BOODLERS Boodlers 1995

 

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Boodlers Biography

by Jason Ankeny

One of the many side projects of the prolific Elliott Sharp, the fiery avant-garde jazz and experimental rock outfit Boodlers also included bassist Fred Chalenor and drummer Henry Franzoni, two longtime Pacific Northwest musical innovators who have played together in such avant jazz-rock outfits as Caveman Shoestore and Faceditch. After issuing their debut LP on the Cavity Search label in 1995, the trio moved to Tim/Kerr Records for 1997's Counter Fit.

 

Tracklist

1		Acid - Jazz Payback	8:13
2		Green Party	1:37
3		Buckshot	7:54
4		Cambionics	7:52
5		Boodlerama	20:20
6		Cache Cow	3:03

TONE DOGS Ankety Low Day 1990

 

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Included Amy Denio, multi-instrumentalist and record label owner as well as Fred Chalenor (bassist for Caveman Shoestore)

Tracklist

1. No Cry
2. Vexed At The Vogue
3. Carry Me Down
4. The Wandering Guru
5. Secret Crush
6. Brave It
7. BS Jig/Hade Hade
8. Fifth Grade, Brownie Wall
9. Poly

IT'S FINALLY CHRISTMAS! Various Artists 1994

compilation on the Tim/Kerr label

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Tracklist  

1	–Swoon 23	Merry Christmas To Me
2	–Pond (2)	Gloria In Excelsis Deo
3	–Dandy Warhols*	Little Drummer Boy
4	–Dead Moon	Christmas Rush
5	–Meg Hentges	Christmas Time Is Here
6	–Poison Idea	Santa Claus Is Back In Town
7	–Oblivion Seekers	Christmas In The City
8	–Caveman Shoestore	The Grinch
9	–Hitting Birth	Little Drummer Boy
10	–Ray & Glover	I'm Mad At The Fatman
11	–Iceberg Slim	Christmas Dressed In Blue
12	–Flaps Down	Hey Santa
13	–Svelt	I Wonder As I Wander
14	–Calamity Jane	Hannakuh Song
15	–Sugarboom	Ave Maria
16	–Smegma	Happy Holiday
17	–The Violets (2)	Rebel Jesus
18	–New Bad Things	Shoplifting You Something For Christmas
19	–Whirlees	The Grinch

HUGHSCORE Highspotparadox 1997

 

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Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger

Hughscore is named after veteran prog-rock/fusion bassist Hugh Hopper, who plays in the band and writes much of their material. Their 1999 album Delta Flora is fusiony rock that's in the spirit of his past work in that style with the Soft Machine and other projects. Texturally it's more interesting and varied than many similar such efforts, incorporating free-form jazz, fuzz bass, some ominous electronic keyboards and synthesizer, and ambient passages that superficially bear some resemblance to new age music, but are far creepier. Hughscore vary between instrumentals and more melodic, approachable songs with lyrics, sung by keyboardist Elaine diFalco (who also writes some of the tracks on the album) with a jazzy, measured presence.

Tracklist

1	Miniluv	3:25
2	Against The Wheel	2:40
3	Baby Brother	5:09
4	High Spot Paradox	1:44
5	Otis Trout	2:42
6	Here They Come	4:29
7	Lullaby	4:09
8	Upgrade	3:38
9	Bald Eagle At Carnation	4:16
10	Once Upon A Babysitter	3:21
11	4 1/2	4:22
12	Last Word Tango	2:35

BOODLERS Counter Fit 1997

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

One of the many side projects of the prolific Elliott Sharp, the fiery avant-garde jazz and experimental rock outfit Boodlers also included bassist Fred Chalenor and drummer Henry Franzoni, two longtime Pacific Northwest musical innovators who have played together in such avant jazz-rock outfits as Caveman Shoestore and Faceditch. After issuing their debut LP on the Cavity Search label in 1995, the trio moved to Tim/Kerr Records for 1997's Counter Fit.

