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The story of 90s rock one week at a time since 2011.
Weekly episodes featuring 90s album reviews, interviews, and roundtable discussions.
Mixing catchy garage rock, fuzzy desert rock, and psychedelic weirdness make the 1999 album by Wellwater Conspiracy a frustrating listen
The intimate minimalism of Pinback's 1999 self-titled debut paralleled the downbeat post-hardcore of the era but left us wanting more
Layered vocal harmonies, sparse arrangements, and subtle genre-mixing entrance the listener on Ida's 2000 album Will You Find Me
Dual bassists helped Ned's Atomic Dustbin standout in the crowded alternative scene, we revisit their 1992 sophomore album Are You Normal?
On their lone self-titled album from 1995, Chicago's Wicker Man laid down bruising riffs with enough variety for any kind of metal fan
On their 1995 debut Fluke, Rusty criss-cross genres with layers of ragged garage rock fuzz over raspy shredded vocals to maximum effect
Deftones combined hardcore, thrash, metal, and more in the 90s as they became one of the most interesting and ambitious bands of the 2000s
In the 1990s some artists could not contain their output to a single compact disc - we revisit the double albums of the decade
For the 30th anniversary of the first Lollapalooza, we revisit 90s touring festival with the fans who were there
Before they became one of defining alternative bands of the 1990s, Soundgarden started in the 1980s fusing Sabbath riffs and punk chaos
Tape hiss, four-tracks, and more - we explore the world of lo-fi in the 90s and ask if it's just a recording technique or a genre of music
Is the Gin Blossoms' 1996 sophomore album Congratulations, I'm Sorry a worthy follow-up or an actual miserable experience?
We're joined by members of Triplefastaction and some special guests for a deep dive on the reissue of their 1997 sophomore Cattlemen Don't
We revisit the debut 1993 album by Dig with lead singer and guitarist Scott Hackwith
Michael McDermott and Brian Koppelman stop by to share their experiences working together as artist and A&R rep on the 1993 album Gethsemane
Guitarist Christopher Thorn joins us for an indepth revist of their 1995 sophomore album Soup
For more the past twenty years since his major label debut, Jonny Polonsky has charted his own unique course through the music industry
Craig Wedren joins us to discuss his new solo album Adult Desire, songwriting for film and television, Shudder To Think, and much more
We look back at our tenth season, share our favorite album episodes and roundtables, and talk about heading into our eleventh season in 2021
We look back at our ninth season, share our favorite album reviews and roundtables, and talk about heading into our tenth season in 2020
We look back at our eighth season, share our favorite episodes and talk about future plans for the show heading into 2019
This season featured everything from the guitar power pop of Brendan Benson to the Indian-meets-Britpop sounds of Cornershop.
We pick our favorite roundtable and interview episodes, choose which album we revisited was our favorite discovery and more from 2016.
Our season review for 2015 - we discuss our favorite interview, roundtable discussions and albums reviews from season five.
