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Beat Happening / Heather, Calvin, And Laura

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Calvin Johnson Heather Lewis Bret Lunsford

Beat Happening is an American indie pop band from Olympia, Washington.

ALBUMS

Crashing Through

2021, 7", Single, K

We Are Beat Happening

2019, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Gat + 4xLP, Album + LP, Comp, G, Domino

Indian Summer / Foggy Eyes

Music To Climb The Apple Tree By

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Crashing Through

2002, CD, Comp, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD,, K,

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Crashing Through Sampler

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, RM, K

2000, 7", Single, K,

1998, CD, EP, Rebel Beat Factory, K

The Vaselines / Beat Happening

Recorded Live In London, England

Lo-Fi/Punk/Indie Rock

Indie Rock/Lo-Fi

Red Head Walking

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Beat Happening / Screaming Trees

Beat Happening / Screaming Trees

1987, 7", Single, K

Crashing Through

Lo-Fi/Pop Rock/Indie Rock

Three Tea Breakfast

1984, Cass, EP, K,

Lo-Fi/Pop Rock/Indie Rock

1984, Cass, EP, K

Our Secret b/w What's Important

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Shoegaze

1989, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, C 6, Every Secret Thing, Art Raith Productions,

Interview/Lo-Fi/Dialogue

APPEARANCES +

Cry For A Shadow

2024, Lathe, 7", Shape, S/Sided, Single, Ltd, Num, People In A Position To Know, Scherler Music

2023, File, WAV, EP, OUI!

The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom

Brontez Purnell

White Boy Music

2021, Cass, Album, Snakes International

Straight Talk / Indian Summer

2020, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Too Much Rock

Unlikely Friends

We Blast Last! A Love Letter to the Fabulous Bands of the Pacific Northwest

2019, CDr, Album, Ltd, Bill Clinton Records,

Indie Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Pop

Quarter Century Classix

Under Cover Summer

2018, 2xCass, Album, Ltd, C30, Personal Archives,

title it yourself

2018, 7xFile, MP3, EP, Not On Label

Benjamin Gibbard*

Free Again / Bad Seeds

2017, 7", Bon, Turntable Kitchen,

Small Reactions

2017, Cass, EP, Bear Kids Recordings

2016, Cass, MiniAlbum, See My Friends Records

2016, Cass, Album, Cle, Track and Field Records

La Última Isla

La Última Isla

Backstreet Angels

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Basement Dreams Are The Bedroom Cream

2014, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Little Angry Self-released)

Forever Nearly True

2014, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records

ゆーきゃん

7 Feet In The Grave

2014, CD, Album, 7 e.p.

Squeeze Me/Bad Seeds

2014, Cass, Single, Ltd, Num, Yel, Tripp Tapes

The Postal Service

Everything Will Change

Synth-pop/Indie Rock

Olympia ...Plus

Dissected Affair

2012, 7", Single, Art Fag Recordings

The Yellow Album

Roots Of Nirvana (Distorted Sounds From The Punk Underground)

2011, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,

Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Grunge/Punk

Alice Munro Demos

2011, Cass, EP, Ltd, Not On Label (Fear Of Men Self-released)

Song Islands Vol. 2 (Collected Rarities And Singles)

2010, 2xLP, Comp, Whi, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.

What The Heck? (2009 Festival Compilation)

2009, CDr, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own,

Jack F.E And The Verbing Nouns

Play The Hits! (Some Cover Songs 2007-2009)

