SOTD: Since I was going for the 90 theme, I have to go with the band I played today that had their debut in 1990:
Breeders | Walk It Off | Mountain Battles | 4AD | CD 08
Making fun of Bernsie has been the best-received thing I have ever done in the station.
Number of times I confused Ben Kochan with Ted Young in one conversation: 3. I kept saying “Ted” and he kept saying “BEN!!” but I thought it was just Ted asking if I was still there. Sorry Ben.
I like that New Frustrations 7″. I’ve had a history of liking Lemuria, but I don’t know how good this new album is yet- I haven’t really had a chance to listen. Its very poppunk. They were the topic of this comic, in fact. And while I’m shilling Mitch Clem comics, since I did lead with Jawbreaker, I have to include this one too.
Jawbreaker | Fine Day | Unfun | Shredder | LP 90
Nothing But Enemies | No Apologies | Welfare | CD 08
No Use For A Name | I Want to be Wrong | Fat Wreck | CD 08
LCD Soundsystem | Big Ideas | 21 Soundtrack | CD 08
Red House | 25 Reasons | Wave Seven | 7″ 83
Drive Like Jehu | Bullet Train to Vegas | Crime | Swami | CD 03
Superchunk | Sick to Move | s/t | Matador | LP 90
Trash Five | Normal Service | The Lucid Dreams of Dr. Seed | Ballagroove | CD 08
New Frustrations | Way Out | Power Pop Rocks | Law Less | 7″ 08
Xiu Xiu | Under Pressure | Women as Lovers | Kill Rock Stars | CD 08
Sleepyhead | Red Letter Daze | digital only single 08
Mazzy Star | Ghost on a Highway | She Hangs Brightly | Rough Trade | LP 90
Big Dipper | Wake Up the King | Supercluster | Merge | CD 08
The Marvels | 16 Queen | s/t | s/r | CD 03
The Makers | Do What I Want | s/t | Estrus Center for Moral Enhancement | CD 96
Lemuria | Get Some Sleep | Get Better | Asian Man | CD 08
High Water Marks | Song for Immigrants | Polar | HHBTM | CD 08
Apples in Stereo | Stephen Stephen | Electronic Projects for Musicians | Yep Roc | CD 08
Photon Band | Cry, Crycrycry | Back Down to Earth | Empyrean | CD 08
The Neats | Cry Cry Cry | Blues End Blue | Coyote | LP 89
New Bomb Turks | So Long Silver Lining | At Rope’s End | Epitaph | CD 98
Who’s Gonna Care | Say What You Feel | Cause Co-Motion | s/r | 7″ 08
Teenage Fanclub | Every Picture I Paint | A Catholic Education | Matador | LP 90
Uzeda | From the Book of Skies | Stella | Touch and Go | CD 06
Don Caballero | P, P, P, Antless | Don Caballero 2 | Touch and Go | CD 95
Breeders | Walk It Off | Mountain Battles | 4AD | CD 08
Mission of Burma | Trem Two | The Horrible Truth About Burma | CD 08 (reissue)
Atlantics | I Can’t Help It | Big City Rock | ABC | CD 08 (reissue)
The Undertones | Teenage Kicks | s/t | Sire | LP 79
Ruins | Hard Rock Medley | Pallaschtom | Skin Graft | CD 05
Fugazi | Styrofoam | Repeater | Dischord | LP 90