90s Album Reviews

On their album Split, Lush created a pop-friendly mix of shoegaze and dream pop, but are the layers of reverb and delay dated or timeless?

How do you follow-up one of the most iconic and successful albums of all time? If you're Nirvana, you enlist Steve Albini and make In Utero

Chris Conley of Saves The Day joins us to revisit their 1999 sophomore album Through Being Cool

On their 1994 album Re, Café Tacuba deliver a sprawling, genre-hopping rock en español album that redefines the genre

The 1993 debut album World Of Noise by Everclear reveals the rough-edged beginning of a band that learned to craft radio-friendly singles

On her third album whitechocolatespaceegg, Liz Phair embraces all bells and whistles of the recording studio to make an overstuffed album

On their 1999 debut, This Is The Way It Goes And Goes And Goes, Juno craft a layered album worthy of the format

What happens when you combine the blues, reggae, cajun and soul via Australia? You get the 1993 album The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea

The Toadies scored a hit single on their 1994 debut Rubberneck, we revisit to find out if out they are more than a one-hit-wonder

The 1999 album Bareback by Hank Dogs is a traditional English folk album, simultaneously behind and ahead of the times

Known for her contributions to albums by Bob Seger, Kid Rock and Big Chief, Thornetta Davis steps out and stands out on Sunday Morning Music

On their 1992 debut album Doppelgänger, Curve manage to sound simultaneously ahead of their time and firmly planted in the 1990s

On their 1996 album Forever = 1 Day, Fighting Gravity toe the line between laid back ska reggae grooves and new age adult pop blandness

On their third album Bloodletting from 1990, Concrete Blonde delivers a dark masterpiece that transcends less than timeless production

On the 1994 Backbeat soundtrack, can an alternative all-star band find the balance between faithful interpretations and an updated sound?

On their 1999 album The Ideal Crash, dEUS explore the studio and expand their sound to unique but mixed results

Material Issue released their power pop gem months before Nevermind altered the musical landscape, we revisit International Pop Overthrow

On their major label debut, The Verve Pipe manage to wrap radio friendly melodies around buzzing guitars that stand the test of time

We revisit the landmark 1991 Slint album Spiderland and ask - can an influential album be outshined by its influences?

A little punk, a little power pop, lots of energy, full of melody and hooks galore - we revisit the '94 album Low-Fi At Society by The Figgs

You Am I find the alternative rock sweet spot on their tightly constructed but organic 1995 sophomore album Hi Fi Way

The Promise Ring twist and turn pop structures to unique results on their 1997 album Nothing Feels Good

On their fourth album Odyssey Number Five, Powderfinger expertly craft an alternative rock album for rock radio and headphone audiophiles

American Music Club fully explore the studio and the darkness, finding latenight allure in both on their timeless 1991 album Everclear

We navigate uncharted avant-garde and art-rock territory, and revisit the 1992 album Our Finest Flowers by The Residents

With their final album Formula, James Plotkin and Alan Dubin as O.L.D. create a genre-hopping electronic dreamscape with few nightmares

Our guest brings unique personal insight to the band that carried the progressive rock baton into the 90s to help define alternative metal

Guitarist Christopher Thorn joins us for an indepth revist of their 1995 sophomore album Soup​

On their self-titled debut album from 1990, Human Radio scour the dial for a mix of new wave, pop rock, 70s funk and 80s alternative

On the 1998 album Oceanborn, Nightwish create a bombastic, classical influenced sound as we dive into the world of symphonic metal

On their second and final album Is from 1993, The Big F craft a hard rock album in need of a firm direction

What started as a side project for members of the Pixies and Throwing Muses resulted in an influential album that defies rock conventions

The Galactic Cowboys bring plenty of riffs to their third album Machine Fish, but did they need an outside producer to help reign them in?

Heralded as the genre defining noise rock album of the 90s, we tackle the 1991 sophomore album Goat by The Jesus Lizard

On their 1992 album Mossy God, Aussies Mantissa channel a variety of American hard rock and metal influences into an unconvincing stew

On their third and final record Wrecreation, Stanford Prison Experiment bring the post-punk riffs, but is it an album of album tracks?