FLAT DUO JETS Flat Duo Jets 1989

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Flat Duo Jets Biography

by Jason Ankeny

Retro-rockabilly maniacs Flat Duo Jets paired singer/guitarist Dexter Romweber and drummer Chris "Crow" Smith; though based throughout much of their career in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the duo first gained widespread exposure appearing live in the 1986 music documentary Athens, GA: Inside/Out. Despite critical acclaim, they did not issue their self-titled debut LP until 1990, resurfacing a year later with Go Go Harlem Baby. Indie label stalwarts throughout the course of records including 1992's In Stereo, 1993's White Trees, and 1996's Red Tango, Flat Duo Jets finally signed to major label Outpost to release Lucky Eye in 1998; however, the group disbanded the following year. Two Headed Cow, a live soundtrack to the Dexter Romweber/Flat Duo Jets documentary of the same name, was released in 2008, nearly ten years after the band broke up.

Tracklist

1. My Life, My Love
2. Please, Please Baby
3. When My Baby Passes By
4. Madagascar
5. Mill Stream
6. Baby
7. Chiquita
8. Sing, Sing, Sing
9. Wild, Wild Lover
10. Tribute To Gene
11. Pink Gardenia
12. Man With The Golden Arm
13. Dreams Don't Cost A Thing
14. Strut My Stuff

CHAPTERHOUSE EPs

She's a Vision EP 1993
1. She's a Vision
2. Don't Look Now
3. Don't Look Now (Drum Club Sitar Trance Mix)
4. For What It's Worth (Demo)

Mesmerise EP 1991 1. Mesmerise
2. Precious One
3. Summer Chill
4. Then We'll Rise

We Are The Beautiful EP 1993

1. We Are The Beautiful
2. We Are The Beautiful (Spooky's Extravaganja Dub Mix)
3. Frost
4. Age

CHAPTERHOUSE

Blood Music

1993

Whirlpool

1991

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Blood Music

Tracklist  

1-1	Don't Look Now	5:06
1-2	There's Still Life	5:01
1-3	We Are The Beautiful	4:12
1-4	Summer's Gone	3:48
1-5	Everytime	5:02
1-6	Deli	6:38
1-7	On The Way To Fly	4:26
1-8	She's A Vision	4:09
1-9	Greater Power	5:21
1-10	Confusion Trip	5:22
1-11	Love Forever	5:58
2-1	We Are The Beautiful (Spookys Ugly As Sin Mix)	8:24
2-2	We Are The Beautiful (Spookys Extravaganja Dub Mix)	8:27
2-3	Frost	3:57
2-4	Picnic	15:22

Whirlpool

Tracklist  

1	Breather	4:19
2	Pearl	4:56
3	Autosleeper	4:48
4	Treasure	6:23
5	Falling Down	3:56
6	April	4:41
7	Guilt	4:12
8	If You Want Me	2:40
9	Something More	3:31

AFGHAN WHIGS Congregation 1992

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The Afghan Whigs Biography

by Mark Deming

Beginning as a raw, garage-influenced rock band in the mold of the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney, the Afghan Whigs matured into a literate, moody, soul-inflected post-punk quartet who became one of the most critically acclaimed alternative bands of the 1990s. Singer, songwriter, and group leader Greg Dulli's songs were vivid stories of broken relationships and toxic masculinity accompanied by taut, R&B-influenced guitar rock, especially on 1992's Congregation and 1993's Gentlemen. The band upped the grooves while toning down the darker lyrical themes on 1998's 1965, their last LP before they disbanded in 2001. Dulli reunited the Whigs for live work in 2012, and with a rotating cast of accompanists, he took the group back to the studio for new projects, including the dark, densely arranged Do to the Beast (2014) and the more straightforward, guitar-based How Do You Burn? (2022).

Tracklist 

1	Her Against Me	0:47
2	I'm Her Slave	2:59
3	Turn On The Water	4:18
4	Conjure Me	4:03
5	Kiss The Floor	4:00
6	Congregation	4:27
7	This Is My Confession	3:13
8	Dedicate It	3:22
9	The Temple	4:06
10	Let Me Lie To You	4:36
11	Tonight	3:41
12	Miles Iz Ded	5:06

XTC The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead EP 1992

 

 

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CD EP release with songs from Nonsuch including 2 demos.

