Archive - Dig Me Out

Why Did Nobody in America Hear Love Outside Andromeda?

Twenty years later, its mix of folk quiet and garage-rock fury still sounds like nothing else.

Jul 28 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Gavin Reid

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A Sub Pop Cash-Grab vs. the Metal Album That Broke Billboard History

Green River split into Mudhoney and Pearl Jam, 12 Rods dropped a criminally overlooked debut, Josh Rouse channeled a Nebraska winter, and Skid Row…

Jul 26 • J Dziak

Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Turns 41: Why It Still Matters

The record that turned neoclassical shred into an actual genre in 1984.

Jul 21 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Chip Midnight

1:03:55

Ask Any 90s Space‑Rock Obsessive, They’ll Tell You About Replicants

An out‑of‑print covers record that still shapes how we hear Failure and Tool’s universe.

Jul 14 • J Dziak and Tim Minneci

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Billy Joel Goes Metal, Springfield Rocks Hard, BÖC Gets Weird

This month’s 70s ballot runs from midnight‑movie riffs to total burnout psych—your pick becomes the episode.

Jul 11 • J Dziak

1976: The Year Guitar Rock Split In Two

Boston, Thin Lizzy, Kiss, and the punk records that rewired heavy music.

Jul 7 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Chip Midnight

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June 2026

1986: The Year Glam and Thrash Both Peaked at the Same Time

Bon Jovi and Metallica released blueprints in the same calendar year. Neither knew the other existed.

Jun 30 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Chip Midnight

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80s Metal, Glam, and Hard Rock Collide: Decide Which Album We Dig Out Next

Master of Puppets, Iron Fist, Slade’s MTV‑era glam, and Tora Tora’s late‑80s hard rock all hit the poll. Your vote decides which album gets the…

Jun 28 • J Dziak

The Argument's Recess Serenade: The Album LA Reid Heard and Still Couldn't Save

How a Morgantown, West Virginia power pop band got Mitch Easter, major label interest, and 531 Last.fm listeners

Jun 23 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Whitney Beehler

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Black Roses Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988): The King Kobra Album Hidden Inside a B-Movie

How Marcie Free, Mick Sweda, and Carmine Appice made one of 1988’s best melodic rock records under a fictional band name and then let it vanish

Jun 16 • J Dziak, Tim Minneci, and Chip Midnight

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Modest Mouse's first independent record in 30 years, Death Cab back on Anti- after two decades on a major, Of Montreal's 20th album, and…

Plus the Space episode finally answers what Britpop was missing, Gang of Four's Entertainment! gets the punk-funk politics treatment, and Yes turn 24…

Jun 13 • J Dziak and Tim Minneci

Space, Spiders, and the Glorious Problem of a Band Too Weird for Britpop

How a Liverpool band dodged the Oasis/Blur template with a collage of lounge, trip‑hop, and off‑kilter pop that left them with one huge single and a…

Jun 9 • J Dziak and Tim Minneci

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