As far as heavy-goes-it indie rock labels went in the '90s, San Diego's
Goldenrod stable was one of the most approachable and consistent, pumping out roughly five dozen releases during their Clinton-era run, including records by several bands I've featured in past years including
fluf,
No Knife,
Big Drill Car,
Cars Get Crushed,
Custom Floor, and
Overwhelming Colorfast (nice run-on sentence, eh)? The 1996
Super Mixer compilation served as a representative label sampler and offered some sweet collectors bait, namely a lengthy, non-album rarity from No Knife, "Heavy Handed Man" and exclusive contributions from the rather unsung
Tina, Age 13 (btw, does anyone have the
Good Feelings album?),
ColdWaterCrane,
Radio Wendy and
100 Watt Halo among others. We also treated to digital versions of songs otherwise only available on 7" by reluctant emo wunderkinds
Knapsack, visionary popcore rockers Big Drill Car, and the lavishly decked-out pop punks known as
Supernova. There are some other tasty morsels for your perusal hear as well.
Super Mixer is a super way to acquaint yourself with a bevy of bands you likely didn't even know were walking the earth while you were too engaged with your Jawbreaker and Alanis Morissette records. You can check get caught up on Goldenrod's entire discography
here.
01.
100 Watt Halo -
Super Good Chromatic 02.
Radio Wendy -
Fucknut 03. f
luf -
Waffles 04.
Tina, Age 13 -
Foggiehead 05.
Knapsack -
Don't Mind 06.
Chinchilla -
Tall 07.
Deerheart -
Novacaine Slip 08.
G.U.I. -
Two-Fifty the Box 09.
Big Drill Car -
Nothing At All 10.
No Knife -
Heavy-Handed Man 11.
99 Tales -
Thursday 12.
Unleaded -
New Orifice 13.
Cold Crank -
Hissy Fit 14. ColdWaterCrane -
Pelican Brief 15.
Supernova -
Calling Hong Kong 16.
Kill Holiday -
Cold Shoulder 17.
Hemlock -
Legroom 18.
Boilermaker -
Trunk 19.
Overwhelming Colorfast -
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