Decades II
1990-1999: my favourite 50 songs
Aphex Twin – “Xtal” [da Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Apollo, 1992]
Arab Strap – “Here we go” [da Philophobia, Chemikal Underground, 1998]
Autechre – “Calbruc” [da Chiastic Slide, Warp, 1997]
Bardo Pond – “Tommy Gun Angel” [da Lapsed, Matador, 1997]
Bark Psychosis – “Pendulum Man” [da Hex, Circa Records Ltd., 1994]
Bedhead – “Exhume” [da Transaction De Novo, Trance Syndacate Records, 1998]
Belle And Sebastian – “If You’re Feeling Sinister” [da If You’re Feeling Sinister, Jeepster Recordings, 1996]
Black Heart Procession, The – “Blue Tears” [da 2, Touch And Go, 1999]
Boards Of Canada – “Everything You Do Is A Balloon” [da Hi Scores, Skam, 1996]
Bonnie “Prince” Billie – “Another Day Full Of Dread” [da I See A Darkness, Palace Records, 1999]
Codeine – “Realize” [da Barely Real, Sub Pop Records, 1992]
Dirty Three – “Hope” [da Horse Stories, Touch And Go, 1996]
Disco Inferno – “Footprints In Snow” [da D.I. Go Pop, Rough Trade, 1994]
Eels – “Going To Your Funeral Part I” [da Electro-Shock Blues, Dreamworks Records, 1998]
Elliot Smith – “Needle In The Hay” [da S/T, Kill Rock Stars, 1995]
Flying Saucer Attack – “The Drowners” [da S/T, VHF Records, 1993]
For Carnation, The – “On The Swing” [da Marshmallows, Matador, 1996]
Gas – “Untitled #4” [da Königsforst, Mille Plateaux, 1998]
Gastr Del Sol – “Our Exquisite Replica Of ‘Eternity’” [da Upgrade & Afterlife, Drag City, 1996]
Godspeed You Black Emperor! – “East Hastings” [da F#A#oo, Kranky, 1998]
Grant Lee Buffalo – “The Shining Hour” [da Fuzzy, Slash Records, 1993]
Idaho – “Skyscrape” [da Year After Year, Caroline records, 1993]
June Of 44 – “Of Information & Belief” [da Four Great Points, Quarterstick Records, 1998]
Labradford – “Splash Down” [da Prazision LP, Kranky, 1993]
Long Fin Killie – “Valentino” [da Valentino, Too Pure, 1996]
Low – “Down” [da I Could Live In Hope, Vernon Yard Recordings, 1994]
Magnog – “Lost Landing” [da S/T, Kranky, 1996]
Mogwai – “Tracy” [da Young Team, Chemikal Underground, 1997]
My Bloody Valentine – “Sometimes” [da Loveless, Creation Records, 1991]
Neutral Milk Hotel - “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” [da In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Merge Records, 1998]
Oval – “Post-Post“ [da Systemisch, Mille Plateaux, 1994]
Papa M – “Arundel” [da Live From A Shark Cage, Domino Recording Company Ltd., 1999]
Pavement – “In The Mouth Of A Desert” [da Slanted And Enchanted, Matador, 1992]
Placebo – “Pure Morning” [da Without You I’m Nothing, Elevator Music Ltd., Virgin, 1998]
Pearl Jam – “Smile” [da No Code, Epic, 1996]
Red House Painters – “Grace Cathedral Park” [da S/T, 4AD, 1993]
Seefeel – “Through You” [da Quique, Too Pure, 1993]
Slint – “Good Morning, Captain” [da Spiderland, Touch And Go, 1991]
Slowdive – “Dagger” [da Souvlaki, Creation Records, 1993]
Smashing Pumpkins, The – “Bodies” [da Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Virgin, 1995]
Smog – “Chosen One” [da Julius Caesar, Drag City, 1993]
Spain – “Nobody Has To Know” [da She Haunts My Dreams, Restless Records, 1999]
Talk Talk – “Taphead” [da Laughing Stock, Polydor, 1991]
Tindersticks – “Blood” [da S/T, This Way Up, 1993]
Third Eye Foundation – “Still-Life” [da Semtex, Linda’s Strange Vacation, 1996]
Tortoise – “Djed” [da Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Thrill Jockey, 1996]
Trans Am – “Motr“ [da Surrender To The Night, City Slang, 1997]
Van Pelt, The – “The Good, The Bad & The Blind” [da Sultans Of Sentiment, Gern Blandsten,. 1997]
Weezer – “Undone – The Sweater Song” [da S/T, Geffen Records, 1994]
Windsor For The Derby – “Skimming +” [da Minnie Greutzfeldt, Trance Syndacate Records, 1997]
Melly