INTERNATIONAL POP UNDERGROUND CONVENTION Various Artists 1992

Compilation on K Records

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1	–Scrawl	Clock Song (Go Girl Go)	3:07
2	–Nation Of Ulysses*	Shakedown	3:24
3	–Pastels*	Speedway Star	2:50
4	–Melvins	Charmicarmicat	5:45
5	–L7	Packin' A Rod	2:33
6	–Spinnanes*	Jad Fair Drives Women Wild	4:09
7	–Seaweed	Bill	3:03
8	–Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet	They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore	2:31
9	–Kreviss	Sandi's Song	3:50
10	–Some Velvet Sidewalk	Curiosity	1:58
11	–Mecca Normal	Strong White Male	3:02
12	–Courtney Love (2)	Motorcycle Boy	2:25
13	–Unwound	Bionic	3:07
14	–Rose Melberg	My Day	2:48
15	–Fugazi	Reprovisional	4:40
16	–Bratmobile	Punk Rock Dream Come True	1:49
17	–Girl Trouble	Bring On The Dancing Girls	3:18
18	–Kicking Giant	This Sex	4:30
19	–Fastbacks	Impatience	2:51
20	–Mark Hosler, Steve Fisk & Bob Basanich	Customer Service Breakthrough	6:22
21	–Beat Happening	Nancy Sin	2:47
22	–No Artist	Untitled	0:11

THE MACHINES 1990 - 1993 Various Artists 1993

compilation on the Simple Machines record label

 

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1	–Hated*	I Am A Rock	2:33
2	–Lungfish	Nothing Is Easy	4:59
3	–Edsel	Feeder	3:01
4	–Geek (2)	Herasure	4:10
5	–Juliana*	So Fuckin' Perfec'	2:37
6	–Holy Rollers	Swallowing My Swallow	3:22
7	–Juliana*	The Chase	1:29
8	–Holy Rollers	Moment Before Impact	3:57
9	–Bricks	Spy Kitty	4:28
10	–My New Boyfriend	Thurston Dance	2:53
11	–Nation Of Ulysses*	Diptheria	3:57
12	–Mommyheads*	At The Mall	2:44
13	–Candy Machine	My Old Man	4:06
14	–Jawbox	Footbinder	1:52
15	–Geek (2)	Hemingway Shotgun	3:51
16	–Velocity Girl	What You Say	3:41
17	–Severin	Me & You	3:59
18	–Scrawl	Reuters	2:09
19	–Autoclave (2)	Summer	2:13
20	–Circus Lupus	Pacifier	3:48
21	–Tsunami (6)	Beauty Pt. II	2:56
22	–Superchunk	Baxter	3:51
23	–Rodan (3)	Darjeeling	4:04
24	–Unrest (2)	Winona Ryder	2:23

FORTUNE COOKIE PRIZE A Tribute To Beat Happening 1992

compilation on the Simple Machines record label

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1	–The Cannanes	Tribute	1:46
2	–Velocity Girl	Tales Of Brave Aphrodite	3:12
3	–Leaky Chipmunk	Our Secret	3:31
4	–Scrawl	Bad Seeds	1:40
5	–Seaweed	Foggy Eyes	2:20
6	–Kim, Thurston + Epic*	Black Candy	3:37
7	–Geek (2)	Night Moves On The Catwalk	3:09
8	–Love Child (3)	Ponytail	2:54
9	–Unrest (2)	I Love Calvin	1:23
10	–Superchunk	Nancy Sin	2:55
11	–Fish + Roses*	Youth	2:30
12	–Whorl	This Many Boyfriends Club	3:07

WORKING HOLIDAY Various Artists 1994

compilation on the Simple Machines record label

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1	–Scrawl	11:59 It's January	3:23
2	–Versus	Tin Foil Star	4:09
3	–Lungfish	Abraham Lincoln	4:47
4	–The Tinklers	James Brown	3:47
5	–Codeine	Ides	3:55
6	–The Coctails	Working Holiday	3:57
7	–Eggs	Roll Away The Stone	5:26
8	–Jonny Cohen & The Shoetrees	Christmas Trees Everywhere	1:32
9	–Veronica Lake	Saints Above	3:48
10	–My Dad Is Dead	Where Is Our Reason	4:31
11	–Rastro!	Kiss Me	2:30
12	–Nothing Painted Blue	Another Child Bride	3:30
13	–Lois (3)	Indie	2:07
14	–Small Factory	If You Hurt Me	4:31
15	–Tsunami (6)	Kidding On The Square	4:18
16	–Jawbox	Falk	2:52
17	–Crackerbash	Back To School	2:50
18	–The Grifters*	Under The Ground	2:36
19	–Crain (2)	Coalmine #666	4:08
20	–Pitchblende	A Penny For The Guy	3:50
21	–Superchunk	Night Of The Chill Blue	4:30
22	–Caterpillar (3)	Winter's Come	2:35

