Power pop on Black Vinyl Records, owned by legendary '70s and '80s power pop band, Shoes.
Tracklist
| 1 | Black Hole | |
| 2 | I've Been Thinking Of You | |
| 3 | I'm Telling You Now | |
| 4 | Sharon Won't | |
| 5 | A Lot To Give | |
| 6 | Have You Ever Had Love? | |
| 7 | When I'm Gone | |
| 8 | Believe In Me | |
| 9 | In Her Glow | |
| 10 | Mrs. Jones | |
| 11 | She'll Never Know |
Compilation on Watermark Records, a hardcore label, released in 2000 but all songs were recorded in 1998 and 1999.
Tracklist
| 1 | Another Victim– | Relentless |
| 2 | Another Victim– | Sell Yourself |
| 3 | Hermon Dekalb– | Lucky 13 |
| 4 | Hermon Dekalb– | Soulmate |
| 5 | Libertine– | If Wishes Were Horses |
| 6 | Libertine– | Beautiful Disaster |
| 7 | Fallout (15)– | Disfigured |
| 8 | Fallout (15)– | Two Days |
| 9 | Beta Minus Mechanic– | Missing |
| 10 | Beta Minus Mechanic– | Sand Castle |
| 11 | Tread (3)– | Millennium |
| 12 | Tread (3)– | Days Gone |
| 13 | Farthest Man*– | Blank Frame |
| 14 | Farthest Man*– | Mask Killer |
| 15 | Ides Of March (4)– | Man Or Machine |
| 16 | Ides Of March (4)– | Humanities Creation |
| 17 | Eternal Youth– | I Won't Look Back |
| 18 | Eternal Youth– | Rebuilding Year |
| 19 | Earth Crisis– | In The Wire |
| 20 | Earth Crisis– | Mass Arrest |
Hardcore band from Edison, NJ, USA
Tracklist
1. Build
2. Sympathy
3. Bleed
4. Chains
5. Refuse
6. Culture
7. Gag
8. Melting Away
9. Suffocate
10. Untitled
11.1 Untitled [Live]
11.2 Sympathy [Live]
11.3 Culture [Live]
11.4 Untitled [Live]
11.5 Untitled [Live]
11.6 Suffocate [Live]
11.7 Melting Away [Live]
12. Untitled
With years of being behind the production wheel of such big names as Grace Jones, Ministry, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chemlab, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, vocalist and producer H. Beno wanted to start his own project. So by recruiting guitarists Max Edgin and Joe Callahan, bassist Cornelius Boon, and drummer Felix Miklik, and 13 Mg. was born in 1993. With their style of combining aggressive dance beats, distorted keyboard, and coarse guitar leads, 13 Mg. were soon recording their 1996 debut full-length Trust and Obey. Followed by a series tours with Sister Machinegun, Prong, and EDN and their Re-Mixes EP in 1997, 13 Mg.'s second album, Eternacate, was released on Slipdisc Records two years later.
