(DON'T FORGET TO) BREATHE Various Artists 1997

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Compilation on Crank! Records 

 

Tracklist

  1. Fireside - Headacher
  2. Silver Scooter - Pumpkin Eyes
  3. The Promise Ring - Pink Chimneys
  4. Grander - 88 Cubic Meters
  5. Christie Front Drive - Field
  6. Hot Water Music - Elektra
  7. Vitreous Humor - The Whisper Twins
  8. Prozac Memory - Mapmaker
  9. Knapsack - Less Than
10. Roadside Monument - A Spanish Trail
11. Mineral - Rubber Legs
12. Seven Storey Mountain - No Promise
13. Drive Like Jehu - Bullet Train To Vegas
14. Uni-V - Murder Is For Everyone
15. Boys Life - Sight Unseen
16. Ethel Meserve - Calba's Last
17. Uncrush - Nap
18. Unknown Artist - Untitled

GROUND RULE DOUBLE (A COMPILATION) Various Artists 1996

 

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 A post rock, indie, punk, emo, math rock compilation on Divot and Action Boy 300 record labels

 

Tracklist

1. Braid - Grand Theft Autumn
2. Dianogah - What Is Your Landmass?
3. Gainer - Bike Rides At Midnight
4. Poonjab - If You Squeeze It With Your Fingers You Can Make It Blow A Bubble!
5. Hitmen - Thrash
6. Gila Bend - Gainer
7. Bollweevils - Delfosse
8. Scout - Lemming Constant
9. Friction - Hybrid Moments
10. Lustre King - Thighs Are Vices
11. Blue Meanies - Ace of Spades
12. Cinco De Gatos - Ireland
13. The Trigger Quintet - Slept For Seven Days
14. Hubcap - Moss Worth Embossing
15. Shellac - The Copper Song
16. The Promise Ring - 12 Sweaters Red
17. The Fighters - The Evil Man & The Nice Boy
18. Orwell - Bandsaw Architecture
19. 88 Fingers Louie - I Don't Want To Hear It
20. Big'n - Cuss
21. C-Clamp - Cah
22. Mineral - 5, 8, & 10
23. Jerkwater - Instrumental
24. Back of Dave - Glory of
25. Apocalypse Hoboken - Capitals Bark AT THE MOON

NOWCORE! (THE PUNK ROCK EVOLUTION) Various Artists 1999

 

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Tracklist

1	–The Promise Ring	Why Did Ever We Meet	4:06
2	–Hum (2)	Stars	5:08
3	–Seaweed	Start With	4:02
4	–Modest Mouse	Convenient Parking	4:09
5	–Braid	New Nathan Detroits	4:17
6	–At The Drive In*	For Now We Toast	3:02
7	–Mineral	Forlvadell	3:36
8	–Compound Red	Versus The Ocean	3:49
9	–Samiam	She Found You	3:33
10	–Burning Airlines	Wheaton Calling	3:12
11	–Unwound	Unauthorized Autobiography	2:47
12	–The Dismemberment Plan	The Ice Of Boston	4:57
13	–Drive Like Jehu	Caress	3:54
14	–Texas Is The Reason	A Jack With One Eye	4:39
15	–Knapsack	Decorate The Spine	2:40
16	–Jawbox	Savory	4:25

VERMONT 05 / Living Together 1999

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Emo-pop trio Vermont paired singer/guitarist Davey VonBohlen and drummer Dan Didier, who also collaborated in the Promise Ring; tapping Pele guitarist Chris Roseanau to complete the line-up, the group debuted in 1999 with "We Only Have Each Other in the Night," a split single with Ida. The full-length Living Together followed later that same year.

Tracklist

1	Indiana Jones	3:01
2	Lightning Tattoos	2:34
3	Broadway Joe	1:48
4	Where Planes Go Down	4:03
5	Living Together	4:56
6	Bee, Leave Me Be	5:26
7	Tiny White Crosses	3:58
8	Downtown Heart	3:39
9	Old Blue	1:32
10	My Favourite Legend	2:34
11	These Dudes, They Got A Band	6:10

