Jawbox

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Savory 04:35 Tools
Breathe 02:49 Tools
FF=66 02:48 Tools
Motorist 03:53 Tools
Cooling Card 02:46 Tools
Green Glass 03:28 Tools
Cruel Swing 02:16 Tools
LS/MFT 02:41 Tools
Chicago Piano 03:00 Tools
Reel 03:38 Tools
Jackpot Plus! 02:35 Tools
Mirrorful 03:03 Tools
Whitney Walks 03:57 Tools
U-Trau 03:10 Tools
Static 04:11 Tools
Iodine 03:36 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie 02:47 Tools
Dreamless 04:09 Tools
Desert Sea 03:05 Tools
Livid 03:56 Tools
Won't Come Off 02:46 Tools
Tongues 03:58 Tools
Spoiler 02:28 Tools
His Only Trade 00:00 Tools
68 03:17 Tools
Excandescent 04:26 Tools
Cutoff 03:51 Tools
Empire Of One 02:47 Tools
Tracking 02:33 Tools
Nickel Nickel Millionaire 02:35 Tools
Capillary Life 03:23 Tools
Bullet Park 02:31 Tools
Absenter 03:05 Tools
Mule/Stall 00:00 Tools
Channel 3 02:57 Tools
Freezerburn 00:00 Tools
Impossible Figure 02:51 Tools
Spiral Fix 04:53 Tools
Chump 02:27 Tools
Linkwork 03:58 Tools
Tools and Chrome 02:34 Tools
Spit-Bite 04:53 Tools
Sound On Sound 04:04 Tools
Send Down 02:37 Tools
Ballast 01:55 Tools
Cornflake Girl 04:13 Tools
Paint Out the Light 00:00 Tools
Ones & Zeros 03:02 Tools
Consolation Prize 03:29 Tools
Grip 03:34 Tools
Low Strung 00:00 Tools
Green-Line Delayed 00:00 Tools
Secret History 00:00 Tools
Footbinder 00:00 Tools
Manatee Bound 00:00 Tools
Twister 00:00 Tools
Under Glass 00:00 Tools
Apollo Amateur 00:00 Tools
The Big Shave 00:00 Tools
I've Got You Under My Skin 00:00 Tools
Airwaves Dream 00:00 Tools
Low 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break 00:00 Tools
It's Expected I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
Meathook 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome 00:00 Tools
Mirrorfull 00:00 Tools
L'il Shaver 00:00 Tools
68 - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
L'il Shaver - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Sound On Sound - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
U-Trau. 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome - Version 00:00 Tools
Ballast - Version 00:00 Tools
Lil' Shaver 00:00 Tools
68 (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
L'il Shaver (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Sound on Sound (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Ballast [alternate take] 00:00 Tools
Falk 00:00 Tools
Thin White Line 00:00 Tools
Chump II 00:00 Tools
Savory (Live) 00:00 Tools
Absenter/Cornflake Girl 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break (Cover Version) 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome [alternate take] 00:00 Tools
Won't Come Off [live] 00:00 Tools
Desert Sea [live] 00:00 Tools
Mirrorful [live] 00:00 Tools
Tools and Chrome [alternate take] 00:00 Tools
Ff-66 00:00 Tools
Beneath the Wheel 00:00 Tools
Meat Hook 00:00 Tools
Motherlode 00:00 Tools
Iodine (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos cover) 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break [Joy Division] 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome (version) 00:00 Tools
Ballast (version) 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Absenter [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Jackpot Plus! [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Motorist [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
won´t come off 00:00 Tools
I´ve got you under my skin 00:00 Tools
Tools And Chrome [Cello Version] 00:00 Tools
Green Glass [Live] 00:00 Tools
FF=66 [Live] 00:00 Tools
Savory - Live Performance from 120 Minutes - 1994 00:00 Tools
Chicago Piano [Live] 00:00 Tools
Won't Come Off (Live) 00:00 Tools
Desert Sea (Live) 00:00 Tools
Motorist [Live] 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Reel 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie [live] 00:00 Tools
Tongues [live] 00:00 Tools
it´s expected I´m gone 00:00 Tools
Mirrorful (Live) 00:00 Tools
Static [Peel Sessions] 00:00 Tools
Ballast (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Static(Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
68 [Peel Sessions] 00:00 Tools
Cooling Card [Peel Sessions] 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie [Peel Sessions] 00:00 Tools
Tools and Chrome (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Tongues [Peel Sessions] 00:00 Tools
05 Consolation 00:00 Tools
68(Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Cooling Card(Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
02 - Savory 00:00 Tools
Toungues 00:00 Tools
Tongues(Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos) 00:00 Tools
Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos) (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Tools Chrome 00:00 Tools
