Tag Archives: 1994

This Boston-based college-aged quintet outclassed their postmodern contemporaries having a striking, hook-laden 1991 debut. Their sophomore recording was less amazing. Frontman Josh Clayton-Felt released a solo recording, Inarticulate Character Boy, in 1996; he passed away January 19, 2000 of testicular malignancy at age 32.

Jenny Toomey (Tsunami, Grenadine) and Dan Littleton (Hated, Ida) had played together on / off for seven years before Ivo Watts-Russell (the top of 4AD Information) approached Toomey on the subject of doing a aspect project. She decided and journeyed to Livonia, MI, with Littleton to record on the cellar …

A seminal influence within the avant-garde wing of indie rock and roll, Rodan were habitually likened to fellow Louisville natives and mathematics rock and roll pioneers Slint. And it had been accurate that Slint was a crystal-clear impact within the group’s noisy, angular art-punk — very easily noticed in the …

While groupings like Bikini Eliminate and Bratmobile were leading the riot grrrl charge in the us, over the Atlantic, Huggy Bear were spearheading their very own trend, girl-style. A multi-gender device made up of vocalist Chris, vocalist/bassist Niki, guitarists Jo and Jon, and drummer Karen — furthermore with their refusal …

The Austin, Texas-based garage-punk quintet Lord Great Fixers was the mid-’90s project of longtime indie vet Tim Kerr, an alumnus of rings ranging from the best Boys towards the Monkeywrench (the blues-grunge side project of members of Mudhoney and other Seattle scenesters). Also made up of vocalist Mike Carroll, guitarist …

A remarkable enigma from the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA psychedelic picture, Valente is most famed as the writer of “GATHER.” This definitive ’60s love-and-peace anthem was documented for the Jefferson Airplane’s 1st album, and used into the TOP from the Youngbloods. Valente was also a genuine person in Quicksilver Messenger …

WHAT WE SHOULD Live is a task comprising saxophonist Larry Ochs (of ROVA), bassist Lisle Ellis, and drummer Donald Robinson, most of whom played jointly in the Glenn Spearman Twice Trio. Produced in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay region in the middle-’90s, the group improvises and performs compositions by …

Coming together throughout their formative years, the Deviates’ Brian (vocals), Charley (guitar), Donnie (drums), and Damien (bass) scowl at mainstream pop because of their own personal brandish of punk rock and roll. They began crashing guitars and pogoing around their garages in 1994 and spent another 2 yrs honing their …

The flagship act of frontman Tag Robinson’s own TeenBeat label, Unrest was a towering pillar from the American indie rock community through the entire early ’90s — from your tongue-in-cheek garage noise of their earliest efforts towards the shimmering, manic pop thrills of their later on, most enduring work, the …

LA indie pop quintet Fonda was shaped in 1994 by singer/keyboardist Emily Make and singer/guitarist David Klotz; with the help of drummer Aaron Ryder, the group performed its first live times at area night clubs like Spaceland and Cafe Bleu, and in 1998 released their debut EP Music for Newbies …