SCRAWL Nature Film 1998

by request

 

 

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review

[+] by Andy Kellman

It was fitting for the bad-luck Scrawl that Nature Film's artwork included the intended street date of "05-12-1998" -- it wasn't released until a week later. Aware of the likelihood that it would be their last record for Elektra, Scrawl smartly opted to offer as few new songs as possible to the label. Why bake a cake for a partner who's mistreating you, knowing that you can save it for someone who actually deserves it? With that frame of mind Nature Film should be the sound of a band not giving their all, simply going through the motions. That isn't the case -- despite half of the record being actual new material, it's the band's second-best album. They had kept old material from the Rough Trade days in their live repertoire; through years of sporadic gigging, songs like "Rot" and "For Your Sister" turned from good to fantastic, and literally none of their fans could find pre-Bloodsucker releases in the stores. "Standing Around," "Charles," "11:59 It's January," and "Clock Song" also get powerful updates, finally capturing the band's live edge on tape. Most noticeable is drummer Dana Marshall's contributions to the older material. Marshall joined after Bloodsucker. More agile and forceful than earlier drummer Carolyn O' Leary, Marshall's style and advanced musicianship are more complementary to the band. The record isn't just a good trawl through the past -- the six new songs lack nothing in vitality. Bad relationships are still the forte of Marcy Mays' songwriting, who manages to keep it fresh; "You Made It a Crime" is scornful, "100 Car Pile-Up" is shameless rage, and "Guess I'll Wait" is empty resignation. Top it off with a storming cover of PiL's "Public Image," and there you have it: another great record from Columbus' finest.

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01	Rot	2:54
02	You Make It A Crime	3:11
03	Charles	3:01
04	Don't We Always Get There?	4:38
05	Standing Around	2:24
06	Public Image	2:56
07	11:59 (It's January)	4:46
08	Clock Song	3:15
09	Everyone I Saw Tonight	3:04
10	Nature Film	5:07
11	For Your Sister	2:49
12	100 Car Pile-Up	2:56
13	Guess I'll Wait	3:35

SCRAWL He's Drunk 1988

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biography

[+] by Jason Ankeny

Long before the riot grrrl movement opened the floodgates for the widespread emergence of female artists in the male-dominated world of indie rock, the Columbus, OH-based trio Scrawl carved out their own tough-minded yet feminine niche within the underground community. Formed by singer/guitarist Marcy Mays, bassist Sue Harshe, and drummer Carolyn O'Leary, the group --originally dubbed "Skull" -- debuted in the summer of 1985 by playing a 20-minute opening set for the Meat Puppets; with the financial assistance of friends, they entered the studio to record their debut effort a year later, releasing Plus, Also, Too on the small No Other label in 1987.

In the wake of the album's strong reviews, Scrawl toured extensively before signing to the Rough Trade label in 1988. He's Drunk, an assured indie pop effort recorded at Prince's Paisley Park Studio, soon followed, and in 1990, the trio returned with Smallmouth, a more intimate album produced by Gary Smith. Problems with Rough Trade forced Scrawl to depart the label in the autumn of 1990; a few months later, the company declared bankruptcy, and with its demise, the group's back catalog immediately went out of print.

The sting of the Rough Trade debacle clearly informed 1991's superb Bloodsucker, recorded with Steve Albini; a biting, bitter record, it too fell prey to industry whims and poor distribution, quickly joining the group's other records in limbo. After O'Leary broke ranks, Scrawl mounted the "Foxcore, My Ass" tour as an acoustic duo, recruiting new drummer Dana Marshall prior to signing with the Simple Machines label for 1993's Velvet Hammer. After jumping to Elektra, Scrawl issued their major-label debut Travel On, Rider in 1996. Nature Film followed two years later.

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Tracklist 

A1	1=1	2:07
A2	Green Beer	4:07
A3	Ready	3:02
A4	Breaker, Breaker	2:08
A5	For Your Sister	2:56
A6	Believe	2:54
B1	I Feel Your Pain	2:04
B2	Let It All Hang Out	3:55
B3	Small Day	2:16
B4	Rocky Top	2:43
B5	Which One Are You?	2:23
B6	Major/Minor	2:28