ZOINKS!

Stranger Anxiety

1996

Well and Good

1997

by request

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AllMusic Review by Tom Schulte

Since the fusion of a power trio with enthusiastic, positive and energetic rock dreams the eternal existence of kinetic power pop was insured. With so simple of a formula and a lack of daring songwriting or impressive chops, is it possible to pull a good slab out of this soup? Certainly, it is all about arrangement. If every band member plays all the time, there is no arrangement and the recording is fit to be discarded. In other situations, there is hope. Zoinks has a lot of hope and as much heart. A perky, warm bassline trades with a strident, distorted guitar. The drums initiate the changes in temp and keep the pace at a lively clip. The vocals are bright and vigorous. Often, a few members of this mix bow out and let the rest take the spotlight. That keeps things interesting and before you know it, the CD is over and the smile remains.

Stranger Anxiety

Tracklist  

1	Dirty Underwear	2:11
2	Page Five (Blue Violet)	1:30
3	Roid Rage Talkshow	2:20
4	Ten Cent Stamps	2:22
5	Stumble	3:15
6	Bridge Over Brautigan	1:38
7	Pedestal	1:57
8	Hooray!	1:34
9	Not As If	2:29
10	Rope Tied	2:11
11	Last Song For Barbie	2:58
12	Sapsucker Sluggo	4:18
13	Brawler	3:27
14	Garbage	3:00
15	Carcinogen (Not About Smoking)	5:23
16	Yearbook	2:29
17	Locked In	2:27
18	False Face	2:31
19.1	New Shoes	21:00
19.2	False Face
19.3	New Shoes
19.4	Polyester Butterfly
19.5	Untitled

 Well and Good

Tracklist

1	Wooden Nickel
2	Through The Turnstile
3	Static
4	Well And Good
5	The Camper
6	Brazilian Crystals
7	Spotlight
8	Neighbors
9	Problem
10	Wage Slavery
11	Panorama
12	The Dragon Song
13	Untitled

TELSTAR PONIES In the Space of a Few Minutes 1995

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Artist Biography by Michael Sutton

After David Keenan (guitar, vocals) departed from 18 Wheeler in 1994, he formed the Telstar Ponies in Glasgow, Scotland, with singer Rachel Devine, Gavin Laird (guitar, vocals), and former Teenage Fanclub drummer Brendan O'Hare. In 1995, the Telstar Ponies released their first album, In the Space of a Few Minutes. The Telstar Ponies were originally viewed by some critics as a weak knock-off of Teenage Fanclub. However, by their second LP, 1996's Voices From the New Music, the band had become more experimental, not bound by any genre boundaries. The group's intense live performances, often involving improvisation, helped inspire post-rock acts such as Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor!. But when O'Hare and Laird left the band in 1997, they stopped recording; instead, they unleashed side projects like Phantom Engineer, lonecop, Macrocosmica, Fiend, and Rainspies. The group reunited in 1999 and added bassist Raymond Prior to their lineup.

Tracklist  

1	The Moon Is Not A Puzzle	5:10
2	Lugengeschichte	4:10
3	Not Even Starcrossed	5:01
4	Maya	3:49
5	Two's Insane	4:52
6	Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight	3:25
7	Monster	4:51
8	Side Netting	4:39
9	Her Name	4:21
10	Innerhalb Weniger Minuten	3:17
11	I Still Believe In Christmas Trees	2:57

18 WHEELER Formanka 1995

by request

 

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Artist Biography by Michael Sutton

Scotland's 18 Wheeler was an overlooked and often critically bashed alternative pop/rock band. Formed by Sean Jackson (vocals, guitar), David Keenan (guitar, vocals), Alan Hake (bass), and Neil Halliday (drums) in the early '90s, 18 Wheeler shared their compatriots Teenage Fanclub's affection for Big Star's immaculate guitar pop, as well as the country-rock of Gram Parsons and the golden harmonies of the Beach Boys. However, 18 Wheeler's influences were obvious and the U.K. press dismissed them as pale imitators. In 1994, Keenan split from 18 Wheeler after recording a handful of singles and started his own group, the Telstar Ponies; he was replaced by guitarist Steven Haddow. 18 Wheeler also released their first album, Twin Action, on Creation Records that year. Twin Action was followed by Formanka a year later. Creation dropped the band after 1997's Year Zero, which found the group experimenting with dance rhythms to modernize their sound.

 Tracklist

1.1	Boddha	3:06
1.2	Drought	2:18
1.3	Steel Guitars	2:49
1.4	Cartoon	3:04
1.5	The Bottle	3:26
1.6	Formanka	1:35
1.7	Winter Grrrl	2:55
1.8	Pretty Ugly	2:26
1.9	The Track	3:34
1.10	John The Revelator	2:16
2.1	The Revealer	2:27
2.2	Hotel 167	2:58
2.3	Kum Back	2:18
2.4	I Won't Let You Down (Country Version)	2:24

BILL FOX Transit Byzantium 1998

by request

 

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Tracklist   

1	From A Dark Night	3:09
2	Down To Babylon	2:47
3	I'll Give It Away	3:25
4	Thinking Of You	2:16
5	Lay You Down	2:47
6	Song Of A Drunken Nightingale	3:44
7	Quartermaster's Wintertime	2:22
8	Sycamore	1:03
9	Mary Of The Wild Moor	3:28
10	All Dried Up	2:50
11	Dixie Darling	2:14
12	My Baby Crying	3:27
13	Burning Down A Snowflake	1:20
14	Bonded To You	2:44
15	Saga Of Bus Station Joe & Rag Luck Addie	2:18
16	Portland Town	3:34
17	For Anyone That You Love	5:02
18	When I Blow	2:55

