EX-CHITTLE Moving Solves Everything 1997

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One guy from Dis- and one guy from Tar.

 

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1	Full Shutter Speed	3:14
2	Bit Stuffing	2:16
3	L Dot Y	3:17
4	Song From Stowell	3:40
5	Alien Burial Mound	3:51
6	Accordion Keys	1:49
7	Olive	2:39
8	Grow Frog For Brigitte Bardot	3:00
9	John On Wheels	2:08
10	Better Methods Alexander	3:19
11	Come See	2:43
12	To Many Of These	2:42
13	Girl Clown	2:11
14	For Alternative Runaway Types	2:10

 

TAR Clincher 1993

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1	Lady Steps	2:32
2	G7	3:12
3	Dean Martin	3:38
4	Good Part (Wrong Band)	3:11
5	Teetering (Ver.)	3:34
6	Solution 8 (Live)	2:56
7	Deep Throw (Live)	2:28

VARIOUS ARTISTS Socket - A Lombardi Recording Company Compilation 1995

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1 Boris the Sprinkler - It's My Style (1:32) 

2 Tiny - Watch the Kids Survive (3:27) 

3 Loomis - Lunch Truck (3:30) 

4 Sissy - Sparker Buckle (3:54) 

5 Punchdrunk - A Message from the Cockpit (2:38) 

6 Alligator Gun - Shine Out (2:43) 

7 Ezra Pound - My Favoritest Song I Know (1:40) 

8 Ex-Action Figures - Sic-Teen (2:57) 

9 King Friday - Up to Me (2:00) 

10 Dis- - Just My Own Little Special Kind of Ass (5:25) 

11 Fez Petting Zoo - Crackle (3:37) 

12 Travis - Ex-Chittle (2:38) 

13 Danger Prone Daphne - Tried and True (2:13) 

14 Pound - Half Her Life (3:26) 

15 Quencher - Belt (4:05) 

16 Compound Red - Out (3:15) 

DIS Small Fry Sessions 1 & 2 1992

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1	Ed Was Solace	2:10
2	Untitled	0:04
3	Seeds	3:27
4	Come And See Me	2:21
5	Whiteness	4:05
6	A.	1:15
7	Calm	1:55
8	Doomed	5:48
9	Untitled	0:04
10	Explosions	3:00
11	Cage Me Safely	2:41
12	Roman Numeral Two	2:34
13	Fiberglass	3:14
14	Pre-Amp	3:09
15	Double Oc	2:27
16-37	Girlsong	5:02
38	Untitled	0:06

DIS M386.d57 1994

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Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco

Based out of Milwaukee, WI, the three-piece of Dis brought on their front of complex math rock as captured on their 1994 debut full-length M386.D57. Following the release of their second album Small Fry, Sonic Bubblegum and My Pal God Records collaborated for the appropriately titled The Historically Troubled Third Album. Eventually released in 1996, this record was apparently so troubled that Dis fell apart while recording it in the studio. Frontman Chris Fuller moved on to form Sixto with ex-Travis members Chris Manfrin and Craig Hutler.  

Tracklist

1	A Schmekel Anthem	0:53
2	Sleep Mouth	3:43
3	The Nischkes	3:36
4	Her Daughter's Friends	4:53
5	Nicolae	2:34
6	Macedonian Phalanx	2:07
7	Just My Own Little Special Kind Of Ass	5:06
8	Christ But They're Few	2:37
9	Aphasia Nostrum	3:30
10	Helen	4:47
11	In The Basement	3:46
12	In The Kitchen	4:15
13	Schmekel Exeunt	1:04

TAR

Over and Out

1995

Roundhouse

1990

Jackson

1991

Toast

1993

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biography

[+] by Steve Huey

Part of the Chicago underground scene of the late '80s and early '90s, Tar played a fierce blend of abrasive noise rock and post-hardcore punk, drawing from local touchstones like Big Black and Naked Raygun. However, they were also influenced by vintage punk bands like the Sex Pistols, Stooges, and New York Dolls; plus, as they evolved, they were often compared to more metallic noisemakers like Helmet and the Jesus Lizard. Tar's thick, heavy guitar textures and pitch-dark dissonance were an accurate reflection of their moniker, and their disdain for accessibility or major-label exposure was just as accurate a reflection of the scene from which they'd arisen. After several albums for uncompromising indies Touch & Go and Amphetamine Reptile, the band elected to call it quits following what many deemed its best work. The origins of Tar date back to a hardcore punk outfit called Blatant Dissent, which formed in DeKalb, IL, while singer/guitarist John Mohr and drummer Mike Greenlees were attending Northern Illinois University. In 1988, they relocated to Chicago and reinvented themselves as the much more challenging Tar, along with guitarist Mark Zablocki and bassist Tim Mescher. Mohr released their debut 7", "Play to Win" b/w "Mel's," on his own No Blow label, and the group subsequently landed a deal with the Amphetamine Reptile imprint. Tar made their proper debut with the 1989 EP Handsome, half of which was engineered by avowed influence Steve Albini; they followed it with another 7", "Flow Plow" b/w "Hand."

Tar's first-ever full-length appeared in 1990 in the form of Roundhouse, which was produced by Albini and found the band growing more assured in its style. Bassist Mescher left the band in early 1991 and was replaced by Tom Zaluckyj. The "Solution 8" single followed, as did their second album, Jackson, which again boasted assistance from Albini and showed Mohr developing into a stronger vocalist. Tar subsequently departed Amphetamine Reptile in favor of Touch & Go, making their debut with the 1992 single "Teetering"; a split 7" with Dischord emo heroes Jawbox followed hot on its heels. 1993's Clincher EP flirted with the grungy side of electric Neil Young, a trend that continued on the full-length Toast, which appeared later that year.

The band toured the U.S. and Europe in support of Toast, and the latter leg of the tour went poorly. Deciding that they were no longer enjoying themselves as they once had, Tar agreed to go their separate ways after one more album. Over and Out was released in 1995 and was widely acclaimed as the high point of their career, thanks to its greater variety. In the wake of Tar's dissolution, Zaluckyj and Greenlees reteamed in Luckyj, which never released a record. Greenlees also played in Ex-Chittle with former Dis- member Rob Sieracki. Meanwhile, Zaluckyj played with the B-52's' Fred Schneider for a brief period, and also worked as an engineer at Albini's studio.

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