The Ultimate Indie Rock Mix.

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The Judybats

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:20 (twenty years ago) link

Superdrag

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:20 (twenty years ago) link

Taoist Cowboys

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:20 (twenty years ago) link

My own would feature:

The Wedding Present "Kennedy"
Pavement "Unfair"
Unrest "Six Layer Cake"
Yo La Tengo "Stockholm Syndrome"
Built to Spill "I Would Hurt a Fly"
Versus "Eskimo"
Neutral Milk Hotel "Holland, 1945"
Go-Betweens "Locust Girls"

Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

except the GBV, which I don't know, Mark's picks (esp. the live "Virginia") are all ace. obviously I'm going to say Lifter Puller--either "To Live and Die in L.B.I." to open it (or jumpstart it again halfway thru) or "Nassau Coliseum" near or at end.

M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link

Anybody have an opinion on *This*?

Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

Lonely Moans - "Moans Theme"
Unsane - "Broke"
Phantom Tollbooth - "Landing is Great"
Bongwater - "I Want to Talk About it Now"
Melody Dog - "Tomorrow's World"
Todd Newman and the Leatherwoods - "Downside of an Eightball"
Mecca Normal - "Armchairs Fit"
Slovenly - "Obviousness"
Nice Strong Arm - "Framingham"
Wingtip Sloat - "Turbine Mother"
Eggs - "Ocelot"
Walkabouts - "Linda Evans"
The Shams - "Only A Dream"
The Renderers - "A Million Lights"
Autoclave - "Summer"
Railroad Jerk - "The Ballad of Jim White"
The Nights and Days - "Garbage Can"
Girl Trouble - "Out of Our Tree"
Gibson Bros. - "Dedicated Fool"
King Kong - "Old Man on the Bridge"
Urge Overkill - "Bionic Revolution"
Jean Paul Sartre Experience - "Crush"
The Orchids - "Thaumaturgy"
Franklin Bruno - "Keeping the Weekend Free"
Shrimp Boat - "Free Love Overdrive"
Fish & Roses - "Nothing Thing"
Sylvia Juncosa - "Lick My Pussy, Eddie Van Halen"
Finger - "Ship Full of Holes"
Azalia Snail - "St. Nowhere"
Jasmine Minks - "Another Age"
The Fibbonaccis - "Somnambulist"
Mad Scene - "Falling Over, Spilling Over"
The Individuals - "My Three Sons (Revolve Around the Earth)"
Game Theory - "Erica's Word"
Teenage Fanclub - "Everything Flows"
Brother JT - "This is the Life"
Sebadoh - "Oven is My Friend"

Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:34 (twenty years ago) link

"car" and "to live & die in l.b.i." are essential. i would also add:
"in a jar" - dinosaur jr.
"box elder" - pavement
"teenage riot" - sonic youth
"halah" - mazzy star
"god knows it's true" - teenage fanclub
"brand new love" - sebadoh
"tugboat" or "4th of july" - galaxie 500
"be like that" - tsunami
"insecure" - mambo taxi
"cherry red compilation" - rock-a-teens
"your new friend" - smog
aack. drowning in waves of teenage nostalgia... must... stop...

lauren (laurenp), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:58 (twenty years ago) link

Ruby Falls - "Let Me Go"

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

Polvo - "Fast Canoe"
Shellac - "Wingwalker"
Built to Spill - "Twin Falls"

Philippe, Friday, 1 August 2003 18:28 (twenty years ago) link

Number One Cup - "Just Let Go"

Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

Peglegasus, "Superdiver"
Creeper Lagoon, "Dreaming Again"
The Apples in Stereo, "Silver Chain"

M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

Jawbreaker - Boxcar
Fugazi - Blueprint
Unwound - Dragnalus

Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:39 (twenty years ago) link

Lightning Bolt - 13 Monsters
6 Finger Satellite - Coke & Mirrors
Boredoms - Voredoms

Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

yes to King Kong, but I'd pick "Dirty City, Rainy Day"

M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

The Moles- Whats The New Mary Jane
Nothing Painted Blue- Swivelchair
Einstein's Day- Mission Of Burma
The Bats- Block of Wood
Smog- I am Star Wars
Camper Van Beetoven- Take The Skinheads Bowling

brg30 (brg30), Friday, 1 August 2003 20:38 (twenty years ago) link

Ironic hipsters with broken ears!
Where are the Pixies?

