ALL KINDSA GIRLS Vol. 2 (2 x 7 inch) 1994

 

Discogs

 

Double 7 inch comp of indie women groups on the Munster Records label based in Spain

 

Tracklist

A1	Lemonbabies–	Feeling Blue
A2	Lemonbabies–	Ugly
B1	Cub–	Your Bed
B2	Cub–	I'm Sticking With You
C1	Mini-Skirt Mob–	Barbarella
C2	Mini-Skirt Mob–	Every Little Thing
D1	Pink Cross*–	Chopper Chix (From Teenage Hell)
D2	Pink Cross*–	Velocababy

THE SOUND GUY IS DEAF AND DRUNK: 16 BANDS RECORDED LIVE AT JOHN HENRY'S Various Artists 1995

 

Discogs

 

Compilation on Soda Girl Records

 

Tracklist

A1	Mecca Normal–	Frozen Rain
A2	Kaia–	No Sides
A3	Sean Croghan–	Simple Song
A4	Oswald Five-O–	Blue T.V.
A5	The Meices–	Lettuce Is Far Out
A6	Strawman–	Sioux City Debutante
A7	The Creamers–	Little Plastic Baby Jesus
A8	The Poster Children*–	Sick Of It All
B1	Cub–	Through My Hoop
B2	The Spinanes–	Sunday
B3	The Crabs–	The Itch
B4	Popdefect–	Secret
B5	Starpower–	I'm Sorry
B6	Flop–	Need Retrograde Orbit / The Great Valediction
B7	Adickdid–	Ask Nicely
B8	Jawbreaker–	Bivouac

NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS SKOOKUM CHIEF: POWERED TEENAGE ZIT ROCK ANGST Various Artists 1995

 

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Compilation by the infamous Canadian, Nardwuar, who has a radio show on CiTR and over the years has interviewed hundreds of musicians and politicians.


Tracklist

CD1	Jaap Blonk–	Deutsche Lyrik	0:45
CD2	Harvey Sid Fisher–	Mommy	2:32
CD3	The Ne'er Do Wells–	Knock You Out	1:04
CD4	Fallouts*–	Oi! Canada	1:16
CD5	Platon Et Les Caves–	Les Mauvais Garçons	1:43
CD6	Subsonics–	I Love You, I'll Kill You	1:11
CD7	The Tonics (2)–	Get It In Your Feet	2:41
CD8	Cub–	She's A Sensation
2:14
CD9	Goblins*–	2 By 4	1:26
CD10	Nardwuar The Human Serviette–	Interview: Timothy Leary Vs. Nardwuar
0:41
CD11	Evaporators*–	Higgle-Ly-Piggle-Ly
2:01
CD12	Leather Uppers*–	Purple Nurple	1:23
CD13	New Bomb Turks*–	Outta My Mind	1:16
CD14	The Smugglers–	Stop! Look! Listen!	1:25
CD15	Delgados*–	Liquidation Girl	2:08
CD16	The Drags–	Six & Change	1:39
CD17	Sit 'N' Spin*–	Goodbye	2:30
CD18	Teengenerate With Joey Kline–	Roadhouse	4:42
CD19	Eric's Trip–	If You Don't Want Me
3:00
CD20	Nardwuar The Human Serviette–	Interview: Nardwuar Vs. Beck
0:28
CD21	Wonderful World Of Joey–	What Sweet Child O' Mine, Is This?	3:49
CD22	Paska–	Intro	0:10
CD23	The Goblins*–	On Air	29:20
CD24	Paska–	1,2,3,4	0:18
CD25	Unknown Artist–	Untitled	3:05

ON GUARD FOR THEE Various Artists 1997

 

 Discogs 

 

Compilation on the Au Go Go record label

Tracklist

1	Von Zippers*–	Mega Volt
2	Stand GT*–	Choke
3	Huevos Rancheros–	Get Outta Dodge
4	Cub–	Get Off The Road
5	Punchbuggy–	Swimming Pool
6	Smugglers*–	Babe
7	McRackins–	Bologna
8	Crash 13–	Maybelline
9	Forbidden Dimension–	Hellfire Club
10	Tonics*–	Astro Turf
11	Bum–	Mrs Rock N Roll
12	Chixdiggit–	Gerry Cheevers
13	Pussy Monster–	Draculas Tea Bag
14	The Stinkies–	Whipped Cream And The Lonely Bull
15	Pluto (9)–	Rock Candy
16	Parkades*–	(You Aint Heard The) 5.6.7.8s
17	Stupes*–	No Go
18	Evaporators*–	Grouse Mountain Scenic Railway

I AM SPOONBENDER Sender/Receiver 1998

 

Discogs

 

The drumming reminds me of Spaceheads.

