Discography

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Autoclave

I’ll Take You Down EP [DisKord Records](joint effort between K and Dischord)
DisKord Release 601/2 Seven Inch Black Vinyl Record
©P 1991 Autoclave
Go Far, It’s Not Real Life, I’ll Take you Down
Engineered by Barrett Jones
Mixed by Barrett, Brendan Canty and Autoclave

Teen Beat Release #50 Black Seven Inch Vinyl Record and Compact Disc (Lp??) and cassette
Matador Release OLE-025
Bands=Scaley Andrew, Bastro, Circus Lupus, Vomit Launch, Bells Of…, Unrest, Jonny Cohen, Autoclave, Teenage Gang Debs, Sexual Milkshake, Superconductor, Velocity Girl, eggs, Courtney Love, Krokodiloes, Helter Skillet, Naomi Wolff, Clarence, Coral, Jungle George, Mark E Superstar, S.C.U.D., Butch Willis, Wall Drug, Justin Chearno
Autoclave –“Dr. Suess?”Side A

Lever Various Artists [Simple Machines] Simple Machine Release #5 Black Seven Inch Vinyl Record and SMR#19 Compact Disc
Bands on 7″=Autoclave, Severin, Circus Lupus, Scrawl
Bands on CD= Autoclave, Severin, Circus Lupus, Scrawl, Hated, Lungfish, Edsel, Geek, Juliana Leucking, Holy Rollers, Bricks, My New Boyfriend, Nation of Ulysses, Mommyheads, CandyMachine, Jawbox,
Velocity Girl, Tsunami, Superchunk, Rodan, Unrest
Autoclave -“Summer”, Side B
Recorded at Upland Studios by Barrett Jones March 3rd, 1991. Mixed by Brendan Canty and Autoclave. The 7″ was engineered by Charles Bennington at Inner Ear Studios November 1991. Out of print

Autoclave-s/t [Dischord/Mira] Dischord Release 65 1/2 Compact Disc
Mira Records Release 1 Black Ten Inch Vinyl Record, out of print
Dr. Seuss, Still Here, Hot Spurr, Vision, Bull’s Eye, I’ll Take You Down
Recorded by Geoff Turner at WGNS Studios
Mixed by Brendan Canty, Geoff Turner, and Autoclave
Compact Disc in print, Vinyl Record out of print

Ex Hex

Hot and Cold b/w  Waterfall & Everywhere 7″
Copyright © – Merge Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Mastered At – Nashville Record Productions

Cover – Tim Colmant
Engineer – Dennis Kane
Mastered By – WG/NRP*
Mixed By – Brendan Canty

Rips [Merge Records 525] CD, Vinyl Record
Merge Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
Copyright (c) – Merge Records
Recorded At – Fidelitorium
Mixed At – Studio B, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered At – Peerless Mastering
Mastered At – Nashville Record Productions
Published By – Loud Pink Bird Songs
Published By – Higher Kicks
Pressed By – United Record Pressing

℗ & © 2014 Merge Records

Recorded at the Fidelitorium April 2014.
Mixed at Studio B.
Mastered at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA.

Songs 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 : Loud Pink Bird Songs ASCAP
Songs 5+8: Higher Kicks ASCAP

It’s Real [Merge Records 660] CD, Vinyl Record
Engineered by J. Robbins at Magpie Cage in Baltimore, Jonah Takagi and Ex Hex at Home, Ben Green at Ivakota in DC
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Boston
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Martha Rice
Produced by Jonah Takagi
Mixed by Colin Dupuis
Art: Will Sweeney
All Songs by Ex Hex, Loud Pink Bird Songs ASCAP/ Higher Kicks ASCAP/Smooth Beast ASCAP

℗ & © 2019 Merge Records

Or Thousands of Prizes, Merge Records MRG-OTOP-25

Bands= Superchunk, Mikal Cronin, Mount Moriah, the Mountain Goats, The Clientele, Destroyer, King Khan & the Shrines, Lambchop, Crooked Fingers, Ex Hex, Spider Bags, Twerps, Hiss Golden Messenger, Hospitality, Wye Oak, Red Kross, Telekinesis!, Vertical Scratchers, East River Pipe, Reigning Sound, Eleanor Friedberger, Spoon, Matt Suggs, Saint Rich, Flesh Wounds

CD-23/7″ C –Ex Hex “All Kindsa Girls”
Engineer, Mixed By – Jonah Takagi
Mixed By – Brendan Canty, Ex Hex
Written-By – John Felice

It’s Real & What Kind of Monster Are You?
Self-Released Single on Bandcamp
https://exhexband.bandcamp.com/album/its-real-what-kind-of-monster-are-you
What Kind of Monster Are You? is a Slant 6 cover, and appeared first on Rookie Mag.
Released September 9th, 2019.