Tracklist
1. Guardian Angel
2. Uppercut
3. Sinister
4. Azimuth
5. Lie In State
6. Moan Song
7. Spree
8. Four Speed
9. Too Freaky
10. Nath
alt rock
Tracklist
| 1 | We Need Action Now ! | 3:44 | |
| 2 | Too Little, Too Late | 3:17 | |
| 3 | Vampire of Energy | 3:47 | |
| 4 | You Don't Need Me | 5:17 | |
| 5 | I Don't Want To Belong | 3:47 | |
| 6 | I Wanna Go Fiction | 2:08 | |
| 7 | Looking Out For Number Two | 4:21 | |
| 8 | I Scream | 6:16 | |
| 9 | One Hundred Years | 4:29 | |
| 10 | Schoolyard Pirate | 3:07 | |
| 11 | Live Wild | 3:40 | |
| 12 | Rock 'N Roll, Schmoozer's Game 4:55 |
A side group started in 1982 by Mekons co-founder Jon Langford, the Three Johns, originally made up of Langford, John Hyatt, Phillip "John" Brennan, and a drum machine, specialized in abrasive, politically charged, danceable rock. Sounding almost nothing like Langford's main band, the Johns were a silly-serious bunch of political and cultural provocateurs. Recording during the height of Margaret Thatcher's ill-conceived Tory rebellion, the Johns were openly antagonistic to this new, conservative vision of Britain's future. And while their elliptical and epigrammatic lyrics might not offer the sloganeering that would easily identify them as lefties, certainly there were enough hints dropped along the way to remove any doubt. Unlike other rock agit-prop, the Johns played a fairly accessible version of polemical post-punk anti-pop that embraced big, messy arena-rock-sounding guitars and hard, repetitive, quasi-hip-hop dance beats. Perhaps the most subversive thing about the Johns is that, despite Langford's and Hyatt's goofy vocals, they were, in their own weird way, pure pop for now people, especially those who hated Thatcher. With collective tongue planted firmly in cheek, the Johns took on British and American obsession with materialism, the diabolical Reagan-Thatcher lovefest, the machinations of the pop music industry, all of it done with a great sense of humor mixed in with genuine fear and horror. Frequently hard to pin down, the Johns reveled in being slippery, exhibiting a love and loathing for pop music. In some respects, the Johns resembled friends and fellow Leeds, England mates the Gang of Four, but where the Gang of Four was dour and serious (bordering on academic), the Johns were loutish and boisterous, which when combining politics and rock & roll can, ultimately, be a good thing. After the release of Eat Your Sons in 1990, Jon Langford turned his attention full-time to the Mekons, putting the Three Johns on what has turned out to be an indefinite sabbatical.
Tracklist
| 1 | Black Heart / Skeleton Man | 5:33 | |
| 2 | Eat Your Sons | 4:06 | |
| 3 | Key Largo | 5:09 | |
| 4 | Smashtime | 4:40 | |
| 5 | Sometime | 4:23 | |
| 6 | Toleration | 2:35 | |
| 7 | Book Of The Dead | 4:03 | |
| 8 | Jason's Dream | 2:27 | |
| 9 | Thunder And Rum | 4:07 | |
| 10 | Desire For Chaos | 0:53 | |
| 11 | Beat It On A Rock | 3:40 | |
| 12 | In The Here And High | 6:09 | |
| 13 | A Very Modern Relationship | 5:41 |
When I first heard this, I thought of Sleeper, a New York based band who had to change their name due to a British band holding the same moniker. Emo-tinged vocals and catchy punk oriented song structures with a vocalist nod to Chamberlain/Split Lip. Produced by none other than John Lisa, of Sleeper/Serpico.
Tracklist
| 1 | For Family By Family | |
| 2 | Sway | |
| 3 | Infirm | |
| 4 | New World Blues | |
| 5 | Plenty | |
| 6 | Descend Again | |
| 7 | Return To Zero | |
| 8 | The Last War | |
| 9 | Face Up |
The Bristol, England-based drum'n'bass project Breakbeat Era was spearheaded by acclaimed producer Roni Size in tandem with DJ Die (also Size's collaborator in Reprazent) and singer Leonie Laws. Their debut LP Ultra-Obscene was released in 1999. [See Also: Roni Size]
Tracklist
| 1 | Past Life | 5:23 | |
| 2 | Rancid | 5:07 | |
| 3 | Ultra-Obscene | 5:03 | |
| 4 | Bullitproof | 4:32 | |
| 5 | Breakbeat Era | 5:22 | |
| 6 | Time 4 Breaks | 4:20 | |
| 7 | Late Morning | 6:11 | |
| 8 | Anti-Everything | 5:26 | |
| 9 | Animal Machine | 3:03 | |
| 10 | Our Disease | 5:51 | |
| 11 | Max | 0:48 | |
| 12 | Control Freak | 5:44 | |
| 13 | Terrible Funk | 5:38 | |
| 14 | Sex Change | 3:42 | |
| 15 | Life Is My Friend | 7:59 |
Screaming vocals (mostly) with noisy, wailing guitars and fast drumming. At times reminiscent of Sonic Youth.
