#220 - The Promise Ring - Red & Blue Jeans
as far as i’m aware i’ve gone 145 tracks without posting any classic 90s emo yet. the remaining 220 will definitely resolve this.
#236 - The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
Yet another ridiculous gap of knowledge for me, but this + a few singles are really great. I look forward to one day delving into their work properly and finding out this was totally the wrong choice. Nice enough though.
#261 - V-3 - Girl In A Room
I think there’s probably a lot to be said against the modern age of music fan, filling up hard drives full of information far more than actual music, but for every mediafire link i’ve clicked and never given my full attention to, there’s the work of Vertical Slit and Jim Shepard, who is pretty much a legend, huh? And i’m certain i’d never have heard this stuff, or anything like this stuff, were it not for incredible blogs like Decrepit Tapes. Thanks, internet.
“Some people think Jim Shepard was God and that Mike Rep is a wizard, and for all I know, it’s probably true.” - Matt Horseshit
#293 - Alastair Galbraith - Getting Older
Suitably fuzzy take on The Clean classic, featured on a compilation alongside Guided By Voices and Pavement.
#294 - Jonathan Fire*Eater - Station Coffee
worthy of more than a footnote on walkmen biographies
#307 - Modest Mouse - Styrofoam Boots/It’s All Nice On Ice, Alright
A confession: I’ve never really delved into pre-Moon & Antarctica era Modest Mouse, and i’m sure a lot of people will argue that Long Drive & Lonesome Crowded West are their two best records. But this is something that makes little sense in any logical way, but do you ever love a record so completely inside-out that listening to a band’s other records just somehow doesnt even appeal? Well, that. And Moon & Antarctica is a record i’ve probably not listened to for years but will always appreciate as a legit classic of contemporary indie-rock, and sneer away, but such things definitely exist.
Anyway, this is one of the few tracks I really do know from their 90s output, I think there are certain times when you can tell that it’s Calvin Johnson assisting with the production.
Indie music, huh?
#322 - Storm & Stress - Orange Cone Made No Noise
more from ian williams/albini/touch & go/yadda yadda yadda.
