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 (a.k.a. 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.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.Borzillo, Carrie. "Popular Uprisings," Billboard Magazine, May 6, 1995, p13.
References
External links NY Times - Asian-Americans Stake a Claim on Rock Ear of the Dragon at USAsians.net