The Mountain Goats, Soilwork, & VAST
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The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out
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Twentieth studio album from the band, produced by Bully's Alice Bognanno.
Soilwork - Övergivenheten
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Their twelfth studio album represents the band in their growth and their current phase of life, which is marked by a period that probably no one on this planet will forget so quickly.
New 90s Podcast
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater
Benedictine monks, an 18-piece orchestra, and sampled vocal choirs mix with electronic drum loops and guitars on VAST's ambitious debut
Jon Crosby, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist at the helm of VAST, was a well-regarded guitarist as a teen who signed a record deal with Elektra at just seventeen years old. On the debut, Crosby takes 90s industrial rock in the vein of Nine Inch Nails or Stabbing Westward and layers unexpected sounds, like Benedictine monks and Bulgarian women's choirs, to create haunting soundscapes that compliment his wide vocal range that can belt it out or croon with equal effectiveness. Visual Audio Sensory Theater is a true album, with extended intros and subtle connective tissue running throughout the record that will divide listeners today just as it did in 1998. SPECIAL GUEST: Marisa Buxbaum - DMO UNION
Coming Soon
🏆 August Album Review Tournament - Final
Which album should we feature in a future episode of Dig Me Out? Here's how it works. We posted a group of nine suggested albums from the hopper the last 3 weeks. The DMO Union casted votes to decide the albums to move forward. Here are the top two winners from each group. You only get one vote in the final round. Choose wisely.
Darren Leeman: Hayden-Everything I Long For
this baritone folk-inspired troubadour's album was inescapable for about two straight years; Hayden emerged from the indie rock/folk scene to put his mark on Canadian music. The signature voice and sweet melancholy themes are reminiscent of Elliot Smith; Hayden was known for playing certain songs with bizarre tunings or having the guitar out of tune during recording.
Martin Kaye: Adorable-Against Perfection
It's great! Trashed by The NME and Melody Maker in the UK as they didn't like the band's arrogance.
Darren Leeman: Overwhelming Colorfast-Overwhelming Colorfast
The album's emphasis on a thick guitar sound could be attributed to the fact that Butch Vig produced the record, shortly before presiding over sessions for the Smashing Pumpkins' similarly crunch-heavy Siamese Dream. Though certainly not a groundbreaking album, Overwhelming Colorfast will easily satisfy fans of brisk, post-punk rock & roll.
Paul Kustos: Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Heavy rock elements pervade this electro classic, and it is a tight 33 minutes.
Willie Dillon: Samiam-Clumsy
An album of music.
Eric Peterson: Enigma-MCMXC a.D.
This was a strange entry into the 90s cannon, and a CD that I would see next to metal, alternative and other harsher music of the era in peoples collections... also maybe we should see how Tim and Jay respond to something this laid back and relaxing..
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