31 July 2021

BOMB POPS Recommended For Diversion Seekers 1999


 

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Minneapolis-based indie-pop trio the Bomb Pops formed in the autumn of 1992, comprising singer/guitarist Rick Durgin, bassist Andrea Trollin and drummer Bryan Hanna. The band's existence was brief, and with just a handful of singles and compilation tracks (later collected on Bus Stop as Recommended for Diversion Seekers) to their credit, the Bomb Pops disbanded in the spring of 1994; Durgin and Hanna later reunited in the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, while Troolin went on to found the fine indie label Grimsey.

 

Tracklist

1 Hayley
2 Girl Daredevil
3 Moving Day Song
4 Cheery
5 Theme Guy
6 Decal
7 Love Me Nots
8 Paler
9 Riverside
10 Plastic Toy Gun
11 Won't Find It
12 Theme Guy Remix
13 Goodnight, Now
14 Girl Daredevil (Reprise)

 

THE FAIRLANES Songs For Cruising 1997

 


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Artist Biography by Mario Mesquita Borges

Bringing together the strength of punk rock with melody and rhythmic power, the Fairlanes offer their particular vision for the alternative rock scenario. Assembling in the mid-'90s, with a lineup consisting of Jason (vocals), Andy (drums), Robbie (guitar), and Scott (bass), the Fairlanes give away an intense and energy-driven sound path. In 1996, the band issued its first record, a four-song 7" disc, simply titled Hi, We're the Fairlanes. One year later, the group's first full-length recording for Suburban Home Records hit the record stores. Songs for Cruising captured all of the group's force and impressive punk rock power. Following two years of hard work on the road and in the studio, the team presented its second major recording, the EP Bite Your Tongue. In 2001, and again via the Suburban Home Records label, the Fairlanes delivered Welcome to Nowhere, their second album. A few months later, still in 2001, yet another record hit the record stores, the split EP The Fairlanes/Stinking Polecats, issued by an Italian label. The Monumento, a five-song EP, arrived in 2002.

 

Tracklist 

1 Vocal Magic 0:04
2 Back Of My Mind 2:45
3 Hermit Girl 1:52
4 Catch 22 2:55
5 Screwing Yourself 1:24
6 Stupid 2:36
7 D.P.D. 1:54
8 Goodbye 3:41
9 Ripoff Girl 3:48
10 Be Your Man 1:46
11 I'm Not Changing 1:59
12 She Let Me Go 1:55
13 Vomit 2:44
14 Scott's Song 2:16
15.1 Friday Night 2:17
15.2 Kiss Me Deadly

 

THE SWEATERS The Pop Thing 1991


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Pop punk from Vancouver, Canada

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1 The Pop Thing
2 Do Anything That You Want
3 Do It To Death
4 You Went Out Of My Mind
5 Getting Away With It
6 Hold Your Own
7 Barbra
8 Kurt Got Hurt
9 Can't Count On You
10 The Grey Rock Owl With The X-ray Eyes
11 Don't Let Things Get Ugly
12 Come To My Senses
13 Crash And Learn

 

WHITE TOWN Socialism, Sexism & Sexuality 1994

 

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Artist Biography by Stewart Mason

The "band" White Town consists of Jyoti Mishra, who writes and records the music almost entirely on his own, with occasional help from other musicians. Although best -- in fact, almost entirely -- known for the fluke 1997 hit "Your Woman," White Town's mix of musical, political, and social influences makes Mishra one of the more intriguing, although frustratingly inconsistent, musicians in '90s indie pop.

C86 Mishra was born in Rourkela, India, on July 30, 1966; his family emigrated to England when he was three years old. The name White Town was inspired by his experiences growing up as an Indian in a small English village. Mishra began playing the piano at age 12, and by his mid-teens, he was playing keyboards in a local band. After leaving that group, he formed a one-man synth band. Inspired by the Wedding Present and the general resurgence of guitar-based pop music in the mid-'80s, Mishra taught himself guitar and formed the first edition of White Town in early 1989. Originally, it was a four-person indie band in the classic post-C86 style, and played gigs supporting bands like the Sea Urchins and the pre-dance Primal Scream. The group released their first EP, White Town (featuring an eponymous song), on Mishra's own Satya Records in 1990. The 7" EP and a flexidisc that came out about the same time attracted the attention of Parasol Records, a northern-Illinois-based indie that was just starting out. A White Town single, "All She Said," was the label's fourth release. The rest of Mishra's band left around this time, and the next White Town release, the EP Alain Delon, was a solo recording. All future White Town records would feature only Mishra, playing nearly all the instruments with only occasional outside help.

