Mammoth Records was an independent record label founded in 1989 by Jay Faires in the Carrboro area of

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. The majority of the acts on Mammoth were executive-produced by Faires and the label's general manager, Steve Balcom. The label was the first independent to produce two platinum records. Mammoth's roster included Antenna,

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, The Bats, Blake Babies, Chainsaw Kittens, Dash Rip Rock, Dillon Fence,

Frente! Frente! (or Frente) were an Australian folk-pop and indie pop group which originally formed in 1989. The original line-up consisted of Simon Austin on guitar and backing vocals, Angie Hart on lead vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar (later re ...

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, Fun-Da-Mental,

Jason & the Scorchers Jason & the Scorchers, originally Jason & the Nashville Scorchers, are a cowpunk band that formed in 1981 and are led by singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg. With a sound that combines punk rock and country music, Jason and the Scorchers are no ...

, Jocelyn Montgomery,

Joe Henry Joseph Lee Henry (born December 2, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He has released 15 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums. Early life H ...

, Juliana Hatfield,

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, Machines of Loving Grace,

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, Pure,

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, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Hope Blister,

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, The Sidewinders,

Vanilla Trainwreck Vanilla Trainwreck is an indie rock group from Raleigh, North Carolina that was active in the 1990s. They released three albums on Mammoth Records. The band members are still active in the Raleigh scene today, with singer/guitarist Greg Elkins no ...

Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with mul ...

History

Mammoth first signed Tucson band The Sidewinders; The Sidewinder's debut album, ''Witchdoctor'', sold to

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within Mammoth's first three months of business. Another early signing, Blake Babies, led by

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students Juliana Hatfield and John Strohm, released “Earwig” and “Sunburn” with Mammoth before breaking up. John Strohm went on to release two solo albums with Mammoth under the moniker Antenna while Juliana Hatfield released solo efforts '' Hey Babe'' and '' Only Everything'' with Mammoth.

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r Dash Rip Rock signed to Mammoth with its 1989 release, ''Ace of Clubs'', produced by

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. Chainsaw Kittens released four albums with Mammoth, including its second album, '' Flipped Out in Singapore'', which was

Butch Vig Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer and co-producer of the alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of the diamond-selling Nirvana album '' N ...

’s follow-up project after producing

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’s ''

Nevermind ''Nevermind'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, ' ...

''. The first signing from the local Chapel Hill college scene was Dillion Fence; the group released three albums on the Mammoth label between 1991 and 1995. Also from the local area, Mammoth signed Vanilla Trainwreck; the band released ''Sofa Livin’ Dreamazine'' and two other albums. After The Sidewinders, a second Tucson band—Machines of Loving Grace—was signed to Mammoth. That band released three albums with Mammoth between 1991 and 1995 with the album ''

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'' gaining national attention. Multiple Grammy Award winner Joe Henry released albums with Mammoth between 1992 and 2001, including ''Trampoline'' and ''

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''. Through a distribution deal with

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’s Prawn Song Records, Mammoth released The Charlie Hunter Trio’s self-titled album in 1993; Charlie Hunter went on to sign with the jazz label

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. The label’s early success across a spectrum of genres with acts like Blake Babies, Chainsaw Kittens, Dash Rip Rock, Dillon Fence, Juliana Hatfield, Joe Henry and Machines of Loving Grace attracted the attention of

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. Mammoth and

formed a joint venture in 1992. During the Atlantic era, Mammoth signed Frente!. Frente!’s cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” went Top 10 on ''

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'' Modern Rock Charts, and its record, ''Marvin The Album'', shipped more than 750,000 copies worldwide. The label also added Victoria Williams to its roster, releasing her albums, ''Loose'' and ''This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band''. Mammoth set a precedent for recognizing and promoting female, alternative voices with acts, such as The Black Girls, Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield, Frente!, and Victoria Williams. Frente!, which MTV labeled "Buzz Bin", and Hatfield both sold more than 250,000 records. When Chris Douridas was the director of music at

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, Mammoth teamed with the radio station to release ''Rare on Air'', a four-part compilation series featuring artists such as Radiohead,

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

Los Lobos Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cum ...

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical colla ...

Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, C ...

John Cale John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various sty ...

World Party World Party were a British musical group, which was essentially the solo project of its sole member, Karl Wallinger. He started the band in 1986 in London after leaving the Waterboys. Career After a stint as musical director of a West End p ...

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive ...

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, Jackson Browne,

Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released five albums from 1996 to 2020, which have all reached the top 20 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Apple has received numerous awards a ...

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, Ani Difranco,

Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and vari ...

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and Lucinda Williams.

