various | jabberjaw: good to the last drop

i like indie rock. you like indie rock. we all like indie rock. especially unwound's 'broken e strings'.

released by mammoth in 1994.

1. girls against boys - magattraction
2. unwound - broken e strings
3. hole - rock star (alternate version)
4. hammerhead - cleaning woman
5. beck - in a cold ass fashion
6. teenage fanclub - total weirdness
7. slug - borax
8. chokebore - narrow
9. mule - charger
10. helmet - turned out (live)
11. southern culture on the skids - jabberjammin'
12. karp - rocky mountain rescue
13. jawbox - chump ii
14. surgery - little girl
15. unsane - blew
16. seaweed - my letters
17. inch - buzzers and bells
18. that dog - explain
19. further - rich kids

too much coffee man.

inch | stresser

san diego contemporaries of aminiature and rocket from the crypt, inch attracted marginally less attention, dropping out of view (in the uk at least) after releasing this excellent debut album on seed in 1994. maybe people confused them with the cranberries. people are idiots.

two dollars.

san diego blues

around 1994 i used to contribute to a bristol-based fanzine called cookie dough that had a serious penchant for indie rock. this was the same period that i was a regular reader of those fat american zines like flipside. this was also the time that san diego was tipped to be "the new seattle". and the bands in this post certainly suggest why.

of course nothing came of it, and all but rocket from the crypt sank into relative obscurity. but thankfully they left behind some prime examples of the american indie rock sound.

::: aMiniature - physical climber (from the depthfiveratesix album)
::: inch - linger (from the stresser album)
::: rocket from the crypt - killy kill (from circa: now)
::: rocket from the crypt - born in 69 (from scream, dracula, scream!)
::: rocket from the crypt - on a rope (from scream, dracula, scream!)
::: fluf - little baby (from muscia del diablo: live at the casbah)
::: heavy vegetable - dutch (from muscia del diablo: live at the casbah) (featuring rob crow of pinback of course)