Six of the songs were recorded live on KXLU Los Angeles radio in 1997, the last song is a studio track recorded in 1999. .
Vinyl only release, 1,000 copies pressed.
Tracklist
| A1 | Romance | |
| A2 | Abuse/you And Me | |
| A3 | Super Queemie | |
| A4 | Elecrto Thanesia | |
| B1 | Beautiful Blossom | |
| B2 | Come Together | |
| B3 | Trisket Disco Cavern |
Downtempo/chillout/electronic/drum n bass
Tracklist
1. Intro
2. 73
3. Metropolis
4. Music In My Mind (Album Version)
5. Jaxx
6. Mother Earth
7. The Tree Knows Everything (Clean Edit)
8. Circles (Album Edit)
9. Dirty Harry (Adapted Album Version)
10. F-Jam (Album Edit)
11. Colours
Bonus Track
12. Aromatherapy (Edit)
Japanese only bonus tracks
13. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
14. Circles (Roni Size Mix)
The German answer to Mr. Bungle
Tracklist
| A1 | 4eye | |
| A2 | Shit People Schacke | |
| A3 | Show Me Your Hobby | |
| A4 | Huh Hah Hit Ler | |
| A5 | Fun Valley Demon | |
| A6 | Are You Macaroni? | |
| A7 | Homo On | |
| A8 | Peter Panties | |
| B1 | Gletsch It Down To Matrei | |
| B2 | Schlechte Food →Scorbut | |
| B3 | Schaden Need Food | |
| B4 | Jump Off The Haystack | |
| B5 | Shit As Fuck, Mustaza! Pozor! | |
| B6 | I Had An Accident | |
| B7 | Busch Off |
Described as grunge
Tracklist
| 1 | Ordinary Girl | |
| 2 | Like Water | |
| 3 | Faded | |
| 4 | Another Summer Day | |
| 5 | Sun Showers | |
| 6 | Shapes |
Star Pimp was one of those bands that defied any sort of good description that could really capture what they sounded like. The result of their legitimately weird brand of bizarro noise-rock left them without much exposure during their time together, and they are now one of those often overlooked and forgotten gems from the early to mid-nineties era. Star Pimp released their first single/EP, Treasure Trail, in 1992 through bassist Tom Flynn’s own record label Boner Records; the band eventually put out one full length for the label, titled "Seraphim 280z" in 1994 before making the move to Kill Rock Stars for their second and final album in 1996 titled Docudrama.
Tracklist
| 1 | Richie | |
| 2 | Sap | |
| 3 | Meat Grinder | |
| 4 | Virginia | |
| 5 | Prado | |
| 6 | Splodge |
Beginning with their well-received 1990 debut album, Other Way Out,
Sun Dial has recreated the psychedelic sound of the late '60s with an
unnerving accuracy. The band possesses a myriad of soaring vocals (and
trippy lyrics to match), progressive chord changes, and some delightful
acid rock guitar (plus other strange instruments).
From south London, Sun Dial's roots lay with frontman Gary Ramon (guitar, vocals), previously with the Modern Art, who joined up with Anthony Clough (bass, bamboo flutes, organ) and Dave Morgan (drums, percussion). Alongside a reissue/repackage of Other Way Out, UFO released its most upfront moment, "Exploding in Your Mind." Morgan was then replaced by John Pelech, and Nigel Carpenter (bass) and Chris Dalley (guitar) were added to the line-up, while Clough took a smaller role; this was felt on the new single "Fireball," which forged a mellower, more traditional rock sound. Clough left to attend university before the release of Reflecter,
which confirmed the band's new musical direction. Libertine saw better
distribution through the auspices of Beggars Banquet Records, with new
drummer and keyboard player Craig Adrienne helping broaden the band's sound. Ramon, Adrienne and Jake Honeywell (bass, percussion) recorded a second album for Beggars Banquet, Acid Yantra.
The album, its title inspired by a D.A. Levey poem, was rabidly
consumed by the band's loyal fan community as usual, and attracted some
positive mainstream critical praise. The band continued recording during
the 2010s, and also issued various compilations or archival releases,
including Shards of God, Processed for DNA: Anthology 1990-2010, and Return Journey: The Lost Second Album Session 1991. Ramon has also run his own labels, Acme (specialising in psych rock) and Psi-Fi (specialising in Krautrock curiosities).