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-based Jason and the Scorchers had a second life after signing with Mammoth Records and released three albums with the label. In 1996, the New Orleans

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, released ''Ears to the Wall'' with Mammoth, an album produced by

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’ Chris Robinson. Seven Mary Three recorded three albums between 1995 and 1998 with Mammoth. Its debut album, '' American Standard'', sold 1.3 million copies aloft the single "Cumbersome", making Seven Mary Three the record label's first platinum seller. In 1997, Mammoth Records returned to an independent label. Squirrel Nut Zippers released six albums with Mammoth from 1994 to 2000; its second album, ''Hot'', was released towards the end of 1996 and climbed the charts as Mammoth separated from Atlantic. ''Hot'' became Mammoth's second platinum record. As an independent, the label also saw the release of Jocelyn Montgomery's “Et Ideo,” produced by

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. Later, Mammoth made headway with big beat and the early electronic movement from the United Kingdom with bands like The Freestylers, which MTV deemed “Buzzworthy,” and The Wiseguys, whose single “Ooh La La” on ''The Antidote'' became a breakout party anthem. Founder of British label

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and leader of

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released his band The Hope Blisters' album ''Smiles OK'' on Mammoth in the U.S, an album including work from by other artists, including

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and John Cale. Mammoth artists were featured on soundtracks for ''

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'' (Machines of Loving Grace) alongside

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and

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, '' The Crow: City of Angels'' (Seven Mary Three) alongside

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and White Zombie, ''

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'' (Pure and Seven Mary Three) alongside Mary's Playground and

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, '' My So Called Life'' (Frente!, Chainsaw Kittens and Juliana Hatfield) alongside

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and

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and

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’s '' Orgazmo'' (The Dust Brothers) alongside

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and

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, the triple platinum album for ''Reality Bites'' (Juliana Hatfield) alongside

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and U2, ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' (Frente! and Juliana Hatfield) alongside

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and

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, and the compilation album ''Music for Our Mother Ocean'' (Seven Mary Three) alongside the Beastie Boys and

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. The success of the Squirrel Nut Zippers' albums, along with the development of other Mammoth bands—like Pure with Generation Six-Pack, Fu Manchu, and the Backsliders—focused the industry’s attention on the newly independent Mammoth. The label sold to The Walt Disney Company in late 1997.

Discography

1988

*A Picture Made - "Past" *The Downsiders - ''All My Friends Are Fish''

1989

*Blackgirls - ''Procedure'' *Dash Rip Rock - ''Ace of Clubs'' * The Sidewinders - ''Witchdoctor'' * Blake Babies - ''

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1990

* Chainsaw Kittens - '' Violent Religion'' *Dash Rip Rock - ''Not of This World'' *Frequency - ''North Carolina Compilation'' *The Sidewinders - ''Auntie Ramos' Pool Hall'' *

- ''Shuffletown''

1991

* Antenna - ''Sway'' *Blackgirls - ''Happy'' *Dash Rip Rock - ''Boiled Alive'' * Machines of Loving Grace - '' Machines of Loving Grace'' *

- ''Sofa Livin' Dreamazine''

1992

* The Bats - '' Fear of God'' *Big Wheel - ''Holiday Manor'' *Chainsaw Kittens - '' Flipped Out in Singapore'' * Dillon Fence - ''Rosemary'' *Joe Henry - ''Short Man's Room'' * Juliana Hatfield - '' Hey Babe'' *Vanilla Trainwreck - ''Sounding to Try Like You''

1993

*Antenna - ''Hideout'' *The Bats - '' Silverbeet'' *Blake Babies - '' Innocence & Experience'' *Chainsaw Kittens - ''Angel on the Range'' (EP) *

Charlie Hunter Trio Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass lines, chords, a ...

- ''

'' *Dillon Fence - ''Outside In'' * Jacobites - ''Jacobites'' *Joe Henry - ''Kindness of the World'' *

The Juliana Hatfield Three Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, and The Lemonheads. She also fronted her own band, The Juliana Hatfield Three, ...

- ''

Become What You Are ''Become What You Are'' is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Juliana Hatfield Three, released on August 3, 1993, by Mammoth Records. The album includes the hit singles " My Sister" and "Spin the Bottle". Recording ...

'' * M.I.R.V. - ''Cosmodrome'' *Machines of Loving Grace - ''

'' *Various - ''Cocktails at Five - Mammoth's First Five Years'' *Various - ''They Went Thatta Way!'' * Fun-Da-Mental - "Countryman"/"Tribal Revolution"

1994

* Alphabet Soup - ''Take a Ride'' * Banco de Gaia - ''

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'' *The Bats - ''

Daddy's Highway ''Daddy's Highway'' is the 1987 debut album by New Zealand indie rock group the Bats. Recording and release By 1986, the Bats had released three critically acclaimed EPs, but still had not released a full-length album. While touring in the ...

