Team Mint, Vol. 2

team mint, vol. 2

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There isn't a defined style to quirky Vancouver indie label Mint. The imprint got its start with the cutesy pop of Cub and the instrumental twang of Huevos Rancheros and then made it big with the noir-twang of Neko Case, but if this low-priced sampler proves anything, it's that you can still make a go of releasing a variety of different sounds independently. Huevos and Case both appear here--Case on her own as well as crooning with the extravagant pop combo New Pornographers. The other tracks skip from the snotty punk-pop of New Town Animals and the Smugglers to the modish pop of Duotang, the vocal harmonies of the Corn Sisters and the explosive thrash of the Evaporators. Team Mint Volume 2! is predictably uneven, and the lack of new or unreleased material seems a bit cheap, but as a snapshot of one label's contribution to Canadian independent music, it's gold. --Matt Galloway

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Team Mint, Vol. 2
Team Mint, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Team Mint, Vol. 2
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Mint Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
    Singer-SongwritersSinger-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
    Adult AlternativeAdult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Progressive RockProgressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
    Hard RockHard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
    CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
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    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00005Q6KW
    Release Date: 2001-10-02

    Tracks:

    1. Fake Headlines - The New Pornographers
    2. Radio Nation - New Town Animals
    3. Broken Rule - Duotang
    4. Buddy Holly Convention - The Smugglers
    5. Two-By-Four-And-A-Half - Thee Skablins
    6. Beach Blanket Blackout - Huevos Rancheros
    7. She's Leaving Town - Corn Sisters
    8. Rosie - The Smugglers
    9. Lonely Old Lies - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
    10. Replaced By Toys - I Am Spoonbender
    11. Good Jacket Theme - Thee Goblins
    12. I Gotta Rash - The Evaporators
    13. Rise And Fall Of The G.O.B.C. - Duotang
    14. Edmonton - Carolyn Mark & Her Room-mates
    15. Letter From An Occupant - The New Pornographers
    16. Rock 'N' Roll Was Never This Fun - The Smugglers
    17. These Thoughts Are Occupied - Tennessee Twin
    18. Three Steps Backward - New Town Animals
    19. You And Me Geometry - Operation Makeout
    20. The Evidence Comes From All Directions - Duotang
    21. Not Another Other Woman - Carolyn Mark & Her Room-mates
    22. Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
    23. Clocks Grow Old - I Am Spoonbender

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    There isn't a defined style to quirky Vancouver indie label Mint. The imprint got its start with the cutesy pop of Cub and the instrumental twang of Huevos Rancheros and then made it big with the noir-twang of Neko Case, but if this low-priced sampler proves anything, it's that you can still make a go of releasing a variety of different sounds independently. Huevos and Case both appear here--Case on her own as well as crooning with the extravagant pop combo New Pornographers. The other tracks skip from the snotty punk-pop of New Town Animals and the Smugglers to the modish pop of Duotang, the vocal harmonies of the Corn Sisters and the explosive thrash of the Evaporators. Team Mint Volume 2! is predictably uneven, and the lack of new or unreleased material seems a bit cheap, but as a snapshot of one label's contribution to Canadian independent music, it's gold. --Matt Galloway
    It's a Team Mint Christmas, Vol. 2
    Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    • I don't think so
    		 It's a Team Mint Christmas, Vol. 2
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Mint Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
    General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
    General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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    1. Where Will You Be Christmas Day
    2. Christmas Is 4 Ever
    3. A Santa Cause

    ASIN: B00065TZG4
    Release Date: 2004-11-02

    Tracks:

    1. Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas - John Guliak
    2. SeSanta Es el Monstruo - Atomic 7
    3. I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas - Megan Barnes, David Carswell,
    4. Song for the Girl With Two of Everything - Carolyn Mark,
    5. Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better - Young and Sexy
    6. Blizzard - Buttless Chaps
    7. Don't Fear the Reindeer - The Ramblin' Ambassadors
    8. X-Mas Is Past - The Tennessee Twin
    9. Lonely Christmas - The Smugglers
    10. Christmas Dog - Thee Snowglobe-lins,
    11. Who Are You? - Evaporators
    12. Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom - Duotang
    13. Christmas Song - Carolyn Mark,
    14. Do They Know Its Christmas? - Tobey Black, Lucy Brain, Coco Culbertson, Dave Gowans, Grant Lawrence, Carolyn Mark, Morgan McDonald, Mint-Aid, , , Ida Nilsen
    15. Do They Know Its Christmas? [Video [*][Multimedia Track] - Tobey Black, Lucy Brain, Coco Culbertson, Dave Gowans, Grant Lawrence, Carolyn Mark, Morgan McDonald, Mint-Aid, , , Ida Nilsen

    Album Description

    Just in time to celebrate the holiday season, Mint Records unleashes its second Christmas release. Four years ago, the It's A Team Mint Xmas, Vol. 1 7" presented five songs from Mint-related bands, and now in 2004, Mint has added six more songs to the original lineup, making an 11-song holiday disc with a twist! Profits from the sale of It's A Team Mint Xmas, Vol. 2 will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, the foundation set up by the United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy For HIV/AIDS in Africa (stephenlewisfoundation.org).

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars I don't think so.......2005-03-09

    Every year I search for obscure holiday music gems. I didn't find a single one here. The only song with any redeeming value IMHO was the cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas", which is done to death anyway, and this version is nothing special. I'd like to support groups that contribute to charity, but in this case just send the money directly to the charity and save your ears for better things.

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