Boilermaker - In Wallace's Shadow

Label: Goldenrod

Year: 1996

In the wake of Jawbox-gate 2009, I feel obligated to post two particular records. Two records that to my ears, are head and shoulders above what Jawbox was doing at the same time. The two greatest emo records of the 1990's; Boilermaker's "In Wallace's Shadow" and Castor's "Castor".

To the Jawbox contingent out there, if you haven't heard these, give them a listen and let me know what you think. 

And in the spirit of full disclosure, after everyone seemed to unanimously come to defend the honor of Jawbox, I went back into the archives and dug up all the Jawbox I could find. I gave it a listen (without prejudice volume 1 [token George Michael reference]), and have come to the conclusion that while I might have been a little rough on the band initially today, they aren't as boring as I remembered them being, but also not as inspiring as some would lead you to believe. It has honestly been about 12 years or more since I have actually listened to one of their albums all the way through, and I only rarely would hear them by way of a compilation track here and there, so it's been awhile since I've paid much attention. Being honest, I will admit they have a few hot rockers, but the part I did remember about their records (and seeing them live) was the long drawn out boring, sterile parts. And yes, I realize that Jawbox, Boilermaker, and Castor were not always musically related, or out to accomplish the same things, but in the grand scheme of independent music of the day, I think the similarities outweigh their differences.

I did my part, now you guys do yours and listen to this and the next post.

And by the way, Boilermaker, and this album in particular are what "emo" should sound like. Melodic, yet driving, sensitive, but not sappy, and most of all, rocking. This band had it all, the musicians were pushing and pulling, creating these big dynamics, and the vocals were soaring above the whole thing, carrying the songs to greater heights. Fuckin-a, this stuff still rules after all these years.

DL 

nirvana drum tracks

a friend of mine is in a band...and they wrote a song called "dave grohl,put the guitar down...this is an intervention"

no truer words have been spoken/written (well...there probably have been...just go with me here)

i've never really been a foo fighters fan...and the only song i've been able to listen to more than once was a cover of the gary numan jam "down in the park" that was put on the SONGS IN THE KEY OF X: MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE X-FILES soundtrack released back in 1996 (and really...it's 1 of 4 reasons to own it...the others being "red right hand" by nick cave and the bad seeds and "star me kitten" by rem w/william burroughs and "unmarked helicopters" by soul coughing)

as you may already know...he played for some band called nirvarna (or something like that) back in the 1990's...and before that he played in a band called scream out of washington dc...and he's played drums in various other bands (queens of the stone age...nine inch nails...killing joke (which is ironic because they tried to sue nirvana over a riff that was "stolen" from their song "eighties" and used in the nirvana song "come as you are"...which i will admit...sounds similar)...tenacious d)

but we're talking about nirvana here

before he joined the band back in 1990...the band had went through a string of drummers: aaron burkhard...dave foster...chad channing...

and then they had some guy named dale crover take over the stool for a bit...it was as if it were natural progression...then came dave grohl

it's like nirvana went from ac/dc to being led zeppelin (drummer-wise)

and to be honest with you...the first time i heard nirvana (which was via mtv showing the "smells like teen spirit" video every 10 minutes) i wasn't really all that impressed...but the more i listened to it...the more dave grohl's beating the drums like they owed him money style beat it's way into my head

now i could continue to gush like a head wound about the man...but i'm not going to

this is some nirvana music with everything else turned down (so if you wanted to...you could impress the chicks by throwing this on the stereo and sitting behind a drum kit and be all like "hey ladies...check this action out!"...and you could mime your way into some girl's panties)

so get to stretching

1 - drain you
2 - lounge act
3 - moist vagina
4 - pennyroyal tea (different version)
5 - sappy
6 - very ape

DL: nirvana drum tracks

table - wnur session/self-titled

wnur session released 1992
self-titled released 1995

once again by zokuchou mentioning a band...it reminded me that i have some stuff by this band (i'd meant to post it when he had posted a 7" last month...but life and whatnot got in the way of that business)

but here's what i got for you

first off...you get a set they played on the radio station wnur (which includes a song not found anywhere else titled "m.e.g.o.")

and then you get the band's discography (all 8 songs of it)

"who exactly are table?" some of you may be asking yourselves

table were a band out of illinois that helped spearhead that whole "noise rock" thing (and of course...they worked with steve albini)...and during their short existence (1992-1993) they released 2 7" and some random songs

the band's bass player (warren fisher) later went onto play in the electronica band fischerspooner (apparently he's the reason for table splitting up as he had an addiction to heroin...that's sooooo 90's)

so go ahead and pull up a chair...

