'The Sundowners' was an open band project for the members of Drag City
rooster, and more specifically the Sea Note sub label one. The 1st 7"
(Goat Songs) was a collaboration among Will Oldham (Palace Brothers back
then) and Smog (Bill Callahan).
The 2nd episode was basically Smog doing his thing while the 3rd 7"
is rumoured to be the work of Rachel Brook's post-Flying Saucer Attack
project Movietone.
| A | Singing Death Chants To The Stars | |
| B | Sliding Past Saturn |
by request
American punk/emo band from San Diego, California. Active from 1992 to 2002.
Tracklist
| 1 | Roller Rink Skate Date | |
| 2 | Hill | |
| 3 | Switch | |
| 4 | Ladyfinger | |
| 5 | Lot 235 | |
| 6 | Crispin Glover Weekend | |
| 7 | Slingshot | |
| 8 | Alone | |
| 9 | Trunk | |
| 10 | Dark Island |
by request
Cerebral Corps was a one-off collaboration between Bay Area singer/songwriters Jeff Saltzmann and Bob Vickers. Their sole album, 1992's Attributed to Cerebral Corps, was recorded in an unorthodox fashion. Over the course of one evening, Saltzmann and Vickers recorded the vocal, guitar, and keyboard tracks for an album's worth of songs. Then the pair invited various musician friends to overdub drums, bass, backing vocals, pedal steel, and various percussion and string instruments onto the existing tracks. The resulting album is a quirky piece of art rock that merits comparisons to Brian Eno's early solo work. Saltzmann moved to New York and went on to a fruitful career as a producer and engineer for various indie rockers; he is also, believe it or not, considered an authority on antique street lights and lamp posts among those who collect information about and pictures of such things. More prosaically, Vickers joined the Orange Peels.
| 1 | ...Sounding Song |
| 4:16 | ||
| 2 | The Very Idea! |
| 2:53 | ||
| 3 | Chester Norman Criss-Cross |
| 3:46 | ||
| 4 | Father's Name Was Dad |
| 2:46 | ||
| 5 | Myopia |
| 6:09 | ||
| 6 | Girl From The Carnival |
| 3:02 | ||
| 7 | Music |
| 3:59 | ||
| 8 | Inertia |
| 4:01 | ||
| 9 | I'm Haemorrhaging (In F#) |
| 4:02 | ||
| 10 | Perihelion |
American noise-rock band from Chicago, Illinois.
| A | Hollywood Or Bust | |
| B | Art Rock Takes A Holiday |
See See Rider were an indie rock group formed in East Kilbride, Scotland, active between 1989 and 1992.
One of the most mysterious and intriguing bands of the late 80’s and
early 90’s See See Rider released only two singles - the first was a
self titled four track EP featuring the gorgeous 'She Sings Alone.’
Their second was a brooding love song called ‘Stolen Heart.’ The
singles were released on Lazy Records a label that had earlier success
with releases by The Primitives and My Bloody Valentine. Both See See
Rider singles were best sellers in the indie charts, but as the only
legacy of a band who were tipped for big things in the NME it’s an
unsatisfying catalogue.
NME The band comprised Stephen Sands, May Rock Marshall, Phil King, Pete
Tweedie and Lewis Chamberlain. Stephen and May were the songwriting
partnership who had established the band in London after moving from
their hometown East Kilbride. It was the East Kilbride connection that
led to Douglas Hart of the Jesus and Mary Chain later featuring on the
song See See.
| 1 | She Sings Alone | 4:10 | |
| 2 | Snowfall | 3:35 | |
| 3 | Slip So Slow | 2:31 | |
| 4 | See See 7:04 |
American emo / post-hardcore band from Goleta and Santa Barbara, California.
| 1 | (Last One Around The) Pylon | |
| 2 | Stop The Motor | |
| 3 | Santa Barbara Dayhike | |
| 4 | (Time After Time) Aftertime | |
| 5 | Abigail Adam | |
| 6 | Baby (Live) | |
| 7 | Joe Mahoney / Thomas Hatch (Live) | |
| 8 | Cotillion (Live) | |
| 9 | Momaw Nadon | |
| 10 | Roadtrip |
Noise rock from Austin, Texas
Tracklist
| 1 | Sandbox | 6:08 | |
| 2 | Aunt Jody | 2:50 | |
| 3 | Borealis | 10:19 | |
| 4 | Bug Spray | 5:19 | |
| 5 | Sueño House | 5:04 | |
| 6 | Heartbreaker Dean | 3:14 | |
| 7 | Rammedass | 10:41 | |
| 8 | 88 Lines About 44 Men | ||
| 5:01 | |||
| 9 | She Came From The Planet Of Girl Bass Players | 1:57 | |
| 10 | Gabriel | 5:37 | |
| 11 | Tend Animals | 10:39 |
In the file you will see 6 tracks but the 7th track is located in the 6th track.
