Guided by Voices, Big Wreck, The Hellacopters & Dishwalla
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New Releases
Greg Puciato - Mirrorcell
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Second studio full-length LP from Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato, following the debut 2020 studio full-length "Child Soldier: Creator of God" and the 2020 audio/visual release "Fuck Content".
Guided by Voices - Tremblers And Goggles By Rank
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify |
Second album of 2022 following March's Crystal Nuns Cathedral.
Big Wreck - 7.2
7.2 is the follow-up to 7.1 EP which was released in spring 2022.
The Hellacopters - Through the Eyes of ... EP
🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music
EP of cover songs that are also available on the 2CD Box edition of Eyes Of Oblivion. Featuring the Hellacopters covering The Beatles, String Driven Thing, G.B.H., and The Brogues.
New 90s Podcast
Dishwalla - And You Think You Know What Life's About
On their sophomore album, Dishwalla tried to break the 90s one-hit-wonder with a bigger studio sound and touches of industrial and Britpop
One-hit wonders are not unique to the 1990s, and revisiting sophomore alternative rock albums is always a hit-or-miss experience. Double down on what made the band or artist successful, evolve the sound into something unexpected, or somewhere in between? After scoring a hit with "Counting Blue Cars" on their 1995 debut album Pet Your Friends, Dishwalla returned in 1998 with And You Think You Know What Life's About. From the opening track, the band plays with sounds and melodies that stretch from the industrial rock of Stabbing Westward to the big choruses of Oasis to the experimental quirk of Radiohead. The album is unafraid to go BIG, with soaring guitar lines and vocals, but does it add up to more than just a collection of disparate influences?
New 80s Podcast
The Replacements - Tim
On their fourth album, and first, after jumping from indie Twin/Tone to major Sire, the sound of The Replacements solidifies. Gone are the adolescent hardcore songs about school and part-time jobs, replaced with wit and biting observations paired with rockabilly, country, and classic rock sounds.
Coming Soon
July Album Review Tournament- Group 1 of 3
Which album should we feature in a future episode of Dig Me Out? Here's how it works. We'll post a group of nine suggested albums from the hopper weekly. Cast your vote to decide the albums to move forward. The top two winners from each group face off in a final poll at the end of the month.
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Richard Waterman: Shades Apart - Seeing Things
Really melodic alternative pop punky record.
Willie Dillon: I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
The second album from these awesome Canajuns.
Kyle Bittner: Pluto - Pluto
West coast Canadian power pop. I think you'll dig it.
Eric Peterson: Reigndance - Problem Factory
This is the true story … of a singer… picked to live in a house with 6 other people… work together … and have their lives taped … to find out what happens … when people stop being polite … and start getting real: The Real World... and promote a band, make a video and make little or no impact on the charts.. but become a 90s MTV sensation..
Adam Smith: Glide - Open Up & Croon
Corey Smith: Nero's Rome - Togetherly
Nero's Rome was an alternative/grunge band from Portland active during the early to mid 90s. Togetherly was their one and only label release, as they were to call it quits shortly thereafter due to internal fighting and label issues. Check them out for a nice mix of grunge, hard rock, and psychedelic alternative. Think Mudhoney mixed with a little Jane's Addiction.
Patrick Testa: Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie
A main part of the Elephant 6 collective, this was their 3rd LP. The debut gets a lot of credit as their best, but this is where their 60's psych-pop influences take hold in a significant way. The production is really solid but sometimes is referred to as Lo-Fi.
Evan Nork: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strangers From the Universe
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 spent over a decade doing whatever the hell they wanted. This album is generally considered by their small but cultish fanbase to be the high water mark of their career.
Darren Leeman: The Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic
4th release from the pop-punk outfit, varying tempos, upbeat lyrics, singalong choruses all packed into 39 mins
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