Socialism, Sexism & Sexuality Two more EPs followed in 1992, Fairweather Friend and Bewitched, before Mishra finally released White Town's first full-length album in 1994; the title Socialism, Sexism and Sexuality neatly encapsulated the sometimes strident lyrical concerns of the songs therein. After the release of the album, Mishra grew tired of the limitations of the indie-guitar format and started working again with synthesizers and samplers. Two years' worth of experiments linking samples and guitars were released, in 1996, as the EP Abort, Retry, Fail? One of that EP's songs was "Your Woman," a song inspired in part by Mishra's teenage infatuation with a lesbian friend, based around a nagging trumpet sample from Lew Stone's 1932 jazz hit "My Woman." This song got EMI interested enough to sign White Town to their Chrysalis label, which released the full-length Women in Technology in 1997. Though the re-released "Your Woman" was a hit in both the U.S. and the U.K., interest in follow-up singles was nil, and Mishra happily went back to Parasol, where he released the Another Lover EP in 1998. The third White Town album, Peek and Poke, received mixed reviews upon its 2000 release.

 

Tracklist

1 Heather's Party 2:25
2 All Summer In A Day 3:01
3 An Idior Sings 2:10
4 Why I Hate Christmas 3:00
5 Turn Away 5:29
6 My Baby Will Love Me 4:05
7 Insincere 3:24
8 That's Just So 6:05
9 Fairweather Friend 3:10
10 Waiting 2:30
11 Ian 2:00
12 The Girl That I See 4:11
13 If I Had A Gun 2:30
14 Back On The Shelf 3:30
15 Lie, Lie, Lie 3:35
16 Bewitched 2:43
17 Fucked Again 2:30
18 Save The Earth (But Don't Save Me) 3:12
19 Deep Within 3:40
20 Then I'll Be Sane 4:45


30 July 2021

FABRIC Body of Water 1994

 


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Fabric was an emotional hardcore band from London, England, active throughout the 1990's. 

 

Tracklist

1 Failure
2 Value
3 'A' Student Baby
4 Stick Colour
5 Trudgeth
6 Helpless
7 Carried Away
8 Quilt
9 Stars 'n' Stukas
10 Wild Place
11 Shake It
12 Colossus
13 Friend
14 Truth
15 Freedom
16 March Of The Machines / Seven
17 Saturnalia
18 Without


IDLE WILDS Dumb, Gifted And Beautiful 1995

 


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Artist Biography by Eleanor Ditzel

A gifted but not prolific band that came together in 1992, the Idle Wilds started out by producing guitar-driven, heavy metal sounds. During their early years, with David Gray (lead guitar and vocals) and the other bandmembers (Paul Demyum and Greg Dubrow (both on guitar), Adam McLaughlin (bass), and Doug Wolfe (drums)) the Idle Wilds self-released an EP that didn't go anywhere. The members kept working on their rhythms until they perfected the ability that made Idle Wilds stand out from the other alternative bands. Their unique rhythms flowed rapidly, reaching a peak that still allowed all the voices and instruments to be heard, and then calmed down, creating a fluctuation that was well-balanced on every level.

In 1994, Idle Wilds appeared on the compilation Melody Fair: Bee Gees Tribute, released by Eggbert Records. The song "Kilburn Towers" was one of the favorites from that release. Carrying on that success, the Idle Wilds caught the strong attention of fans in 1995 with their first full-length album, Dumb, Gifted and Beautiful. Pamela Sixfin (violin), Bob Mason (cello), and Kris Wilkinson (viola) were added to the regular lineup for the recording. The power pop songs on Dumb, Gifted and Beautiful were impressive, with "You're All Forgiven," "Surrounded," and "Freakin'" pouring out brilliant moments. "You're All Forgiven" was the kind of song that would knock your socks off and when Rhino Records released its three-disc Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '90s in May 1997, the Idle Wilds' "You're All Forgiven" played the end track of the compilation.

In 2000, Kool Kat released Unheard, an album that started with the track "Tender Distance," from the band's first demo, and picked up many previously unreleased tracks from the band's early years together, plus a few from after Dumb, Gifted and Beautiful. The original five members were still together for the release of Unheard, with the band's strength coming from those fluctuating rhythms and David Gray's ability to carry a note.

