Alt-Riot is a blog featuring slternative and independent music from before the dot com boom.
Sick of Goodbyes - Sparklehorse
Good Morning Spider (Capitol 1998)
As I’m sure many of you have heard, this morning Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, was found dead after committing suicide. I’ve been listening to this band for years, so it’s kind of a shock to hear an artist you respect has taken his or her own life. I feel this song is appropriate for the day. Enjoy.
New Joker - Ladyhawk
This is one song off a mix I made for my boyfriend. I tend to make him mixes every month of the what I consider to be the best songs of any given moment. This song is particular is a long time favorite of mine; although it’s not really about love, it feels like a love song to me.
Don’t Look A Gift Horse in the Anus
- Edmonton - The Rural Alberta Advantage (2008)
- Laugh Track - Chavez (1995)
- Get Out Of My Throat - Tobin Sprout (1997)
- Where Damage Isn’t Already - The Radio Dept. (2003)
- I Saw the Light - Spoon (2010)
- Hail Mary - Shearwater (2006)
- Raft - Pavement (2004 Crooked Rain reissue)
- Crayon Box - The Gerbils (1998)
- Boys on Motorbikes - Holopaw (2009)
- Clay Bodies - Zola Jesus (2009)
- Indiana - Cymbals Eat Guitars (2009)
- New Joker - Ladyhawk (2006)
- Ropa Vieja - Run On (1997)
I feel bad for not keeping up with the updates. I have no wifi connection at home so internet access is hard to come by. Here’s a mix to hopefully tide you over.
Lull - Polvo
Can I Ride (Kitchen Puff 1990)
Polvo is a noise rock band considered to be the standard bearer of the math rock genre. The band has toured with acts such as Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Superchunk. This album was released as a limited edition double 7” in the 90’s.
Scarface - Cadallaca
Out West (Kill Rock Stars 1999)
Cadallaca is an indie rock band formed out of the riot grrrl movement in Portland, OR. The group consisted of Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) Sarah Dougher, and sts (The Lookers). The band is described as being a classic girl group with feminist rhetoric.
Sounds like: Sleater-Kinney, The Spells, Bratmobile.
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This Is Not Your Wedding Song - Excuse 17
Such Friends Are Dangerous (Kill Rock Stars 1995)
Excuse 17 was a queercore riot grrrl band formed in Olympia, WA in in 1993 by Becca Albee, CJ Phillips, and Carrie Brownstein who went on to from Sleater-Kinney.
Sounds like: Sleater-Kinney, The Spells, Bratmobile.
S.F. Sorrow - SF Seals
Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows (Matador 1995)
SF Seals was Barbara Manning’s band in the mid-90’s. Their name was inspired by a San Francisco minor league baseball team.
Sounds like: Barbara Manning, Run On, The Spells.
P.R.D.C.T. - Bratmobile
Pottymouth (Kill Rock Stars 1993)
Bratmobile was one of the driving forces of the riot grrl feminist punk movement in the 90’s. Like Bikini Kill, the band was inspired by a collaborative zine called “Girl Germs” created by founding members Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman. Pottymouth was their only full-length release.
Sounds like: Bikini Kill, Partyline, Excuse 17.
Manta Ray - Pixies
Complete ‘B’ Sides (c. 1989)
Sounds like: The Breeders, Frank Black and the Catholics, Sonic Youth.
Good For You - My Bloody Valentine
Unreleased 1988
Sounds like: Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Slowdive.
