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Season 15 Episode 788
Twenty years since their debut, Maxïmo Park’s A Certain Trigger announces itself with angular guitars, driving rhythms, and Paul Smith’s earnest, impassioned vocals that give the songs both urgency a…
Published on 7 hours ago
Adrian Belew - Young Lions | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 787
Adrian Belew’s 1990 album Young Lions blends his signature experimental guitar work with pop-friendly rock songwriting. Though it features David Bowie on two excellent tracks, “Pretty Pink Rose” and …
Published on 1 week ago
Candy Harlots - Five Wicked Sins | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 786
The 1992 album Five Deadly Sins by Australian hard rockers Candy Harlots was the last gasp of glam-influenced sleaze rock before grunge reshaped the musical landscape. Packed with swaggering riffs an…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Drivin N Cryin - Fly Me Courageous | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 785
In 1991, Drivin N Cryin took a bold step towards the mainstream with their album Fly Me Courageous. While the title track became an anthemic staple of early ’90s rock radio thanks to Gulf War pilots,…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Not From There - Sand From Seven | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 784
Jagged, urgent, experimental - the 1998 album Sand On Seven by Not From There is an inventive debut that effectively blends post-punk, slowcore, and noise rock. The Australian trio incorporate German…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Love Cup - ...Grefus Gronks and Sheet | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 783
From the same Champaign-Urbana, IL music scene as Hum, Poster Children, National Skyline, and others, Love Cup is a name you might not be familiar with. Their lone 90s release, ..Grefus Gronks and Sh…
Published on 1 month ago
Sky Cries Mary - A Return to the Inner Experience | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 782
Sky Cries Mary’s 1993 album A Return to the Inner Experience is a sprawling, psychedelic journey unlike almost anything else out of Seattle in the 90s. Formed in the late 1980s, Sky Cries Mary blends…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Mogwai - Come On Die Young | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 781
Mogwai’s 1999 album Come On Die Young trades some of the explosive catharsis of their debut for a slower, more deliberate exploration of mood and texture. Opening with Iggy Pop’s laconic musings on p…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 780
In a Priest Driven Ambulance marks a pivotal moment for The Flaming Lips with the addition of Jonathan Donahue as a member of the band (and later Mercury Rev), along with Dave Fridmann behind the boa…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Greta - No Biting | 90s Album Review
Season 15 Episode 779
The 1993 debut album No Biting by Los Angeles-based band Greta blends post-grunge aggression with quirky, off-kilter alternative rock. Led by Paul Plagens’ distinctive vocals and lyrics, the album fe…
Published on 2 months ago