SC100

by SC100 / VARIOUS

Overview

Secretly Canadian is one of the true giants of American indie rock, with a current stable of excellent artists like Jens Lekman, Antony, the Earlies, and I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness. They've got a bit of history, too. They've been doing this for 11 years, after all. To celebrate their hundredth release, they wanted to do something special, so they let any artist who released anything between catalog number 01 and 99 record two songs by someone else who also was within that range. Sounds kind of confusing, but it all worked out well (even though it was released a year later than planned). The disc is loaded with fine performances by big names like Damien Jurado (covering Early Day Miners' mournful "Upstate"), Songs: Ohia (Nikki Sudden's "The Last Bandit"), Danielson (Dave Fischoff's "Abilene"), and Jens Lekman (a predictably wonderful and moving version of Scout Niblett's "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death"). Best of all is a track by the late, lamented Nikki Sudden, whose suitable ramble through June Panic's "See(ing) Double" starts the album off on a high note. Along with the indie rock royalty, a fair share of artists like Cornelius Boots, Havergal, and Japonize Elephants, who might be known only to Secretly Canadian completists, are represented. One of them, Havergal, provides one of the albums highlights with their atmospheric cover of Ativin's "Riding and Roaming." As with any label-wide collection, there are some rough patches (Racebannon's screechy cover of Swearing at Motorists' "The Real Thing" being the main offender), but for the most part the disc is an enjoyable trip through the trippy, lo-fi, and always interesting history of Secretly Canadian. [Along with the single-disc version being sold in stores, there is a downloadable second disc available for purchase that includes the second song each artist covered.] ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2007
Label:	Secretly Canadian
UPC:	0656605010021
Rank:	188142

Tracks

1. See(ing) Double  - June Panic  - Nikki Sudden
2. The Last Bandit  -  Songs: Ohia  - Nikki Sudden
3. Structure: Necessity  - David Daniell  - Suzanne Langille  - Jason Molina
4. The Escape  -  Early Day Miners  - Suzanne Langille
5. Upstate  - Dan Burton  - Damien Jurado
6. Abilene  - Dave Fischoff  - Damien Jurado
7. Propaganda for a Comic Strip  -  Danielson  - Dave Fischoff
8. Fruitful Weekend  - June Panic
9. Soft Evenings  -  Ativin  - Dave Jablonski  - Jorma Whittaker
10. Lungs for the Race  -  Swearing at Motorists
11. Riding and Roaming  - Dan Burton  -  Havergal
12. The Real Thing  - Dave Doughman  -  Racebannon
13. Clubber Lang  - Cornelius Boots  - Chris Saligoe
14. Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death  - Jens Lekman
15. Sky Phenomenon  - Jens Lekman  -  Marmoset
16. 40 Years of Our Family  -  Impossible Shapes
17. Birds  - Chris Barth  - Aaron Deer  - Jason Groth  -  Panoply Academy  - Mark Rice
18. Highlight and Marginalia  - Darin Glenn  -  Japonize Elephants  - Pete Schreiner  - Marty Sprowles

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jens Lekman   Primary Artist
Nikki Sudden   Primary Artist
June Panic   Primary Artist
Racebannon   Primary Artist
Havergal   Primary Artist
Marmoset   Primary Artist
David Daniell   Primary Artist
Japonize Elephants   Primary Artist
The Panoply Academy   Primary Artist
Early Day Miners   Primary Artist
The Impossible Shapes   Primary Artist
Swearing at Motorists   Primary Artist
Songs: Ohia   Primary Artist
Suzanne Langille   Primary Artist
Ativin   Primary Artist
Dave Fischoff   Primary Artist
Danielson   Primary Artist
Damien Jurado   Primary Artist
Cornelius Boots   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jens Lekman   Composer
June Panic   Composer
Mark Rice   Composer
Chris Saligoe   Composer
Aaron Deer   Composer
Chris Barth   Composer
Marty Sprowles   Composer
Darin Glenn   Composer
Dave Fischoff   Composer
Damien Jurado   Composer
Jason Molina   Composer
Dave Jablonski   Composer
Jorma Whittaker   Composer
Jason Groth   Composer
Suzanne Langille   Composer
Dave Doughman   Composer
Dan Burton   Composer
Pete Schreiner   Composer
Nikki Sudden   Composer