Gauge
43 10″ ActionBoy 300, 1995 A number of great bands in the ’90s were unfairly dismissed as Fugazi clones, and […]
1990s
Jaks
Hollywood Blood Capsules CD Choke, 1995 Two bands in the mid-90s were often described as “The Jesus Lizard with female
Tanner
(Germo) Phobic LP Headhunter Records, 1997 Friends and family rarely understand what drives a person to spend countless hours sifting
Candy Machine
A Modest Proposal CD Atlantic Records, 1994 During Candy Machine’s 7-year lifespan, the easily overlooked Baltimore quartet managed to put
Black Angel’s Death Song
Nothing Equals Nothing 7″ Dionysus Records, 1991 Following the line from the namesake Velvet Underground song “Black Angel’s Death Song”
The X-Rays
Speed Kills CD Empty, 1996 A number of my favorite records made me laugh the first time I heard them.
Ritual Device
Ritual Lips / Grandma 7″ Aural Rape, 1991 Probably one of the most literal versions of the “pigfuck” genre —
Galloping Coroners
Jumping Out The World / Instinct / Teach Death A Lesson CD Alternative Tentacles, 1991 When you think of Jello
Jack O Nuts
Raw Candle Vote / Antonin Artaud 7″ Radial Records, 1993 A number of factors may explain why this Athens postpunk
Jay Reatard
1980–2010 It’s been a month since the Memphis garage maestro died and I’m still recalling all the raging records he
Iowa Beef Experience
Jubilix / Nitro Burning Funny Cow 7″ Sympathy for the Record Industry, 1991 From where else but Iowa City, Iowa
Medusa Cyclone
Mr. Devil CD Third Gear, 1998 Have a taste for dark, atmospheric, spaced-out trance rock? Then you need to aquaint