Artist Biography

by Stanton Swihart

During a period when pop music was overtaken by uninspired, pedestrian rock and MTV-ready teen bands, bland R&B, and ultra-commercial hip-hop, I Am Spoonbender burst out of the indie underground with a sound so futuristic that it made even the most adventurous of contemporaries seem somehow status quo. Drawing on elements as wildly divergent as B-movie kitsch and avant-garde art and film, from new wave and electro-pop to experimental and electronic interests, the band's music was somehow both backward- and forward-looking, oddly grounded in the noir-like mood of old-school weird science but going beyond the paranoid razor's-edge of cyberculture toward destinations unknown. Beyond being simply a pop band, I Am Spoonbender was a distinct concept. The project was about noticing the beauty and details of objects that most people take for granted in everyday life, finding hidden connections, exploring the subjective nature of reality, and extrapolating meaning from synchronistic or seemingly coincidental occurrences. The theory and philosophy behind the band was born out of the band members' experiences with chance, telepathy, altered states, the occult, psychic phenomena surrounding communication devices, and other extrasensory and paranormal ideas, all of which informed and were informed by the music. Although their esoteric blend was decidedly not commercial, in the conventional sense of the word, I Am Spoonbender helped launch pop music past the trappings of 20th century pop music and into the 21st century.

Dustin Donaldson (synths, drums, vocals, production) co-founded avant-metallists Thought Industry in the early '90s and spent two albums playing drums in the band before relocating to San Francisco from his Michigan home. Once there he joined political pop-punkers Pansy Division on tour and an album (widely considered their strongest, most adventurous work). At his suggestion, longtime friend Brian Jackson (bass, synths, ProTools) made the trek to San Francisco from Michigan in 1995, ultimately earning his master's degree in East/West psychology at the city's California Institute of Integral Studies -- at which he studied with visionaries such as Stanislav Grof and Richard Tarnas -- while building a state-of-the-art recording studio, Seismic Séance, with Donaldson. In early 1997, the two started I Am Spoonbender -- a reference to the telekinetic phenomenon, Uri Geller (who would eventually call them his favorite band) -- and began work on their first "transmission," Sender/Receiver. Halfway through the making of the debut album, Robynn "Cup" Iwata (synths, vocals), formerly of Vancouver sugar-pop girl group Cub, joined the band.

Donaldson continued to play with other artists during the extended recording process, joining guitar legend Link Wray as his touring drummer and playing synthesizer on tour and record with Damo Suzuki and Michael Karoli of avant-rock gods Can, while also keeping busy with several visual art, acting, and musical side projects. Iwata, too, kept busy with her art projects (which included the highly collectable Sog Mongeys-sock monkey type dolls), design, and illustration work for innumerable indie labels and artists (including designing, with Donaldson, I Am Spoonbender's logo, album sleeves, clothing, merchandise, and website), and hosting one of Canada's largest new music radio programs. Jackson continued working toward his doctorate at CIIS.

Sender/Receiver was finally released in 1999 on Gold Standard Laboratories and earned widespread acclaim from all sectors of the critical community for its bold, cinematic vision, landing on numerous year-end Top Ten lists and polls. Originally only a studio concept, the trio decided to add a fourth member and make I Am Spoonbender a full-blown live band. Marc Kate (synths, turntables) joined in March of 1998, one month before the first live performance. Prior to his entrance into the fold, he studied with cultural studies pioneer Dick Hebdige, radical performance artist Tony Labat, B-movie master George Kuchar, and minimalist film luminary Ernie Gehr. The band quickly developed a unique live show full of deconstructed electronic pop, syncopated new wave rhythms, and plastic op-art style, and they applied to their music such film techniques as jump cuts and dream sequences with numerous other experimental impulses. Over the course of the next couple years, I Am Spoonbender shared the stage with a litany of their most interesting contemporaries, including such lauded acts as Mogwai, Cibo Matto, Royal Trux, Wire, Money Mark, Einsturzende Neubauten, Macha, Lesser, Mike Patton, Secret Chiefs 3, and Man or Astro-Man?.

The band's second recording, the EP Teletwin, was released at the end of 1999 by Little Army Records as a limited "three-sided" 12" featuring two concurrent grooves on the second side, allowing chance the opportunity to dictate the group of songs heard. Early 2000 saw a bevy of new releases from the band, including an Australian single, a Japanese single, the European release of Sender/Receiver, and the CD reissue of Teletwin, as well as numerous compilation tracks and a remix project for, among others, the Locust. Seismac Séance studio, too, kept Donaldson and Jackson busy mixing and mastering projects for artists as diverse as Neurosis, Bobby Conn, Kit Clayton, Stillupsteypa, the Need, Fennesz, Deerhoof, and Quintron. That May, Jackson left the band and went on to form Memory Systems. Two years later, the band continued; I Am Spoonbender Sender-Receiver and the Shown Actual Size [EP] appeared in mid-2002. 

