I HATE THE 90S Volume 27

 

As always, just like in the 1990's, this compilation will fit on a CD.

Tracklist

  1. Big Hello - O' Canada
  2. The Age of Electric - Remote Control
  3. Excuse 17 - Vanishing Act
  4. Neil Finn - Last One Standing
  5. Starclub - Hard To Get
  6. Richard Barone - Where The Truth Lies
  7. Samiam - Capsized
  8. Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson - Candy
  9. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
10. Les Autres - Outside My Ken
11. Treble Charger - Stupid Things To Say
12. Drugstore - El President
13. The 6ths - Falling Out of Love (With You)
14. Starbilly - Ducks
15. The DT's - Exit To Stay
16. Sandpit - Greater Expectations
17. Black Velvet Flag - Institutionalized
18. Musical Chairs - Pretty As A Picture
19. Hubcap - If You Love A Song (The Song Will)
20. Enkindel - Enkindel

THINK LINK! Various Artists 1994

 
Discogs

 

Surf and garage rock comp tribute to Link Wray

 

Tracklist

A1	The Cowslingers–	Slinky
A2	The Frampton Bros.*–	Comanche
A3	Huevos Rancheros–	American Sunset
B1	Man... Or Astroman?*–	Deuces Wild
B2	The Mortals–	I'm Branded
B3	Southern Culture On The Skids–	The Swag

THINK LINK! VOLUME 2 Various Artists 1996

 

Discogs

 

Surf rock tribute to Link Wray on Drink N Drive Records

 

Tracklist

A1	The Galaxy Trio–	Jack The Ripper	4:03
A2	The Cowslingers–	Black Widow	3:36
A3	The Mono Men–	Rawhide	1:45
A4	The Volcanos–	The Sweeper	1:50
B1	Thee Headcoat Sect*–	Run Chicken Run	2:02
B2	Impala–	Vendetta	3:30
B3	The Phantom 5ive*–	The Outlaw	2:32
B4	Forbidden Dimension–	The Shadow Knows	4:20

OLY GUNGHU FIEST Oly Gunghu Fiest 7 inch 1992

 

Discogs 

 

Punk/ska/funk on the defunct Noiseville label

Tracklist

A1		Why Should I
A2		Let It Slide
B1		Walking On A Thin Line
B2		African Dreaming

BABBLE Ether 1996

 

Discogs

 

Chillout genre, subgenre is downtempo. Featuring Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey of Thompson  Twins and Keith Fernley of trance group F Machine.

Babble Biography by William Ruhlmann

Babble is the duo of New Zealand native Alannah Currie (b. September 28, 1957) and Englishman Tom Bailey (b.January 18, 1956), who formerly made up the Thompson Twins, a dance-rock band that charted with seven albums in the U.S. between 1982 and 1989, the most successful of which was the million-selling Top Ten hit Into the Gap (1984), which featured their biggest single, "Hold Me Now" (#3). They reorganized as a six-piece band with Indian and new age influences and released their first album as Babble, The Stone, in 1994. In 1996, they returned with Ether.

 

Tracklist

1		The Circle
2		Just Like You
3		Sun
4		Love Has No Name
5		Dark
6		Tower
7		Come Down
8		Hold The Sky
9		Into Ether
10		Dreamfield

ALICE'S ORB Indelible Witch Cream 1995

 

Discogs

 
Vinyl only limited edition release

Psychedelic rock group from UK. Their music was similar to the early Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett's time).
Alice's Orb are a part time, principally studio based band and one of the few able to do a convincing imitation of early Pink Floyd. Their origins lie in a noisy Luton pub rock band, The Twitch, who were active in the area from 1983-87. This band split, but Jeff Ross and two of the other members kept The Twitch going for another two years. Some of this band's material was released posthumously.

 

Tracklist

A1		Chillin' With The Aliens
A2		Steve's Last Trip
A3		Giroscope
A4		The Forgotten Ones
B1		High Times
B2		Obelisk
B3		The Place
B4		On And On

BEVIS AND TWINK Magic Eye 1990

 

Discogs 

 

Vinyl only release of psych rock from Bevis Frond and some guy who shouldn't use the name Twink. Twink (John Alder) was also in a '70s psych rock band called The Pink Fairies and even played for a time with Syd Barrett, a mysterious musician associated with Pink Floyd.

