Treepeople - Guilt Regret Embarrassment

Treepeople - Guilt Regret Embarrassment

Treepeople - No Mouth Pipetting Demo

The 1991 debut full-length from Doug Martsch's pre-Built To Spill band, Treepeople. This is the German CD version that contains all the bands 7" records from this time period. Awesome guitar work on this thing. If you wish Built To Spill were punkier then you'll be stoked on this album. I found the demo on a pretty rad blog called I Hate All Your Favorite Bands. The demo was self-released by the band in 1988.

The Little Ones

The Little Ones - The Sing Song EP

The Little Ones - Terry Tales And Fallen Gates EP

The Little Ones - Morning Tide

This is the new band from Ed Reyes and Ian Moreno, formerly of Sunday's Best. This sounds like Sunday's Best crossed with The Shins. These guys have had some label trouble since forming, so I really hope they keep at it because these songs are all killer.

Krakatoa - Channel Static Blackout

Krakatoa - Channel Static Blackout

Former members of Threadbare and Harvest playing metal infused hardcore (not metalcore, there is a difference). Like NWOBHM (Maiden and Priest) played with a serious hardcore edge.

Bars - Introducing

Bars - Introducing

Members of The Hope Conspiracy, American Nightmare and The Suicide File playing great rock'n'roll influenced hardcore. Like Entombed covering the Deadboys. I read somewhere that these dudes had an EP worth of material that was slated for release sometime after this came out, but nothing ever materialized. I would really like to hear those songs.

Three Impotent Males

Three Impotent Males- S/T

A Raw Energy classic right here, Sarnia's very own Three Impotent Males. Mid 90's punk rock that i grew up on, these guys played the first punk show i went to.

Superchunk - Foolish

Superchunk - Foolish

Listen to how punk these dudes are: After Matador struck a distribution deal with A&M records, Superchunk left Matador because they wanted no part of a major label. This album was released by lead singer Mac McCaughan on his Merge Records label and was recorded and mixed in only 5 days. One of the bands best albums for sure, just listen to the song Kicked In, so good.

Tera Melos - Idioms Vol. 1

Tera Melos - Idioms Vol. 1

This was released for free by the band earlier this year and it definitely received a ton of plays around my house. Good mathy indie rock. All five songs are covers (Beach Boys, Clash, Pixies, Weezer, and Polaris), and totally slay.

Walls - S/T

Walls - Self Titled

Memebers of Cold Sweat and Iron Lung playing depressing and noisy hardcore/punk, ala Flipper and late-era Black Flag. Like Young Widows and Pissed Jeans mixed together.

Elliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill II

Elliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill II

Elliott Smith - Basement Tapes

These two bootlegs have a lot of overlapping tracks but contain most of the songs left off of From A Basement On A Hill. These tunes are all really sad. Definitely one of the best songwriters of this or any generation.

The Anniversary

The Anniversary - Designing A Nervous Breakdown

The Anniversary & Superdrag - Split EP

The Anniversary - Your Majesty

Another great Vagrant band that was totally overlooked during their day. They started out as a Weezer/Rentals-esque power-pop band playing punky songs with female harmonies and moog parts. They then evolved into a great classic rock sounding band referencing The Beatles, The Kinks and the Stones without sounding derivative. Great stuff.

Superdrag - Regretfully Yours

Superdrag - Regretfully Yours

I love this album. Great power-pop with a serious punk edge and ultra-catchy songs; These songs will be stuck in your head for days afterwards. If you like Seaweed, Nada Surf or Weezer then you owe it to yourself to grab this. In my opinion the song Sucked Out on here is one of the best songs of the 90's.

Superchunk - Incidental Music 1991-95

Superchunk - Incidental Music 1991-95

Great compilation of B-Sides, covers and album out-takes. A great starting place for people new to the band, and an essential release for those already hip to the chunk.

Infectious Grooves

Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move

Infectious Grooves - Sarsippius' Ark (Limited Edition)

Infectious Grooves - Groove Family Cyco

Infectious Grooves - Mas Borracho

This is Cyco Miko's funk side project, The Infectious Grooves. I probably made it seem like I hate these records from the Suicidal Tendencies post I made, but in reality I really like these guys. The first record had Stephen Perkins from Janes Addiction on drums, Mike Muir on vocals, Robert Truilijo on Bass and Adam Seigel (of Excel fame) on guitar, and that dude really shreds. This sounds like Suicidal Tendencies playing funk. That may sound awful to some people but give these guys a chance. The first album has so many great party jams on it, plus they appeared in the hit teen flick "Encino Man" with The Weasel.

