''International Hip Swing'' is a compilation CD released by the label
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, founded in 1982. Artists on the label included early releases by Beck, Modest Mouse and Built to Spill. The record label has been called "key to the development of independent mu ...
in 1993.
[ It is centered on the ]alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
, indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
and twee pop
Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop that originates from the 1986 ''NME'' compilation '' C86''. Twee pop gets its name from the aesthetic of twee, which is known for its simplicity and childlike innocence. Some of its defining features are boy-gi ...
genres.
''International Hip Swing'' gathered together a selection of recordings previously released in the series of vinyl 7-inch EPs entitled ''International Pop Underground''.
Track listing
The album contains the following twenty songs:[
# ]Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are a Juno Award-winning Canadians, Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984. They remain best known for the track "Having an Average Weekend", of which an alternate version was used as the theme music, the ...
– "Rusty and Rover"
# Melody Dog – "Tomorrow's World"
# Some Velvet Sidewalk
Some Velvet Sidewalk was an experimental lo-fi rock band from Olympia, Washington on the independent label K Records.
History
Some Velvet Sidewalk was formed in Eugene, Oregon, in 1987 by Al Larsen (vocals/guitar) and Robert Christie (drums). ...
– "Apple"
# Thee Headcoats – "Shouldn't Happen To A Dog"
# Lois
Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul the Apostle mentions Lois, the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy in the Second Epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English C ...
– "Long Time Gone" (The Everly Brothers
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cover)
# Gravel
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Gr ...
– "Yesterday"
# Brief Weeds
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Documents
* Brief (architecture), a type of educational or business document including desires and requirements
* Brief (law), any of a number of formal document types
* Briefing note, or memo, a written me ...
– "(It's So Hard Not To) Say Hello"
# Tiger Trap – "Hiding"
# Snuff – "Den Den"
# Mecca Normal – "Man Thinks 'Woman'"
# Girl Trouble – "Tarantula"
# Heavenly – "Escort Crash On Marsten Street"
# Unrest – "Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl"
# Duck Hunt
is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game was first released in April 1984 in Japan for the Family Computer (Famicom) console and in North America as an ar ...
– "Vacation"
# Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (Scottish musician), Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), al ...
– "Free Again" (Alex Chilton
William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950March 17, 2010) was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops ...
cover)
# Cannanes – "No One"
# Seaweed
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– "Deer Trap"
# Beat Happening
Beat Happening was an American indie pop band formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and lo-f ...
– "Look Around"
# Fifth Column
A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Forces gathered in secret can mobilize ...
– "All Women Are Bitches
"All Women Are Bitches" is a single by the Toronto band Fifth Column.
The lyrics were written by Caroline Azar and G.B. Jones and the music was composed by Fifth Column. It was produced by Walter Sobczak at Wellesley Sound Studios in Toronto, O ...
"
# The McTells – "Clean"
See also
*''International Pop Underground Convention
The International Pop Underground Convention (or IPU) was a 1991 punk and alternative rock music festival in Olympia, Washington. The six-day convention centered on a series of performances at the Capitol Theater. Throughout August 20–25, 1 ...
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References
External links
''International Hip Swing'' Review''International Hip Swing'' page at K Records
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1994 compilation albums
Alternative rock compilation albums
Indie rock compilation albums
K Records compilation albums