'' *The Bats - ''

The Law of Things ''The Law of Things'' is an album by the New Zealand band The Bats, released in 1990. It was released by Mammoth Records in the United States. The track "Smoking Her Wings" was released as a single, and the album peaked at #38 in the New Zeala ...

'' *Blake Babies - '' Nicely, Nicely'' *Chainsaw Kittens - '' Pop Heiress'' *Dillon Fence - ''Living Room Scene'' *

- ''

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'' * Kevin Kinney - ''Down Out Law'' *Kill Creek - ''St. Valentine's Garage'' *Laundry - ''Blacktongue'' *Machines Of Loving Grace - "Butterfly Wings" (single) *Porch - ''Porch'' *Vanilla Trainwreck - ''Mordecai'' *Various - '' Jabberjaw: Good To The Last Drop'' *Various - ''Rare On Air (Live Performances Vol. One)'' *Velo-Deluxe - ''Superelastic'' *

- ''Loose'' *Victoria Williams - ''Swing The Statue!'' * Pure - "Anna is a Speed Freak"

1995

*Alphabet Soup - ''Layin' Low in the Cut'' *Banco De Gaia - ''

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'' *

- ''Hormone Hotel'' *The Bats - ''Couchmaster'' * Eat Static - ''Abduction'' *Eat Static - ''Implant'' *Eskimo - ''The Further Adventures of Der Shrimpkin'' *Fun-Da-Mental - ''Seize the Time'' *

- ''A Blazing Grace * Johnette Napolitano & Holly Vincent - ''Vowel Movement'' *Juliana Hatfield - '' Only Everything'' *Machines of Loving Grace - '' Gilt'' *

- '' American Standard'' * Squirrel Nut Zippers - '' The Inevitable'' * TimeShard - ''Crystal Oscillations'' *Various - ''Feed Your Head Volume 1'' *Various - ''Feed Your Head Volume 2'' *Various - ''Quadruped V.1'' *Various - ''Rare On Air: Volume 2 (Live Sessions From KCRW's

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)'' *Various - ''Transmissions From The Planet Dog'' *Various - ''Up & Down Club Sessions Vol. 1'' *Various - ''Up & Down Club Sessions Vol. 2'' *Victoria Williams - ''This Moment in Toronto with the Loose Band''

1996

*Banco de Gaia - ''Live At Glastonbury'' * Children of the Bong - ''Sirius Sounds'' *Clarissa - ''Silver'' * The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - ''Ears to the Wall'' *Frente! - ''

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'' *

- '' In Search Of...'' * Future Loop Foundation - ''Time and Bass'' *Jack Drag - ''Jack Drag'' *Jason & the Scorchers - ''Clear Impetuous Morning'' *Jason & the Nashville Scorchers - ''Reckless Country Soul'' *Joe Henry - ''Trampoline'' *Kill Creek - ''Proving Winter Cruel'' *

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- ''

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'' *Pure - '' Generation Six-Pack'' *

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- ''Never Work Ever'' *Seven Mary Three - " Water's Edge" (single) *Squirrel Nut Zippers - '' Hot'' *TimeShard - ''Hunab Ku'' *Various - '' Jabberjaw Vol. 2: Pure Sweet Hell'' *Various - ''MTV Buzz Bin: Volume 1'' *Various - ''Planet Dub''

1997

- ''Throwin' Rocks at the Moon'' *Banco De Gaia - '' Big Men Cry'' *Clarissa - ''Blood and Commons'' * Eat Static - ''Science of the Gods'' *Elevate Interior - ''Fabric Woolly Mammoth'' *Fu Manchu - '' The Action is Go'' *Jack Drag - ''Unisex Headwave'' * James Mathus and His Knock-Down Society - ''Play Songs for Rosetta'' *Seven Mary Three - '' RockCrown'' *Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Hell" (single) *

Strangefolk Strangefolk is a rock-oriented jam band originally from Burlington, Vermont. Since forming in 1991, the band has released five studio albums, four live albums and one live concert DVD. The band consists of Jon Trafton (''lead guitar, vocals'') ...