| 1 | Pool Shark | |
| 2 | Hey Guy | |
| 3 | New Moon | |
| 4 | The Cause | |
| 5 | Bag Lady | |
| 6 | Lost Myself | |
| 7 | Tag... |
by Ned Raggett
After some fine single and compilation cuts, including the ridiculously great "Still California," which appears here, Furry Things achieved both a full band lineup and a fantastic overall debut with Big Saturday Illusion. Like many American indie groups of the '90s, the quartet's debt to fuzz pedal abusers such as My Bloody Valentine and the Flaming Lips was plenty clear throughout the album. Happily the group avoided sounding like just another knockoff, with a good balance of garage-level crash and bash and fried psychedelic feedback topped off with sometimes wispy, sometimes softly drawling vocals. Big Saturday hints at big ambitions without sounding full of itself, even on the biggest track of all, the heavy Krautrock megajam "Nothing From Zero." Opening cut "Introism" is also notable, oddly enough, for its ending: soft piano parts regularly interrupted by the dying remnants of feedback from the main song. Elsewhere there's instances of completely going over the edge; one cut, with its near painful metallic, shimmering loop of feedback, sounds like a fine early Electric Company outtake (making Brad Laner's future work with the group all the more understandable). Guitarist Ken Gibson and bassist Cathy Shive either trade off or share vocals, and while comparisons to Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher are understandable, generally speaking the two have a clearer diction while still getting lost in the epic wooziness, as on the appropriately titled "Take You Away." Drummer Charlie Woodburn, meanwhile, makes for a good addition; if not a great drummer per se, he's a good one, adding due punch to tracks like "Porno Queen's Love Dive." Even when the band tones things down a bit, there's a little something around to spike the punch -- thus the dreamy, steady groove of "Cats," with tape suddenly stopped and reversed, not to mention the murky, sudden downward plunge in its final seconds.
| 1 | Introism | |
| 2 | Still California | |
| 3 | Cats | |
| 4 | Attic | |
| 5 | Lawnmower Sounds | |
| 6 | Colortime | |
| 7 | Porno Queen's Love Dive | |
| 8 | Take You Away | |
| 9 | Piled High | |
| 10 | Angel Warm And Cold | |
| 11 | Nothing From Zero |
Noise rock
| 1 | The Blacking Factory | 3:12 | |
| 2 | Clay Devils | 4:01 | |
| 3 | No Mouth To Scream | 5:26 | |
| 4 | The Conqueror Worm | 4:35 | |
| 5 | Snakes And Ladders | 6:13 | |
| 6 | Drowntide | 5:01 | |
| 7 | Obelisk | 2:36 | |
| 8 | Sleepwalking | 5:38 | |
| 9 | My Valentine | 2:44 | |
| 10 | Mother Magdalene | 4:26 |
American noise-rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Reminds me of Deadguy.
| 1 | Victory At Sea | 2:14 | |
| 2 | Tony Alamo | 4:37 | |
| 3 | Vitamin | 3:27 | |
| 4 | Pig's Ass | 1:18 | |
| 5 | Jupiter | 4:20 | |
| 6 | Carrion | 3:52 | |
| 7 | Jack Passion | 6:18 | |
| 8 | Cordite | 1:40 | |
| 9 | 187 | 4:57 | |
| 10 | +2 Charisma | 1:02 | |
| 11 | 2 Lane Blacktop | 3:35 | |
| 12 | Slick Black/Arrasa Con Todo | 5:16 |
by request
Split LP on Probe / Misanthropic record labels
Hardcore / noise rock
| A1 | Grinch– | Caterwaul Harmonies |
| A2 | Grinch– | Circle Nine |
| A3 | Grinch– | Trash Can Shaman |
| A4 | Grinch– | Last Call |
| A5 | Grinch– | Sideshow Attraction |
| A6 | Grinch– | Rot Gut |
| B1 | Lost Goat– | Rising |
| B2 | Lost Goat– | Fool Proof |
| B3 | Lost Goat– | The Dirty Ones |
| B4 | Lost Goat– | The Offering |
Emo-hardcore band from Sacramento, California, US.