Green 4

Green 4 s/t
Dirty Jack, Underground, Steel Tipped Sword, Silver Robot, the Hit, Caterpillar
All Songs Were Recorded and Mixed By Andy Abrahamson
©2000, Self-released
Compact Disc, out of print

Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel
Off Records #1000, Compact Disc and Twelve Inch
Bands=Guided by Voices, Stephen Malkmus, Ann Magnuson & Dave Rick, Quasi, Mary Timony, Howe Gelb, The Minus 5, Sentridoh, Poster Children, Grandaddy, the Black Heart Procession, Macha, Weird War, the Minders, Goldcard
Mary Timony “Doom in June…The Secret Order of the Caterpillar” with the Doom Sayers: of the Secret Order of Green 4 (ie, Erin on backup)
Recorded and Mixed by Bruce MacFarlane@Q Division, Boston
Written by Timony, ©Loud Pink Bird Songs ASCAP

Helium

American Jean b/w Termite Tree [Warped Records, POB 551, Brookline, MA 021466] Release #002 came in black vinyl with 50s style hole
©1992 Helium
Mary Timony-guitars and vocals
Brian Dunton-bass and vocals
Shawn Devlin-drums
Recorded and mixed at Studio Red
Recorded and mixed by Adam Lasus
Cover design by T. Swan
Out of print

Hole in the Ground b/w Lucy[Pop Narcotic Records 1085 Commonwealth Ave #330 Boston, MA] Release #004 came in pink, creamy yellow, white, and black vinyl seven-inch records
©1993 Helium
Mary Timony-guitars and vocals
Brian Dunton-bass and vocals
Shawn Devlin-drums
Recorded at Fort Apache and Studio Red
Produced by Adam Lasus
Engineered by Red
Master of Drum Sounds-Carl Plaster
Mary did the drawing on the front on the sleeve
Out of print

Pirate Prude [Matador] Release OLE-078-1 and OLE-078-2 Compact Disc and Twelve Inch Vinyl Record
©P 1994 Matador Records Songs ©1993 Helium
Songs by Timony except “Baby Vampire Made Me” by Timony/Dunton and surprise song by Jacobs/Helium
Baby Vampire Made Me, Wanna Be a Vampire Too, Baby, XXX, OOO, I’ll Get You, I Mean It, Love $$$
Produced by Adam Lasus and Helium
Recorded by Adam Lasus at Fort Apache
Master of Drum Sounds-Carl Plaster
Mixed at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi
Some vocals recorded at Zippah
Mary Timony-Guitar, Vocals
Brian Dunton-bass
Shawn King Devlin-Drums
Artwork by Mary, Design by Mary and Hamilton at Cyclone
Released March 8th, 1994, out of print (?)

Pat’s Trick b/w Ghost Car [Matador Records] OLE-116-7 Seven Inch Vinyl Record
©Loud Pink Bird Songs
©P Matador 1994
Mary Timony-guitars, bass, piano and vocals
Ash Bowie-percussion
Shawn Devlin-drums
Recorded at Studio Red Philadelphia August 1994 with Adam Lasus
Produced by Helium and Red
Mary presumably did the artwork for the sleeve
Released December 5th, 1994, out of print

The Dirt of Luck, Release OLE 124-1 and 124-2 Compact Disc, Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record, and Cassette
©P 1995 Matador Records
©Loud Pink Bird Songs
Produced by Adam Lasus and Helium
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi
Pat’s Trick, Trixie’s Star, Silver Angel, Baby’s Going Underground, Medusa, Comet #9, Skeleton, Superball, All the Xs Have Wings, Oh the Wind and Rain, Honeycomb, Flower of the Apocalypse
Mary Timony-Guitar, Vocals,Bass, Drums on “Trixie’s Star”, Keyboards on trixie, superball, and silver angel;Organ and Xylophone on Baby’s Going Underground, Piano on Comet #9, Organ on Oh the Wind and Rain
Ash Bowie-Bass Guitar, Drone Guitar on Baby, Superball, and Flower of the Apocalypse, Keyboard on Comet #9, and Oh TheWind and Rain
Shawn King Devlin-Drums and Percussion
Artwork by Mary, Design by Mary and Mark O
Released March 21st, 1995, out of print