jawbox - savory 04:36 Tools
Ballast ((Version)) 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Beneath The Wheel (Demo) 00:00 Tools
01 - FF=66 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break (Joy Division Cover) 00:00 Tools
Bullet Park (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Footbinder (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Big Shave 00:00 Tools
Low (R.E.M. cover) 00:00 Tools
Cooling Card (Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Absenter / Cornflake Girl 00:00 Tools
01_toolsandchrome 00:00 Tools
Paint Out the Light (Demo) 00:00 Tools
68 (Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
For Your Own Special Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
jawbox 00:00 Tools
Jackpot Plus (7" version) 00:00 Tools
Bulletpark 00:00 Tools
02 savory 00:00 Tools
Static (Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Jackput Plus! 00:00 Tools
Sound On Sound [Big Boys] 00:00 Tools
Mother Load (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Motorist 00:00 Tools
Tongues (Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie (Peel Session) 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
03 - Breathe 00:00 Tools
Motorist (7" version) 00:00 Tools
04 - Motorist 00:00 Tools
Ballast (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
chicago pian 00:00 Tools
Ones Zeroes 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Breathe 00:00 Tools
08 - Cruel Swing 00:00 Tools
09 - jackpot plus! 00:00 Tools
Static (Tar) 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break [Joy Division Cover] 00:00 Tools
01 FF=66 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Tongues 00:00 Tools
07 - Green Glass 00:00 Tools
LowStrung 00:00 Tools
10 - chicago piano 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie (Live) 00:00 Tools
Cornflake Girl [Tori Amos] 00:00 Tools
It's Expected Im Gone 00:00 Tools
03 breathe 00:00 Tools
jawbox - cooling card 00:00 Tools
07 Green Glass 00:00 Tools
Consolation (Demo) 00:00 Tools
I've Got You Under My Skin [Chairmen Of The Board] 00:00 Tools
jawbox - cruel swing 00:00 Tools
Wont Come Off 00:00 Tools
Static (Tar Cover) 00:00 Tools
Chicago Piano (Live) 00:00 Tools
Consolation 03:30 Tools
Grippe (Dischord Records #052) 00:00 Tools
Grippe 00:00 Tools
03 Beneaththewheel 00:00 Tools
FF=66 (promo) 00:00 Tools
Sound On Sound (Big Boys Cover) 00:00 Tools
03 - tools and chrome 00:00 Tools
Full Performance 00:00 Tools
No Voices in the Wire 00:00 Tools
Motorist (live) 00:00 Tools
11 reel 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Iodine 00:00 Tools
Tools & Chrome (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Savory (promo) 00:00 Tools
05 - LS/MFT 00:00 Tools
11 - Reel 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Green Glass 00:00 Tools
12 - U-Trau 00:00 Tools
13 - Whitney Walks 00:00 Tools
08 Somethingmustbreak 00:00 Tools
Novelty (NEW Private Remaster) - 01 Cutoff 00:00 Tools
Green Glass (Live) 00:00 Tools
01 Freezerburn 00:00 Tools
01 - Cutoff 00:00 Tools
01 - freezerburn 00:00 Tools
06 jawbox-motorist 00:00 Tools
Mirrorfull (Live) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_02_-_Impossible_Figure 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_01_-_Freezerburn 00:00 Tools
Back of Love 00:00 Tools
04 motorist 00:00 Tools
jawbox - static 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Chinese fork tie 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - U-Trau 00:00 Tools
Static [Tar] 00:00 Tools
jawbox - ls-mft 00:00 Tools
Low [REM] 00:00 Tools
Mother Lode 00:00 Tools
Breathe (promo) 00:00 Tools
Tongues (Live) 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn 00:00 Tools
05 - Spiral Fix 00:00 Tools
Mule / Stall 00:00 Tools
consolation prize (demo) 00:00 Tools
cut (rollkicker laydown) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_05_-_Consolation_Prize 03:30 Tools
Jawbox_-_03_-_Tools_And_Chrome 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_15_-_Ballast 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_09_-_Green-Line_Delayed 00:00 Tools
06 Cooling Card 00:00 Tools
jawbox - desert sea 00:00 Tools
68 [Peel Session] 00:00 Tools
Dreamless (Novelty, 1992) 00:00 Tools
Savory (7" version) 00:00 Tools
I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra) 00:00 Tools
Motorist (promo) 00:00 Tools
I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra Cover) 00:00 Tools
Savoury 00:00 Tools
Novelty 00:00 Tools
jawbox - jackpot plus! 00:00 Tools
02 - Tracking 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - FF=66 00:00 Tools
04 - Channel 3 00:00 Tools
02_bulletpark 00:00 Tools
02 - impossible figure 00:00 Tools
Dessert Sea 00:00 Tools
06 Paintoutthelight 00:00 Tools
Low (REM Cover) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_12_-_Footbinder 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_07_-_Ballast 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_08_-_Something_Must_Break 00:00 Tools
Meathook (The Cure) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_13_-_Tools_&_Chrome 00:00 Tools
Ive Got You Under My Skin 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_04_-_Paint_Out_The_Light 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_14_-_Secret_History 00:00 Tools
12 U-Trau 00:00 Tools
09 Jackpot Plus! 00:00 Tools
10 Chicago Piano 00:00 Tools
08 Cruel Swing 00:00 Tools
08 - Static 00:00 Tools
Tongues [Peel Session] 00:00 Tools
Static [Peel Session] 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Won't Come Off 00:00 Tools
Cooling Card [Peel Session] 00:00 Tools
MuleStall 00:00 Tools
Thin White Line (The Avengers) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Chicago Piano 00:00 Tools
04 Footbinder 00:00 Tools
Iodine (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
Sound On Sound (The Big Boys) 00:00 Tools
Chicago Piano (promo) 00:00 Tools
Meathook [Cure] 00:00 Tools
Ones & Zeroes 00:00 Tools
Nickel Nickel Milllionaire 00:00 Tools
01 - Mirrorful 00:00 Tools
ls 00:00 Tools
jawbox - 03 - dreamless 00:00 Tools
14 - Absenter 00:00 Tools
03 - Iodine 00:00 Tools
05_consolation 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_10_-_Bullet_Park 00:00 Tools
02 - Livid 00:00 Tools
Motorists (7" version) 00:00 Tools
Chinese Fork Tie (7" Version) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_11_-_Manatee_Bound 00:00 Tools
13 Whitney Walks 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Bullet Park 00:00 Tools
Nickel, Nickel Millionaire 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Dreamless 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Mirrorful 00:00 Tools
Cornflake Girl (Cover) 00:00 Tools
Ballast (2) 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Whitney Walks 00:00 Tools
Savory(Live) 00:00 Tools
01 Mirrorful 00:00 Tools
spit bite 00:00 Tools
Something Must Break (Cover Version) 00:00 Tools
Airwaves Dream (Buzzcocks cover) 00:00 Tools
Static (2) 00:00 Tools
08 Spoiler 00:00 Tools
LS/MFT (promo) 00:00 Tools
Cannel 3 00:00 Tools
06 - grip 00:00 Tools
Reel (promo) 00:00 Tools
Cooling Card (promo) 00:00 Tools
07 - ballast 00:00 Tools
03_beneaththewheel 00:00 Tools
05 - Chinese Fork Tie 00:00 Tools
04 - His Only Trade 00:00 Tools
06 - Won't Come Off 00:00 Tools
07 excandescent 00:00 Tools
'68 00:00 Tools
-Savory 00:00 Tools
04_footbinder 00:00 Tools
16 - twister 00:00 Tools
LS,MFT 00:00 Tools
voices in the wire (rollkicker laydown) 00:00 Tools
jawbox - 01 - freezerburn 00:00 Tools
07_motherlode 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Excandescent 00:00 Tools
Static.. 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_16_-_Twister 00:00 Tools
Jawbox - Livid 00:00 Tools
jawbox - 06 - grip 00:00 Tools
Jawbox_-_06_-_Grip 00:00 Tools
Breath 00:00 Tools
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Jawbox was a post-hardcore band which formed in 1989 in Washington D.C., United States. The band consisted of J Robbins (vocals, guitar), Bill Barbot (guitar), Kim Coletta (bass) and Adam Wade (drums). The band split in 1997. In their eight-year existence, Jawbox released four studio albums of increasingly skillful post-punk, not necessarily carrying the torch of their Washington DC, elders (Minor Threat, Embrace, Rites of Spring), but instead building on the tradition of Chicago's thriving early-'80s scene (Big Black, Naked Raygun, Effigies). Highly and perhaps unfairly scrutinized for being the first act to leave über-indie Dischord Records, the band proved cynics wrong by releasing two excellent LPs for Atlantic that easily surpassed their Dischord output, all the while retaining their integrity and creative control. Ex-Government Issue bassist J. Robbins formed Jawbox in the summer of 1989. Deciding to switch to guitar and vocals, the first lineup was filled out by friends Adam Wade on drums and Kim Coletta on bass. Their first recording, a self-titled four-track 7" EP, was released in the spring of 1990 on their own DeSoto imprint. Immediately after having written 12 new songs, the band headed into Inner Ear with engineer Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys) to record their debut LP for Dischord later that year. Not regarded as a blunder in hindsight by the band, but still seen as an unfocused recording, Grippe is nonetheless a record that rewards repeated listening, despite its formative nature. Shortly after the recording of Grippe, the band considered adding