S/D: Mid-to-late-'90s alt-rock-electronic-ish stuff that was probably on a soundtrack somewhere and is now severely out of taste but that I love

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been a long time since i listened, but i seem to recall suzanne vega adding some electronica/noise/beats to her thing for the "99.9F" album.
suspect some of that album would be suitable for this thread ?

mark e, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 10:49 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD5O4gdSPro

I big this record up every five years but nobody cares, so here I go again.

Also the Furslide album is brilliant, Jennifer Turner just vanished into the ether after that, which is a huge shame. I own more than two thirds of the records whose YouTubes are in this thread, predictably.

oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 10:59 (eight years ago) link

OMG OMG OMG i remembered the song that is the absolute pinnacle of this aesthetic and also the worst song posted in this thread so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHKVaASeOg

Tim F, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0O2-xV5XEA

Allen (etaeoe), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link

Another soundtrack touchstone of this sound was the one for Spawn from '97, which had a Judgement Night-style pairing of Rock & Electronic artists.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/spawn-the-album-mw0000030260

Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link

this is also early 2000s but I made the thread and I say it fits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G71-f08GeDk

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link

this just sounds like grizzly bear today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay79zwejwf4

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 6 May 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link

wtf this is what Grizzly Bear sounds like????

sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 7 May 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link

the "built around a peppy piano riff" part, silly

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 7 May 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link

i have listened to v little GB and got rly excited for a minute a :/

sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 7 May 2016 04:06 (eight years ago) link

that song sounds like a more frivolous Saint Etienne

sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 7 May 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link

three guesses what reminded me of this today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT8PLB-zsV0

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pURJDToKA0k

afriendlypioneer, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QORg0kMaqRg

kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 May 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link

Not quite sure if this fits this thread, but I've always liked this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDs-jZBh5s

MarkoP, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4mcHfZOX5k

cannot believe it has taken me this long to get to ARCHIVE.

their second album (now disowned by the band) epitomizes this sub-genre.

mark e, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

there must be something in the air bc i decided to finally try n get into garbage a couple mo. back & was really digging the overarching vibe

weirdly i completely love this aesthetic but the actual execution of it feels extremely spotty to me. IDK if it's just that I wish there was someone to distill the general sensation into something more pop or what but yeah

except for ivy's album which is pretty perfect.

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 7 July 2016 05:06 (seven years ago) link

Of course i was familiar w/ Garbage from high school but i never owned their CDs or anything

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 7 July 2016 05:07 (seven years ago) link

Did we already talk about Curve's "Chinese Burn" and specifically that time Buffy and Faith danced to it at some awesome underground club in a factory (the kind that only exists in video clips, The Matrix and, seemingly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer) in the middle of the day?

Tim F, Thursday, 7 July 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link

they exist for real in Berlin! Maybe all these ppl are secretly going to Berlin real quick to dance?

sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 7 July 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link

six months pass...

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