On 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement refined their lo-fi sound to write one of the defining albums of 1990s indie rock

The 1996 album Local by Ho-Hum mines 70s and 80s power pop and new wave with a Midwestern twist for a catchy if overlong debut

On 1994's Foolish, Superchunk released their darkest album paired with raw and intense performance that helped define indie rock in the 90s

The Glorious Couch Life by Pollen synthesizes American and Australian indie rock sounds and attitude into a catchy debut album

Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You blended raw emotion with melodic punk, but polarized fans with polished production and a cleaner sound

We revisit Elastica's self-titled 1995 debut with help from music journalist Rob Harvilla, host of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s podcast

The 1998 debut Stratosphere by Duster eschews traditional song structures for ambient noise experimentation and droning indie guitar rock

Evolving out of their teenage hardcore roots, Dinosaur Jr. forged a noisy path that reinvigorated guitar leads with indie-rock flair

The jangly bedroom indie-pop of East River Pipe's 1994 compilation Shining Hours In A Can foretold a coming revolution in home recording

On 1997's Give It Back!, The Brian Jonestown Massacre overcome influence to successfully combine '60s psychedelia with '90s indie rock

Creeper Lagoon's 1998 debut I Become Small and Go finds the right balance between Dust Brothers production and lo-fi

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

The lone solo album by Murray Attaway, 1993's In Thrall, tackles big sounds and big ideas with an even bigger cast of supporting musicians

In the 1990s B-sides were much more than just one song - we revisit the various compilations, maxi-singles, covers, remixes and more

On Less Is More, Melbourne trio Even competently integrate 90s alternative and grunge sounds with power pop and British invasion melodies

Greta's 1995 sophomore album This Is Greta! is at it's best when ignores the grunge tendencies of the period, crafting big melodic pop hooks

On her third album whitechocolatespaceegg, Liz Phair embraces all bells and whistles of the recording studio to make an overstuffed album

We revisit the albums of '99, discuss hidden gems, forgotten flops, and long lasting favorites from the last year of the 20th century

On his second album as Sparklehorse, Mark Linkous expertly combined painful intimacy and pop exuberance on Good Morning Spider

Dayton, Ohio may be the birthplace of aviation, but it's also the home of Guided By Voices, The Breeders, Brainiac and more

One of the most successful bands of the 00's got their start leaning on the Pixies and Guided By Voices, we revisit the 90s origins of Spoon

English post-punk cult band The Fall embraced electronic music in the early 90s, creating an uneasy combo with Mark E. Smith's unique vocal

Eric Melin and Bill McShane of Ultimate Fakebook join us to discuss the 1999 release (and 2000 Sony rerelease) This Will Be Laughing Week

TV soundtracks that surpassed the show and the one’s that were HUGE at the time but maybe haven’t aged all that well.

Positioned between successfully selling albums, The Tragically Hip's moody and sparse 1996 release deserves a deeper listen.

Morgan Taylor of Mink shares stories of the '80 and 90s Datyon, Ohio music scene up to creating children's character Gustafer Yellowgold

Clay Tarver of Bullet LaVolta and Chavez talks with us about his bands and his long journey to screenwriting and Silicon Valley on HBO

EDD provides a unique sound with their male/female vocal combination and wild swings from concise jangle pop to sprawling jam ballads.

Some describe Grandaddy's sound as lo-fi space-rock, drawing comparisons to The Flaming Lips, Brian Wilson and Pavement.

A sprawling 19-track album presents many challenges - can The Wrens maintain quality from start to finish on Secaucus?