Tracks And Fields (2004)

Product Summary Label: Kill Rock Stars/touch N Go UPC: 00759656040129 Release Date: 3/9/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60627294 Item#: M6SMJD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'm Not Like That - The Legend ~ Various Artists 2. This Lush Life - Antitam ~ Various Artists 3. Peace In Detroit - His Name Is Alive ~ Various Artists 4. Everyone Gets Crushed - Superchunk ~ Various Artists 5. Our Givest - Bro. Danielson ~ Various Artists 6. Make Her Me - Dos ~ Various Artists 7. Release The Robots - Gas Huffer ~ Various Artists 8. We Got Room In Outta Space - John Wilkes Booze ~ Various Artists 9. Steve And Tiffanie - The Capricorns ~ Various Artists 10. Eric's Song - Cynthia Dall ~ Various Artists 11. Bird's In The Sky - Lovers ~ Various Artists 12. Clowne Town - Xiu Xiu (live) ~ Various Artists 13. Ghost Boobs - Gravy Train!!! (live) ~ Various Artists 14. Pink 14 - The Buff Meadways ~ Various Artists 15. Only One, The - The Charades ~ Various Artists 16. TV Life - Wiretaps ~ Various Artists 17. Inside Out - Brooke ~ Various Artists 18. Version Valley - Young People ~ Various Artists 19. Amplifier - Jucifer ~ Various Artists 20. Wake Me When I'm Over - Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee ~ Various Artists 21. This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - The King Cobra ~ Various Artists 22. Search & Seizure - Semiautomatic ~ Various Artists 23. Untitled - Alaska ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Hegemoney Enemy - Shoplifting ~ Various Artists 2. John The Barber - Biography Of Ferns ~ Various Artists 3. Bright Things - Radio Berlin ~ Various Artists 4. Fantastic Success II - Measles Mumps & Rubella ~ Various Artists 5. Electronic Boots - Slumber Party ~ Various Artists 6. Walking Backwards - Sleetmute Nightmute ~ Various Artists 7. Ggaannkk - Need New Body ~ Various Artists 8. Industrial Noise - Male Slut ~ Various Artists 9. I'm Your Doctor Now - The Paper Chase ~ Various Artists 10. Poughkeepsi - Devendra Banhart (Deom) ~ Various Artists 11. Icebound Stream - Laura Veirs ~ Various Artists 12. "In The Lake", The - Thanksgiving ~ Various Artists 13. Begin To Breathe - Nedelle ~ Various Artists 14. Rockaway Beach - Sahara Highlights ~ Various Artists 15. Oh Johnny - Sweet Heat ~ Various Artists 16. Stalwart (Main Title) - C Average ~ Various Artists 17. Golden Cloud - Dead Meadow ~ Various Artists 18. Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right - The Decemberists ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Tracks and Fields is a double-disc follow-up to Kill Rock Stars' double-disc Fields and Streams set from 2002. Much the same as that fine release, this is a roundup of indie rock and pop bands that either record for KRS or make music that float KRS' boat. The disc plays like a state of the indie union address with a nice mix of established acts and up-and-comers and a strong sense of the overall vision and aesthetic that has helped keep KRS going all these years. Disc one's highlights are a crinkly track from the Legend! ("I'm Not Like That"), a deeply soulful revamping of What's Going On-era Marvin Gaye by His Name Is Alive ("Peace in Detroit"), the starkly beautiful "Eric's Song" from Cynthia Dall, the storming "Pink 14" by Billy Childish's Buff Medways, the cute new wave of the Charades ("The Only One"), and the nasty garage blues of Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee ("Wake Me When I'm Over"). Disc two holds many pleasures as well, like Biography of Ferns' epic Pastels/Television Personalities-influenced "John the Barber," Measles Mumps Rubella's glittery disco-funk "Fantastic Success II," the lo-fi demo of Devendra O Banhart's "Poughkeepsi," Nedelle's soulful indie folk ("Begin to Breathe"), a stunning acoustic take of "Golden Cloud" from space rock stalwarts Dead Meadow, and a sweet country tune from the heavily hyped (deservedly so) Decemberists ("Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right"). Some songs -- but only a handful -- aren't quite up to the level of the rest, and are not enough to drag the collection down. Anyone who wants to get a feel for beneath-the-radar indie rock in 2004 should seek this out. ~ Tim Sendra   Technical Info Release Date : 04/06/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 401 Label : Kill Rock Stars Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00759656040129    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray