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

After helping define the Britpop sound, Blur turned to American indie rock to find inspiration for their challenging 1997 self-titled album

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

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

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

The intimate minimalism of Pinback's 1999 self-titled debut paralleled the downbeat post-hardcore of the era but left us wanting more

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

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

We revisit what might be the most influential 90s album on indie rock bands of the 2000s, Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Modest Mouse crashed the mainstream in the 2000s with Float On and Dashboard, but do they have undiscovered gems in their 1990s releases?

We revisit the landmark 1991 Slint album Spiderland and ask - can an influential album be outshined by its influences?

What started as a side project for members of the Pixies and Throwing Muses resulted in an influential album that defies rock conventions

On their third album In On The Kill Taker, Fugazi expanded and redefined not only their own sound but the post hardcore they helped create

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

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

We revisit Beck's major label debut Mellow Gold, was it a warm-up for the multi-platinum Odelay, or is Loser the only worthwhile nugget?

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

On their sophomore album The Proximity Effect, Nada Surf attempted to shed their one-hit wonder tag with mixed results

Tim Kasher of The Good Life and Cursive stops by to talk about his new solo album No Resolution out on his new label 15 Passenger.

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.

Archers of Loaf combined propulsive drums, melodic bass, dissonant guitars, and urgent vocals in short bursts of brilliance on Icky Mettle

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

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

We revisit the full-length from Eric's Trip, the lo-fi debut from this Canadian indie rock outfit released on Sub Pop

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

J. Mascis once described the album as his favorite of the major label years.

Does the energetic and sometimes frantic mix of punk, power-pop, and indie rock come together on Superchunk's album No Pocky For Kitty?

Bob Pollard abandoned his trademark lo-fi sound to release a major label album, produced by the legendary Cars leader Ric Ocasek,

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