a second guitarist to the lineup. Drummer Wade obliged by introducing Bill Barbot of Clambake, which promptly broke up, enabling Barbot to join the fold. Adding Barbot as second guitarist immediately opened windows for the band, allowing for a more texturized sound and providing another strong creative force for the group. In January of 1992, Jawbox recorded Novelty with producer Iain Burgess, who had worked on some of the band's favorite records. A moodier affair than Grippe, the dual force of Robbins' and Barbot's guitars is sacrificed in the mix, leaving the listener a bit frustrated. The songwriting is improved and more varied. It was regarded as a marked improvement over the band's debut. Adam Wade soon left the band to join fellow D.C. scenesters Shudder to Think. Jawbox superfan Zach Barocas had recently moved from New York to D.C. to attend university, and he had been rooming with Coletta. Wanting to concentrate on his studies, Barocas hesistantly dragged out his drum kit and soon found himself a member of one of his favorite bands. Adding a unique, jazz-inflected touch to the band, including remarkable creative input, Barocas made the songwriting process more organic than before. During the punk/alternative band shopping spree of the early '90s that took place in lieu of the signings of underground heroes Nirvana and Helmet, Atlantic Records came a-courting, and the major label-leery band weighed its options intensely. Having been a self-sufficient machine from day one, the band outlined its needs and wants before signing on the dotted line. Being control freaks, the band signed a contract that refused tour support and retained all their independent powers. Signing to Atlantic enabled the foursome to treat Jawbox as a full-time endeavor, and it also allowed them to take their dynamite live show to previously unvisited countries. Needless to say, these were all moot points to a fair amount of "indie-or-death"-minded fans, and the move engendered sour grapes among some of their close-minded admirers. One "fan" wrote to wish them death in a fiery van accident, and another quoted the Clash's "Complete Control," painfully unaware that they weren't on SST or Touch and Go, but a highly corporate outfit as well. Most of the songs for their major-label debut had been written prior to Atlantic's involvement with the band, and the presence of Barocas solidified what Robbins referred to as a "mystical communication" within the band. With the help of Ted Nicely, Jawbox recorded For Your Own Special Sweetheart, a phenomenal record that easily stands as one of the best releases to come out of the fertile D.C. scene of the '80s and '90s. A thoroughly excellent recording from top to toe, its genesis was surely aided by the increased studio time the band had due to their major label contract. An onslaught of touring surrounded the release of Sweetheart (the band regularly toured eight months a year), exposing the band to its regular crowds and some new ones, thanks to an opening stretch with labelmates Stone Temple Pilots. Minimal MTV rotation for a couple videos introduced Jawbox to a select few, but the record went shamefully unnoticed outside of the usual indie community. Jawbox recorded their fourth LP in the winter of 1995/1996 with John Agnello, who had worked with everyone from Earth, Wind and Fire to Chavez. A somewhat glossy sheen pervades Jawbox, but the incessant touring gave way to a band capable of playing magically together in their sleep. Thankfully, the record is still the work of a vital, passionate band. The songs are nearly as good as those on Sweetheart, but the polished sound sacrifices some of the blood and sweat that likely went into the recording. If it was an attempt to be more accessible to radio, it didn't work; despite the customary critical approval, Jawbox went DOA in the shops with unfamiliar consumers. Yet more touring ensued through the beginning of 1997. In April of that year, the band decided to call it quits, a decision based on a culmination of several events. Least among them was being dropped by their label; chief among them was Barocas' decision to move back to New York for film school. Robbins quickly formed Burning Airlines, eventually inviting Barbot along for the ride. Barbot and Coletta continued to run DeSoto Records, who released My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents, a solid package of odds and ends. Barocas also became a part of the Up on In. In december, 2009 Jawbox reunited briefly for an appearance on a late night television show in celebration of the reissue of For Your Own Special Sweetheart. Read more on Last.fm. 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