Liz Phair, Crowded House, & Big Heavy Stuff
The week in new music and Dig Me Out podcast
New Reviews
Hooverphonic - Hidden Stories
Belgian downtempo and Europop band Hooverphonic are back with their eleventh studio album, as well as a submission to the recent Eurovision Song Contest for 2021…
Moby - Reprise
Working with The Budapest Art Orchestra and a varied collection of collaborators, Moby reworks his electronic past in orchestral and acoustic arrangements…
New Releases
Liz Phair - Soberish
The first album of new material since 2010. Reunited with producer Brad Wood since 1998's whitechocolatespaceegg.
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Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting
Seventh studio album and first since 2010.
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New 90s Podcast
Big Heavy Stuff - Maximum Sincere
A big but restrained sound on Maximum Sincere makes this Big Heavy Stuff album a post-hardcore record worth digging out
We've revisited many 90s rock bands from Australia of various types, but Big Heavy Stuff is the first to nail the post-hardcore sound made (underground) famous by bands in D.C., Kansas City, and Chicago. On 1997's Maximum Sincere, the band takes full advantage of the spacious room recording to showcase the drumming via slowed tempos and minimal arrangements that spark and blaze sonically at just the right times. There is enough melody and interesting guitar work to keep the album interesting, always a tricky proposition when slowing down, but that does lead to some less than stellar material on the back half of the overall strong album.
Coming Soon
Psychedelic Furs “Midnight To Midnight” will be our next 80s review
The DMO Steering Committee and Board of Directors have made a decision. We’re excited to dig into the fifth studio album from the English rock band. Released in 1987 by Columbia Records it features the US Top 40 hit “Heartbreak Beat”.
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