90s Album Reviews

Dandelion scored a minor hit in 1995 with Weird-Out off their album Dyslexicon, we finally get around to checking out the rest of the album

The Almighty give us down-tuned guitars, double bass drum pedals and Motorhead meets Alice In Chains riffage on 1993's Powertrippin'

The 1994 album Tatoonie by Blind Mr. Jones features several shoegaze touchtones but deeper listens reveal nods to power pop and Britpop

Kellii Scott of Failure returns to the show to go track-by-track through The Heart Is A Monster, their first new album in nineteen years

Mother Love Bone released their one and only album Apple 25 years ago, we revisit with Eric Peterson from the Love That Album podcast

Tanya Donelly and Kristin Hersh wield a twin-guitar attack on Throwing Muses 1991 album The Real Ramon that we wanted to like more

Dovetail Joint released their one and only album 001 in 1999 with radio-ready singles but failed to make a dent, we try to figure out why

Acetone's 1997 album recalls the slow and deliberate sound of Low, causing extreme disagreement in every aspect of our review

Age can make the adventurous seem tame, does Mercury Rev's 1998 album Deserter’s Songs stand the test of time?

We're checking out the second (and final) album from Richard Butler's post-Psychedelic Furs project Love Spit Love, 1997's Trysome Eatone

Sing to God, the 1996 double album by Cardiacs, wants to defy classification, but we're crazy enough to tackle it and try

Kim Salmon is a legend in Australia that we're just now getting around to by checking out his 1995 album with The Surrealists

Neil Finn may be known for his two hit singles with Crowded House in the 1980s, but Together Alone may be his best overall album

The 1996 album Excerpts from a Love Circus by Lisa Germano is stark, dissonant and caught us off guard, which may be a good thing

Absolute Zero by Null was released in 1994 with a comic book, a one-off rarity we decided was worth a track-by-track review

Two-basses, drums, minimalist guitar, vocals and occasional piano, horns and harmonica - it's the unique sound of Cop Shoot Cop

Mansun's 1997 debut Attack of the Grey Lantern crosses Britpop influences with older American influences in a wildly interesting combination

Your Arsenal by Morrissey is one of the highlights of a hit or miss solo career, but can it match or even exceed his worth with The Smiths?

Desert rock, stoner rock, metal - whatever you call it, it’s heavy, we revisit 1992's Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss

On 1993's Hi-Fi Sci-Fi, Dramarama became more refined, but did it smooth out the interesting edges?

For better or worse, the uneven 1996 debut The Sun Is Often Out by the Longpigs lands smack dab in the middle of Britpop hysteria

We’re checking out the 1997 album Gone by Sydney, Australia’s legendary and influencial Beasts of Bourbon

While Green Day, The Offspring and Rancid took punk to the mainstream in the 90s, the New Bomb Turks forged a louder, more aggressive path

Saigon Kick's 1992 album The Lizard shows off a diversity of influences that is both exciting and confusing

For episode 200, we're tackling one of the biggest, most ambitious releases of the 1990s - Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 by by Guns n' Roses

We're checking out the anti-punk punk band known as Flipper and their 1993 album American Grafishy

Medicine has been called the American My Bloody Valentine, we revisit their 1992 debut album Shot Forth Self Living

On his debut solo album, Sonic Youth frontman/guitarist Thurston Moore strips down and condenses the songs, for better or worse

With their combination of metal, psyche and punk, Melvins have carved out a loyal fan base of their brand of "sludge metal."

This project frees Bernard Sumner to explore more pop melodies, while Johnny Marr can get lost in the layers of loops and synths.

Steeped in r&b and soul, Glover explores Steve Wonder, Al Green and Sly Stone territory while injecting it with some rock 'n roll swagger.

Shellac are the post-punk grinding underbelly of the 90s alternative explosion thanks to producer/guitarist/singer Steve Albini.

Mike Doughty's former band's first release has us split as we revisit the debut album Ruby Vroom by Soul Coughing

Steeped in the alt-country that rose to prominence with bands like Uncle Tupelo and The Jayhawks, we check out Faithless by Whiskeytown

Chock full of production goodness, S.P.M. is a dense, inventive record with a power pop heart.

The Rentals scored a minor hit with Friend of P, and their debut Return of The Rentals is full of even more radio-friendly singles.