Release date: Summer 2000
Description: 15 songs from the same Riffage compilation that was on MMJB 5.0, only with 12 more from the same one (shown here). The disc also provided access to Gateway.net, should you need it.
The songs
* means it was on MMJB 5.0.
| Artist | Song | Notes |
| Audionuts | BeAtCrEaToR | * It’s annoying to type that song name. |
| Aunt Pat | Georgia | If you like Matchbox Twenty, check this out on Spotify; there’s a whole album and 4 monthly listeners waiting to join you. |
| Club X Project | Amore | Take the Latin horns of the era and give it a Euro house beat. You get this. There are a surprisingly high number of vocalists who each get a bit – like the So Solid Crew of Latin dance. |
| Codeine | Sabertooth | * |
| Dave Hahn | Angel Eyes | Presumably influenced by Jim Croce. |
| Dead End Cruisers | Around This Town | * |
| DJ Batman | Fascinating Destroyer | * |
| Dora Flood | Envy’s Angel | * Sounds a lot like “The Rolling People” by the Verve. |
| The Erics | Flowers Waking and Sleeping | * Their bio on a seemingly defunct, but still up (and with a desirable URL) at indiemusic.com, is all I could find on them: “Residents of NYC, this 4-piece ensemble has accrued a loyal following with its experimental and a hard-grooving sound. A indie rock noise combined with jazz sensibility, this band’s lyrics are fresh, eclectic, and pleasing to the ears.” It’s a nice mix of female vocals, dirty and clean electric guitars, and lovely and tense passages. It’s easily the best Riffage track on 5.0. |
| Genosha of KFMF | Abstain Like Me? | * Part of the tracker software community. Look it up – it’s fascinating and a genuinely important part of music history. |
| Infinite Buddha | Yucateco | * |
| Jeff Taylor | King of Your World | |
| Kevin Seconds | The King of Everything | * |
| Lael Leroy and the Loved | Diary | * Sounds like Jason Mraz’s indie uncle. (As opposed to a major-label uncle.) |
| Matt Nathanson | Lucky Boy | |
| Mr. Chu | Realities | |
| Pete Marinovich | Second Voice | Piano, some clean electric guitar, and a busy percussion line are all there seems to be. It’s by far the most interesting song unique to 5.1. |
| Plastic Machine | Can’t You See I’m Dead | * |
| Red Edna | Downward Spiral | * |
| Red Engine Nine | Disease | * |
| Robot | Always | How is Robot a Better Than Ezra wannabe instead of an electronic band? |
| Rock Paper Scissors | Love Yourself | * Sounds like Scott Weiland determined to be more electronic than people think he should be. |
| Rye | Overground | A bit like School of Fish’s song “Speechless.” |
| Scout | There I Go Again | * |
| Seeds of Labor | Broken Vinyl | * Given the language in this song, I’m surprised it made it on a mass consumer product. Seeds of Labor showed up on multiple compilations (and from multiple mp3 providers in 5.0), and their submitting this says to me that quality control wasn’t a big thing for compilation makers. |
| Stara Zagora | Dust-Bin Parade | * |
| Taylor (Bass Abrasive Sound Structure) | Trigonometry in D### | A surprising math rock entry (with shouted vocals that do not help anything) to close 5.1 out. Bass Abrasive Sound Structure acronyms to BASS but Bass is already in the name. I’m confused. |
Next: MusicMatch Jukebox 6.0
restlessmosaic.com 