Ear of the Dragon

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| released = 15 May 1995

| recorded = 1993–1995

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| genre = Indie rock

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| language = English

| label = Fortune 5

| producer = Ben Kim, Sooyoung Park, William Shin

| compiler = Sooyoung Park

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Ear of the Dragon (1995) is a CD album released on the Fortune 5 label in collaboration with A Magazine. It is a compilation of tracks by American and Canadian indie bands which contained Asian-American members. The album contains a broad range of American indie music styles and notable indie artists from the early to mid 1990s including indie rock (Versus and The Dambuilders), punk (J Church and aMiniature), ska punk (Skankin' Pickle), slowcore (Seam), cuddlecore (cub), and key players in post-rock (David Pajo was a member of Slint and both he and Bundy K. Brown (aka Slowpoke) were members of seminal post-rock band Tortoise).

Track listing

The track running order listed on the CD cover is incorrect-the list below shows the actual running order of the CD.

Signer's Strut - aMiniature
Losing My Cool - Yanti Arifin
Reveille - Versus
Tossing Pearls - Venus Cures All
Hey Latasha - Seam
Day into Night - Dolomite
Live for Yourself - Kicking Giant
Your King - Team Xiaoping
Secret Nothing - cub
The Naked City - Cartographers
Smooth Control - The Dambuilders
Perfect World - Mint Aundry
Heavens to Betsy - Chumley
I Would for You - J Church
Pabu Boy - Skankin' Pickle
Mr. Onion #2 - Slowpoke
It's About Time - Azure
She - Squash Blossom
Undiu - David Pajo Band

Tour

Some of the bands represented on this compilation (including Seam, aMiniature, Venus Cures All, Cub and Versus) toured together in support of the "Ear of the Dragon" compilation in 1995.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D7143BF935A35756C0A963958260 NY Times - Asian-Americans Stake a Claim on Rock] This tour included major US and Canadian cities including Toronto, Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago. According to Billboard Magazine, the tour began April 28, 1995 in Toronto and ended May 27, 1995 in Chicago.[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22ear+of+the+dragon%22+tour&pg=PA13 Borzillo, Carrie. "Popular Uprisings," Billboard Magazine, May 6, 1995, p13.]

References

External links

[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D7143BF935A35756C0A963958260 NY Times - Asian-Americans Stake a Claim on Rock]
[http://us_asians.tripod.com/apa-on-tv-00march.html Ear of the Dragon at USAsians.net]

Category:1995 compilation albums

Category:Asian-American culture

Category:Indie rock compilation albums