Doug Lab: College Noise

Good Horning! I made a compilation of the guitar noise that dominated my 1986 Chevy Spectrum's tape deck in college. I lived at home the entire time, so I was in my car a lot. In college, I got way into shoegaze and indie rock with warped, dissonant guitars, so this playlist won't be for everyone.
Ok, let me walk you through the tracks.

#1 00:05 Jeremy Parker by Swirlies. Swirlies are one of my favorite bands of all time. They only had a few albums but they blew my mind when I first heard them and they still do. The only band I've ever written fan mail to! I saw them a few weeks ago and said hi to Andy the bass player who I'm friendly with on insta. In college, I had a friend named Tom, he turned me on to them and no one else I knew listed to them. This was basically before the internet as we know it, so we were alone in our fandom. Music was more mysterious back then.

#2 04:18 Feel So Real by Swerevedriver.
#3 08:44 Lazy Day by Boo Radleys.
#4 10:17 Time for Bed by The Apples in Stereo.

#5 13:52 The Hermit Crab by Lilys. Ok, this band is also high up on my all time favorite band lists. It's basically the brainchild one guy, Kurt Heasley. This album in particular is amazing. Well, to me it is, I listened to it endlessly when I first found it. Several years ago Kurt himself came to my house to be on the Poundcast! The dude is some kind of mad genius, I remember the interview being bewildering. I'm not sure I understood much of what he was talking about. Kurt is cool as hell though and he gave me some vinyl records. If you like shoegaze or indie pop, check out their first 3 albums. Masterpieces, all of them.

#6 17:21 Coney Island Cyclone by Mercury Rev. Their first few albums have a whimsical goofiness to them. A lot of it sounds like they were screwing around but it's also catchy. I love it. The lead singer used to be in The Flaming Lips and you can tell.

#7 19:50 Solitary Set by Polvo. I simply love the warped guitars of Polvo. They are guitar gods. I definitely was inspired by Polvo when I made the Bubba Gump jingle.

#8 22:02 Pat's Trick by Helium.
#9 25:17 Brand New Love by Sebadoh. So, in high school, Dinosaur Jr was my favorite band. In college I converted to Sebadoh.

#10 29:20 No by The Wedding Present. This is more of a jangle situation as far as the guitars go but I spent countless hours listening to them. I saw them at the Metro in Chicago once and the lead singer David Gedge was behind the merch booth. I didn't recognize him and asked him some dumb question like "Did the wedding present play yet?" The woman standing next to him laughed at me and said "don't you know that's David?!" I said "I don't know what you guys look like, there's no band pictures on your albums!" He thought that was funny. Again, the mystery of music pre-internet. By da way, The Wedding Present is going to tour the album this song is from next year. I must go. Wait, maybe we should get them on OHL?!

#11 33:29 So Sick by Unrest. More jangle perfection. Check out the album "Perfect Teeth."
#12 36:28 From a Motel 6 by Yo La Tengo. Painful is my favorite Yo La Tengo Album.
#13 40:31 Whatever Happened to Pong? by Frank Black. The Pixies rule but Frank Black kicks ass too.
#14 42:05 Drive it all Over Me by My Bloody Valentine. Yes, Loveless is a masterpiece but I also like some of the B sides. Have you heard their early stuff that's not on spotify? I like.
#15 45:04 Catholic Block by Sonic Youth. It would be wrong to not include a Sonic Youth song.
#16 48:20 Sorry Again by Velocity Girl.

#17 51:04 Talkin' 'Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants To Live Forever) by The Flaming Lips. This was the era when Jonathan Donahue from Mercury Rev was still in the band. I saw the Lips play when this guy Ronald Jones was the guitarist, it was the Clouds Taste Metallic tour. What he did on the guitar melted my brain, it sounded like he was channeling another dimension. I just watched a video on why he left the band and Wayne thinks he might have been schizophrenic.

#18 54:48 Hell Day by Rein Sanction. An underrated band that was on Sub Pop. I think they got ignored because narrow minded critics said they were a Dinosaur Jr ripoff. I think they sound completely original. This is an unusual acoustic song by them. Check out the album "Broc's Cabin."

#19 57:38 Don't Be by Pella. This is a band from Downers Grove Illinois. Two college boys named Doug and Tom wanted to start a shoegaze band. This is a 4 track recording that they made in Tom's mom's basement. Yes this is my college band. Cringe.

Groops I forgot to include: Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Moose, Medicine, Stereolab.

Peace and Pounding, DP