2009, CDr, Comp, Tri-Lingual Records,

Lo-Fi/Indie Pop

Frenching And Foodstamps

2009, Cass, EP, Ltd, Highfives And Handshakes,

Indie Pop/Indie Rock

2009, Cass, Album, Not On Label

2008, CDr, EP + File, MP3, Wrong Island Records

Paint Your Wagon Red

An Afternoon With Your Libraness

2008, Cass, EP, Popgun

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

Electro/Indie Rock

Cradle Of Smurf

Cradle Of Smurf

2007, CD, Album, Tes Fesses Records

2006, 7", Ltd, Tragadiscos,

Acoustic/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Indie Pop

Tijuana Bibles Vs. Lost Acapulco

Tijuana Bibles Vs. Lost Acapulco

2006, 7", Ltd, Isotonic Records, Trophy Records (4), Mostrissimo Records

Sorry Seashells

2006, Cass, Comp, Lost Sound Tapes

The Manhattan Love Suicides

The Manhattan Love Suicides

Lo-Fi/Punk/Indie Rock

Refractions : Thru The Rhythms Of Time 1989-1997

2004, CD, Comp, Space Age Recordings

Good Grooming For Girls

2004, CD, Comp, Ltd, Permafrost Records,

Alternative Rock/Electro/Punk/Indie Rock

Unindie Listening

2003, CDr, Janky Musica y Discos,

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Clean Boy * Messy Girl

2000, Cass, Album, Clover Records

Wedding Swingers

2000, Cass, Album, Ordinary Recordings

The Yukon And You

1999, CDr, Album, RE, Coming In Second

Gone By Fall EP

1996, 7", EP, Popfactory

Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Noise/Psychedelic Rock

Season Of The Witch

Teenage Fanclub

Deep Fried Fanclub

1994, 7", Cle, Mint Records (12)

California Lullabye

1994, 10", Sympathy For The Record Industry,

The Psyclone Rangers

Christie Indecision

The Nine Inch Males E.P.

1993, 7", EP, Lookout! Records, Lookout! Records

It Ain't Rocket Science, It's Eugenius

1993, CD, EP, Promo, Atlantic, Fire Records,

Alternative Rock

My Forgotten Favorite

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Sub Pop

Shiva The Destroyer

Shiva The Destroyer

1993, Cass, Codependent Heart Records

Brown Tower & Sugar Rays

Live From Nottingham

1993, Cass, Album, Ltd, Theme Park Records

The Psyclone Rangers

Swing, Baby, Swing

Four Twee Songs

Teenage Fanclub

1992, 7", Single, K

The Cat's Miaow

1992, Cass, Album, Toytown

Throw - The Yoyo Studio Compilation

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Captain America

Walking Away From You / Cast A Shadow

1991, 7", Single, Bar/None Records, Bar/None Records,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Estrus Halfrack (The 12 Drunkest Bands In Showbiz)

Nardwuar The Human Serviette Presents... Clam Chowder & Ice Vs Big Macs & Bombers

Chemical Imbalance #7

1990, 7", EP, Comp, Chemical Imbalance (2),

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Art Rock

The Estrus Lunch Bucket

1988, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Grunge/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock

Audio Alchemy Digest #5

Cass, Comp, C60, Cassette Mythos

The Wendy Darlings

The Wendy Darlings Say Yeah!

CDr, Album, Comp, Not On Label

2020, LP, Ltd, Green Lake Music,

2016, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,

Lo-Fi/Power Pop/Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Post-Hardcore

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Smplr + Box, Numero Group

2016, Cass, Comp, Lumpy Records,

Rock & Roll/Punk/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/Deathrock/Doo Wop/No Wave/Alternative Rock

Here We Are Now (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best New Music)

2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Uncut (2),

Acoustic/Country Rock/Folk/Indie Pop/Lo-Fi/Britpop

Musik Zur Zeit (N° 365 CD 128)

2015, CD, Comp, Spex (2),

Indie Rock/Techno/Hip Hop/Synth-pop/Dubstep/Math Rock/Downtempo

Thunder & Lightning Mixtape Autumn 13

2013, Cass, Mixtape, Good Press,

De Maan Is Heet

2012, Cass, Comp, Not On Label,

Twee Grrrls Club Fall Mixtape

2012, Cass, Album, Comp, Mixtape, Pit Pony

2011, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, FACT Magazine

Evels Skycycle Mixtape

2010, File, MP3, Mixed, BARBARBAR

2009, File, MP3, Mixed, 128, Resident Advisor,

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Disco/Glitch/Deep House/Hip Hop/Electro

Fuck Yeah Fest Limited Mix

2009, Cass, Fuck Yeah Fest,

Excerpts From The Vera Video Archives

2007, DVD-V, Comp, Vera,

Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation

2006, 3xCDr, Comp, Transcription, United Stations Radio Networks,

Alternative Rock/Deathrock/Goth Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

1991 (Ein Jahr Und Seine 20 Songs)

2005, CD, Comp, Süddeutsche Zeitung,

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Indie Rock/House/Pop Rock/Gangsta/Synth-pop

Peanut Butter Wolf

Surf/Pop Rock/Bass Music/Punk/Rocksteady/RnB/Swing/Psychedelic Rock/Electro/Experimental/Holiday

