Big Dipper

Big Dipper had a short-lived heyday from 1985-1990, including one album on Epic, Slam, after which the band, (in an ironic play on words), disbanded. After being dropped by Epic, however, the band continued to record, much of which had been assumed to be lost in the annals of history. However, to astronomers’ delight, Merge Records has resurrected these seemingly lost recordings, along with the band’s formal releases (sans Slam) into a 3-CD, 49 track package. Their various stylings of indie rock are seemingly the ancestors of your current indie rock heroes.