 

Tracklist

A1		Sorrow Remembered
A2		Flying Igloos
A3		The Fairy
A4		She Darks The Sun
B1		Eclipse
B2		Fractured Sky
B3		Black Queen
B4		Gryke
B5		Bag Drip

 

WUNDERBAND Wunderband 1997

 

Discogs

power pop

Tracklist

1. Yes, Yes, Hey, Hey
2. Pinup
3. Mayqueen
4. Sixteen
5. Rosenblume
6. Wall of Dishes
7. Circle And Fall
8. Lunchroom Blues
9. Another Guy
10. I Don't Mind
11. Hint of Jealousy
12. Special

YOU CAN'T BE LOVED FOREVER NO. 3 Various Artists cassette 1990

 

Discogs 

 

Rare UK cassette only compilation that is not on any label.

 

Tracklist

A1	This Perfect Day–	Balcony Love
A2	Happydeadmen–	Life Inside A Frame
A3	Clive Product–	The Man Who Thought He Was Steam Train
A4	The Penny Candles–	Taj Mahal
A5	The Rain (2)–	St Martins In The Field
A6	The Rileys–	Ophellas Days
A7	Tramway–	Technical College
A8	The Rileys–	Funky
A9	Shelley's Children–	Fair Enough
A10	Strawberry Story–	Gone Like Summer
A11	Love Parade (2)–	Sad As Sunday
A12	They Go Boom !!–	Don't Talk To Me
B1	The Art Bunnies–	Chelsea Guitar
B2	Nervous Curve–	Touch Wood
B3	All Over The Place–	Tired Of Being Alone
B4	Feverfew–	The Night It Rained Perfume
B5	Home And Abroad–	Back Where I Belong
B6	The Hoverchairs–	Yellow Yellow
B7	Big Decision–	Greg's Theme
B8	Blue Summer (2)–	Listen To Me
B9	She's Gone–	Clear Skies
B10	Jesus Trip–	Future
B11	Dreamscape (3)–	Cold As Ice

 

AUGUST SPIES Food Chain In Your Living Room 7 inch 1994

 

Discogs

 

Snotty 80's style punk from Massachusetts

Tracklist

A1		September Riots
A2		John Wayne Gacy
A3		I.R.B.D.
B1		Punk Car
B2		None
B3		Metal Dude Raps
B4		Cronan

 

WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Your Alcohol Taxes At Work 7 inch 1997

 

Discogs 

 

From Seattle, Washington, Whorehouse of Representatives' guitarist, calls himself Squealing Monkey: The Other White Meat, while the drummer's moniker is Filthy Maggot Inducer. Who wouldn't want to check this out?
Warning: they scream. Political punk with a brilliant band name.

 

Tracklist

A1		Junkie
A2		Die By Myself
B1		Nowhere
B2		Stripped

SAFE AND SOUND: A BENEFIT IN RESPONSE TO THE BROOKLINE CLINIC VIOLENCE Various Artists 1996

 

Discogs

Alt rock with some well known artists

 

Tracklist
 
  1. Letters To Cleo With Charlie Chesterman - You Dirty Rat
  2. Morphine - Radar (Live)
  3. Belly - Think About Your Troubles
  4. Tracy Bonham - Navy Bean (Live)
  5. Deluxx Folk Implosion - U Can't Win
  6. Aimee Mann - Driving With One Hand On The Wheel
  7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
  8. Jennifer Trynin - Don't Take It Out On Me
  9. Gigolo Aunts - Mr. Woods
10. Mary Lou Lord - Polaroid
11. Scarce - Naked Freakshadow
12. Juliana Hatfield - Waves
13. Bill Janovitz With Buffalo Tom - Coming Down With Something
14. Fuzzy - Severe (Live)
15. Kevin Salem - Ghost Town
16. Mung - Red Light

DRINKING FROM PUDDLES: A RADIO HISTORY Various Artists 1999

 

Discogs 

 

Comp on Kill Rock Stars - 16 years worth of live performances on KBOO's Drinking From Puddles program, compiled by Brandon Lieberman, the show's creator.

