist/vocalist Jesse Hartman, released three albums before calling it quits. Debut Album, issued in 1994, and Kings of the Island Empire, issued in 1995, were both put out by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley's Smells Like Records and featured drummer Tony Maxwell. Their final full-length, Tales of Great Neck Glory, which was issued by Geffen, followed in 1996 shortly before the band decided to split up.

Tracklist 

1 Majik Man
2 Trick Mammoth
3 Kohut (Little Darlings)
4 East Coast Blow-Up