ALIAS W/ A BULLET Various Artists 1993

 

Discogs

 

Alias record label compilation 

 

Tracklist

1	Small (2)–	True Zero Hook
2	Small (2)–	A Wall To Paint On
3	Archers of Loaf–	Wrong
4	Archers of Loaf–	Plumb Line
5	Picasso Trigger–	Valentine
6	Picasso Trigger–	Colossal Man
7	Gigolo Aunts–	Bloom
8	Gigolo Aunts–	Serious Drugs

9	Matt Keating–	Lonely Blue
10	Matt Keating–	A Little Talk (Live)
11	The Loud Family–	Slit My Wrists (Live)
12	The Loud Family–	You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (Outtake)
13	Hypnolovewheel–	Peace Of Mind
14	Hypnolovewheel–	Bridget Because
15	X-Tal–	Stating The Obvious
16	X-Tal–	I Know That
17	Tommy Keene–	Hey Man!
18	Tommy Keene–	Back To Zero Now
19	Game Theory–	Girl With A Guitar
20	Game Theory–	Linus And Lucy
21	American Music Club–	Dead Part Of You
22	Yo La Tengo–	Upside Down

AUDIO Various Artists 1994

 

Greek various artists CD

Discogs

 

Tracklist 

1	–Laika	Sugar Daddy	5:24
2	–Kastrierte Philosophen	Souldier	4:15
3	–The Dubrovniks*	Holy Town	4:15
4	–The Elastic Purejoy	Soul And Fire	3:53
5	–Sky Cries Mary	Shipwrecked	4:05
6	–Penelope Houston	Snakebite	3:35
7	–Corduroy	Mini	3:57
8	–Safy Boutella	Nomade	5:27
9	–The Bats	Make It Clear	3:14
10	–X-Tall*	Diet Of Worms	4:48
11	–Warrior Soul	Rocket Engines	3:48
12	–Easy (2)	Don't Let The Other Hand Know	3:48
13	–Shiny Gnomes	It's All Here	4:06
14	–Zodiac Mindwarp	Love Come Down	6:48
15	–The Dream Syndicate	Open Hour	8:02
16	–Jeff Buckley	Eternal Life	5:40

 

X-TAL Everything Crash 1992

By request

Review

by Steven McDonald

Rough-edged guitars, electric folk elements, and a cynical vocalist spitting out literate, ironic lyrics that tell stories, air concerns, and come up with surprises in terms of content. It was too musically and lyrically smart-ass to appeal to the mainstream programmers, which is a bummer. The band had an agenda, talent, and brains, and the result is an excellent album that makes the brain dance. Unfortunately, barring an EP in 1993, this was the last hurrah for X-Tal.