DL: wnur session
(link fixed?)
DL: self-titled

jawbox - 1.24.97 - black cat - washington dc

and now you can have even more live jawbox

good for you
good for me
good for us

this was one of the last shows they played in their hometown of washington dc before splitting up

1 - won't come off
2 - mirrorful
3 - 68
4 - desert sea
5 - nickel nickel millionaire
6 - livid
7 - iodine
8 - chinese fork tie
9 - tracking
10 - mule/stall
11 - reel
12 - spoiler
13 - his only trade
14 - chicago piano
15 - ff=66

DL: jawbox@black cat

jawbox - 11.8.09 - late night with jimmy fallon

well...hopefully there were a few of you out there that caught the show

and i'm not gonna lie to you...i was a little let down by the performance...maybe it was one of those waiting for something to happen for so long and when it finally does you feel a little let down afterward kind of situations

but i'm not blaming the band

i'm blaming the soundman

for some reason...the other 2 songs the band played that weren't televised ("ff=66" and "68") ended up coming off sounding better than the televised "savory"

and was it just me...or did the band's bass player (kim coletta) look out of place?...the whole time i felt as if they had a soccer mom/teacher trying to look all hip and cool playing with them (she's actually a substitute teacher nowadays...and partially owns desoto records with her husband and former jawbox guitarist bill barbot)

and their drummer has turned into a behemoth

it's sad that this will be the only time the band does anything...i mean...they could at least go out and play a few dates (or at least play one show...and that would be playing FOR YOUR OWN SPECIAL SWEETHEART in it's entirety...a person can dream...)

but for those of you that missed the show...i present you all with both audio and visual documentation

DL: jawbox@late night with jimmy fallon

Cherubs - Short Of Popular

Label: Trance Syndicate

Year: 1996

Someone, somewhere, back in time asked for "more Cherubs", and as much as I would like to give you "more Cherubs" everyday, this will have to be the last bit of Cherubs we can offer up. Unless someone can dredge up the remaining 7"s that I don't currently have, this represents the extent of my Cherubs memorabilia. 

Hey, what a second! Is "more Cherubs" a euphemism for "in the butthole"? 

Stinky brown starfish aside, this is the third of the three full lengths that Cherubs released. It was posthumous at that, and not a proper album per se, more a collection of compilation tracks, rejected session tracks, and just general crap lying around. It still plays like an album, not in a story-about-wizards kinda way, more in a mastered-real-well kinda way. So the intensity of previous releases is present and accounted for. 

I'm still thinking about that butthole from earlier. 

I hope you enjoy this more than some rough trade rectal play, I know I do. 

Cherubs rule. Tailpipes stink.

DL

SILVER SALUTE - SINGLES

Label: Amphetamine Reptile Records
Released 1995 & 1996

Forum request No.2. I had both the Silver Salute singles on Am Rep plus their debut single called "Bad Monkey". Though the latter is taken from a CD from a German magazine called 'Harakiri'. So I thought I'd chuck them all together.

Silver Salute are 2/3 Vertigo but harder rocking in this outfit and a bit punkier (is that a word?) too.

DL

16 - CURVES THAT KICK (JAPANESE RELEASE)

Label: Toy Factory (Japan)
Released 1993

Ah the glory days...being a massive fan of Helmet & Unsane at the time, when this came out I was like a teenager watching a porno for the first time - I could not contain myself! 16 had quite a few limited releases at the time but I was lucky enough to pick this up. This has a few extra tracks than the US release, most of which ended up on the Scott Case CD. Please note - track titles are in Japanese so the tracks are: Texas Tunnel, Curves That Kick, Chum, Resin, Amish, Grandpa's Chair, Mr Mouse, Sedatives, Nova, Doorprize, Loafer, Joe The Cat, Hate, Holly Bunny.

This has loads of killer tracks on it and to me it's one of the noise rock greats. But as the dude would say "well, like, that's just your opinion man!"

DL

lightning bolt - 7.2.02 - under the couch - atlanta,ga

now some of you may have been reading the previous 2 posts and got to scratching your head and while asking yourself "what's lightning bolt?"

one guy plays the bass
one guy plays the drums and screams things into a microphone mask

the drummer wears you out by just watching him

and yeah...i'm gonna say that he's a few notches above hella's zach hill

what you need to do is search out the movie THE POWER OF SALAD...it's a documentary about a tour the band did back in 2001

now...the bass player does what he does...but again...in my opinion...it all comes down to the drumming...you just sit there in bewilderment

but enough with the words

1 - intro
2 - thirteen monsters
3 - on fire
4 - dracula mountain pt.1
5 - dracula mountain pt.2
6 - untitled
7 - 30,000 monkeys/force field
8 - conan

DL: lightning bolt@under the couch

the opening for THE POWER OF SALAD (song: "assassins")

jackwacker - ...things from inside your body

released 2006

and looking even closer into the crap i have stored on the computer...i came across this

this was a drum and bass duo from bloomington,in

this album compiles random bit and pieces they'd released during their 2 year existence (they split up back in 1995)

so if you like lightning bolt...godheadsilo...the flying luttenbachers...go ahead and drive your family crazy with this as well

DL: ...things from inside your body
(link fixed fixed)