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JF's 100 Key Artists of the 1990's A - L
  
Key Artists M to Z
Apples in Stereo, The
Key Works: "Fun Trick Noisemaker" (1995); ""Tone Soul Evolution" (1997); "Her Wallpaper Reverie"(1999).
Key Links: Apples in Stereo main-man Robert Schneider also released a very nice solo album of early 'bedroom' recordings (calling himself The Marbles) in 1997 entitled "Pyramid Landing (& Other Favorites). Amongst other things, Mr. Schneider also contributed to albums by The Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel.
Barlow, Lou / Sentridoh
Key Works: "A Collection of Home Recordings" (1993); "Lou Barlow and His Sentridoh" (1994); "Lou Barlow Plays Waterfront" (1995).
Key Links: Lou 'began' with J. Mascis in Dinosaur Jr. and then went on to front the seminal indie band Sebadoh, and also formed Folk Implosion with buddie John Davis.
Beat Happening
Key Works:"Dreamy" (1991); "You Turn Me On"(1992).
Key Links: K Records boss and Beat Happening lead singer Calvin Johnson teamed up with Built to Spill front-man Doug Martsch to release three albums as The Halo Benders between 1994 and 1998.
Beck
Key Works:"Mellow Gold" (1994); "One Foot in the Grave" (1994); "Odelay" (1996).
Belle & Sebastian
Key Works: "Tigermilk"(1996); "If You're Feeling Sinister" (1997);"The Boy with the Arab Strap"(1998).
Key Links: Belles member Isobel Campbell also recorded under the guise of The Gentle Waves. Her enchanting debut album "Green Fields of Foreverland" was released in 1999.
Beulah
Key Works:"Handsome Western States" (1997); "When Your Heartstrings Break" (1999).
Blur
Key Works:"Leisure" (1991); "Modern Life is Rubbish" (1993); "Parklife"(1994).
Key Links: No I'm not gonna' mention Graham Coxon's slightly misguided solo endeavours! Although I just did? Instead I'd just like to point out that the single "Hanging Around"(1996) was one of the cutest tracks of the 1990's. Me Me
Me, of course, featured Blur's Alex James.
BMX Bandits
Key Works:"Star Wars" (1991); "Gettin' Dirty"(1995); "Theme Park" (1997).
Key Links: Some important bands that have included full-time and/or part-time members of the BMX Bandits have been Teenage Fanclub, Eugenius, Radio Sweethearts, Cheeky Monkey and Speedboat. Bandit Duglas T. Stewart (the man with the fozzie-bear voice) also released a curious solo album("Frankenstein") in 1996.
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The
Key Works: "Thank God for Mental Illness" (1996); "Give it Back!"(1997); "Strung Out in Heaven"(1998).
Key Links: BJM-guitarist Jeff Davies is a member of Smallstone, who released their self-titled debut album in 2000. Legendary BJM leader Anton Newcombe also helped out on a couple of tracks.
Brown, Junior
Key Works:"Guit with It" (1993); "Semi-Crazy" (1996); "Long Walk Back" (1998).
Buckner, Richard
Key Works:"Bloomed" (1995); "Devotion + Doubt" (1997).
Built to Spill
Key Works:"There's Nothing Wrong with Love" (1994); "Perfect from Now On" (1997); Keep it Like a Secret(1999).
Key Links: K Records boss and Beat Happening lead singer Calvin Johnson teamed up with Built to Spill front-man Doug Martsch to release three albums as The Halo Benders between 1994 and 1998.
Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub
Key Works:"Pan-American Flash" (1996); "Wire to Wire" (1998).
Key Links:Country & Western troubadour-extraordinaire Paul Burch is also a member of Lambchop.
Butterglory
Key Works:"Crumble" (1994); "Are You Building a Temple in Heaven?" (1996);"Rat Tat Tat" (1997).
Cash, Johnny
Key Works:"American Recordings" (1994);"Unchained" (1996).
Cheeky Monkey
Key Works:"Four Arms to Hold You" (1998).
Key Links:This is a side-project for the dynamic duo Francis
McDonald and Michael Shelley. Hopefully we'll see more. Francis McDonald is currently a member of Teenage Fanclub, The BMX Bandits, The Radio Sweethearts and Speedboat.
Cornershop
Key Works:"When I Was Born for the 7th Time" (1997).
Key Links: The Cornershop side-project Clinton spawned an album in 1999
entitled "Disco and the Halfway to Discontent".
