SUNSHINE FIX A Spiraling World of Pop 1993

 

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Artist Biography by Sean Westergaard

The Sunshine Fix was the brainchild of Bill Doss, former member of the Olivia Tremor Control. After the breakup of OTC, the Sunshine Fix showed Doss to be the Paul McCartney to Will Cullen Hart's John Lennon. Leaving the radical experimentalism of OTC to Hart's project Circulatory System, the Sunshine Fix focused on the more pop end of the spectrum, even incorporating some country and soul influences on their debut EP, A Future History of the Sunshine Fix. With the help of other members of the still-fertile Athens, Georgia, scene and the Elephant 6 collective, the Sunshine Fix put out their debut full-length, Age of the Sun, on the Emperor Norton label in 2002. After a shift to Spin Art records, the group released its second full-length, Green Imagination, in 2004. Sadly, Bill Doss died in July 2012 at the age of 44.

 

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A1		Listen For The Day	2:18
A2		Love Athena	4:00
A3		I'll Be Gone	3:07
A4		You Won't Be	2:10
A5		Queen Misery	2:37
B1		Learn	2:55
B2		Temptation	3:06
B3		Turtle Song	3:26
B4		Superman Suit	3:59
B5		Leonard Upon Entering The Fish Market (Speaks Of Apple Butter)	2:56

 

TERRASTOCK ALL ACCESS Various Artists 1997

 

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The CD was exclusively produced to accompany the memorial Terrastock edition of the magazine.
Limited edition of 1000 copies.

All tracks were recorded live April 25-27, 1997 at The Ptolemaic Providence Perambulation (aka "Terrastock I"), in The Rogue Lounge, Providence, RI.

Tracklist

1	–The Silver Apples*	A Pox On You	4:07
2	–Abunai*	Inspiration	4:36
3	–Windy & Carl	Awhile	16:14
4	–The Deviants (2)	Memphis Psychosis	8:14
5	–Barbara Manning	Isn't Lonely Lovely?	3:46
6	–The Primordial Undermind*	Not An Atom	4:45
7	–Medicine Ball	Rocket	5:08
8	–The Bevis Frond	Red Hair	4:49
9	–Damon & Naomi With Tom Rapp	I Shall Be Released	2:57
10	–The Alchemysts*	Numinous	2:50
11	–Bardo Pond	Affa	8:23
12	–V.Majestic	More	5:44
13	–The Olivia Tremor Control	Collage #1	3:48
14	–Tom Rapp	The Jeweller	2:46

THE GERBILS Are You Sleepy 1998

 

 

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

The Athens, Georgia-based Gerbils emerged as part of the second wave of bands linked to the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a coterie of like-minded, lo-fi indie groups -- including the Apples (in stereo), Neutral Milk Hotel and the Olivia Tremor Control -- who shared musicians, ideas and sensibilities. The Gerbils comprised singer/guitarist Scott Spillane, drummer John D'Azzo and bassist Will Westbrook, who together attended grade school in the Elephant 6 breeding grounds of Ruston, LA; Spillane and D'Azzo first joined forces in 1992 in the group Smilin' Joe Fission, which also included violinist John Fernandes (later a member of Olivia Tremor Control) and guitarist Ross Beach. After a series of roster changes, the original Gerbils lineup -- a five-piece also featuring Beach and future Azalia Snail cellist Penny Burbank -- recorded its first demo; slimming down to a trio, they released a series of singles on indie labels like Spare Me and Earworm before signing to Hidden Agenda to issue their 1998 full-length debut Are You Sleepy? Spillane, D'Azzo and Westbrook all additionally pulled double duty as reserve members of both Neutral Milk Hotel and the Olivia Tremor Control. 

 

Tracklist

1	Sunshine Soul
2	Is She Fiona
3	Crayon Box
4	Penny Waits
5	Fluid
6	Wet Host
7	Glue
8	Ted Doesn't Mind
9	Walnuts
10	Lead
11	Grin