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    09/14/1999 | Matador Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Founded by Gerard Cosloy and Chris Lombardi in the autumn of 1989, Matador Records emerged as one of the most important and influential American independent labels of the decade to follow, largely defining the sound and spirit of indie rock through seminal releases from artists including Pavement, Liz Phair, Yo la Tengo, and Guided by Voices. The three-disc Everything Is Nice celebrates Matador's tenth anniversary by compiling key singles, live tracks, and rarities, spotlighting the label's vaunted eclecticism by assembling material by everyone from grrrl-punk icons Sleater-Kinney to Japanese pop savant Cornelius to drone merchants Bardo Pond. Some of the inclusions are questionable at best -- Pavement's "Stereo" over "Summer Babe"? For shame -- but as an introduction the set more than serves its purpose, with the abundance of unreleased tracks making it worthwhile for longtime fans as well. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Stereo
  • Pavement

  • 2
  • Count Five or Six
  • Cornelius [2]

  • 3
  • Talk About the Blues
  • Spencer, Jon [Rock] Blues Explosion

  • 4
  • Cross Bones Style
  • Cat Power

  • 5
  • Flight '96
  • Chavez

  • 6
  • Fire in the Middle
  • Nightmares On Wax

  • 7
  • Refuse to Lose
  • Non Phixion

  • 8
  • Pitbull
  • Jega

  • 9
  • No Tech!
  • Unwound

  • 10
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Helium

  • 11
  • Maximum Sunshine
  • Lynnfield Pioneers

  • 12
  • Fujiyama Attack
  • Guitar Wolf

  • 13
  • Heart Cooks Brain
  • Modest Mouse

  • 14
  • Flux
  • Bardo Pond

  • 15 (2)
  • Christmas Steps
  • Mogwai

  • 16 (2)
  • Sugarcube
  • Yo La Tengo

  • 17 (2)
  • The Official Ironmen Rally Song
  • Guided By Voices

  • 18 (2)
  • Banned from the End of the World
  • Sleater-Kinney

  • 19 (2)
  • One Louder Solex
  • Solex

  • 20 (2)
  • The Banjo's Categorical Gut
  • Matmos

  • 21 (2)
  • Here We Go
  • Arab Strap

  • 22 (2)
  • Booker to Hooker
  • Khan [2]

  • 23 (2)
  • Image of You
  • Red Snapper

  • 24 (2)
  • Blaze
  • Arsonists

  • 25 (2)
  • Roygbiv
  • Boards Of Canada

  • 26 (2)
  • Do the Strand
  • Burger Ink

  • 27 (2)
  • Tanzen
  • Pole [2]

  • 28 (2)
  • X-Factor
  • Void [2]

  • 29 (3)
  • Windblown (#)
  • Lynnfield Pioneers

  • 30 (3)
  • Naked (#)
  • Spencer, Jon [Rock] Blues Explosion

  • 31 (3)
  • Sleepwalkers (#)
  • Non Phixion

  • 32 (3)
  • Universal Skills (#)
  • Arsonists

  • 33 (3)
  • One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Barbie Dolls (#)
  • Pizzicato Five

  • 34 (3)
  • Oh Cripes! (#)
  • Solex

  • 35 (3)
  • Body Dump (Super-8 Mix)(#)
  • Khan

  • 36 (3)
  • Schtumm (#)
  • Wisdom Of Harry

  • 37 (3)
  • Sugarcube (Live)(#)
  • Yo La Tengo

  • 38 (3)
  • Grounded (#)
  • Pavement

  • 39 (3)
  • Choking Tara (Creamy Version)(#)
  • Guided By Voices

  • 40 (3)
  • Aging Astronauts II (#)
  • Timony, Mary

  • 41 (3)
  • Long Ride (#)
  • Bardo Pond

  • 42 (3)
  • Hugh Dallas (#)
  • Mogwai

  • 43 (3)
  • Sea of Love (#)
  • Cat Power

    • Credits

    • Solex
    • Producer, Mixing, Engineer, Performer


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