Tracklist

1	Serf's Up	9:16
2	Feudal Is	7:48
3	Dubble Or Nuthin	7:39
4	Bloodbank	10:08
5	Loose Change	5:45
6	Doughnation	12:04
7	Buckgutted	7:06
8	Crime Pays	1:30

I - 5 KILLERS Volume 3 Various Artists 1994

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I-5 Killers was a series of compilation releases on the Schizophonic label featuring bands from the Pacific Northwest along the I-5 corridor, particularly in the Portland, OR area.




Tracklist

  1. Gift - What Used to Be
  2. Everclear - Blondes Everclear
  3. Kpants - Crash Kpants
  4. Thirty Ought Six - Punch
  5. Kaia - Lines Kaia Wilson
  6. Skiploader - Gyp
  7. Whirlees - Edward Hopper Song
  8. Time Killing Isabel - Jakes Dream
  9. The Wipers - Never Win (Remix)
10. Gravelpit - It's a Lie
11. Ice Cream Headache - the Ugly Stick
12. Starlite Trio - Get Outta My Way
13. Oblivion Seekers - Rock Your Baby
14. Anal Solvent - Evil Style
15. New Bad Things - Josh Has a Crush On a Femme From Reed
16. Caveman Shoestore - Metropolis 2664
17. Oswald 5-0 - Aloha Steve & Dan-O
18. Supersuckers - Your Mom Rules

CAVEMAN SHOESTORE

Master Cylinder 1992

Flux 1994

The band's first full-length CD as a trio, Master Cylinder, was released by Tim/Kerr Records in 1992, and has since been described by album producer Alessandro Monti as influenced by everything from Conlon Nancarrow to Black Sabbath and from grunge to prog rock. Some tracks might also lead to comparisons with Discipline-era King Crimson -- although overall the record seems designed to be played at parties in which guests could be asked "what instrument do you think that was?" in reference to the apparent predominance of electric guitar played in a metal-grunge style. Surprise: "NO GUITARS!" exclaim the liner notes...the speaker-busting sound in question came from Chalenor's fuzz bass. Coupled with Franzoni's sometimes pounding rhythms on the "membranophones," the Caveman Shoestore of Master Cylinder could be a heavy item indeed, but the band's sound was balanced by diFalco's enjoyably rich yet never histrionic vocals, often in multi-tracked harmonies, as well as her solid electric keyboard work.
In 1994 the second Caveman Shoestore album on the Tim/Kerr label, entitled Flux, was released; the album found the band expanded to a quartet including Amy DeVargas on vocals, second bass, and cello -- indeed, DeVargas was a somewhat more prominent vocal presence (and more assertive in the higher ranges) than diFalco, and wrote or co-wrote five album tracks. Guest Jen Harrison was also featured on French horn. The album had a more diverse sound overall than Master Cylinder -- without the heavy metal masquerades prominently featuring Chalenor's fuzz bass disguised as a roaring guitar -- and placed considerable emphasis on Chalenor/DeVargas interlocking bass parts, tribal-flavored rhythmic undercurrents, and diFalco's keyboard work often emphasizing the Hammond organ, although her synth and piano were featured as well. In an interview with Allen Huotari on the /All About Jazz website, Chalenor notes that on the first two Caveman Shoestore CDs, the band explored "really crazy" polyrhythms in the context of "sick" pop tunes.

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Master Cylinder

Tracklist 

  1. Spill
  2. Pencil Sharpener
  3. Big Slow Melvin
  4. Flying
  5. Tractor Beam
  6. Secret Doorway In Nevada Leading To Monster Truck At The Bottom Of The Ocean Where 
       Elvis Lives
  7. An Angel Flew By
  8. Tractor Pulling A Clown
  9. Flattened Doggies
10. I Just Might
11. Lost Horizon
12. When Rome Burns, Read The Sports Page
13. Information Overload


Flux

Tracklist

  1. Knife Edge
  2. The Pond At Night
  3. Actualize
  4. Four Years Old
  5. Ticket To Obscurity
  6. Kurtain
  7. All This Air
  8. Lightning
  9. Henzyme
10. Underneath The Water
11. Underneath The City
12. Cold