24 August 2014

TRAMPOLINE Dormer 1994

 
 

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Pat Ferrise is the musical director and a daytime DJ from Washington D.C.'s commercial alternative radio station, WHFS, and recorded under the moniker Trampoline with friends from some well-regarded independent bands. The indie rock alternative band released two albums through spinART: 1994's Dormer and 1996's I Want One of Everybody. Through his role as a DJ, Dormer was associated with seminal D.C. bands like Girls vs. Boys and Velocity Girl. His second album featured contributions from members of Edsel and Manifesto, as well as Geoff Turner (Tsunami and the Eggs) and Ted Niceley (Fugazi, the Dead Milkmen, Tommy Keene , Tripping Daisy, and Monsterland). I Want One of Everybody was a more straightforward, accessible album of electric pop songs while Dormer was a little more indie-oriented pop. While not a stunning songwriter, Pat Ferrise has a penchant for quirky and creative instrumentation, using offbeat instruments like banjos, farfisas, and even thumb pianos. He also performed guitar, vocals, and harmonica on Heal's 1991 Civilization Vs. Technology album released on Asylum and which also featured Chuck D., Billy Bragg, REM's Michael Stipe, Run-D.M.C., Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, and KRS-1.
 
 

Tracklist 

1 Thumb 1 0:09
2 Green Jacket 2:37
3 Big Bones Break 3:14
4 First 2:40
5 Corduroy 0:18
6 Sugarpale 3:00
7 Shocked By A Revelation 3:28
8 Calculating Bird 2:51
9 Lie (Pancake Version) 1:56
10 Falling Down 3:10
11 Hit The Glass Ceiling 2:15
12 Leaves 0:12
13 Shiny Black Penny 3:00
14 Butter In The Frying Pan 3:51
15 Lie 1:56
16 Sasafras 1:10
 

SAM BLACK CHURCH The Black Comedy 1998

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Tracklist

1 Intro 0:35
2 We Come In Peace 2:51
3 Monkey 3:41
4 Job's Lament 4:24
5 Ice, Draft, Lite, Dry 2:54
6 Not Fit For The Force 3:36
7 Amun Allah Ra 5:49
8 The Fuckin' News 0:54
9 Hercules 4:13
10 Mrs. Scrambles 6:09
11 The Devil In Rick James 2:03
12 Shiloh 3:25
13 Satisfaction 2:39
14 Ground 4:08
15 Perdition's Flames 3:32
16 Elwood 3:27
17 Groove (In The Earth) 6:09
 

KERBDOG On the Turn 1996

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Tracklist

1 Sally 3:57
2 J.J.'s Song 5:23
3 Didn't Even Try 4:07
4 Mexican Wave 4:19
5 Severed 4:13
6 Pledge 4:12
7 On The Turn 4:48
8 Secure 4:03
9 Lesser Shelf 4:20
10 Pointless 5:03
11 Rewind 3:27
12 Sorry For The Record 7:17

23 August 2014

DITCH WITCH

Everywhere Nowhere.
1994

Starvation Box
1996
 
Reminds me of Hüsker Dü


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Named after a machine used for excavation and trench-digging on construction sites, the roots-pop band Ditch Witch formed in Columbia, Missouri in 1991 with vocalist/guitarist Chris Gebhardt, guitarist Barry Hibdon, drummer Joel Trueblood and bassist/vocalist Craig Winn. Drawing on influences like Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Replacements, the quartet issued a pair of independent-label singles, "If I Lose" and "Her Fall," both later collected on their 1994 debut Everywhere Nowhere, which marked the addition of new drummer Brian Coughlin. Following the arrival of bassist Shannon Mercer, Ditch Witch released their sophomore effort, Starvation Box, in 1996.

BARNABYS

Delightful Browns EP
1992

Augustus Loop
1993



The Barnabys typify the second generation of America's indie-pop scene. The trio, formed in Philadelphia in 1990, grew up listening to all the right records; when they synthesize those sounds, the results can be either pop perfection or musical mediocrity. On Delightful Browns, singer/guitarist Joey Sweeney shows that he knows how to craft a good indie-rock song: one part off-kilter vocals (à la Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows), a chorus the kids can sing along with and a sense of naïveté to make it all endearing. The production is clean, crisp and radio-friendly when it counts — which, of the eight tracks, is only on "Global Teen." More often than not, though, the group comes off as a second-rate Violent Femmes clone, all acoustic guitars and fractured vocals.
The ambitious Augustus Loop is much better. While it reprises three tracks from Delightful Browns, those previously forgettable songs come off stronger and well worth the second look. With a certain resemblance to the folk-pop sound of Small Factory, the Barnabys get by on Sweeney's pleading adenoidal vocals, which contain more than a hint of Robert Smith's weary charm. He sings about everything from feeling out of place in an upscale eatery ("Yuppie Restaurant"), to feeling out of place in the suburbs ("Wilmington"). Two nice touches by guests: the Garth Hudson-like organ Matt Keating adds to "Room 17" and the lovely violin Rosie Macnamara plays throughout.
[Matthew Kaplan]

QUEER

Kill the Memory
1993


Desperate Living
1994

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SILKWORM L'ajre 1992

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Tracklist

1 St. Patrick's Day
2 Homoactivity
3 Scrawl
4 Three Beatings
5 Slow Burn
6 Little Sister
7 Scruffy
8 Shithead
9 Pearl Harbor