 

Tracklist

1 Surrounded 4:18
2 Freakin' 4:05
3 Pander 3:00
4 Love Theme 2:50
5 Dumb, Gifted And Beautiful 2:48
6 New Wave 3:09
7 Hardcore 1:03
8 Sustained Fabulousness 3:34
9 You're All Forgiven 3:23
10 Sincerity Rocks 4:08
11 Crying On The Inside 4:23
12 Alternaface 3:20

RED CHAIR FADEAWAY Curiouser And Curiouser 1991

 


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Female fronted indie rock

 

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1 My Brother's Room
2 Sleeping In Your Garden
3 Circus In The Sky
4 Willo
5 All Your Old Tricks
6 Saffron's Dream
7 The Watermill Of No Place
8 No Time
9 Rocking Boat
10 Epitaph For A Hare
11 Conjuror Trendle
12 Doasyouwouldbedoneby
13 Let It Happen
14 Myra
15 Dragonfly
16 Grasshopper
17 Mr Jones
18 Chimney Pots
19 Faraway Lights
20 Out Of The Grey
21 Never Remember

 

THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG Never Born To Follow 1996

 


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British roots-rockers with Celtic/folky blue-collar angst music '80s-90's

 

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1 The Eye 3:59
2 Glittering Prize 2:38
3 Never Born To Follow 4:58
4 I Survived 3:44
5 Contenders 3:19
6 Our Day 3:33
7 Gangland 3:05
8 House Of Cards 3:37
9 Denis Law And Ali Macgraw 4:54
10 To Have And To Hold 2:37
11 The Spell Is Broken 4:01
12 Jennifer Grey 4:46

 

LIBERTY CAGE Sleep of the Just 1994

 


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Artist Biography by AllMusic

Based in Brighton, Sussex, England, Liberty Cage were formed as the career of celebrated indie/roots band Men They Couldn’t Hang stalled in 1991. From that group, songwriters Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers (vocals/guitar) and Paul Simmonds (guitar) recruited Paul’s brother Neil Simmonds (bass) and ‘just decided to go into a studio in Brighton and see what happened’. After multi-instrumentalist Dave Kent and former Tender Trap drummer Simon Lomond joined, Liberty Cage quickly established a strong reputation for their live shows - an aptitude they shared with their former incarnation. In Paul Simmonds and Odgers they similarly possessed two talented lyricists, capable of combining folky humanism with caustic political tracts. This was confirmed by the May 1994 release of Sleep Of The Just, a self-produced and financed album recorded during ‘studio down-time’. Though strong early demo material such as ‘This Side Of The Street’ had been jettisoned, new songs such as ‘Mercy Of The Guards’ and ‘Fire Below’ ably compensated. Though the songs were played with punk ferocity, the album indelibly cast Liberty Cage as a folk band, just as the Men They Couldn’t Hang had been before them. As Paul Simmonds conceded: ‘The best folk music will have something to say in 100 years when pop fads become sociologist’s footnotes and clothes to laugh at.’


Tracklist 

1 Everything's Different Now 3:23
2 Fires Below 4:30
3 Throwing Stones At The Sea 2:56
4 On Her Majesty's Service 4:01
5 Swimming Against The Tide 5:04
6 One For The Road 3:55
7 Judgement Day 3:37
8 You Make My Mind Stand Still 3:52
9 Mercy Of The Guards 4:00
10 Cat And Mouse Affair 2:56
11 Murder In Cell #9 3:34
12 CDC 3:29

 

28 July 2021

REEF Rides 1999

 

 
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Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Glow Emerging at the height of Brit-pop, Reef had little in common with their British peers; instead of sounding like an amalgam of the Beatles, the Jam, and Stone Roses, they were indebted to the Stones and the Black Crowes. But, through constant touring, as well as being featured in a television commercial for Sony's Minidisc player, they managed to cultivate a large fan base that expanded significantly with the release of their breakout album Glow


Tracklist

1 New Bird 2:37
2 I've Got Something To Say 4:03
3 Wandering 4:33
4 Metro 3:27
5 Hiding 5:35
6 Sweety 3:42
7 Locked Inside 2:49
8 Back In My Place 4:16
9 Undone And Sober 4:01
10 Who You Are 3:05
11 Love Feeder 3:45
12 Moaner Snap 4:01
13 Funny Feeling 6:11
14 Electric Sunday 2:27

DRILL White Finger 1992

 

 
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UK industrial metal band, active between 1989-1994 and 2005-2009. 

 

Tracklist

1 Real Talk Shit 4:37
2 Uniforms 5:38
3 Kill Pet Shoppers 7:40
4 You Never Win 4:24
5 The Sound Of Rock 5:21