Tracklist

1	Murder City Devils–	Dance Hall Music	1:28
2	Come (2)–	Hurricane	6:06
3	Hazel (4)–	Mr. Magazine Man	2:10
4	Obituaries–	Nobody Else	2:02
5	Prolapse–	Cacophany #A	4:41
6	The Geraldine Fibbers–	Butch	6:43
7	Jeffrey Lee Pierce–	Lucky Jim	3:21
8	Cadallaca–	You're My Only One	2:35
9	Nicole Panter–	Fuck	2:50
10	Poison Idea–	Taken By Surprise	3:04
11	Kristin Hersh–	Gazebo Tree	3:24
12	Pleasant Gehman–	Monsanto	4:15
13	Elliott Smith–	Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands	3:08
14	Gilly Ann Hanner–	Outta Money	2:19
15	Cindy Lee Berryhill–	Aquamarine	3:03
16	Dead Moon–	Graveyard	2:35
17	Cat Power–	We Dance	3:02
18	Roger Manning–	Pacifica Blues	3:15
19	Madigan*–	Snowfell Summer	4:09
20	Crackerbash–	Song For Lon Mabon	3:10
21	Lydia Lunch–	Excerpt From Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary	2:59
22	Soul Junk*–	Sweet To My Soul	3:34

THE USELESS PLAYBOYS Bim Bam Baby 7 inch 1995

 

Discogs

 

American swing band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1995.

 

Tracklist

A		Bim Bam Baby
B		Cool

FEAST OF THE SYBARITES A COLLECTION OF LOTUSPUDLIANS Various Artists 1993

 

Discogs

 

Comp on Lotuspool label

Tracklist

  1. Zoom & Brian Marshall - Shopping Mall Massacre
  2. Scott Hartley - Morning Face
  3. Kill Creek - Cosmetic Surgery
  4. Trouble In Mind - 99 Years
  5. Panel Donor - Bastard's Uncle
  6. Hum - Diffuse
  7. From - Diggin
  8. Bully Pulpit - Triple Baby Gold Bond
  9. Truck Stop Love - Whiskey, Wine And Grey Poupon
10. Dis - Sleep Mouth
11. Dracomagnet - Casio
12. Sufferbus - Metamorphene
13. Bonus-Pail - Short Skirt
14. Travis - Hess
15. Transylvania 2000 - Not Gonna Get Me
16. Howard Iceberg And The Titanics - In Any Other Lifetime
17. Compound Red - Mr. Fix-It Head
18. Rise - Mistruth
19. Dogtooth Violet - Windowsill
20. Jeff Smith & His Allstar Karaoke Band - Secret Agent Man (Live)

SHELLAC / BIG'N / BRISE-GLACE / U.S. MAPLE Sides 1 - 4 (2 x 7 inch) Various Artists 1995

 

Discogs 

 

2 x 7 inch compilation on Skin Graft with each band covering AC/DC songs

 

Tracklist
A  Shellac - '95 Jailbreak
B  Big'n - T.N.T.
C  Brise-Glace - Angus Dei Aus Licht
D  U.S. Maple - Sin City

TOURING JAPAN = 日本 旅行 Various Artists 1998

 

Discogs

 

Japanese comp on Time Bomb

Tracklist

1. Naht - Scattered
2. Naht - Real Estate
3. Sweetbelly Freakdown - Pinbot!
4. Sweetbelly Freakdown - Chimichonger
5. Bluetip - Japan
6. Bluetip - 52 Girls
7. Kerosene 454 - Man In A Trap
8. Kerosene 454 - Upside Down

PSYCHOBILLY WEEKENDER VOLUME 2 Various Artists 1990

 
Discogs

 

Live Japanese psychobilly comp on Planet Records

 

Tracklist

A 1	The Caravans–	Easy Money
A 2	Thunderbird Head–	Smile Of A Stranger
A 3	Long Tall Texans–	Get Back Wet Back
A 4	Elmer's Shotgun–	Crawling Out Of The Grave
A 5	Restless–	Roll Your Money Maker
A 6	Restless–	New Orleans
A 7	The Falcons (3)–	Monster Dance
B 1	The Quakes (2)–	Psycho Attack
B 2	The Rattlers!–	Gone Forever
B 2	The Termites (3)–	Devil Call
B 4	Lost Souls (7)–	Prisoner (Of Love)
B 5	Mad Sin–	Straight To Hell
B 6	Klingonz–	Here On My Own
B 7	Demented Are Go–	Satans Reject

PALACE CONTRIBUTION / ZENI GEVA Sides 5-6 7 inch 1997

 

Discogs 

 

Who is Palace Contribution? Will Oldham, who does a remake of AC/DC's classic, "Big Balls" and should be hailed here. On side B, Zeni Geva pounds out their rendition of "Let There Be Rock."

