Frisco Styles
Various Artists
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| Nov 2003
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Reviewed 2004-02-25
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
Recent airplay
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Magnetized Toner — Dec 03, 2019
Go no Dull, Skatman, Latency, Peace Portfolio, Ballad of Big Lurk, Hammer, Gimme Gimme Octopuss, Smack Dab, Positrively Treat St, Output Negitive, The Fuck Speaker Version, Prisoner, Patriot
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Redirection
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In The Year One Thousand, Eight Thousand [W1502] — Jan 20, 2015
Charting
2004-03-08 — 2004-05-10
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 9 | 2 |
| May 2 | 3 |
| Apr 25 | 6 |
| Apr 18 | 1 |
| Apr 11 | 3 |
| Apr 4 | 3 |
| Mar 28 | 2 |
| Mar 21 | 8 |
Track listing
| 1. | Patriot | ||
| 2. | Prisoner | ||
| 3. | The Fuck Speaker Version | ||
| 4. | Output Negitive | ||
| 5. | Positrively Treat St | ||
| 6. | Smack Dab | ||
| 7. | Gimme Gimme Octopuss | ||
| 8. | Hammer | ||
| 9. | Ballad of Big Lurk | ||
| 10. | Peace Portfolio | ||
| 11. | Latency | ||
| 12. | Skatman | ||
| 13. | Go no Dull | ||
| 14. | Bleed to the Beat | ||
| 15. | Slovanian Halls | ||
| 16. | The Pond | ||
| 17. | Lonliness | ||
| 18. | The One We Play | ||
| 19. | Moregender | ||
| 20. | Onibaba | ||
| 21. | Lets Be Active | ||
| 22. | Flat Rejection | ||
| 23. | ??? | ||
| 24. | Price They Pay | ||
| 25. | Artificial | ||
| 26. | Sugar Start | ||
| 27. | Confection | ||
| 28. | Emotional Levy | ||
| 29. | When I Am Sad | ||
| 30. | Century | ||
| 31. | Verp Up | ||
| 32. | Busted | ||
| 33. | Im Too Afraid to Kill | ||
| 34. | Drinking From the Fountain | ||
| 35. | Redirection | ||
| 36. | A not So Pretty Sight | ||
| 37. | Milk Cow | ||
| 38. | Sing Me Back Home | ||
| 39. | Drama King | ||
| 40. | Ice Castles | ||
| 41. | The Sphere | ||
| 42. | Summer Sun | ||
| 43. | Unatural Disaster | ||
| 44. | Colonial House | ||
| 45. | Sex... Etc | ||
| 46. | Eye Contact | ||
| 47. | Last Request | ||
| 48. | Cards, Plam, Water |