Rough Trade Shops (Indiepop 1)

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Mute,

Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Shoegaze

Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground

2004, 4x CD, Box Set,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Post-Punk/Jangle Pop/Dream Pop

Invisible Shield

2003, CD, Comp, K, K

Radio Cookie Scene 0014 November / October 2003

2003, CD, Comp, Cookie Scene,

Sound Unseen, An Underground Film And Music Festival

2000, CD, Comp, Sound Unseen

2000, 3xCD, Comp, Promo, Tidningen Pop,

Guitar Pop Jamboree - Starting (Here)

1999, CD, Comp, WEA Japan,

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock

1999, CDr, Comp, Club, Not On Label

The Birth Of Alternative Vol. 1

1998, CD WEA Mfg. Olyphant Pressing,

Grunge/Alternative Rock

1997, 6xCD, Comp, Promo, Box, College Music Journal,

1997, VHS, NTSC, Not On Label

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Indie Rock

Soluble Fish (Some Songs That Chemical Imbalance Magazine Likes A Lot)

1993, CD, Comp, Homestead Records, Homestead Records,

Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Say "Hello" To The Far East - All From Sub Pop

1993, CD, Comp, Sub Pop, Sub Pop

Sub Pop Promo CD #9

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sub Pop,

Say Hello To The Far East Country From Sub Pop

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Sub Pop, Sony Records

Sub Pop Video Network Program II

Alternative Rock/Punk/Indie Rock/Music Video

International Hip Swing

1992, VHS, Comp, Dead Eye Productions (3)

An Empty Threat

1992, Cass, Comp, Atom (6),

Indie Rock/Punk

Rockamerica Nov. 1992

1992, Umatic, Comp, Promo, NTSC, Rockamerica,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock

1992, CD, Comp, Promo, Sub Pop

The Grunge Years

1992, CD, Comp, Promo, Sub Pop,

Grunge/Punk/Indie Rock/Folk Rock

Revolution Come & Gone

Alternative Rock/Punk/Grunge/Rockabilly/Indie Rock

International Pop Underground Convention

1992, 2x Vinyl,

Alternative Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

Afternoon Delight!

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Grunge

Komotion International - Live & Kicking #3

1991, Cass, Album, Comp, + M, Komotion International

Spin September Sampler 1991

1991, Cass, Comp, Promo, Spin Magazine,

Sub Pop Video Network Program 1

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Art Rock/Pop Rock/Punk/Music Video

The Grunge Years

Vandal-X b/w Streetsweeper

1989, Cass, Comp, Bi-Joopiter

Diamonds And Porcupines

1989, LP, Comp, Beat All The Tambourines, Beat All The Tambourines,

Surf/Garage Rock/Indie Rock

1988, LP, Comp, The Tinnitus Label, Away From The Pulsebeat,

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Punk/Experimental/Psychedelic/Garage Rock

Rough Trade Promotional Cassette #1 January 1988

1988, Cass, Promo, Rough Trade

Display Ideas For Supermarkets

1988, Cass, Comp, Toytown,

Rough Trade Promotional Cassette #2

1988, Cass, Comp, Promo, Rough Trade

1988, Cass, Album, Comp, wit, Toytown

1988, Cass, Comp, Beatkit,

1987, Cass, Comp, Ltd, C50, Bi-Joopiter

1986, Cass, Comp, K,

1985, Cass, Comp, K,

Acoustic/Garage Rock/Hardcore/Punk

Distant Violins Number 15

1985, Cass, Album, Comp, Distant Violins

Pursuit Of Happiness

1984, Cass, Comp, C60, Sound Of Pig

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Punk/Hardcore

CD, Promo, Sub Pop

Umatic, Comp, Promo, NTSC, Sub Pop

Distant Violins 24: Darling Pet Monkey

Cass, Comp, Distant Violins

Summer Of Clatter

2014, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, Unofficial, Acid Kat Records

2011, CDr, Comp, Unofficial, American Tapes,

A Few My Nephew ! 111 Chansons Courtes

2008, Cass, Comp, P/Unofficial, Not On Label,

Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Avantgarde/Experimental/Folk/Folk Rock/Free Jazz/Bop/Garage Rock/Grindcore/Grunge/Hardcore/Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Math Rock/No Wave/Noise/Post-Punk/Punk/Soundtrack/Thrash/Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Hole Lotta Love

1995, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Chrome Hearts,

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Punk