Superball Plus (Superball/What Institution are you from?/Lucky Charm) [Matador Records] OLE 144-7 and OLE 144-2 Black Seven Inch Vinyl Record and CD also with L’Enfant #12, I Am A Witch
©P Matador 1995
What Institution are you from? And Lucky Charm recorded by Eric Masunaga June 1995 “on 8 track in the practice space” and mixed by Eric at the MusicCompany and Q-Division, Boston Lucky Charm recorded and mixed by Eric Masat Q-Division in June 1995
Technical Assistance-Richard, Bruce, Roberto
Released September 9th, 1995, out of print

No Guitars [Matador] Release OLE-225-1 and 225-2 Compact Disc, Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record
©P 1997
Recorded November 1996 at the Fidelitorium by Mitch Easter
Produced by Mitch Easter
Guest Slide guitar: Mitch Easter
Silver Strings, Dragon #2, the King of Electric Guitars, Sunday, 13 Bees, Riddle of the Chamberlain
Silver Strings, the King of Electric Guitars, Sunday ©Loud Pink Bird Songs
Dragon #2, 13 Bees, Riddle of the Chamberlain ©Budokan/LPB songs
Release April 8th, 1997, out of print

Magic City [Matador] Release OLE-195-1 and OLE 195-2 Compact Disc, Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record
Recorded Winter/Spring 1997 at the Fidelitorium in Kernersville, NC by Mitch Easter
Produced by Mitch and Helium
©P 1997 Matador Records
© Loud Pink Bird Songs and Budokan Songs
Vibrations, Leon’s Space Song, Ocean of Wine, Aging Astronauts, Medieval People, Lady of the Fire, Lullaby of the Moths, Revolution of the Hearts pts. 1 and 2, Ancient Cryme, Cosmic Rays, Devil’s Tear, Clementine, Blue Rain Soda, Walk Away, Vibrations, Ocean, Revolution part deux, Ancient Cryme, Clementine, Walk Away are Loud Pink Bird and Budokan Songs
Medieval People is a Budokan Song
All the rest are Loud Pink Bird Songs, ASCAP
Artwork by Mary and Ash
Released September 9th, 1997, out of print

All Over Me Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [TVT Records] TVT-8110-2
Bands=Babes in Toyland,Ani Di Franco, Sleater-Kinney, Tuscadero, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils,the Murmurs, the Geraldine Fibbers, Alison Pipitone, the Amps, Remy Zero, Cornershop, Michelle Malone, the Patti Smith Group, Drugstore, 12 Rounds
Helium -“Hole in the Ground”
Written by Mary Timony Published by Loud Pink Bird Songs
Out of Print

The Arena Rock Recording Company
Fuel Compilation
Release #008 on Compact Disc
Bands= The Softies, Harvey Danger, Elf Power, Helium, Crooked Fingers, Mitch Mitchell’s Terrifying Experience, Haywood, Miller, Longstocking, Flesh Vehicle, Purple Ivy Shadows, Home, Pat Irwin, Semi-Gloss, Illiyah Kuryahkin, Marble Valley, Cagnee and Lacey, Varnaline, Super 5 Thor, Underwater Salvage Partners
Helium-“Honeycomb”
In Print (?)

Educational Programming KVRX Local Live Volume 3 [PO Box D, Austin, TX 78713-7209] Release Number Three?? Compact Disc
Recorded November 18th, 1997 by Amy Kingsley
Helium (Mary and Kendall)-“Leon’s Space Song”
In print?