THE CAULFIELDS L 1997

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Tracklist

1 Figure It Out 3:47
2 President Of Nothing 3:59
3 Waiting To Cry 2:52
4 Once Upon A Time 4:40
5 Invincible 3:22
6 Book Of Your Life 3:17
7 The Kitchen Debate 3:13
8 Skeleton Key 3:46
9 All I Want Is Out 3:29
10 All Things To All People 3:01
11 Atlas Daughter 3:34
12 Heaven On The Moon 4:14
13 Beard Of Bees 2:52
14 Tomorrow Morning 3:54
15 Born Yesterday 3:59

FASTBACKS New Mansions in Sound 1996

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Tracklist


Fortune's Misery 2:43
Which Has Not Been Written 0:58
No Information 2:41
I Know 4:19
Weather: Perfectly Clear 1:36
5 5 5 Part One 2:04
5 5 5 Part Two 1:49
Stay At Home 6:06
The Bitter Drink 1:14
Just Say 2:32
Banner Year 2:54
Is It Familiar? 4:59
Space Station #5 4:36
Find Your Way 3:55
Bonus 7"
Girl's Eyes
I Can't Win

THE SPIN Lonely Max and Other Discourses on The Goddess of Love 1990


Discogs

 

Tracklist

1 Goddess, I Know You
2 The River Song
3 Seems To Me
4 Love Goddess
5 Feel It All Around You
6 All Around The World
7 Close Your Eyes
8 What Makes You Think
9 One Of These Days
10 Lonely Max
11 Just Wondering
12 Breathe


SAM BLACK CHURCH self titled 1993

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SAM BLACK CHURCH was a Boston Punk/Metal/Avant-Garde band that played from 1988 - 2000. They played a frenetic blend of hardcore, metal, punk and thrash that enabled them to share bills with bands as diverse as Bad Brains, Stuck Mojo, Nothingface, Clutch, Motorhead, Cro-Mags, and Helmet. 

Tracklist


Infernal Machine 3:17
The Way We Were 3:39
Den Of Iniquity 3:50
Big Barbecue/Disco Inferno 5:30

22 August 2014

ASHTRAY BOY Every Man's Fourth Dimension 1996

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Tracklist

Vacuum Cleaner Salesman 3:16
Little Boy 3:14
Corn Jack 2:55
Neighbours From Hell 3:33
(Onto The) Goat 3:20
Saying "No" To Romper Room 4:54
The Everyman´s Fourth Dimension 3:55
Sapphire Island 3:15
A Universal Occult 4:39
Tour Vehicle 1:40
Dromedary Camel 3:55
The Tourist Living In A World Of Sin

SHUDDER TO THINK Pony Express Record 1994

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Ten Spot
Shudder to Think's hardcore punk background (courtesy of their affiliation with the D.C.-based label Dischord Records, also the home of Fugazi) doesn't give the best indication of their sound, since the group embraced pop influences and a skewed sense of songwriting as well. Formed in 1986, the band's initial lineup -- vocalist/guitarist Craig Wedren, guitarist Chris Matthews, bassist Stuart Hill, and drummer Mike Russell -- released two singles and one 1989 album (Curse, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses) before signing with the Dischord label. Shudder to Think remained with Dischord for three influential albums -- 1990's Ten-Spot, 1991's Funeral at the Movies, and 1992's Get Your Goat -- while touring alongside the likes of Fugazi and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Pony Express Record
Matthews and Russell had both left the group by 1994, with guitarist Nathan Larson and drummer Adam Wade stepping in to replace them. Additional changes followed as the band inked its first major-label contract. After signing with Epic, Shudder to Think released Pony Express Record in 1994. During the three years that followed, Wedren successfully overcame Hodgkin's Disease, Larson released an album with his side project Mind Science of the Mind, and Wade was replaced with former Dambuilders drummer Kevin March. 50,000 B.C. was released after that period of activity, but it ultimately failed to push the band into the big time. One year later, Shudder to Think focused its attention on soundtrack work for the indie films First Love, Last Rites (which included songs in various musical styles sung by alt-rock notables like Liz Phair, Billy Corgan, and Robin Zander, as well as one of Jeff Buckley's last recorded works) and High Art, the latter featuring Brian Eno-like instrumental soundscapes. Larson left the band that same year, though, and his departure proved to be the final straw. Shudder to Think split up in 1998, with Wedren launching a solo career shortly thereafter.

Live from Home
Wedren played shows in the New York City area and appeared on the soundtrack Down to You. He also supplied backup vocals to the Verve Pipe's 1999 self-titled release and continued his soundtrack work for films. Nearly a decade after Shudder to Think's demise, Wedren joined former bandmates Larson and March for a series of reunion shows, including an event that supported presidential candidate Barack Obama. A fall tour followed in 2008 and was later documented on the concert album Live from Home
 

Tracklist 

1 Hit Liquor 4:08
2 Gang Of $ 3:45
3 9 Fingers On You 2:41
4 Sweet Year Old 4:52
5 Earthquakes Come Home 3:44
6 Kissi Penny 3:06
7 X-French Tee Shirt 4:06
8 No Rm. 9, Kentucky 5:34
9 Chakka 4:47
10 Own Me 4:48
11 So Into You 3:43
12 Trackstar 6:48
13 Full Body Anchor 1:50