SPRINGHOUSE Postcards from the Arctic 1993

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Tracklist 

1	Asphalt Angels	5:09
2	All About Me	3:33
3	Enslave Me	3:34
4	Ghosts	4:07
5	Alley Park	5:01
6	Blue Snow	2:19
7	Worthless	5:14
8	Misjudgment	4:49
9	Time To Go	2:54
10	Shattering Cold	4:57
11	The Light	4:37

 

KEROSENE Arrhythmia 1993

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Artist Biography by John Bush

Vocalist Paul Taylor and guitarist James Mountford formed Kerosene (then called Collision) in Manchester in 1991. They originally used a drum machine and sampler, but later added bassist Mr. Hancox and drummer Gus. Their 1993 U.S. debut on Sire was Arrythmia, an album that showed their crunchy, U.K. alterna-pop sound.

Tracklist

1	Spring	3:48
2	Everybody's Icon	3:21
3	Worthless	2:50
4	Excess	3:50
5	Shame	4:44
6	Come Alive	3:29
7	My Friends	3:47
8	Everything	3:12
9	Mercy	3:32
10	So Plain	3:17
11	Joanne	2:34
12	Feeling Within	5:21

CALAMITY JANE Hang Up / You Got It Rough / Outta Money 7 inch 1990

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 Thanks to Angelo

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Tracklist

Hang Up
You Got It Rough
Outta Money

BEDHEAD Beheaded 1996

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Tracklist

1	Beheaded	4:44
2	The Rest Of The Day	6:20
3	Left Behind	3:48
4	What's Missing	3:49
5	Smoke	2:45
6	Burned Out	3:57
7	Roman Candle	4:30
8	Withdraw	4:23
9	Felo De Se	3:09
10	Lares And Penates	3:53
11	Losing Memories	2:58

 

SLOWBURN self titled 1996

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Tracklist  

1	Whatever
2	Mogadishu
3	Complicated Game
4	Suffer
5	Hit The Ground
6	Flesh + Bone
7	In The Gutter
8	Crutches
9	Broken Up Inside
10	Navigating
11	Goddess
12	Days Are Numbered

 

DYNAMITE HACK Pillowhead 1998

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey

The quirky post-grunge quartet Dynamite Hack was formed in Austin, TX, in 1997, taking their name from a line in the film Caddyshack. Vocalist/guitarist Mark Morris, vocalist/bassist Chad Robinson, guitarist Mike Vlahakis, and drummer Chase Scott took their cues from bands like Weezer, Pavement, Jawbreaker, and the Barenaked Ladies. The latter influence was especially apparent on Dynamite Hack's acoustic folk-rock cover of N.W.A.'s "Boyz 'N tha Hood," which became a local radio hit in the Austin/Dallas area in 1999. In its wake, the group recorded a full-length album, titled Superfast, which was released locally in January 2000 and remixed for national distribution by Universal that summer. 

 

Tracklist

1	Anyway	2:55
2	Alvin	2:52
3	Superfast	3:16
4	Pillowhead	3:51
5	Boyz In The Hood	2:38
6	Call It A Night	3:11
7	Laura	3:44
8	Amber Valleta	3:55
9	You Know	3:40
10	Today Was A Good Day	3:50
11	Some Waves	4:33
12	A.S.D.	13:59

 

BUTTERGLORY

Crumble

1994

 

Rat Tat Tat
1997

 

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Crumble 

Tracklist  

1	Waiting On The Guns
2	Forty-Four
3	Cactus
4	Jinxed
5	Peasants, Kings
6	Trapped
7	Summer's Torn
8	Thimble
9	The Skills Of The Star Pilot
10	He Left Us Nothing
11	Those Mooney Stars
12	When We Sleep
13	Ring Finger
14	Our (Proud) Mascot
15	The Drums Were Lost

