Nü Metal rose to prominence in the mid 1990s and brought a cross-pollinated sound to a generation raised equally on hip-hop and metal

With a deluxe 2LP set of Majesty Crush music hitting shelves, bassist Hobey Echlin joins us to discuss the early ‘90s Detroit shoegaze scene

The Verve tightened the songwriting on their 1995 sophomore album A Northern Soul while perfecting their brand of psychedelic Britpop

The 1993 debut album Copacetic by Velocity Girl has the shoegaze and noise rock pieces for something special but never quite gels together

Another year and more new music to celebrate as 2023 as we host our fourth annual Music We're Thankful For roundtable with our patrons

On their third and final album, Pale Saints changed their lead singer and found a balance between expansive shoegaze and tight rock songs

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

On their fifth and final album Blasting Off, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry made reverbed post-punk out of step for '91 but a hidden gem to discover

Lumped in with fellow grunge roster mates on Sub Pop, Love Battery delivered psychedelic-tinged guitar rock on their 1992 debut Dayglo

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

Adorable pairs their brand of UK shoegaze with touches of 80s alternative and post-punk on their 1993 debut album Against Perfection

On their 1993 sophomore and final album Hideout, Antenna crafted a drowsy but melodic guitar rock album made for 1990s college radio

On their 1990 debut Nowhere, Ride owes as much to the 1960s jangle and dream pop of The Who and The Byrds as 1980s noise and indie rock

On their lone release, Moler find the right combo of Ash pop-punk and Cosmic Psychos fuzz on 1997's Golden Duck

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

Was Rotting Piñata another take on Seattle grunge, or did the debut by Sponge differentiate itself from 1994's class of alternative rock?

We revisit the debut 1993 album by Dig with lead singer and guitarist Scott Hackwith

We're joined by DMO Union members to discuss new albums out in 2019 from Fastball, Beck, Big Wreck, Ride, Sebadoh, Redd Kross and more

On their album Split, Lush created a pop-friendly mix of shoegaze and dream pop, but are the layers of reverb and delay dated or timeless?

On their 1999 debut, This Is The Way It Goes And Goes And Goes, Juno craft a layered album worthy of the format

On their 1992 debut album Doppelgänger, Curve manage to sound simultaneously ahead of their time and firmly planted in the 1990s

We dive into the 90s phenomenon known as Pop Punk and discuss the distinct sounds, the bands, the albums, and legacy of this Punk offshoot

On the 1997 album Free Mars by Lusk, a potent mixture of psychedelia, shoegaze, and experimentation makes for a heady trip worth taking

In the 90s, the Power Pop resurgence etched some mainstream success while firmly holding onto its underdog origins

The Falling Joys 1992 sophomore album Psychohum is the eclectic mixture early 90s alternative promised but could not consistently deliver

What is Desert Rock? A scene? A sound? We chat with the Desert Age filmmaker to understand what made it so unique.

How do you measure a band that is equal parts Massive Attack, the Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Dream Theater and Slowdive?

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

We look back at the origins of Electronica, revisit four pivotal albums from 1997, and how this all evolved into the ‘00s.

Scotty Morris of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy talks Swingers, the 1999 Super Bowl and the arc of swing music in the 90s.

We're talking the evolution of Metal in the 1990s, from Metallica to Helmet, Ozzy to Tool, and Kyuss to Pantera

What is Emo? We try to figure that out by diving into the history, the bands, the unique sounds and more

The 1994 album Tatoonie by Blind Mr. Jones features several shoegaze touchtones but deeper listens reveal nods to power pop and Britpop

Who's punk, what's the score? That's what we try to figure out on our roundtable talking punk rock in the 1990s

What was and is Britpop? We're not sure, so we're hosting a roundtable to try figure out the sounds, bands, legacy and more

Medicine has been called the American My Bloody Valentine, we revisit their 1992 debut album Shot Forth Self Living

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

Chrome hinted at a heavier sound from the band though their earlier shoegaze influences were still evident - not so on Happy Days

Known for the single "Fade Into You" from their sophomore release, She Hangs Brightly showcases the band in their dreamy shoegaze

Calling it "the greatest American shoegaze record" puts some high expectations the Swirlies, but also raises a number of questions

The Wendys were a part of the early 90s Madchester scene, but do The Wendys stack up to those legendary bands?

This band took a long journey from SoCal to NYC to the UK, and it sounds like it.

In the seventeenth episode of the Dig Me Out Podcast, Tim and Jason review the 1993 album Mezcal Head by Swervedriver