Rock Stars Kill Compilation [Kill Rock Stars] Release #221
Bands= Tourettes, Cupid Car Club, Starpower, Boredoms, Helium w/the Bird of Paradise, Spinanes, Team Dresch, Mukilteo Fairies, God is My Co-Pilot, Severed Lethargy, Rancid, Free Kitten, Universal Order of Armageddon, Pee Chees, Smog, Star Sign Scorpio, Hattifatteners, Grouse Mountain Skyride, Fifth Column, Fleabag, Kathleen Hanna
Helium w/the Bird of Paradise -“Puffin Stars”
In Print

WGNS Studios Gots No Station Compilation Volume 2 [WGNS Recordings, PO Box 57451, Washington, DC 20037] WGNS Release #004, Compact Disc and Twelve inch Black Vinyl Record
Bands=Las Mordidas, eggs, Jawbox, Pitchblende, Helium w/Joan, Severin, Sweetie, Edsel, Norman Mayer Group, Tsunami, 9353
Helium w/Joan– “Superball”
Mary Timony- vocals, axe
Joan Wasser-viola
Recorded 12/31/93
Out of print

Why Do You think they Call it Pop? A Pop Narcotic Compilation
Release #006 On Pink and Yellow Ten Inch Vinyl Record and Compact Disc
Bands=Sleepyhead, the Dambuilders, Small Factory, Versus, Polvo, Wingtip Sloat, Helium, Twig, Ruby Falls, Greenhorn, Kudgel, the Grifters
Helium-“In a Little Box” [on Side three, the “Cot” side] Out of print

WMBR Pipeline! Live Boston Rock
Release #12 Compact Disc, Vinyl Record??
Bands= Dambuilders, the360s, Morphine, Milk Money, Gigolo Aunts, Orangutang, Otis,the Cavedogs,Roger Miller, Anastasia Screamed, Twig, Dope, Green Magnet School,King Moon’s Razor, Tree, Scarce, Prickly, 6L6, Vehicle Birth, Lou Barlow, Bulkhead,Cordelia’s Dad,the Queers, the Bags, Syrup, the Zulus, Slughog, Come, Big Dipper,Buffalo Tom, Helium, Flying Nuns, Bullet Lavolta, Moving Targets, Snackmelon,Dirt Merchants, Pie, Christmas, Fuzzy, Uppercrust
Helium -“Lucy”
Released April 12th, 1996

Unnecessary Niceness [Beechwood/Rough Trade Records] Bands= Madder Rose, Spinanes, Lotus Eaters, Helium, Lorelei, Lois, Allen Clapp,Twiggy, Swirlies
Helium -“The American Jean”

Mary Timony Solo

In My Living Room [Kimchee Records, 6 Sagamore Rd, Ipswich, MA 01930] Release #4 Compact Disc and ??
©P 1999 Kimchee Records
Bands=Richard Davies, 27, Geoff Farina, Ida, Jodi, the Television Set, Mary Timony, Chris Colbourn, Valerie, Seana Carmody, Karate, Io
Mary Timony– “California”, recorded July 15th, 1998 in Andy’s Living Room
Released February 22nd, 1999
In print?

Everything is Nice, Matador Records Tenth Anniversary Anthology
OLE-400-1, 400-2 Triple Compact Disc, Double Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record, VHS, DVD
Mary played the Fender Rhodes and sang, Christina played the drums
Bands on the Double Lp=Lynnfield Pioneers, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Non Phixion, the Arsonists,Solex, Pizzicato 5, Khan, the Wisdom of Harry, Guided by Voices, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Mary Timony, Cat Power, Bardo Pond, Mogwai
Mary Timony -“Aging Astronauts II”
Recorded by Christina Files April 29th, 1999
©Loud Pink Bird Songs ASCAP
Released September 14th, 1999,in print

Mountains [Matador] Release OLE-363-1 and 363-2 Compact Disc, Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record
Recorded Summer 99 at 84K in Boston, MA by Christina Files.
Recorded December 99 at Sonics in Charlestown, MA by Eric Masunaga
Mixed by Bob Weston at Electrical Audio in Chicago, August 99.
Mixed by Eric Masunaga at Sonics in Charlestown, MA, December 99.
©2000 Loud Pink Bird Songs
Dungeon Dance, Poison Moon, I Fire Myself, the Bell,Painted Horses, The Hour Glass, 13 Bees,the Golden Fruit, Whisper from theTree, 1542, Valley of 1000 Perfumes, Tiger Rising, An-deluzion, the Fox and the Hound, Rider on the Stormy Sea
Instruments played by Mary Timony and Christina Files. Pete Fitzpatrick played the Euphonium on Rider on theStormy Sea; John McEntire recorded and played the vibes on the Bell, Valley of 1000 Perfumes, and An-deluzion.
Ash Bowie played percussion on Poison Moon, Painted Horses, Whisper from the Tree, Tiger Rising.
Released March 7th, 2000, in print