Tracklist
1. Fireball
2. Only A Northern Song
3. Never Fade
4. Overspill
Noise/punk from Colorado
Tracklist
| 1 | Introducing Ourselves | 5:57 | |
| 2 | Confrontation Yeah! Yeah! | 3:43 | |
| 3 | Jesus On The Urinal Cake | 2:55 | |
| 4 | Electric Hoedown | 3:23 | |
| 5 | Bloody Revolution | 3:56 | |
| 6 | Forever Your Girl | 1:19 | |
| 7 | Island Of The Misfit Toyboys | 5:31 | |
| 8 | Meet Goatee Woatee | 2:49 | |
| 9 | Straight Out The Dancehall | 3:27 | |
| 10 | Dont Play This Song On The Radio | 3:27 |
Discogs says this is punk, but it sounds more like grunge to me. From Gainesville, Florida.
Tracklist
| 1 | Couldn't Careless | |
| 2 | That's Strange | |
| 3 | Moral Toilet | |
| 4 | Wall Of Flesh | |
| 5 | Later | |
| 6 | Empty | |
| 7 | Peace Of Mind | |
| 8 | You Pause | |
| 9 | Psychonuclear Jam | |
| 10 | Did You Kill? |
Alternative rock from Evanston, Illinois, formed in 1994.
Tracklist
| 1 | Starfish | 3:25 | |
| 2 | Sugar | 3:38 | |
| 3 | Part Of You | 4:23 | |
| 4 | Interstate | 3:34 | |
| 5 | Black Book | 3:27 | |
| 6 | Next Impossible | 3:40 | |
| 7 | Oh Carla | 4:26 | |
| 8 | Idolizer | 2:50 | |
| 9 | Almost Happy | 3:05 | |
| 10 | Helen Take The Wheel | 2:35 | |
| 11 | One Foot | 4:31 |
Also known as The Blue Meanies who play alt rock
Tracklist
| 1 | Three Seeds | 2:57 | |
| 2 | Weather | 3:28 | |
| 3 | Rush Hour | 3:00 | |
| 4 | Letting Time Pass | 3:44 | |
| 5 | Hamster Wheel | 3:13 | |
| 6 | Meatrack | 3:20 | |
| 7 | Scenic Anomaly | 4:33 | |
| 8 | I'm On Fire | 3:49 | |
| 9 | Communication | 2:55 | |
| 10 | Loosen Up | 4:28 | |
| 11 | The Method | 4:48 |
Experimental/psycedelic/noise/avant garde/art rock UK compilation
Tracklist
1-01. Musica Transonic–ΑΥΤΥΒΡΙΟΥΣ
1-02. Omoide Hatoba–We Are Hello
1-03. Space Streakings–Houkago Seikean Aesthe
1-04. Jyoji Sawada's Base Of Fiction*–The Quiet Noon
1-05. Ruins–Graviyaunosch
1-06. Demi Semi Quaver–[S]mash Room
1-07. Keiji Haino–You Will In No Way I Who Can In No Way
1-08. Masaki Batoh–You Do Right
1-09. Bass Army–Owatte Inai Koto Ga Aru
1-10. Kirihito–Metaric Machine
1-11. Optical*8–Halle Halle
2-01. Shizuka (2)–Blood Stained Blossom
2-02. Kato Hideki–Savage
2-03. Kazayuki K Null* & Ichiro Agata*–Love Isn't Blind
2-04. Fushitsusha–Untitled
2-05. Melt Banana*–Sick Zip Everywhere
2-06. Boredoms–Pow Wow Wow
2-07. Vajra (2)–Before The Snow Falls, Falling Leaves Have No Meaning
2-08. Ground Zero (3)–Paraiso 1
2-09. Altered States (5)–Martzmer
2-10. High Rise (2)–Mira
2-11. Magical Power Mako–Blue Dot