| A1 | Leave With Dignity | |
| A2 | Shouldering Reflex | |
| A3 | A Thousand Spotlights | |
| A4 | Sandpaper My Eyes | |
| A5 | The Inherent Purity Of Rain In May | |
| B1 | This Is Not An Entrance | |
| B2 | Salvage Mission | |
| B3 | The Sky Is Blue | |
| B4 | Life Instantaneous | |
| B5 | Through The Blinds | |
| B6 | Out Like Irsay |
Out Of Order was born in 1989 in the South Bay of Los Angeles. Beaver
McCoy was a young lad, engrossed in the Mod and Ska scene at the time,
where he and his crew stopped at a gas station to fill up their Vespa
scooters when the gas pump Beaver was going to use had a sign on it: OUT
OF ORDER.
The band was created. Over the years, guys came and went but
traditional ska was the music that was heard coming out of the garage.
Alas the final incarnation of Out Of Order included some guys from the
local high school (Mira Costa) who were mostly South Bay punk junkies.
Enter the punk influence on Out Of Order.
Over the course of the bands lifetime, Out Of Order managed to get
out of the small bubble that was the South Bay of L.A. and play numerous
shows on the road often heading up the coast to Stockton and San
Francisco where a fanbase rapidly grew. Playing in Northern California
gave the band some excellent experiences as well as great friends and
contacts in the scene. Playing with Skankin Pickle and the Rudiments up
in the Bay Area led to friendships, loyalties... and in the case of
Skankin Pickles Mike Park, a spot on one of his record labels
compilation albums - Misfits of Ska which brought the bands music to
many more ears.
| 1 | Hernia Out Of Order | 3:01 | |
| 2 | Political Soup | 3:11 | |
| 3 | Doris | 2:08 | |
| 4 | El Tarasco | 2:39 | |
| 5 | Ghetto Queen | 3:30 | |
| 6 | Never | 1:50 | |
| 7 | Chia Pet | 1:54 | |
| 8 | Equal Unity | 3:08 | |
| 9 | Hoy Hoy | 2:21 | |
| 10 | HBPD | 2:26 | |
| 11 | Slow Dance | 3:51 | |
| 12 | Mashed Potatoes | 2:31 | |
| 13 | Pung-Lai | 3:13 | |
| 14 | Isabell | 3:20 | |
| 15 | Jungle Jam | 1:34 |
| 1 | The Changelings– | Riverman | 4:32 |
| 2 | The High Llamas– | Chime Of A City Clock | 5:16 |
| 3 | Loop (3)– | Pink Moon | 2:20 |
| 4 | No Man*– | Road | 3:20 |
| 5 | The Walkabouts– | Cello Song | 4:19 |
| 6 | Shelleyan Orphan– | Joey | 3:43 |
| 7 | Scott Appel– | From The Morning | 4:03 |
| 8 | The Times– | Fruit Tree | 4:48 |
| 9 | Martyn Bates– | Know | 2:07 |
| 10 | The Swinging Swine– | Voice From The Mountain | 5:46 |
| 11 | Nikki Sudden & The French Revolution (2)– | Time Has Told Me | 5:47 |
| 12 | Tracy Santa– | Fly | 4:07 |
| 13 | Clive Gregson– | Northern Sky | 4:14 |
| 14 | Scott Appel– | Hazy Jane | 5:39 |
| 15 | R. Stevie Moore– | River Man | 4:30 |
Heavily early Neurosis-influenced, early 1990s era, sludge/ crust from the Oakland/ Bay Area CA, featuring members of Christ On Parade, Crimpshrine, Fang, Strychnine, Hammers Of Misfortune, High Tone Son Of A Bitch. Reference 924 Gilman St scene.
| 1 | The New Messiah | |
| 2 | Five More Days | |
| 3 | Rise To Fall | |
| 4 | Friday's God | |
| 5 | Vanishing Point | |
| 6 | Without A Prayer | |
| 7 | Mister Claymore | |
| 8 | Covenant | |
| 9 | Hall Of Shades | |
| 10 | Lesion |
| 1 | She Could Fly | |
| 2 | Watching You | |
| 3 | I Love Her Anyway | |
| 4 | He Say Yeah | |
| 5 | Wasting Time | |
| 6 | When She Woke | |
| 7 | Best Friend | |
| 8 | If You Really Want To Know | |
| 9 | The World That She Sees | |
| 10 | Roadworks | |
| 11 | Without You | |
| 12 | Strange |
| American emo / post-hardcore band from Washington D.C. | |||
| A | Matchbox Martyr | 4:15 | |
| B | Brown Recluse | 5:43 |
