Psychedelic and dreamy, the 1991 debut Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins give hints of hits to come while still indebted to their influences

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

Big Hate features big, buzzing guitars tackling grunge to southern rock on their 1998 sophomore and final release You're Soaking It In

Buffalo Tom matured as musicians and songwriters on their third album Let Me Come Over from 1992 to produce a timeless alternative classic

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

The Lemonheads find the perfect combination of melodic and musical sweet 'n sour on the 1992 album It's A Shame About Ray

Idaho's 1996 album Three Sheets To The Wind isn't afraid to upend the slowcore sound with jazz flourishes and an occasional uptempo rocker

Chris Whitley's 1995 sophomore album Din of Ecstasy is the sound of thrashing through musical boundaries and writing from the soul

Jangly American and Australian indie rock meets UK shoegaze and dream pop on Glide's 1995 debut album Open Up and Croon

On the 1993 sophomore album Chrome, Catherine Wheel cut back the shoegaze elements for a bolder, more dramatic sound

On 1991's Fall, Boston's Moving Targets refined their post-punk/post-hardcore sound with catchier guitar riffs and emotive vocals

Hole's second album Live Through This is a lyrically fierce and musical high-point for not just the band but the entire 1990s

Layers of guitars make Swervedriver's 1991 debut Raise a shoegaze must listen with a more aggressive sound than most of their contemporaries

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

On the 1995 Derailer the scrappy pop-rock of Little John strikes an interesting chord between Dinosaur Jr. guitar riffs and TMBG quirkiness

Infectious hooks mixed with dreamy and distorted guitars save the 1993 album Bring It Down by Madder Rose from a flat production

Vets of the indie rock world, the Meat Puppets released their commercial breakthrough in 1994, but does it stand the test of time?

We follow up our 2015 episode on bands from the 90s reuniting with more bands, their new material, and who's left from our reunion wish list

On their 1995 debut Fluke, Rusty criss-cross genres with layers of ragged garage rock fuzz over raspy shredded vocals to maximum effect

For the 30th anniversary of the first Lollapalooza, we revisit 90s touring festival with the fans who were there

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

With his 1994 sophomore solo album Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, Mark Lanegan matured as a songwriter with his take on folk and blues

Built To Spill might have released the guitar rock album of the decade with 1997s Perfect From Now On, balancing songwriting and shredding

Who are producers and what do they do? We discuss their impact on albums, varying styles, and more of 1990s music producers

On Keep It Like A Secret, Built To Spill attempt to make a record that indulges the indie rock guitar while keeping melody at the forefront

Fini Scad released their lone album Wider Screen in 1998 and disappeared, is it time to discover a diamond in the rough or leave it buried?

The 60s had Clapton and Hendrix, the 70s had Page and Blackmore, the 80s had Eddie, now it’s time to christen the guitar gods of the 90s.

Our latest Digging Your Scene takes us to Boston, home of the Pixies, Dinosaur Jr and many more that made the city a vibrant 90s scene.

Hiistorian Jovana Babovic, author of the 33 1/3 book entry for Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney, joins us for episode #300 of the show.

The Welcome Mat's 1993 debut Gram packs some power-pop worthy hooks and expert guitar riffage, but we found disagreeement in the results

Jamie Hutchings of Bluebottle Kiss joins us to revisit the 1996 album Fear of Girls and talk about his career, touring, songwriting and more

It was supposed the end of the electric guitar and rise of synths, samples and drum loops - we revisit Delete Yourself by Atari Teenage Riot

Author and Bitch Magnet guitarist Jon Fine stops by to talk rock memoirs, what is "indie rock," gear, touring and plenty more

Seems like a 90s band is reuniting every week, we discuss with our roundtable the hopes, dreams and realities of bands getting back together

John Davis of Superdrag and The Lees of Memory joins us to discuss his bands, his songwriting, recording and a whole lot more

Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom joins us for an in-depth discussion about their 1993 album Big Red Letter Day

Along with Guided By Voices, Sebadoh flew the lo-fi flag in the 90s with a similar gift for short, punchy rock songs.

Lots of shoegaze influenced bands spent less time on vocals and melody than dialing in the perfect delay on their guitar, but not Ripe.

What do Garth Brooks, X-Japan, and Dinosaur Jr. Have in common?

One of the bands often mentioned along with Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam as early members of the Seattle grunge movement.

We dig into the history and formation of Orbit, various approaches to songwriting, the legendary 90s music scene in Boston.

Judgement Night features a roster packed with rock bands and hip-hop artists collaborating in a way only the 1990s could produce

In episode number two of Dig Me Out, Tim and Jason review the self-titled 1996 album by Lustre.