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New Reviews
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - Carnage
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, who have worked together going on sixteen years in the Bad Seeds, spent part of lockdown recording Carnage …
Mouse On Mars - AAI
Mouse On Mars's new album AAI, an abbreviation for "Anarchic Artificial Intelligence," finds the long-running electronic duo continuing their experiments …
New Releases
Chevelle - Niratias
Ninth studio album, first without longtime bass player Dean Bernardini, who left the band in 2019.
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Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
The first album of new material for the Scottish indie rock band since 2005.
💿 Amazon • Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
J. Robbins - Automaticity - single
💿 Bandcamp
Of Montreal - I Feel Safe With You, Trash
Double album self-released by Kevin Barnes, the seventeenth studio album.
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New 90s Podcast
Shades Apart - Eyewitness
On their fifth album and major-label debut Eyewitness, Shades Apart refined their sharp punk edges for radio-friendly power-pop-punk
The balance between the "pop" and the "punk" in "pop-punk" can be tricky, especially when a band comes from the latter scene. On the Shades Apart 1999 album Eyewitness, the punk of the 90s (i.e. Green Day, The Offspring, Blink-182, Rancid, etc.) is represented more in the songwriting than the speed, something a lot of those bands would incorporate as time wore on. But Eyewitness goes one step further by adding subtle yet effective ska and reggae flourishes more akin to The Police than Less Than Jake. With producer Lou Giordano behind the board, the band crafts a well-manicured sonic pallet but like many falls victim to the late 90s/early 00s guitar tones that haven't aged as well as the songwriting. Special guest: Whitney Beehler - DMO UNION
Coming Soon
Ammonia - Mint 400
Thanks to a pick by Darren L. soon we'll be checking out the 1995 debut album Mint 400 by Ammonia. Give the album a listen, leave a comment, and vote in the poll to be a part of the show. We'll be recording this episode at noon EST on Sunday, March 7th.
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