flicker. We’re Not Aliens…But If We Were, Would We Tell You? / M. Verna, Life’s Too Spicy, 1996
Strange music from a guy who went on to edit The Real Housewives of Dallas!
Cardinal Woolsey, S/T, 1994
Another of that close-knit group of talented pop-meisters who were knocking around the East Village in the mid-1990s. RIYL Sugar, Matthew Sweet, and drunken reminiscing about Brownie’s and the Luna Lounge.
Wives, Somthin’s Burnin, 1994
Brilliant, ferocious indie-punk, featuring two future members of Jane Lee Hooker!
Torpedos, Running with Scissors, 1991
Scrappy garage-rock from the wilds of New Jersey!
Paul Kasprzak, Paul Kasprzak is…Paul-O-Riffic, 1992
A fun solo tape by a journeyman guitarist on the Chicago underground music scene.
nûs, Name The Shadows, 1994
Embracing literate, Peter Gabriel-esque prog-jazz in 1994 was bold, but it paid off.
Eeyore Termite Temple, S/T, 1992
An essential slice of mid-period cassette culture, gloriously half-assed, naive and knowing, artsy as fuck and a total hoot.
Poem Rocket, S/T, 1994
Poem Rocket is harsh and dark, a classic example of the experimental noise-rock oozing out of the East Village in the early to mid 1990s.
Command Module: Self Titled, 1995
A patchwork of brilliance and mere real-goodness!
Super 8: “Complications” b/w “Scratch My Back”, 1995
An extremely rare artifact of the mid-90s Delaware indie-rock scene!