 

Tracklist

A	Palace Contribution*–	Big Balls	3:10
B	Zeni Geva–	Let There Be Rock	4:26

A.C. TEMPLE Belinda Backwards 1991

 

Discogs

 
Formed in Sheffield in 1985, A.C. Temple were a powerful UK counterpart to the abrasive experimental guitar bands coming out of the USA around the same time.

Early vocalist Giles soon took a back seat to Bromley but remained a co-lyricist to the band throughout their career. However, it was the classic line-up of Bromley, Kilbride, Woodward, Hartley and Waterfall who recorded their seminal 'Blowtorch' LP and a session for John Peel on Radio 1 in 1987. Critics made favourable comparisons to Sonic Youth and Big Black (Kilbride, in fact, had acted as Big Black's driver for their final UK tour and is one of the named recipient's on Shellac's 'Futurist' LP) but the swirling intertwined guitars and extreme down-tuned bass, combined with Bromley's sonorous vocals and Waterfall's thunderous drumming, were distinctively theirs.

Subsequent line-up changes saw Chris Trout (from Kilgore Trout) join and more melody and light enter their songs, culminating in the ethereal LP 'Belinda Backwards', before they split in 1993 (leaving some new songs sadly unrecorded), under-appreciated and under the radar to the end.

After the band's demise, Chris Trout went on to play in Spoonfed Hybrid along with Ian Masters from Pale Saints. 

Tracklist

1		Glitterhall	6:00
2		Silver Swimmer	3:17
3		Half-Angel	3:37
4		Come Sunrise	4:35
5		Girlseye	4:11
6		Lifesize	3:13
7		Spacebore	3:20
8		Skyhooks	3:24
9		Baby Seals	5:09
10		P2	2:17

 

MOUTHWASH Fools Gold... EP 1999

 

Discogs

 

Some UK punk with emo overtures

Tracklist

1		3:16
2		Old Father Time
3		Fools Gold
4		Sick Of You (Live In London 99)

 

DUOTANG The Cons & The Pros 1998

 

Discogs 

 

Duotang Biography by Gina Boldman

The Winnipeg punk-pop band Duotang was formed in 1996 when members Rod Slaughter (Zen Bungalow) and Sean Allum (Bovine) began jamming together after their respective bands' shows and practices. Slaughter (vocals, bass, organ) and Allum (drums, backup vocals) soon hit the road, signed to Mint records, and released Smash the Ships and Raise the Beams in 1996. The Pros and Cons was released in May 1998. Bright Side followed two years later.

 

Tracklist

1. Call Your Side
2. The Hedonists Collide
3. Turtle Boy
4. Broken Rule
5. Thomas Green
6. Don't Give Up
7. Far From Heart, Deep In Mind (Or How I Learned To Hate The Phone)
8. Leave Well Enough Alone
9. The Cons & The Pros
10. The Chameleon
11. The Punk & The Godson
12. Conjugal Visit

CHAINSUCK Angelscore 1996

 

Discogs

 

Chainsuck Biography by Jason Ankeny

The ambient pop unit Chainsuck formed in Boston in 1992, and comprised vocalist/guitarist Marydee Reynolds, keyboardist Robert Trifiro, drummer Michael J.F. Smith, sampler Doug Vargas and producer Lamar Lowder. Through fan and onetime Revolting Cocks frontman Chris Connelly, the group's demo tape was passed to Wax Trax! Records, which signed Chainsuck to release the group's 1996 debut Angelscore. Kindly, Stop for Me followed three years later.

