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Doug Lab: College Noise
🕑 Added 2024-12-09 14:00:17 +0000 UTCGood 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
Comments
Nat
What I’m listening to as I put stupid numbers into a stupid excel sheet
Sam Koepenick
This moves me.
J Mart
I want to hear more from Pella please!!!!
Andy Kawabata
Thanks friend!
Erik Lilleby
Thanks so much! More recent MBV fan so all this is perfect reference for a 90s indie fan who missed out by being too young
Matt B.
“Sleep” by Slowdive is very, very nice and worth searching right now on TheYouTube. And don’t forget the legendary shoegaze band Ride, people. What will we do without chips? What will we do witho— The Pounding.
David Thunga
This is awesome Doug
Christopher Laramee
Great mix Doug, def I was on the same tip on a lot of these at the time too, especially SWIRLIES too (to this day, more should know about them). As an aside (and if you see this post) is POWER PAD viewable anywhere? My bud Steve Krakow was briefly in it and dunno if its around still? Cheers!
Walter Nini
Doug have you heard the "Southeast of Saturn" compilations that Third Man put out? It features some lesser known bands from the Detroit area that were making some great guitar noise/ "space rock" in the 90s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reP5I2XdyQY
Jesse Caggiano
Getting my money’s worth on the Patreon, thanks Doug!
Tim Getting
Love that you're doing this kind of stuff for the Patreon. Makes me glad I subscribed. Doug & Vic have such great taste in music. Looking forward to hearing more!
James Duffy
So good, thanks Doug!
lilula9
thanks for sharing, Doug! I love your little asides and background (especially young!Doug's work <3) also love your sign off...it feels like a fist bump that's more of a "pound" to me
Mike Tungate
Great mix Doug! Really enjoyed it.
Melissa
IT'S SO GOOD DOUG. The Apples in Stereo song is changing my life. I made the u-tube version of the playlist https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL87NJbkpbWGQHyTwdOEL_N7q31NikVdMc&si=jH1Jktm6Ak0u7fkQ
Reilly Tegan
Moose is so underrated. Love the mix
KD
Yoyeah DOUG
Club Flamingo
Thanks for this, Doug! Thorn by My Bloody Valentine is my favoutite b-side 😍
Roymon
yo Doug - what years were you at Columbia College, and do you remember “The Underground”?
Lindsey
This is excellent! I hadn't listened to Helium in sooooo long
Stu Walker
If anyone is itching for a contemporary band that could fit on this playlist, check out Mo Dotti. I really dig their latest album, Opaque. https://mo-dotti.bandcamp.com/album/opaque
Josiah
Didnt consider myself a shoegaze fan but this playlist rips!
Sir Girthalot
Cool Doug! Not what I usually listen to. Feel like I can hear the fingerprints of this stuff all over your jingles
Andrew Bryson
Painful is my favorite Yo La Tengo album too. I'm younger than some of y'all so didn't live through this stuff in the 90s, but my equivalent experience was having my mind blown by Deerhunter in 2006 as the unknown first opener for Liars - Drum's Not Dead tour. Delay pedals for dayze! I used to own a modded Boss RPS-10 but later hocked it to buy [redacted]. Still miss it sometimes, even more than the electric guitar or the amp (also sold). Very cool playlist!
The Daily Ghost
Wow - we nearly have the same taste! Been Gazin those shoes since 92! Did you ever get to see Helium live? First exposure to them for me was in Boston when they opened for Hole on the Live Through This tour (a few months after Kurt's passing). Instant fan - Mary is awesome!
Vincent Ford
You got me at Swirlies
Richard F.
This is pretty amazing Doug! Thanks for putting this together, already on my second play though. Think we are around the same age so these records had the same impact on me when they first came out. Still have most of these LPs from that time and they still get played.
Jeremy Borgeson
Damn…this is the playlist I wasn’t expecting but absolutely needed today. Some deep cuts on here. Also love that you included Frank Black’s ‘Pong’ …that album was so important to me back in the spring and summer of ‘95. Thank you Doug!
Melissa
Omg Doug this is so cool, thank you
Journe
The cooler side of Office Hours. Love it!
Noah D
Halfway through and already love it all, thank u Doug!
Donovan Olson
Doug, I saw a Swirlies reunion last year at Nice A Fest. I was new to them, but very familiar with a song or two going into it. Their set was great.
Alex B
Doug this is so goooood. I haven’t listened to so many of these bands in years. Top choices 🤘
Jihane Bishop
We need Pella on Apple and Soundcloud and all the streaming stuff! 🤠 pleease
Jihane Bishop
Loved the Pella track!!! 👏🏼
Douggpound
Wow I think the show I was at is in there. Double Door in chicago
Hekkmart
This is such a great playlist. Thank you, Doug.
