Bryan Adams, The Boo Radleys, & Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward
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3 Minute Reviews
New Releases
Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts
Fifteenth studio album from the veteran Canadian rocker.
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The Boo Radleys - Keep On With Falling
First album in twenty-four years from the English shoegaze and Britpop band.
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Hoodoo Gurus - Chariot of the Gods
The tenth studio album by the Australian rock group, the first studio album since "Purity of Essence" in 2010.
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Brandon Boyd - Echoes & Cocoons
Third solo album from the Incubus frontman, following 2021's "Sons of the Sea."
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Men Without Hats - Again, Pt. 2
Canadian new wave and synth-pop band release the follow-up to 2021's "Again, Pt. 1."
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New 90s Podcast
Interview with Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward
Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward joins us to share his memories of the rollercoaster ride in the ‘90s and discuss reforming the band
Though most people’s introduction to Stabbing Westward was via their major label debut, Ungod, in 1994, Christopher Hall (vocals) and Walter Flakus (keyboards) had been making music together since their college days nearly a decade earlier. Blending the industrial influences of Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Skinny Puppy with the goth rock of early Smashing Pumpkins and Depeche Mode, Stabbing Westward found themselves smack dab in the middle of the mid-90s alternative wave and toured with a wide range of acts ranging from KISS to the Sex Pistols to Killing Joke to Placebo. While fans may have appreciated the consistent releases (Ungod in ‘94, Wither Blister Burn & Peel in ‘96, Darkest Days in ‘98), it put a strain on relationships within the band and, after being dropped by Columbia and releasing a self-titled album on Koch Records in ‘01, Stabbing Westward came to end. Hall started The Dreaming, a band very much in the vein of Stabbing Westward’s sound, while Flakus got into the radio business as a program director and DJ. A reunion in 2015 to celebrate the band’s formation 30 years prior led to occasional live shows and eventually Hall retired The Dreaming name to reform Stabbing Westward with Flakus and some of his Dreaming band members. In 2020, Stabbing Westward released three new songs which led to a full album of new material, Chasing Ghosts, out on March 18, the first Stabbing Westward in 21 years.
Coming Soon
VOTE: 90s Album Review - March 2022
We’ve pulled 9 listener suggested albums from the hopper and need your help picking one to feature in an upcoming episode of Dig Me Out. Neeman VS Leeman, Let's GO!
Richard Waterman: Love Jones - Here's To The Losers
Eric Peterson: Del Amitri - Twisted
Willie Dillon: Blue October - The Answers
Kyle Bittner: The Charlatans - Up To Our Hips
David Haverland: The Farewell Bend - In Passing
Tom Rimmel: Ministry - Filthpig
tad: Little Blue Crunchy Things - Rhetoric
Scott Neeman: Karate - In Place of Real Insight
Darren Leeman: Social Distortion - Social Distortion
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