Frisco Styles

Various Artists

General | Nov 2003

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Reviewed 2004-02-25

Frisco Styles
Compilation of current San Francisco punk/art/electro/indie rock/folk/country and a lot of them are live tracks. Quite a good time capsule of what the kids in SF are listening to -- CD1 has more art punk/electro and CD2 has more folk/country/indie rock. Especially check out Track 1 on CD1 by Shotwell, which was recorded on Wednesday Night Live on KZSU! Woo hoo!!
PICS: CD1: 1,4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25
CD2: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23
FCC -- CD1 track 19, CD2 track 20
CD1:
1. Shotwell - speech about capitalism/communism, then punk song about patriots -- great!!
2. Coachwhips - white boy blues a la jon spencer -- distorted vocs
3. Chimney Lions - downtempo/reggae/jazz instrumental
4. Touched by a Janitor - slower math rock -- good
5. Onion Flavored Rings - catchy punk/rock
6. Kung Fu USA - party rock and roll/big metal riffs
7. Nam - catchy punk, great driving guitar
8. Caesura - math/punk rock -- big guitar chords + complex bass lines -- shouted lyrics
9. Mr. & Mrs. Evil - blues/funk/rock -- funky guitar, distorted vocals
10. Hello Noisy - instrumental epic rock -- slow at beginning, rocks out later
11. Tarentel - spare instrumental rock, clanking sounds
12. Uber Murder - short goofy scat
13. Condor - slow death electro -- then faster later
14. Veronica Lipgloss - electro rock -- great, great female screaming vocs
15. The Boy Explodes - dark 80s style electro, deep voice -- great
16. Total Shutdown - electro noodling then grindcore
17. Dynasty - dreamy female vocs at beginning then punky electro -- good
18. Track Star - uptempo indie rock
19. The Quails - FCC at beginning -- catchy political punk
20. Troll - nordic/spanish garage rock -- interesting
21. Erase Errata - dancepunk
22. Tension - catchy punk, trebly ANGULAR guitar, great screams
23. Little Fuzzy - slow indie pop -- keyboards, lispy high voice
24. Songs for Emma - driving political punk
25. Virginia Dare - folky rock with autoharp -- anti-consumerist

CD2:
1. Aerosol Species - electro laser sound effects, electro punk
2. Zmrzlina - indie artrockers
3. Aislers Set - lushious pop
4. Wonderin g Stars - sweet country ballad
5. Hall Flowers - acoustic rock, country influences, female vocs,
6. Tommy Guerrero - skateboarder god, downtempo electronica + guitar
7. Vetiver - jangly country, sad vocals, cute
8. Nate Denver's Neck - dark dark gothic folk - slow, distorted vocals
9. Goth Hick - catchy rock 'n roll, female vocals
10. Broken Horse - funky bass line, slide guitar
11. The Enablers - organ, drums, noodling guitar, beat-poetry-style lyrics
12. Sonny Smith - country/folk singer/songwriter
13. Virgil Shaw - kristofferson-style heart rending singer/songwriter -- great!
14. Peggy Honeywell - dark, spare folk
15. Hello Donkey - catchy pop/rock, cute
16. The Helen Lundy Trio - electro chimes, keyboard loops, voices speaking about language, arty
17. Mesh - electro thunderstorm, distorted, echoing vocals + guitar
18. Mutilated Mannequins - industrial rock, death keyboards, many theatrics
19. Crack W.A.R. - electronic art-noise, sexy female vocs,
20. Zeigenbock Kopf - electronic chugging, hilarious voice talking about sex in many places, FCC
21. Tussle - funky basslines, drums, catchy instrumental
22. Deep Throats - spare art rock, murky, smarmy lyrics
23. Allergic to Bullshit - balls out rock n roll

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Track listing

	1.	Patriot Shotwell
	2.	Prisoner Coachwhips
	3.	The Fuck Speaker Version Chimneylions
	4.	Output Negitive Touched By a Janitor
	5.	Positrively Treat St Onion Flavorings
	6.	Smack Dab Kung Fu Usa
	7.	Gimme Gimme Octopuss Nam
	8.	Hammer Caesura
	9.	Ballad of Big Lurk Mr and Mrs Evil
	10.	Peace Portfolio Hello Noisy
	11.	Latency Tarentel
	12.	Skatman Uber Murder
	13.	Go no Dull Condor
	14.	Bleed to the Beat Veronica Lipgloss and the
	15.	Slovanian Halls Boy Explodes, the
	16.	The Pond Total Shutdown
	17.	Lonliness Dynasty
	18.	The One We Play Trackstar
	19.	Moregender Quails
	20.	Onibaba Troll
	21.	Lets Be Active Erase Errata
	22.	Flat Rejection A Tension
	23.	??? Little Fuzzy
	24.	Price They Pay Songs for Emma
	25.	Artificial Virgina Dare
	26.	Sugar Start Aerosol Species
	27.	Confection Zmrzlina
	28.	Emotional Levy Aislers Set
	29.	When I Am Sad Wondering Stars
	30.	Century Hall Flowers
	31.	Verp Up Guerrero, Tommy
	32.	Busted Vetiver
	33.	Im Too Afraid to Kill Nate Denvers Neck
	34.	Drinking From the Fountain Gothick
	35.	Redirection Broken Horse
	36.	A not So Pretty Sight Enablers
	37.	Milk Cow Smith, Sonny
	38.	Sing Me Back Home Shaw, Virgil
	39.	Drama King Honeywell, Peggy
	40.	Ice Castles Hello Donkey
	41.	The Sphere Helen Lundy Trio
	42.	Summer Sun Mesh
	43.	Unatural Disaster Mutilated Mannequin
	44.	Colonial House Crack! We Are Rock
	45.	Sex... Etc Zeigenbock Kopf
	46.	Eye Contact Tussle
	47.	Last Request Deep Throats
	48.	Cards, Plam, Water Allergic to Bullshit