TERIYAKI ASTHMA Volumes VI-X 1999

by request

 

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Tracklist

1	–Crackerbash	Head Lika Weedeater	2:44
2	–Dose (3)	Eyesore	3:22
3	–Hammerbox	Promise To never	1:47
4	–Love Battery	Commercial Suicide	3:10
5	–MX-80 Sound	Surfin' Pope-X	2:02
6	–Olive Lawn	You're A Dick & I'm Gonna Kill You	1:21
7	–Pain Teens	Come Up & See Me Sometime	3:07
8	–Poster Children	It's True	2:45
9	–The Semibeings	Disco Of Bums	3:56
10	–Skyward (4)	Masque You Fear	4:30
11	–Stymie (7)	One Proud Stout	2:03
12	–Superchunk	Sister	2:41
13	–Superconductor	There She Goes	2:27
14	–Thinking Fellers Union Local 282	Wally And The Ghost	2:38
15	–The Thrown Ups	Walrus Head	3:42
16	–Trash Can School	Hobgoblins	1:59
17	–Treepeople	Drawing Class	1:35
18	–Tsunami (6)	Punk Means Cuddle	2:27
19	–Unrest (2)	Caitlin Bums	3:09
20	–Ween	Long Legged Sally Was A No Necked Whore	3:45

STRAWBERRY ZOTS Love Operation 1991

cassette version with extra tracks

 indie pop

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Tracklist

1	Everything's Fun
2	So I Did
3	Lonely Enough As It Is
4	Reach Out Of The Darkness
5	The Girl Who Couldn't Decide (Short Version)
6	The Girl Who Couldn't Decide (Long Version)

 

KREAMY 'LECTRIC SANTA Da Bronx Sity Chikn Machine Vol 2 1995

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stoner rock, punk, noise, avant garde

 

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Tracklist

1	Bombastic Intro	0:58
2	Load Pt. 1	0:26
3	Punk Rok Sity Waysted	2:01
4	Messin Wit My Hed	1:07
5	Sugar	1:59
6	Boo Boo Boo Boo Gumbo Gumbo La La La La La #5	1:01
	Triad Of Destiny
7	Whose Got Da Nu America?	5:02
8	Ikonokrap	2:19
9	O	1:03
10	Harry Pussy	1:18
11	Rabit Ass	1:29
12	Jimmys In Love (With The Slut Next Door)	1:24
13	Cavity	0:53
14	Book A Rhymes	2:08
15	Dopey Doggy	4:06
16	Gut Rock:t	0:39
17	Billion $ Punx (77 Disowns You)	0:30
18	Ga	3:00
19	Curtis 1000	3:52
20	More Ingenious Than L. Barlow	1:30
21	Kleer Puddin	2:29
22	Western Mantra	1:30
23	Red Bull	2:19
24	Crass	0:58
25	Mrs's Greens 4th Grade Classes Execution Of Hamlet W/ Random Musique Concrete (Revelation #10)	2:10
26	Francis Ford Bastard In The Year Of The Rat (Dr. Johnny Bravo Jolly D.J.B.J. Suite With Preliminary 4th Grade Execution Of Macbeth	13:00
27	Untitled	2:00
28	Untitled	1:07

RUBY BLUE Down from Above 1990

by request

 

acoustic soft alt rock

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Tracklist

1	Primitive Man
2	The Quiet Mind - For Joe
3	Take Your Money
4	Can It Be
5	Away From Here
6	Pavan
7	Stand Together
8	Betty's Last Letter
9	Bloomsbury Blue
10	Midnight Road
11	Not Alone
12	Song Of The Mermaid
13	Something's Gone Wrong
14	Epitaph

 

ACID TEST Drop 1993

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Artist Biography by John Bush

Blending rock, funk, and techno, Acid Test were signed by Sire in 1993 for their debut album, Drop. Lucy Di Santo is the vocalist and bassist; Steve Fall plays guitar. Keyboardist Atom Percy, drummer Jim Alty, and DJ Mike Harland round out the Canadian band.

Tracklist  

1	Quicksand	0:40
2	Drop	3:37
3	Blown	4:15
4	I've Been	3:58
5.0	Untitled	0:12
5.1	Mr. Skin	4:55
6.0	Untitled	0:53
6.1	Push On	4:18
7	Song (Don't Believe Him)	5:50
8.0	Untitled	0:25
8.1	Shake	4:45
9	Dirty Back Road	3:31
10.0	Untitled	1:08
10.1	Saturate	4:06
11	Touch Me	5:39
12	Trip On This	4:35

SLOAN Twice Removed 1994

by request

 

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Tracklist

1	Penpals	3:08
2	I Hate My Generation	2:26
3	People Of The Sky	3:37
4	Coax Me	3:26
5	Bells On	3:55
6	Loosens	5:26
7	Worried Now	2:40
8	Shame Shame	3:04
9	Deeper Than Beauty	2:40
10	Snowsuit Sound	3:47
11	Before I Do	7:04
12	I Can Feel It	3:28