Tracklist

1		Prozac	4:46
2		Only Son	3:32
3		Big Mistake	3:25
4		Scarlet Letters	4:57
5		Emily Says	5:09
6		Dress	3:54
7		Boys In The Lake	3:43
8		Shindo	4:50
9		'Till My Head Explodes	3:52
10		Reverie	3:56

LUXURIOUS BAGS Quarantine Heaven 1993

 
Discogs

 

Luxurious Bags is a one man basement project with St. Johnny & Vermonster connections. Churning guitar-noise density and indie splatter consciousness.

 

Tracklist

1		Bury My Heart	4:44
2		Unseen	2:13
3		Dry Blazing Sky	2:47
4		Stranger	4:03
5		It's Raining Alphabet Soup And Spelling Insults At My Feet	4:43
6		Love Letter	4:42
7		Broken Locks And Rotten Luck	2:32
8		Heir Of Defeat	3:05
9		Fist In Pocket	2:15
10		Fragile Bubbles Of Static Floating In My Attic	3:48
11		Freefloating - 50 Feet Over	6:33
12		Medley: My Imaginary Friend, The Drifter, Road Bible	4:30
13		Carry On, Carrion	4:30
14		I Wanna Be Your God	3:38
15		This Pipework Leads Nowhere	5:40
16		Hell Is Other People	6:58
17		Powerline	4:24
18		Abandoned - 50 Feet Under	3:30

EDWYN COLLINS Hellbent On Compromise 1990

 

Discogs

 

 

Scottish singer, songwriter, musician, illustrator, record producer, and television actor and producer. Formerly with the band Orange Juice.

 

Tracklist

  1. Means To An End
  2. You Poor Deluded Fool
  3. It Might As Well Be You
  4. Take Care of Yourself
  5. Graciously
  6. Someone Else Besides
  7. My Girl Has Gone
  8. Now That It's Love
  9. Everything And More
10. What's The Big Idea?
11. Time Of The Preacher / Long Time Gone

LIVIN' LOUNGE (THE FABULOUS SOUNDS OF NOW!) Various Artists 1995

 
Discogs

 

 

Compilation of alternative lounge bands

 

Tracklist

1	The Wonderful World Of Joey*–	Get Outta My Gal	3:18
2	Donkey (10)–	Private Dick	4:45
3	Useless Playboys*–	Caravan	4:00
4	The Lounge Lizards*–	The Hanging	4:39
5	Gallon Drunk–	Just One More	3:54
6	Andy Prieboy–	Cannot Not	5:06
7	The Zimmermans–	Portuguese Woman	5:36
8	Love Jones (2)–	Whiskey, The Moon And Me	2:42
9	Buster Poindexter–	Knock'm Down Whiskey	2:31
10	Everlounge–	Confabulations	5:38
11	Baby Steps–	Eurotrash	4:05
12	The Vice Royals–	Girl In A Martini Glass (The Menaced Stripper)	3:35
13	Too Free Stooges–	Springtime	3:56
14	Friends Of Dean Martin*–	Summertime	6:49

POP AGAIN - THE POPTOPIA 98 COLLECTION Various Artists 1998

 

Discogs

 

Japanese compilation of power pop

 

Tracklist

1	Sonica (7)–	Pretty Little Heads
2	Piewackit–	Dynamite Hairshirt
3	Going Stagg–	Ryanoceros
4	The Orange Peels–	Love Coming Down
5	Martin Luther Lennon–	Gabrielle
6	Paul Myers (8)–	She Sends Me Letters
7	The Nominee–	Don't You Lie
8	Ultraviolet Eye*–	Caterpillar
9	PG-13 (3)–	Someday Afternoon
10	Beware Of Doug–	Goldiggers
11	Admiral Twin–	Phone Call 27
12	Clutter (4)–	Common Destination
13	The Bunnyrabbits–	Monkey Sea
14	Barry Holdship–	Summer's Gone
15	Double Naught Spies–	Dandelion
16	The Maxx Average Corporation–	Live It
17	Quinton Flynn–	Miss Right
18	The Marshmellows (2)–	Change The World
19	The Autumns (3)–	Eskimo Swim
20	Lucie Gamelon–	Julie (Not Her Real Name)
21	Project Dreamworld*–	Child's Play
22	The Boomvangs–	Pop! There Is Love
23	Oral Groove–	Car Driver