 Rat Tat Tat
Tracklist

1	On A Horse
2	Tundra
3	Novelty In Two
4	Oh Goodness
5	Come On!
6	Her Comedy's A Bore
7	Fight Fight Fight
8	Serpentine
9	Carmen Cross
10	Widows Smirk
11	Hexed
12	You Said A Mouthful
13	No Beads Or Rosaries
14	Happy 1 2 3 4

 

 

CENTRO-MATIC Navigational 1999

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Artist Biography by Heather Phares

A prolific, eclectic, alt-country band based in Denton, Texas, Centro-Matic began in 1995 as a side project for singer/songwriter and guitarist Will Johnson. Though Centro-Matic released a few singles that year, it wasn't until 1997 that the project began to resemble a full-fledged group. After recording the 23-song debut album Redo the Stacks at his friend Matt Pence's home studio, Johnson enlisted Pence as the band's drummer, along with cellist/violinist Scott Danbom and bassist Mark Hedman. The fully formed Centro-Matic recorded over 60 songs in a Milstadt, Illinois studio space owned by Son Volt's Jay Farrar; of those, some of the quieter, more emotional songs ended up on the 1999 Idol Records album Navigational, while some louder lo-fi tracks were collected with B-sides and other unreleased material on the same year's Quality Park release The Static vs. the Strings, Vol. 1.

With still more songs in reserve, Centro-Matic obtained no-strings-attached deals with both labels, allowing them to release as many albums as they wanted beginning with 2000's All the Falsest Hearts Can Try. For his next trick, Johnson built a side project inside his existing side project, the dour South San Gabriel Songs/Music. But before anyone could dwell on that, Centro-Matic released Distance and Clime through the Idol label in 2001, and Johnson spent the rest of the year putting the finishing touches on his first solo album, 2002's Murder of Tides. Love You Just the Same followed in 2003; by this point, tracking Johnson's restless songwriting heart was as fascinating as hearing his consistently strong output.

More amazingly, Centro-Matic toured like crazy men this entire time, criss-crossing the country (and Europe) with acts as disparate as Jay Bennett, Brendan Benson, Slobberbone, and the Promise Ring. Sweet remainders of the Love You Just the Same sessions surfaced in 2004 as the Flashes and Cables EP, and Johnson released the solo album Vultures Await later that year. Another solo release, Survey/Voyage, appeared one year later. Centro-Matic was busy in 2006; not only did the band release the Triggers and Trash Heaps EP and full-length Fort Recovery, but the year also marked Centro-Matic's tenth anniversary. Things slowed down after that year, however, with Centro-Matic issuing a two-disc set (2008's Dual Hawks, whose second disc consisted of South San Gabriel's material) before Johnson took some time off to play drums with Monsters of Folk. Returning to Centro-Matic in 2010, Johnson and company began revising and recording the songs they'd written before the short hiatus, resulting in 2011's Candidate Waltz.

In 2012, Centro-Matic announced on their website they were beginning work on their next album, but in between sessions for the record, Johnson embarked on several solo tours (many devoted to intimate living room concerts) and released an album with his side project Overseas, featuring David Bazan, Bubba Kadane, and Matt Kadane. The patience of Centro-Matic's fans was rewarded in June 2014, when the group released their 12th album, Take Pride in Your Long Odds. 

Tracklist

1	Nevermind The Sounds	1:17
2	All Hail The Label Scouts	3:50
3	Ruin This WIth Style	5:37
4	With Respect To Alcohol	2:54
5	Ordinary Days	5:02
6	This VIcious Crime	2:43
7	Cross You That Way	4:35
8	Ballad Of Private Rifle Sound	2:42
9	Not Forever Now	4:00
10	Numbers One And Three	5:14
11	Lasted 'til Today	2:37
12	Hazlitt Takes To Shore	2:31
13	Line, Connection, Aim	2:58
14	The Panacea Tonight	4:58
15	The Massacre Went Well	2:23
16	The Beautiful Ones	7:16