With strong songs built around Bjork Gudmundsdottir's piercing, striking voice, this record lived up to all the advance hype. With songs like "Birthday" and "Motorcrash," this is the perfect introduction to the 'Cubes. ~ John Dougan, All Music Guide
While not as adventurous or stunning as their debut (Life's Too Good), the Sugarcubes' swan song release (Stick Around for Joy) contains enough quality material to see them out in style. Amid producer Paul Fox (10,000 Maniacs, They Might Be Giants, Semisonic)'s compact backdrops, Björk and Einar Orn lead the band through a fast-paced and funk ...
Acting as a sampler for MTV's flagship alternative show, Never Mind the Mainstream... was the best compilation of '80s alternative music released in America at the time. Featuring powerhouse tracks by R.E.M., Joy Division, Depeche Mode, and the Violent Femmes, this album serves as the ultimate introduction to what was popular in the alternative ...
Sharks Patrol These Waters collects songs from the Volume series of cutting-edge alternative/indie-rock collections. Nearly every style of underground pop music, from Britpop to noise-pop to dream-pop, is included on this massive compilation. Among the many highlights here are the Cocteau Twins' twinkly cover of "Frosty The Snowman," Slowdive's ...
The label's current artists cover its all-timers, e.g., The Cure meets The Doors. An interesting idea, it has sketchy results. ~ Dan Heilman, All Music Guide
A somewhat bizarre collection of indie-dance grooves, rave tracks and the occasional listening-techno classic, Welcome to the Future includes tracks from the Sugarcubes, the Shamen, Jaydee, Eskimos & Egypt, Rozalla and 2 Unlimited. Towards the end of the collection the true classics are hidden, LFO's "LFO" and FUSE's "Substance Abuse"... ~ Keith ...
Each volume in Beechwood's Melody Maker-sponsored Indie Top 20 series acts as a fairly adequate time capsule of U.K. indie music. Initiated in 1987 and put to rest in 1996, the 23 volumes act as a more-discerning English equivalent of the monthly Certain Damage samplers that came with CMJ (College Music Journal) in the U.S. And since the U.K. ...
Thanks to the never-ending cycle of nostalgia and the enduring effect of '80s synth pop, new wave, and post-punk of the then-current crop of bands, a second wave of '80s-themed compilations began making the rounds in the early 2000s. Though the second wave wasn't nearly as vast as the first -- after extensive multi-volume compilations like Kick Up ...
Rough Trade's story began in 1976 with a shop in Notting Hill, branching out within a couple years to become a label and a distributor. Beginning with Pere Ubu and concluding with Tindersticks, Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years chronologically distills the history of the pioneering independent outlet into four discs and 56 tracks, concentrating on old ...
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