Jane Magazine Music Sampler
2001
info to come
Mary Timony-Tiger in the Forest

the Golden Dove [Matador] Release OLE-521-1 and 521-2 Compact Disc, Twelve Inch Black Vinyl Record
Recorded November 2001 at Q-Division, Boston, MA and at the Sound of Music, Richmond, Va
Produced by Al Weatherhead, Mary Timony, with Mark Linkous
Mixed by Al Weatherhead at the Sound of Music.
Engineered by Al Weatherhead and Bruce McFarlane
Look a Ghost in the Eye, The Mirror, Blood Tree, Dr. Cat, The Owl’s Escape, Musik and Charming Melodee, 14 Horses, Magic Power, the White Room, Ant’s Dance, Dryad and the Mule, Ash and Alice
Mary Timony: guitar, piano, keyboards, synths, Akai sampler instruments, Bass on “Dr. Cat” & “Musik and Charming Melodee” & “Ant’s Dance” & “Ash and Alice”, Viola on “Dr. Cat” and “Magic Power”.
Christina Files: drums and percussion on “Ash and Alice”
Jeff Goddard: bass, trumpet on “Ant’s Dance”
Amy Domingues played the cello, Pete Fitzpatrick played the euphonium, Miguel Urbiztondo played percussion and drums on “Dr. Cat”, Al Weatherhead played guitar, pedal steel, and Akai sampler instruments, Andy Abrahamson was the Tama drum brain on “Dr. Cat”, Mark Linkous played the optigon and synths, and P. Raagini and The Sound of Music Vocal Choir also contributed sonically
Released on May 21st, 2002, in print

Fields and Streams, Kill Rock Stars, 341 CDx2  ©2002.
Bands: Quails, Manda and the Marbles, Coolies, Lost Sounds, Rock*A*Teens, Industrial Skyline, Dada Swing, Stereo Total, Gene Defcon, The Supreme Indifference, Mecca Normal, Convocation Of… , Beehive and the Barracudas, Aislers Set, Comet Gain, Mona Reels, I’m Being Good , Drillboxignition, Braille Stars, The Reputation, Delta Dart, Tender Trap, Bangs, Fifth Column, The Dishes, Jeff Hanson, Mary Timony – Tiger in the Forest, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Long Goodbye, Red Monkey, Carla Bozulich The Process, Erase Errata, Love Life, Deerhoof, Quasi, Mooney Suzuki , Dirt Bike Annie,The Butchies, Lorelei , Thoroughbred, Danielle Howle and the Tantrums, Virginia North, Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, Two Ton Boa

Ex Hex [Lookout! Records]

the Mary Timony Band

The Shapes We Make CD [Kill Rock Stars]

the Spells

Age of Backwards EP [K Records, PO Box 7154, Olympia, WA 0857] Release International Pop Underground vol CIXII IPU 92 Black Seven Inch Vinyl and Compact Disc
©1999 the Spells except Can’t Explain by Pete Townshend
the Age of Backwards, Octaves Apart, Number OneFan, Can’t Explain
Recorded by Paul Schuster
Mastered by John Golden
Released June 6th, 1999, out of print

Bat vs. Bird ep
Bat vs. Bird, Viola, Champion Vampire, Antarctica
Recorded by Justin Trosper at MagRecOne. Olympia, WA. August 2000.
Rachel Carns played drums.
Artwork by Curtis Pachunka.
Special thanks to Christina Files.

Released: Nov 16, 2008
℗ 2008 The Spells

Wild Flag

Future Crimes b/w Glass Tambourine 7″ [Merge Records 412] MRG412 © and ℗ 2011 Merge Records
Mixed and Produced by Britt Daniel
Engineered by Kendra Lynn
Design by Mike Mills
Release Date April 18, 2011

Wild Flag s/t [Merge Records 411] MRG411
Release Date September 13, 2011

Mission of Burma released a special, limited edition, tour-only, split 7″ with Wild Flag featuring album tracks from both artists
Mission of Burma Side 1. What They Tell Me
Wild Flag Side 2. Boom
White Vinyl
© and ℗ Fire Records BLAZE45198
EP Released: 30 Jul 2012