Davies, Richard
Key Works:"There's Never Been a Crowd Like This (1996)";
"Telegraph" (1998).
Key Links: Davies led the Australian cult band The Moles who released, most
notably, the album "Instinct" in 1992. He also partnered singer-songwriter Eric Matthews under the name Cardinal for a one-off, brilliant self-titled album in
1994.
Davis, John
Key Works:"Leave Home" (1994); "Blue Mountains" (1997).
Key Links: Davis partnered Lou Barlow in Folk Implosion.
DeMent, Iris
Key Works:"Infamous Angel" (1992); "My Life"(1994); "The Way I Should" (1996).
Destroyer
Key Works:"We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge" (1996); "City of Daughters" (1998); "Thief"(1999).
Key Links: Destroyer mastermind Daniel Bejar was also a member of The New
Pornographers on their excellent 2000 album "Mass Romantic".
Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys
Key Works:"Acres of Heartache" (1999).
Dinosaur Jr.
Key Works:"Green Mind" (1991); "Where You Been"
(1993); "Without a Sound" (1994).
Key Links: Lou Barlow is a former 80's member of Dinosaur Jr.
Douglas, Charles
Key Works:"The Lives of Charles Douglas" (1999).
Earle, Steve
Key Works:"Train a Comin'" (1995); "I Feel Alright" (1996); "The Mountain" [with the Del McCoury Band] (1999).
Essex Green, The
Key Works:"Everything is Green" (1999).
Key Links: Certain members of The Essex Green are also members of The Ladybug Transistor, Guppyboy and the Sixth Great
Lake.
Eugenius
Key Works: "Oomalama"(1992); "Mary, Queen of Scots" (1994).
Key Links: Eugenius head-guy Eugene Kelly partnered Frances McKee in the
influential late 80's band The Vaselines. Kelly and his Eugenius cohort Gordon Keen are also ex-members of the BMX Bandits.
Flaming Lips, The
Key Works: "Transmissions from the Satellite Heart" (1993); "Clouds Taste Metallic" (1995); "The Soft Bulletin" (1999).
Key Links: Former member of The Flaming Lips, Jonathan Donahue, was a
founding member and is the current lead singer of Mercury
Rev.
Folk Implosion
Key Works:"Take a Look Inside" (1994); "Dare to be
Surprised" (1997); "One Part Lullaby"(1999)
Key Links: The duo Folk Implosion comprised Lou Barlow and John Davis. Lou 'began' with J. Mascis in Dinosaur Jr. and then went on to front the seminal indie band Sebadoh as well as releasing solo stuff.
Forster, Robert
Key Works: "Danger in the Past" (1990); "Calling from a Country Phone" (1993); "I Had a New York Girlfriend" (1994).
Key Links: Forster is, of course, a founding and surviving member of the
legendary Australian combo The Go-Betweens who returned in 2000 (after a 12-year hiatus) with the superb "Friends of Rachel Worth".
Fountains of Wayne
Key Works: "Fountains of Wayne" (1996); "Utopia Parkway" (1999).
Key Links: Adam Schlesinger, who is one-half of the Fountains of Wayne
songwriting machine, is also a member of Ivy. The Ivy highpoint was 1997's "Apartment Life".
Freakwater
Key Works: "Feels Like the Third Time" (1993); "Old Paint"(1995); "Springtime" (1998).
Fulks, Robbie
Key Works: "Country Love Songs" (1996); "South Mouth" (1997).
Golden Smog
Key Works: "Down by the Old Mainstream" (1996); "Weird
Tales" (1998).
Key Links: Jeff Tweedy was a leading member of Uncle Tupelo and is the major artistic force within Wilco. Wilco, in turn, have also collaborated with Billy Bragg on 2 albums of Woody Guthrie material. Gary Louris is a member of The Jayhawks.
Jody Stephens, former drummer with 70's cult legends Big Star, joined Golden Smog for the "Weird Tales" album.
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Key Works: "Introducing...Gorky's Zygotic Mynci" (1996); "Barafundle" (1997); "Spanish Dance Troupe" (1999).
Guided by Voices
Key Works: "Vampire on Titus/Propeller" (1993); "Bee Thousand"(1994); "Alien Lanes" (1995).
Key Links: GBV main-man Robert Pollard has released multiple solo albums,
the best of which is "Not in My Airforce" (1996). Ex-GBV member Tobin Sprout has also released solo albums that have been surprisingly superior to Pollard's. Current GBV drummer
Jim MacPherson also drummed for The Breeders and The Amps.
