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J and Tim dig into the grunge, alt-rock, and indie albums that changed everything—the forgotten classics, the underappreciated masterpieces, and the legends worth hearing again. One album at a time. Let’s dig it out.
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Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
Tom Mullen of the Washed Up Emo Podcast stops by to help us dissect one of the key albums of the 90s emo scene: 1999's Clarity by Jimmy Eat World. Although it didn't sell as well as later Jimmy Eat World albums, it's impact on a generation of musicians and music fans would be heard for years to come. Combining gritty, angular guitars and rhythms with introspective lyrics, layered with a varied instrumentation, Clarity represents musical highpoint for not only emo, but rock music at the end of the 20th Century.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Lucky Denver Mint
13:06 - History of the Band
18:32 - A Sunday
22:12 - 12.23.95
51:20 - Goodbye Sky Harbour
54:34 - Clarity
Outro - Crush
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Australian listener and friend of the show Gavin decided to use his free pick for 2013 to bust out the legendary (?) 1993 soundtrack to the movie Judgement Night. Featuring a roster packed with rock bands and hip-hop artists collaborating in a way that only the 1990s could produce. Some are hits, some are misses, and we talk about them all, as well as the legacy of a record possibly responsible for the late 90s nu-metal / rap metal / rap rock movement.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Just Another Victim
9:55 - Real Thing
11:57 - Me, Myself and My Microphone
15:35 - Another Body Murdered
19:01 - Missing Link
23:43 - Fallin'
Outro - Judgement Night
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
In our latest episode, Tim brings an oddball to the table - The Rolling Stones and Small Faces inspired fourth album from Primal Scream, 1994's Give Out But Don't Give Up. As fans of Vanishing Point, XTRMNTR and Screamadelica can tell you, Give Out... is a hard one to figure out, where honky tonk piano, blues guitar riffs and soul singers abound. Does Primal Scream make take successful detour, or get lost in the weeds? Tune in and find out.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Rocks
2:53 - History of the Band
10:11 - Jailbird
17:16 - Give Out But Don't Give Up
21:29 - Big Jet Plane
24:18 - Free
Outro - (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
For Jason's latest pick, we're back in metal mode, this time revisiting the 1995 Subhuman Race by Skid Row. Many of the hair/glam rock and metal bands of the 1980s made failed attempts to update their sound in the 90s, how does Subhuman Race fare? Tune in to find out.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - My Enemy
3:33 - History of the Band
10:31 - Subhuman Race
12:55 - Eileen
21:46 - Frozen
26:45 - Breakin' Down
Outro - Remains To Be Seen
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
The requested review for this week is from our familiar friend Gavin, who takes us back down under with the Hoodoo Gurus. Coming late in a successful career, 1994's Crank marks the Hoodoo's attempt at injecting some alternative rock sound into their trademark power pop. Does it work? Tune into find out.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - The Right Time
3:39 - History of the Band
10:13 - Crossed Wires
13:05 - Less Than A Feeling
22:01 - Hypocrite Blues
Outro - Quo Vadis