- ''Weightless in Water'' *Two Dollar Pistols - ''On Down the Track'' *Various - ''Feed Your Head Volume 3 - Accelerating The Alpha Rhythms'' *Various - ''Hurricane Streets (Music From The Motion Picture)'' *Various - ''MTV Buzz Bin: Volume 2'' *Various - ''Rare On Air: Volume 3'' *Various - ''Tranced Out and Dreaming''

1998

* April March - ''Lessons of April March'' * Creeper Lagoon - ''I Become Small and Go'' *Far Too Jones - Picture Postcard Walls * The Hope Blister - '' ...smile's OK'' *Jason & the Scorchers - ''Midnight Roads & Stages Seen'' * Jocelyn Montgomery with

- ''Lux Vivens'' *

- ''Hope and Wait'' *Natural Calamity - ''Peach Head'' *Pure - "Feverish" (single) *Seven Mary Three - ''

Orange Ave. ''Orange Ave.'' is the fourth studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was released on July 14, 1998, on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at #121 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album is named after a street running throu ...

'' *Squirrel Nut Zippers - ''Christmas Caravan'' *Squirrel Nut Zippers - ''Perennial Favorites'' *Various - ''Mammoth Records 1988-1998 A Sound Decade'' *Various - ''Music From the X-Games Volume 3'' *Various - ''Rare On Air Volume 4'' * The Wiseguys - ''The Antidote''

1999

*10¢ - ''Buggin' Out'' * A - ''

A vs. Monkey Kong ''A' vs. Monkey Kong'' (titled ''Monkey Kong'' in the United States) is the second album by the British alternative rock band A, released via Tycoon Recordings/London Records on 9 September 1999. In May and June 2001, the band toured Europe as p ...

'' *April March - ''Chrominance Decoder'' *The Blacksliders - ''Southern Lines'' *The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - ''Buck Jump'' *

Freestylers The Freestylers are a British electronic music group, consisting of producers Matt Cantor and Aston Harvey. They have released five studio albums and a number of mix compilations for, among others, Fabric and BBC Radio. The group took their ...

- '' We Rock Hard'' *Fu Manchu - '' King of the Road'' *

- ''

'' *Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad - ''Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad'' *

- ''

Soul Lost Companion ''Soul Lost Companion'' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock singer-songwriter, Mark Lizotte, and issued under his birth name. Otherwise he generally uses his stage names, Diesel, Johnny Diesel or Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. It appe ...

'' *Medina Green - "I See"/"Full Court Press" * Splendid - ''Have You Got a Name For It'' *Strangefolk - ''A Great Long While'' *

Styles of Beyond Styles of Beyond was an American underground hip hop group from the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu) and Takbir Bashir (Tak), Colton Raisin Fisher ( DJ Cheapshot), and produce ...

- ''

2000 Fold ''2000 Fold'' is Los Angeles underground rap group Styles of Beyond's debut studio album, which was released on Bilawn Records on August 18, 1998, and re-released on August 24, 1999, on SpyTech Records. This album was only released in an "edited ve ...

'' *Various - ''Morning Becomes Eclectic''

2000

*Frankie Machine - ''One'' *

John Wesley Harding ''John Wesley Harding'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and fol ...

- ''The Confessions of St. Ace'' *Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bedlam Ballroom'' * The Young Fresh Fellows/

The Minus 5 The Minus 5 is an American pop rock band headed by musician Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows, Young Fresh Fellows, often in partnership with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. Band history McCaughey formed the band in 1993 as a side projec ...

- ''

Because We Hate You ''Because We Hate You'' is an album by American rock group the Young Fresh Fellows, one half of a split album with The Minus 5, released in 2001 on Mammoth Records. Track listing All songs written by Scott McCaughey except as indicated. #"Barky ...

''/'' Let the War Against Music Begin''

2001

*James Mathus and His Knock-Down Society - ''National Antiseptic'' *Joe Henry - ''

Scar A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a n ...

'' *Joe Henry - ''Selections'' *John Wesley Harding - ''I'm Wrong About Everything'' *Seven Mary Three - '' The Economy of Sound''

2002

*A - '' Hi-Fi Serious'' *Freestylers - ''

Pressure Point derive from the supposed meridian points in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, and martial arts. They refer to areas on the human body that may produce significant pain or other effects when manipulated in a specif ...

'' *Fu Manchu - ''

California Crossing ''California Crossing'' is an album by the American stoner rock band Fu Manchu, released in 2001 through Mammoth Records. Production The album was produced by Matt Hyde, who encouraged Fu Manchu to spend more time on preproduction and song arran ...

'' *

- ''

Good Morning Aztlán ''Good Morning Aztlán'' is a studio album by the American band Los Lobos, released in 2002. It was reissued in 2004 (Mobile Fidelity SACD reissue). Track listing ;Note * The original 2002 Mammoth Records issue came with a second CD containi ...

'' * Schatzi - ''Fifty Reasons to Explode'' * Scapegoat Wax - '' SWAX''

2004

*Los Lobos - '' The Ride''

2005

*Various - '' Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime''

2006

*Los Lobos - '' The Town and the City''

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