Halo Benders
Key Works: "God Don't Make No Junk" (1994); "Don't Tell Me
Now" (1996); "The Rebels Not In" (1998).
Key Links: The Halo Benders' driving forces, Doug Martsch and Calvin Johnson
front, respectively, Built to Spill and Beat Happening.
Hancock, Wayne
Key Works: "Thunderstorms and Neon Signs" (1995); "That's What Daddy Wants" (1997); "Wild, Free and Reckless"
(1999).
Handsome Family, The
Key Works: "Odessa"(1994); "Milk and Scissors" (1996);
"Through the Trees" (1998).
High Llamas, The
Key Works: "Gideon Gaye" (1995); "Hawaii" (1996); "Cold and Bouncy" (1997).
Key Links: Due to his commmitment to the Llamas, front-man Sean O'Hagan has also gone from being a full-time to a part-time member of Stereolab.
Hitchcock, Robyn
Key Works: "Eye" (1990); "Moss Elixir" (1996); "Jewels for Sophia" (1999).
Key Links: Hitchcock began his music career in the mid-70's with the hugely
influential The Soft Boys, who released their masterpiece "Underwater Moonlight" in 1980.
Hooker o.k.
Key Works: "Hooker o.k." (1997).
Key Links: Patrick O'Connell, who is one-half of Hooker o.k., is also a key
member of Number One Cup, whose best album was 1995's "Possum Trot Plan".
Jayhawks, The
Key Works: "Hollywood Town Hall" (1992); "Tomorrow the Green
Grass" (1995); "The Sound of Lies" (1997).
Key Links: Gary Louris is also a member of the alt-country supergroup Golden Smog. Ex-Jayhawk, Mark Olson, went on to form The
Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers with his wife Victoria Williams.
Jesus & Mary Chain, The
Key Works: "Honey's Dead" (1992); "Stoned and Dethroned" (1994); "Munki" (1998).
Key Links: Ex-J&MC drummer Bobby Gillespie now fronts the wildly
overrated Primal Scream.
Johnston, Daniel
Key Works: "Artistic Vice" (1991); "Fun" (1994); "Rejected Unknown" (1999).
Key Links: Daniel made a great album with Jad Fair (of Half Japanese fame)
in 1989. This album ("It's Spooky") was re-released in 2001 with bonus tracks.
Jurado, Damien
Key Works: "Waters Ave. S" (1997); "Rehearsals for Departure"(1999).
Kaplan, Jonny
Key Works: "California Heart" (1997).
Kleenex Girl Wonder
Key Works: "Sexual Harrassment" (1996); "Graham
Smith is the Coolest Person Alive" (1997); "Ponyoak" (1999).
Ladybug Transistor, The
Key Works: "Beverly Atonale" (1997); "Albemarle Sound" (1999).
Key Links: Members of the Ladybug Transistor are part of or have contributed to releases by The Essex Green, Guppyboy and the Sixth Great Lake. "Up the Country" (2001) by The Sixth Great
Lake is especially fine.
Lemonheads, The
Key Works: "It's a Shame About Ray" (1992); "Come on Feel the
Lemonheads" (1993); "Car Button Cloth" (1996).
Key Links: Aussie Lemonhead Nic Dalton fronted the Aussie indie-pop combo
Godstar. "Coastal" from 1995 was pretty decent.
Lilys
Key Works: "In the Presence of Nothing" (1992); "Better
Can't Make Your Life Better" (1996); "The 3 Way" (1999).
Key Links: Lilys drummer Aaron Sperske also drums for the brilliant
psychedelic-country outfit The Beachwood Sparks. Their self-titled album from 2000 was indeed the best album of 2000! Ex-Lilys guitarist Art DiFuria fronts The Photon
Band, whose best release has been "All Young in the Soul" (1998).
Lullaby for the Working Class
Key Works: "Blanket Warm" (1996); "I Never Even Asked for
Light" (1997).
Luna
Key Works: "Lunapark" (1992); "Bewitched" (1994);
"Penthouse" (1995).
Key Links: Luna main-guy Dean Wareham was a member of the ground-breaking
Galaxie 500 who released 3 impeccable albums of dream-pop between 1988 and 1990. Luna bassist Justin Harwood was a member of New Zealand group The Chills. The Chills
released 4 albums between 1987 and 1996.
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