The Wallflowers, Hash, & Psychedelic Furs
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New Reviews
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes
Stepping away from Primal Scream for the first time on his own, Bobby Gillespie joins with Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth on the intimate Utopian Ashes…
Helloween - Helloween
Power-metal legends Helloween return with their sixteenth and self-titled album, marking the return of Kai Hansen on guitars and vocals and Michael Kiske on vocals, the first time since their respective departures in 1989 and 1993…
New Releases
The Wallflowers - Exit Wounds
Jakob Dylan-led band returns after nine-year hiatus.
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Sneaker Pimps - Squaring The Circle
First new album from the "6 Underground" group since 2002's Bloodsport.
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Candlebox - In Your Hands (feat. Don Miggs & Zane Carney) - Single
“In Your Hands” honors victims of gun violence in the US. The song features fellow musicians Don Miggs and Zane Carney.
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New 90s Podcast
Hash - Hash
On the lone release by Hash, the band encapsulates the wild, genre-hopping world that was the late 80s and early 90s alternative music scene
Well-regarded music historians often explain the 90s explosion of alternative music into the mainstream boiled down as the rise of Seattle grunge, the So-Cal pop-punk sound going national, and the movements that followed like the swing revival, electronica, nu-metal, and more. But lost in that simplicity is the more difficult and (quite frankly) weirder starting point of the decade, where bands were mixing and moshing across a spectrum of hard rock, funk, and more. A prime example is the one-and-done band Hash, who released their self-titled album on Elektra in 1993. The band sounds comfortable mixing Red Hot Chili Peppers-style funk with Living Colour-esque swagger and shredding with touches of 60s sitar-spiked psychedelia, all topped with big melodies and harmonies. It's talented if at times overcooked stew, but finding bands that can play in this many sandboxes and maintain a level of quality is few and far between, even if some of the big swings are misses. Special guest: Eric Norlander - DMO UNION
New 80s episode
Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight
Though the Psychedelic Furs began the 1980s at the forefront of the new wave movement, by the release of their fifth album Midnight to Midnight in 1987, the band had grown into a more straightforward pop-rock band.
In the three years since their highly regarded 1984 album Mirror Moves, the Furs gained widespread recognition thanks to filmmaker John Hughes and his use of the track "Pretty In Pink" for the movie of the same name released in 1986. Richard Butler himself has spoken poorly of Midnight to Midnight, a commercial high but creative low for the band. But has time regarded the album more kindly artistically?
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