Other Mixes By Rob Conroy
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| Sebadoh | The Freed Pig | |
| Elliott Smith |
Ballad of Big Nothing 
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| The Essex Green |
Mrs. Bean
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| Blur |
End of a Century
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| The Magnetic Fields |
Reno Dakota
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| Belle and Sebastian |
Seeing Other People
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| The Ladybug Transistor |
Today Knows
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| Superchunk |
Driveway to Driveway
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| Neutral Millk Hotel | The King of Carrot Flowers (Pts. 1, 2 & 3) | |
| The Mummies | Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo | |
| Royal Trux |
Junkie Nurse
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| Built to Spill |
Distopian Dream Girl
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| Songs: Ohia |
Coxcomb Red
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| Dirty Three |
Sue's Last Ride
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| Suede |
My Insatiable One
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| The Divine Comedy |
Your Daddy's Car
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| Plush |
Three-Quarters Blind Eyes
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| The Brian Jonestown Massacre |
Cold to the Touch
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| Pavement |
From Now On
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| Low |
Immune
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| Palace Brothers | For the Mekons, et al | |
| The Mountain Goats |
Golden Boy
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Comment:
7/21/05: This mix's previous incarnation was for Sally Anne, after she requested my ancient (the second mix I ever posted here) "intro-to-indie" mix in a long-overdue trade. After looking at the original mix (from 2001), I had decided to focus it specifically on 90s stuff in order to make it a companion to my best of the 2000s, "This modern thought can get the best of you" (which was also sent to her in that trade). Upon further reflection the other day, I decided two things: 1) even the second version of this mix did not accurately reflect the breadth of independent music that I love from the '90s, being a bit more "twee" than I'd like it to be, and 2) in order to live up to its "'90s indie" intent, all of the songs included had to have been released on (at least nominally, in the case of Blur, Suede and Belle & Sebastian) independent labels. As a result, the Posies' "Solar Sister" (which had provided the original "I closed my eyes and listened (to 1990s indie rock)" title) and Uncle Tupelo's "New Madrid" had to be dropped, despite the fact that I love those songs more than many things in this world. Also, I decided to drop the couple of artists who either (at this point, although I still like the older stuff reflected on the other versions of this mix well enough) annoy me beyond all comprehension (Bright Eyes) or who just no longer interest me in the way that they used to (Joe Pernice/Scud Mountain Boys). Here is the result. Not only did it rectify those problems and take care of some much-lamented omissions (that Plush song is clearly one of my favorite songs of the past 20 years), but it's a much stronger mix in terms of flow, variety and structure. Enjoy. Title from Mr. Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.Feedback:
aaah! my favorite Scud Mountain Boys song. that track totally rules. :) nice job!
this is a super mix! i like just about every band here.
My Insatiable One, that's one of my fav singles of the nineties
The Posies's Solar Sister is one of my favourite songs of all time and you finished off with the SMBs. Excellent stuff.
Great mix...although I would have kept that Great Lakes track...though I only say that because I'm on a Great Lakes kick lately. Anyway, a lot of great picks here.
I only ditched the Great Lakes track because it's from 2000 and not the 1990s. That first Great Lakes album was my favorite album of 2000 and I still love it.
Hard to argue with this. Ok, I can argue with the absence of Yo La Tengo (IMHO the crucial indie-ish band of the '90's, alongside GbV and Pavement), but you did hit a few of my personal faves (nabbing some of the key tracks by Sebadoh, NMH, BTS, and Superchunk). Indeed, "Freed Pig" and "Distopian Dream Girl" are perhaps the two key 90's indie tracks (to which I'd add GbV's "I Am A Scientist," Pavement's "Cut Your Hair" or "Summer Babe," Yo La Tengo's "Tom Courtenay" or "From A Motel 6," and NMH's "Holland 1945"). Yummy.
Lots of great picks but hey, you can only have so many on one CD so you have to select. And BTW what does "indie" sound like? What the hell is indie? Yeah, yeah, not on a major label but what does that have to do with the sound? Style? Production values? Lack of promotion? What the hell is indie?
Indie is such an anachronism these days. I really don't care if people use it as an all-encompassing label to label certain bands but early 90s indie bares no resemblance to current day indie.
Songs: Ohia, but no Will Oldham? That's just crazy.
But I really like the rest of this. Way to include the Dirty Three. Definately loving that choice.
But I really like the rest of this. Way to include the Dirty Three. Definately loving that choice.
Will Oldham is a member of Palace Brothers, derghaust... see track 20. And at any rate, Jason Molina is equal to Oldham.
Very nice but now I have Reno Dakota stuck in my head-thank you very much.
I'm one who thinks the true Indie vibe only really equates to the early to mid 80's but that's just my snobbery snaekin' to the fore again. Lovin' just about all of this Rob.
Nice. I need to check out some Essex Green. And I'm with Marc- a Yo La track would've fitted on here perfectly, but hey, whatever!
Ah, the old "what is indie" quandry. Personally, I've never cared much for the literal interpretation; there are some decent bands who get signed to major labels, though they tend to begin to suck shortly thereafter (see, e.g., R.E.M.). Some of the most important proto-punk and punk bands were on major labels (NY Dolls, Ramones, Pistols, Clash), and I think most "indie" fans would hold them in some esteem. I personally thought "alternative" was a better term until the post-Nirvana '90's robbed it of any significance. Once U2 starts winning Grammy awards as an "alternative" band, the gig is up. For me, the primary distinction is between mainstream and non-mainstream bands. Sonic Youth, Husker Du, etc., may get on a big label but they're never going to be spoken in the same breath as Norah Jones and Eminem.
Insanely great stuff, Rob. So much good stuff on here, but I'll single out that Posies track and "Frosting On The Beater" as one of my very favorite 90s albums. (one of the first rekkids the wifey and I both fell in love with when we were record store geeks back in the glorious days of '93-'94)
I really like this. I'm with Popkulcher on the 'indie' definition, but hey ho!, do definitions really matter when the mix sounds great?
all the good guys are here. nice collection, Rob.
Wow. As the yogis say "Namaste" which literally means, "I bow to the divinity within you" this is just fuckin'' lovely. Thank you.
If you haven't heard them already, I highly reccommend Okkervil River.
Some nice choices -- good mix. :)
Randy: See my "This modern thought can get the best of you" (my favorite songs of the 21st century mix) to see my thoughts on Mr. Sheff. :-)
Know 'bout a quarter here..agree w/ p on Suede Track...good lookin' mix, though!
Some cool picks for sure. Love the B & S, Superchunk & Pavement especially.
...and great, great opening of course.
Fantastic. Love that Mummies track, and, although the B&S has never been one of my favourites from that album, I think it goes really nicely in here (particularly as part of that 1 - 6 stretch). Like the Low track too!