CAP'N JAZZ Shmap'n Shmazz 1995

Title also known as Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey

Short-lived but highly influential, Cap'n Jazz helped transform emo from a deeply underground punk subgenre into a more widely accepted subset of indie rock. Not terribly popular or well-known outside of the Midwest, Cap'n Jazz's main contribution was stylistic -- along with Pinkerton-era Weezer, they helped shift emo's always-elusive musical focus from post-hardcore prog-punk to an arty but more accessible punk-pop. Their discography was as scant as it was rare, but that very obscurity helped build their underground legend through word of mouth, until a double-CD retrospective was finally issued several years after their breakup. By that time, most of the members had moved on to other, better-known emo bands, most notably Joan of Arc and the highly successful Promise Ring, which helped spread Cap'n Jazz's influence far beyond their original audience. The first incarnation of Cap'n Jazz was formed in Chicago circa 1989, when brothers Tim (guitar, vocals) and Mike Kinsella (drums) teamed up with bassist Sam Zurick and guitarist Victor Villareal; all were still in school at the time. The band went through several name changes and added guitarist Davey von Bohlen, but took a few years to get serious about pursuing music. Eventually, they earned a cult following around Chicago and the Midwest, honing a sound that was at once complicated and sloppily enthusiastic. Frontman Tim Kinsella's cryptic wordplay and naïve, amateurish vocals became the group's focal points; although some found those traits polarizing, they gave Cap'n Jazz a distinct personality.

During the early '90s, the band recorded several singles for tiny independent labels, and also contributed tracks to several indie and emo compilations. In 1995, they issued their first and only album, Shmap'n Shmazz, on the tiny, poorly distributed Man With Gun label; the album also had an incredibly lengthy alternate title, which most fans ignored. It quickly became a collector's item. Not long after its release, Cap'n Jazz disbanded to pursue other projects. In 1998, three years after the band's breakup, the Jade Tree label assembled a generous double-disc Cap'n Jazz retrospective titled Analphabetapolothology. It contained the band's complete recorded works -- the entirety of Shmap'n Shmazz, material from their early singles and split releases, compilation tracks, unreleased demos and outtakes, and several songs from their farewell concert in Chicago. Davey von Bohlen maintained the highest profile of any ex-Cap'n Jazzer, moving to Milwaukee and founding the Promise Ring, which became one of the most popular emo bands of the '90s; he also fronted the acoustic-oriented side project Vermont. Tim Kinsella founded Joan of Arc, which fused emo and avant-garde post-rock in adventurous and sometimes difficult ways, and also included Mike Kinsella and Sam Zurick at various times. In between drumming gigs behind his brother, Mike Kinsella went on to front his own emo projects, American Football and, later, the mostly solo Owen. Victor Villareal was the quietest, resurfacing in the mostly instrumental Ghosts and Vodka, which also featured Zurick. Following Joan of Arc's breakup in 2001, Tim Kinsella reunited with all the former members of Cap'n Jazz -- except for von Bohlen, who was still committed elsewhere -- under a new name, Owls; the quartet released an album that year. Kinsella subsequently began a new outfit, Friend/Enemy, which later included Zurick. Another reunion occurred in 2010, complete with concert dates and a reissue of Analphabetapolothology. 

Tracklist  

1	Little League	3:57
2	Oh Messy Life	2:03
3	Puddle Splashers	2:07
4	Flashpoint: Catheter	3:21
5	In The Clear	1:58
6	Yes, I Am Talking To You	2:32
7	Basil's Kite	2:36
8	Bluegrass	1:08
9	Planet Shhh	3:00
10	The Sands Have Turned Purple	2:45
11	Precious	2:39
12	¡Qué Suerté!	3:04

I HATE THE 90s Volume 3 Compilation

 

 

 

1. G. Love and Special Sauce Unified
2. R.L. Burnside It's Bad You Know
3. Five Eight God Damn It Paul
4. Archers of Loaf Web in Front
5. Beekeeper Dead and Drugged
6. Blonde Redhead Sciuri Sciura
7. Chavez The Guard Attacks
8. Yo La Tengo Moby Octopad
9. Lunachicks The Passenger
10. Afghan Whigs Gentleman
11. The Promise Ring Is This Thing On
12. The Muffs I Don't Like You
13. The High Box Set go
14. Fireside Interlace
15. Regulator Watts Mercurochrome
16. Red Red Meat Milk for the Mechanics
17. Railroad Jerk Objectify Me
18. Poster Children He's My Star
19. Mary's Danish Killjoy
20. The Sugarplastic Another Myself