Formed in Swindon UK from the ashes of the band The Helium Kidz and were active from 1975 to 2006.
They were a musically adventurous group who first made an impact as a post-punk new wave band but refused to be pigeonholed by recording dub, folk-rock, psychedelia and pure pop as the mood took them.
The classic line-up was Andy Partridge (guitar & vocals), Colin Moulding (bass & vocals), Dave Gregory (guitar & keyboards, left in 1999) and Terry Chambers (drums, left in 1982).
Barry Andrews was the original keyboard player but he left in 1979 to be replaced by Dave Gregory. The band ceased performing live in 1982, prompting Terry to leave and, rather than replacing him, they then used various session drummers for their remaining studio albums.
Their live legacy continues through Terry's band EXTC (2).

Tracklist

1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
2. The Smartest Monkeys (LP version)
3. My Bird Performs (Home Demo)
4. Always Winter Never Christmas (Home Demo)

MERCURY REV Everlasting Arm EP 1994

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Mercury Rev - Everlasting Arm EP

1. Everlasting Arm (Mercury Rev) [5:27]

2. Deadman (Alan Vega/traditional arrangement by Donahue, Mackowiak) [34:36]

Here's a blurb from the inner sleeve: So it came to pass that Mercury Rev, already working on a track for an upcoming Suicide (former band of Alan Vega's in the 80's) tribute album, suggested a collaboration. Vega offered a reading of "Deadman", a piece he'd written for a book of prose and verse that he was about to publish under Henry Rollins' 2.13.61 imprint. Mercury Rev took "Deadman" home and scored it with a traditional tune borrowed, they claim, from an old Bessie Smith record.

IDAHO The Palms E.P. 1993

 
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Idaho is a rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, founded as a duo by high school friends Jeff Martin and John K. Berry. They were signed to Caroline Records in December 1992 by Brian Long, then released the The Palms EP and Year After Year full-length in 1993. Idaho drew frequent comparisons to American Music Club and Red House Painters due to vocal, lyrical, and instrumental similarities. Idaho toured the U.S. with similar-minded artists like Red House Painters, Half String, Low, and Cranes in 1993-1995.
Martin has recently done music for U.S. television shows.

Tracklist 

1	Creep	4:39
2	Fall Around	3:49
3	Gone	5:30
4	You Are There	4:57

MEDICINE Time Baby 3 EP 1994

1. Time Baby 3 (remix and guitar by Robin Guthrie, additional vocals by Liz Fraser)
2. She Knows Everything (remixed by Billy Corgan, drums by Jimmy Chamberlain)
3. Lime 6 (Live, New Orleans, 2/29/94, joined by Bernard Yin and Dean Opseth)

EXCELLENT 26 ESTRUS SPICEY SIZZLERS SAMPLER Various Artists 1999

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1	–The Coyote Men	All Action Man	2:14
2	–The Crown Royals*	All Night Burner	3:48
3	–The Drags	Explosives	1:32
4	–The Fells	You're Making Me Sick	3:16
5	–Gasoline (4)	Turbo Wave	2:28
6	–The Gimmicks (3)	Cigarette
7	–Girl Trouble	The Track	3:08
8	–Impala	Cozy Corner	2:06
9	–The Insomniacs	Don't Turn Away	2:42
10	–Lord High Fixers	It's Your Curse	3:13
11	–Madame X (3)	Love For Free	3:15
12	–The Makers	(Are You On The Inside Or The Outside Of Your) Pants	3:02
13	–Man Or Astroman?*	Escape Velocity	2:22
14	–Mono Men*	Hate Your Way	2:59
15	–The Mortals	Turn Away	3:20
16	–The Quadrajets*	Too Much Evil	1:43
17	–The Nomads (2)	Pack Of Lies	3:45
18	–The 1-4-5's*	To Japan From Texas	1:28
19	–Satan's Pilgrims	Ghoulash	5:02
20	–The Splash 4*	Know It All Doll	2:01
21	–Sugar Shack (2)	Five Weeks Ahead Of My Time	1:35
22	–The Switch Trout	Psychodestruct	3:35
23	–Thundercrack	99	2:48
24	–Untamed Youth	Fire Breathing '32	2:02
25	–The Volcanos	Deora	2:05
26	–The Von Zippers	Kill That Guy	2:13

AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB Hello Amsterdam 1995

1995 Promo Only CD

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Hello Amsterdam

1. Hello Amsterdam*+

2. I Just Took My Two Sleeping Pills and Now I'm Like a Bridegroom Standing at the Altar++

3. The President's Test for Physical Fitness

4. On a Clear Day

5. The Thorn In My Side Is Gone*+

6. Elbow Deep

*From the Reprise album San Francisco

+Available only on vinyl

DIVINYLS EPs and CD Singles

Live Promo EP (available as promo only) 1991
1. Bless My Soul (It's Rock-N-Roll) (LP)*
2. Bless My Soul (It's Rock-N-Roll) (Live)+
3. Bullet (Live)+
4. Make Out Alright (Live)+
5. Pleasure and Pain (Live)+
*From the self titled Divinyls CD
+ Mobil Recording by Westwood One

I'm Jealous CD 1995
1. I'm Jealous
2. Black Magic
3. Black Magic (instrumental)

Love is the Drug CD 1993
1. Love is the Drug (Bryan Ferry/Andrew Mackay)
2. Love School (instrumental)

Human on the Inside CD 1996
1. Human on the Inside
2. Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart
3. Human on the Inside (lonely mix)

Heart of Steel EP 1995 CD
1. Radio Edit
2. Album Version
3. Instrumental

Wild Thing CD 1993
From the soundtrack to the movie Reckless Kelly.
1. Wild Thing
2. Wild Thing (extended version)
3. Wild Thing (instrumental)

Hard On Me CD single 1996
1. Hard on Me (edit)
2. Hard On Me (danger mix)
3. Hard on Me (instrumental)

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Native Place 1990

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Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Consisting of vocalist Gary Newby, Brian Bateman, Guy Keegan, and Stephen Hull, the Railway Children gained a small cult following in their native England in the late '80s. When the members were still teenagers, the group began releasing singles on Factory Records. Recalling the intricate guitar pop of the Smiths, their singles evoked the ringing hooks of '60s British pop and the post-punk pop attitude of the '80s. The band released their debut album, Reunion Wilderness, in 1987; the album led to a contract with Virgin Records. Railway Children's second album, Recurrence (1988), smoothed out the rougher edges of their early independent records, leading to several minor hit singles. Released in 1990, Native Place captured the band in a transitional phase, as they were incorporating dance elements into their sound. In 1992, while working on their fourth album, Dream Arcade, EMI took over their label, Virgin Records. The band left the label and by 1994, Bateman and Hull quit, leaving the band in limbo. Newby continued on, finally completing Dream Arcade in the spring of 1999 with a new lineup.

 Tracklist 

1	Every Beat Of The Heart	4:08
2	Music Stop	4:00
3	You're Young	4:32
4	Because	4:45
5	Cotton Counting	1:59
6	It's Heaven	3:34
7	Something So Good	4:14
8	Collide	4:16
9	Native Place	3:53
10	Fall On	1:27
11	Harbour Force	3:58
12	Blue Sky	4:06

 

THE DAMBUILDERS Encendedor 1994

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 Tracklist 

1	Copsucker
2	Smell
3	Kill Haole Day
4	Slo-Mo Kikaida
5	Idaho
6	Colin's Heroes
7	Collective
8	Shrine
9	Delaware
10	Fur

NORTHSIDE Chicken Rhythms 1991

Northside are a band from Moston, Manchester, England, that borrowed heavily from the Madchester scene of the time. Formed in 1989, they released their only album Chicken Rhythms on Factory Records in 1991. The band became known for their live shows as part of what was the 1990 indie-rave scene. Their style was more to do with The Charlatans, as opposed The Stone Roses.