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies - Self Titled

Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army

Suicidal Tendencies - Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit....Deja Vu

Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today

Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution!

Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion

Suicidal Tendencies - Still Cyco After All These Years

Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal For Life

Suicidal Tendencies - Prime Cuts

Suicidal Tendencies - Six The Hard Way EP

Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb

Suicidal Tendencies - Free Your Soul...And Save My Mind

The Kings of Venice Beach (DOGTOWN, what) crossover thrash. Cyco Miko and crew started out as the most bad-ass hardcore band going, and eventually evolved into a pretty decent thrash band. From there they got progressively shittier and shittier (hey, lets call a spade a spade here). The first 5 releases by this band are un-fuck-withable, and there are rad parts on all of the other releases up until their initial break-up in 1995. The 1999 reunion album Freedumb is pretty rad and they're most punk release since the debut, but they followed it up with a funk soaked turd, Free Your Soul. If Mike has a funk side project (Infectious Grooves) that is 3/5 of Suicidal, why the fuck do they need to add funk songs into the mix? Why? SUICYCO MANIA!

No Use For A Name - The Fat Years

No Use For A Name - The Daily Grind

No Use For A Name - Leche Con Carne

No Use For A Name - Making Friends

No Use For A Name - More Betterness!

No Use For A Name - Live In A Dive

No Use For A Name - Hard Rock Bottom

No Use For A Name - Keep Them Confused

No Use For A Name - The Feel Good Record Of The year

I've already posted all of the band's New Red Archives albums here, so this is everything they put out on Fat (minus the greatest hits 'All The Best Songs'). For my money's worth these dudes were the best band on Fat (from 95-99). Leche Con Carne will always be my favourite album by them, I still remember the first time I heard Soulmate when I was 13. It was playing on Planet 96.3 while I was in the car on the way to guitar lessons one cold March night, and from that day on I was hooked. I obsessively taped the station every night just to get that song recorded. Not long after that I found the album at Best Buy in Port Huron Michigan and begged my Dad to buy it for me. I have a lot of good memories from seeing these dudes play. It has been several years since I've really cared about seeing these dudes live again, but now that they have added Chris Rest (Lagwagon, The Other, RKL) on guitar I have a feeling I'll be seeing them the next time they're through.

Swingin' Utters - A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class

Swingin' Utters - A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class

This is my favourite Swingin' Utters album. Every song is great. Old school punk songs with a modern touch. Always reminds me of High School and seeing SRB cover "The Next In Line" at the Oddball, oh the memories.

Screw 32 - Under The Influence Of Bad People

Screw 32 - Under The Influence Of Bad People

A great but overlooked punk album released by Fat in 1997. When I was in the 11th grade this was the shit. My buddy Greg would blast this and Frenzal Rhomb wherever we went. East Bay melodic hardcore, like old AFI (musically, not vocally) mixed with some Samiam.

Suicidal Tendencies - FNG Compilation

Suicidal Tendencies - FNG

This compilation takes tracks from the first three ST albums (S/T, Join The Army, and How Will I Laugh Tomorrow) and puts 'em all on one release. It was originally only available as a European import when the band signed a deal with Virgin over there. The file size was too big for mediafire, so this one is a megaupload link.

The House Of Love - 1986-88 The Creation Recordings

The House Of Love - 1986-88: The Creation Recordings

Classic British alternative band. A must have for any fan of The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain. This is the bands essential works recorded when they were still young and full of fire and determination. So many rad songs on this but Christine and Shine On are the real stand-outs.

Circle Jerks - Group Sex/Wild In The Streets

Circle Jerks - Group Sex

Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets

Keith Morris' post Black Flag band. Some regard Keith as the best vocalist that Flag had (not me though). Future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson was in the band as well. Everyone should know all this by now, its the fucking Circle Jerks. Group Sex is 14 songs in 15 minutes, and is a punk rock masterpiece (yes several songs are just Black Flag songs reworked, no big deal). Wild In The Streets is pretty rad as well.

The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me

The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday

The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (with bonus tracks)

I love the Hold Steady. Craig Finn is the best lyricist in rock and roll. Great bar rock that references both Springsteen and Thin Lizzy equally. I've never seen these guys live, but I imagine that they fucking lay waste to the audience with their tight jams, like seeing Huey Lewis And The News right before Back To The Future came out. That good.