Electric Rock Music (1994) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

The somewhere between funny and odd album title, not to mention the vegetable-people art on the inside, gives a fair enough indication as to where the Ass Ponys would go with their major-label bow -- namely, in the same direction as always, and with fine results. Cleaver's singing is still just freaky enough on the one hand, high and quavery, and ...

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The Known Universe (1996) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

Having made the transition to major labeldom fairly painlessly, the Ass Ponys continue on their odd little road effectively with Universe. Cleaver's quivery voice and tweaked view of the universe both remain intact, while Curley once again mans the production board to good effect. The band as a whole also sounds perfectly poised between good rock ...

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Some Stupid with a Flare Gun (2000) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

Here's another veteran U.S. underground combo that wasn't killed by being signed and then dropped by a major label, as happened so damn often during the '90s. Perhaps it's been four years since A&M gave Ass Ponys the heave after their second major LP (fourth overall), 1996's The Known Universe, but Cincinnati's second best-loved band (behind the ...

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Lohio (2001) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

"Last Night It Snowed" begins as a gentle ballad, caressed by a quiet piano and sung with a heartfelt longing. Of course that's before an electric guitar kicks in, bringing a cowpunk assault down upon the unsuspecting listener's ears. What follows is a fairly eclectic and somewhat depressing alternative country album released by Checkered Past, ...

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The Okra Years (2005) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

The Ass Ponys were one of the hundreds of promising indie bands that got swallowed up in the major label feeding frenzy of the '90s, which in the long run probably did them more harm than good. While the band's first two albums, 1990s Mr. Superlove and 1993's Grim, were great records full of fine songs from Chuck Cleaver, and memorable ...

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Mr. Superlove (1995) more music like this

by Ass Ponys

Produced in part by the Afghan Whigs' John Curley, the Ass Ponys' first album establishes the band's wonderfully fun and shaggy aesthetic from the start. "Hey Swifty" may have the ghost of R.E.M. hanging over the proceedings; to be sure, that ghost is present in the hints of jangle and vocal catch which surface in Cleaver's singing more than once. ...

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