Nick Cave, Calexico, & Fictional Bands of the 90s
The week in new music and Dig Me Out Podcast
New Reviews
Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr
Returning after the short 2018 album Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol.1, The Smashing Pumpkins are back with the synth-heavy double album Cyr.
Painted Shield - Painted Shield
The long-time in coming collaboration between Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, and folk-pop Minneapolis singer/songwriter Mason Jennings finally sees the light of day…
New Releases
The Lickerish Quartet - Snollygoster Goon - Single
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Bon Jovi - 2020
Associated Press wrote of the depth of lyrics within the songs that “chronicle pain, loss, fear and death from the coronavirus, police killings and mass shootings.”
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Joan of Arc - Tim Melina Theo Bobby
Final album from the influential Chicago indie rock band.
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Gone is Gone - If Everything Happens for a Reason...Then Nothing Really Matters at All
Second album from the stoner/progressive rock super group. Gone Is Gone consists of Troy Sanders, singer and bassist of Mastodon, Troy Van Leeuwen, one of the guitarists of Queens of the Stone Age, Tony Hajjar, drummer of At the Drive-In, and Mike Zarin, a multi-instrumentalist and founder of Sencit Music who appeared with Van Leeuwen on Sweethead's Descent to the Surface.
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Tori Amos - Christmastide
Four-song EP of Christmas songs.
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Calexico - Seasonal Shift
First Christmas album from the Tucson, Arizona band.
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Nick Cave - L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S.
L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S. is a new opera by Belgian composer Nicholas Lens, Nick Cave wrote each of the twelve librettos.
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Half Japanese - Crazy Hearts
Nineteenth album from noise pop veterans.
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Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self
Eight album for the veteran heavy hardcore band.
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New 90s Episode
Fictional Bands of the 90s
90s Film and television were full of fictitious bands and musical artists - some worthy of revisiting, some best left on dusty VHS cassettes
Fictional bands and artists have been a staple of movies and television shows for decades, from the heavy metal send-up of This Is Spinal Tap to Dan Akroyd and John Belushi getting the band back together in The Blues Brothers. The 1990s were no different, as movies and television were filled with bands we wished had put out full albums and toured, to some that were best left to thirty-seconds of screen airtime. Whether it's capturing the sound of the decade in shows like My So-Called Life and Daria or films such as Singles and Empire Records, or revisiting past decades like the 70s glam rock of Velvet Goldmine and 60s garage rock of That Thing You Do!, there is plenty to rediscover or check out if you mised it the first time around. Special Guest: Eric Peterson - VIDEO BLOGGER
Coming soon on Dig Me Out
Thankful in 2020
What Records Are You Thankful For This Year? Like many people this year, we're forgoing a big family get-together for an at-home holiday with our household. We're still thankful for a lot this year, and music has been a large part of that with so many great new records released and some fantastic reissued albums and box sets.
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