Shaun (shaun), Monday, 4 August 2003 02:00 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...
y'all are missin' some good uns here
moving targets - less than gravity
die kruezen - among the ruins
meat puppets - teenagers
saccharine trust - yahw on acid

kechy, Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link

There's a new Rhino indie box set:
>> Disc One:
01 R.E.M.: "Radio Free Europe"
02 The Jam: "Going Underground"
03 The Cure: "A Forest"
04 Dead Kennedys: "Holiday in Cambodia"
05 Passions: "I'm in Love With a German Film Star"
06 The Replacements: "I Will Dare"
07 Mission Of Burma: "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"
08 X: "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline"
09 The Jesus And Mary Chain: "Just Like Honey"
10 Depeche Mode: "Black Celebration"
11 The Dream Syndicate: "Tell Me When It's Over"
12 The Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Hollywood (Africa)"
13 New Order: "Temptation"
14 Japan: "Ghosts"
15 Magazine: "A Song From Under the Floorboards"
16 Aztec Camera: "Oblivious"
17 Hüsker Dü: "Don't Want To Know if You Are Lonely"
18 Black Flag: "Rise Above"
19 Wall Of Voodoo: "Back in Flesh"
20 The Go-Betweens: "Cattle and Cane"
>> Disc Two:
01 The Pretenders: "Message of Love"
02 Ultravox: "Vienna"
03 Dinosaur Jr.: "Freak Scene"
04 The Smiths: "This Charming Man"
05 Ministry: "Stigmata"
06 Lone Justice: "Ways To Be Wicked"
07 Killing Joke: "Wardance"
08 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: "Enola Gay"
09 The English Beat: "Mirror in the Bathroom"
10 The Raincoats: "Fairytale in the Supermarket"
11 The Smithereens: "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
12 Minutemen: "Political Song for Michael Jackson To Sing"
13 The Dead Milkmen: "Punk Rock Girl"
14 Concrete Blonde: "Still in Hollywood"
15 Joy Division: "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
16 Violent Femmes: "Blister in the Sun"
17 Meat Puppets: "Lake of Fire"
18 The dB's: "Amplifier"
19 Prefab Sprout: "When Love Breaks Down"
20 The Cramps: "Goo Goo Muck"
21 Sisters of Mercy: "This Corrosion"
22 XTC: "Senses Working Overtime"
>> Disc Three:
01 Echo & The Bunnymen: "The Cutter"
02 Bad Brains: "Pay To Cum!"
03 The Sugarcubes: "Birthday"
04 Robyn Hitchcock 'n' the Egyptians: "Madonna of the Wasps"
05 Faith No More: "We Care a Lot"
06 Sonic Youth: "Teenage Riot"
07 Gang Of Four: "To Hell With Poverty"
08 The Feelies: "Fa Cé-La"
09 They Might Be Giants: "Ana Ng"
10 The Chameleons UK: "Swamp Thing"
11 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: "The Mercy Seat"
12 The Rain Parade: "I Look Around"
13 Psychedelic Furs: "All That Money Wants"
14 The Church: "Under the Milky Way"
15 Public Image Ltd.: "Rise"
16 Love And Rockets: "Kundalini Express"
17 Green On Red: "Gravity Talks"
18 Throbbing Gristle: "Adrenalin"
19 The Stone Roses: "She Bangs the Drums"
>>Disc Four:
01 Pixies: "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
02 The The: "Uncertain Smile (original 7" version)"
03 Bauhaus: "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
04 Siouxsie And The Banshees: "Christine"
05 Minor Threat: "Straight Edge"
06 The Lyres (Boston): "I Want To Help You Ann"
07 Beat Happening: "Our Secret"
08 Jane's Addiction: "Jane Says"
09 Julian Cope: "World Shut Your Mouth"
10 Kate Bush: "Running up That Hill"
11 Gun Club: "Sex Beat"
12 Camper Van Beethoven: "Take the Skinheads Bowling"
13 Suicidal Tendencies: "Institutionalized"
14 Cocteau Twins: "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops"
15 Happy Mondays: "24 Hour Party People"
16 Hoodoo Gurus: "I Want You Back"
17 Descendents: "Suburban Home"
18 The Pogues: "A Pair of Brown Eyes"
19 The Three O'Clock: "Jet Fighter"
20 Butthole Surfers: "Moving To Florida"
21 Billy Bragg: "A New England"

AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 5 August 2004 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link

1. "Web in Front"- Archers of Loaf. Quite simply the best indie rock single, in my opinion. Band curiously did not do anything else approaching this. Funny, catchy, short, bouncy, genious.

I must have read this when it was originally posted, fallen out of my chair and hit my head on the floor. That's the only reason I can think of for failing to rip this critique to shreds!

Not only is "Web in Front" one of the least appealing things AoL ever did, but the entire first album is such hogwash compared to the remainder of their catalog.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 5 August 2004 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link

I love "Web in Front" and hate almost everything else by them.
*raspberry*

AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 5 August 2004 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

And a responding *raspberry* to you, kind sir.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 5 August 2004 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link

teehee

AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 5 August 2004 01:33 (nineteen years ago) link

16 Hoodoo Gurus: "I Want You Back"

bit surprised to see this on an indie rock comp

gem (trisk), Thursday, 5 August 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link

"Diary" by Saturday Looks Good To Me is the only indie rock song released in 2004 that I have significantly enjoyed, so I'd include that song, it is nice.

Aaron Spell1ng, Thursday, 5 August 2004 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link


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