Hekkmart
Apple music playlist… https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/doug-lab-guitar-noise/pl.u-DDPBTxblEz
Doggerel
Doug, thanks for calling out The Swirlies. If you're a Swirlies fan you may know that their guitar genius Rob Laakso tragically passed away last year. Every band Rob played in became good. He was most known for his work with Kurt Vile, but even his first band, The Wicked Farleys deserves to be heard. I think you would dig it. I knew his younger brother Jim better than I knew Rob. Jim also died from the same rare cancer a few months ago. He was an extremely funny, weird, brilliant guy.
Jeff Oakley
Can’t wait to listen to this. Check out THEE HEAVENLY MUSIC ASSOCIATION. They only ever released one album, “Shaping the Invisible,” in the early 2000s. It’s a treasure.
Kyle
Douggie done dig it again (as in crate digging)
rainbowdark
Dood! This rules. Many were high school classics for me - Big time into Helium, Polvo (Polvo inspired Jingle is hilarious, lol), Sebadoh, Stereolab, Slowdive and YES "solo" Frank Black - The first Frank Black and the Catholics album RIPS. Another Recc? Trans Am. I think you might dig "Futureworld" - Totally was the gateway from math rock indie head to weird electronic music dude for me. Looking forward to digging into this as there's some names I don't recognize. Doug. Great taste. What a shocker ;p
Aaron Marks
Here’s a Spotify playlist with these songs (except Pella - not on Spotify?) so that everyone can listen outside of the Patreon app. Thank you Doug! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BvnMu4zQLBx4mlbY2baaw?si=hme41GQWSwO8IpI7reAw-Q&pi=u-u-1GmT7jQaKI
brian bonelli
This is great! The Lips peaked during the Ronald Jones era, in my opinion. A really brilliant guitarist. Someone on YouTube uploaded like 100 different live videos and bootlegs from this period, overwhelming but worth dipping into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQeO0jpGJA&list=PLZMHWYQTh_REpWvlLDYIRfaXnSDI6daRg
Douggpound
Been thinking about doing a kgw mix
Z
fucking awesome. thank you doug
Aaron Quillen
Doug, your taste in guitar music is impeccable. Swirlies, Swervedriver, Lilys, Polvo, Helium, The Wedding Present, Unrest, YLT, Velocity Girl, etc, etc… I love Kurt Heasley’s journey from shoegaze to Pavement-style slacker rock to dream pop (Eccsame) to Kinks-style sophistipop. “The Hermit Crab” is my favorite song of theirs.
Will
Thanks Doug 🙏 your taste in music is killer and i love hearing more of it. Hit to Death in the Future Head is an underrated Flaming Lips album
Chalameybe
ugh I love shoegaze. throwing this on now, might even head to JC Penny to peep some penny loafers, playa.
Stu Walker
Swervedriver!! Ronald Jones!! Thanks for making this Doug
Duncan K
Great playlist! Swirlies are one of my faves as well and Jeremy Parker is #1 on an album that is hard to pick a best track on! Speaking of early MBV, have you heard the Sunny Sundae Smile ep? Such great, fuzzed out power pop.
Eric Anderson
Fantastic curation , DP. Going to soundtrack my commute with it
Chase
And then check out my bedroom ambient punk cover of Deadsy lol
Chase
https://youtu.be/qN9u5RXw3DM?si=oe-OvH4oKBke3z7G
francis
helll yea. while you're keeping it autobiographical may I suggest doing like a kgw primer in a similar style? please :)
Chase
Doug check out this cover from Deadsy of that Sebadoh track. This was my favorite band as a teenager haha great playlist!
Chase
https://youtu.be/DNtYRzVteeg?si=I25aCPjGqE7uhPLp
AndPlus
I just saw Swirlies in Austin last month. What a great show! Thanks for sharing the list.
TJ K
Nice selection, Doug! Will be digging into this for sure.
Trav
Hell yes! Thank you, Doug! Exactly my wheelhouse, and lots of stuff I haven’t checked out before. (I also love pre-Loveless MBV. They still would have been a classic 80s indie band even if they never recorded Loveless, I think!)
Myles
🔥
Johnnee
thanks for writing a little something for each track! very cool! Thanks for Sharing Doug!!!
tabor
Thanksgiving
Hekkmart
This is great. ..if I have time I’m going to make this an Apple Music playlist. Cheers!