 
Tracklist

1		Reality Dealer	3:49
2		Hair Is Real	1:12
3		Ears Are Merely Human	2:18
4		Replaced By Toys	3:57
5		Stopwatch Static	4:14
6		Slow Metal Fires	3:34
7		What Does The Water Think?	3:39
8		The Teeth's Loan & Trust Co.	6:34
9		Spirit Photography	4:09
10		Waking Dream Seance	5:10
11		Parenthetical (Title)	0:04
12		Mr. Knife, Miss Fork	9:12

JULEP Another Yoyo Studio Compilation 1993

 

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Tracklist 

1	–Kreviss	Cake Walk	1:02
2	–Heavens To Betsy (2)	She's The One	1:39
3	–Cub	Hello Kitty	1:29
4	–Bratmobile	Bitch Theme	1:37
5	–Kicking Giant	Lucky	2:13
6	–Slowpoke	Half-Life	3:40
7	–Crayon	Penny Lock	2:35
8	–Young Ginns	Backline	3:16
9	–Karp	Leather Face	3:37
10	–Tattle Tale	Fly Away	4:45
11	–Nikki* & Rachel*	No More	2:15
12	–Slant 6	Alien Movie Star	1:01
13	–Long Hind Legs	Dusk	2:25
14	–Rockin' Rod And The Strychnines*	Beer Is The Answer	3:22
15	–Lync	Turtle	4:11
16	–Fruit Bat	13	1:48
17	–Adickdid	Bugs In Nevada	3:58
18	–Chorea (4)	Sick Friend	2:59
19	–Tiger Trap	Baby Blue	8:03

 

THE PILOT 7 inch Various Artists 1995

 

Discogs

Tracklist  

A1	–Cub	Pillow Queen
A2	–Raggedy Ann	Soul Sound
B1	–Tully Craft*	Pink Lemonade
B2	–Weakling (2)	Roy To Me

JOE KING PRESENTS MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE Various Artists 1997

 

Discogs

Tracklist  

1	–The Mr. T Experience	We Are The Future People Of Tomorrow
2	–The Pink Lincolns*	Medley
3	–The Gotohells*	Chevy II Nova
4	–Parasites	Day Dreaming
5	–The Teen Idols*	One Pill
6	–Cletus (2)	Granola Head
7	–Sicko	Escape Velocity
8	–The Groovie Ghoulies*	Dolomite
9	–The Nobodys*	Dumb
10	–The Hi-Fives	Slow Down
11	–The Lillingtons	The Day I Went Away
12	–The Cretins (2)	You Don't Give Me Strawberry Trees
13	–Cub	FB Song
14	–Sinkhole	Gas Chamber
15	–Spirit Varnish	Borough Boy
16	–Lick 57	Del Champion
17	–The Smugglers	Keep On
18	–Squirtgun	I Wanna Be A Cretin
19	–Doc Hopper	Waldorf
20	–The Queers	The Kids Are Alright
21	–The Muffs	No Action
22	–Cletus (2)	Beer
23	–The Queers	This Sandal Shit
24	–Teen Idols	Nightmares
25	–Parasites	Ronnie Is A Psycho
26	–Cub	Through With You
27	–The Groovie Ghoulies*	Wild, Wild Jayne
28	–Sicko	Hipster Boyfriend
29	–The Gotohells*	I've Got A Gun
30	–The Nobodys*	Scarred By Love
31	–Sinkhole	Door
32	–The Mr. T Experience	Whistlebait
33	–Squirtgun	Margie
34	–Lick 57	Trailer Park Fantasy
35	–Spirit Varnish	Big Guy Song
36	–Doc Hopper	Statler
37	–The Cretins (2)	Jenny
38	–The Lillingtons	Lost My Marbles
39	–The Smugglers	Rock With The Smugglers

SING HOLLIES IN REVERSE Various Artists 1995

 

 

Discogs

Tracklist 

1	–The Posies	King Midas In Reverse	5:28
2	–Tommy Keene	Carrie Anne	3:04
3	–The Loud Family	Look Through Any Window	3:03
4	–Steve Wynn	The Air That I Breathe	4:19
5	–Mitch Easter	Pay You Back With Interest	2:45
6	–Cub	You Know He Did	2:00
7	–Kristian Hoffman	I'm Alive	3:04
8	–Flamingoes	Water On The Brain	2:41
9	–E (4)	Jennifer Eccles	3:10
10	–The Jigsaw Seen	On A Carousel	4:03
11	–John Easdale	Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress	3:04
12	–Bill Lloyd (3)	Step Inside	3:13
13	–Losers Lounge*	After The Fox	2:43
14	–Wondermints	You Need Love	2:55
15	–The Sneetches	So Lonely	2:48
16	–Continental Drifters	I Can't Let Go	2:29
17	–Carla Olson	Touch	3:38
18	–Andrew*	Heading For A Fall	3:11
19	–Material Issue	Bus Stop	2:57
20	–Shakin' Apostles	Dear Eloise	2:56
21	–Jon Brion	Sorry Suzanne	7:53