Jerry Cantrell, Tori Amos, & Phantom Blue
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Jerry Cantrell - Brighten
First solo studio album from the Alice In Chains singer/guitarist since 2002, featuring Gun's n Roses Duff McKagan on bass.
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Tori Amos - Ocean To Ocean
Her first full-length since 2017’s Native Invader, written while locked down at her home in Cornwall, England.
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Richard Ashcroft - Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1
Richard Ashcroft reinterprets and rearranges songs from his solo career and his time in The Verve in acoustic fashion, including ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ recast as a duet with Liam Gallagher.
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Even - Reverse Light Years
First album since 2018's Satin Returns, a 17-track double album, their eighth overall.
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Dinosaur Jr. - Emptiness at the Sinclair
Recorded at Boston's The Sinclair for a live stream show back in May that, as the title suggests, had them playing to a largely empty room.
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Bobby Gillespie - Tenement Kid
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream's memoir spanning his childhood in a working-class Glaswegian family and the breakthrough of his band Primal Scream with their third album, 1991’s Screamadelica.
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Dan Ozzi - SELLOUT: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
Sellout chronicles the evolution of the punk scene during this era, focusing on prominent bands as they experienced the last “gold rush” of the music industry.
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Brian Johnson - The Lives Of Brian
Official autobiography by AC/DC vocalist.
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New 90s Podcast
Phantom Blue - Built to Perform
Phantom Blue's second and final album Built to Perform got lost in the early 90s alternative wave but is a hard rock record worth revisiting
Just like how the 1990s produced hundreds of alternative bands signed to major labels that barely made a dent in radio, MTV, or Billboard, the 80s had their fair share of obscure and forgotten acts of might-have-beens. Those rock bands that straddled the line between the two decades often suffered the worst, coming in at the tail end of hair/glam rock dominance into the emergent alternative and college rock scene ready to explode. Phantom Blue is a perfect example of this interesting time, a band whose 1989 debut is more in line with 80s metal, while their 1993 follow-up (and last) record Built to Perform shows growth in multiple directions, incorporating the drop-d riffing of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains flawlessly with Guns 'n Roses licks and energy. Special guest: Eric Peterson - VIDEO BLOGGER
Coming Soon
The Wildhearts - p.h.u.q.
Coming soon thanks to a pick by Phil F. we'll be revisiting the 1995 sophomore album p.h.u.q. by The Wildhearts. Be sure to give the album a listen, leave a comment, and vote in our poll.
“Finally an easy choice” 😄 M a r t i n - DMO UNION
“It’s definitely rock and roll, there is no mistaking that.” DARREN LEEMAN - DMO UNION
“There are a couple of tracks that didn't jive with with me, and given that, it's ALMOST too much of a good thing, but when a record rocks this much I'll give it a pass. Worthy Album.” Kyle Bittner - DMO UNION
“This album starts so strong. The first 3 tracks are all killer, then the album falls away fast. It picks again at the end with Naivety Play and Getting It. 5 great tracks = an EP. Finally note, the drummer hits it hard! Some of the cleanest drumming I’ve heard.” - Darren Leach - DMO UNION
“I both agree and disagree with The two Darren's and Kyle. . It does start off strong and slightly fall away. It definitely is a full throttle rock n' roll album and I love that! great drum sound, amazing guitar tone all the way through and my face looked like candle wax by the end of it. Not to say there was no finesse, there are some glam & power pop flourishes too. I do think it would be a better 10 song rock album though. Fave tracks: 'I wanna Go where the people go' 'Just In Lust' 'Caprice' & 'Be My Drug' SPECIAL MENTION TO PHIL & ERIC FOR BRINGING THE ROCK BACK!” - Richard Waterman - DMO UNION
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