Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You blended raw emotion with melodic punk, but polarized fans with polished production and a cleaner sound

Samiam evolved from Bay Area skate punks to emo-tinged pop-punks on 1997's fan-dividing You Are Freaking Me Out

Angular, dissonant guitars dominate Flu Thirteen's 1998 sophomore album in the post-hardcore territory of At The Drive-in, Cursive, and more

With Jets To Brazil's debut Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Blake Schwarzenbach expanded on the Jawbreaker sound with a heady post-hardcore twist

Keith and Susie of Tampa’s Pohgoh look back on what almost was and discuss the current state of the band

On their lone self-titled release, Salmonblaster make good on half their name as they dial up the volume and energy, recalling early Nirvana

Face To Face's 1999 stylistic shift from skate punk to alternative rock alienated some fans while others discovered a deep and layered gem

Karate's understated post-rock album In Place of Real Insight showcases subtle jazz and blues influences but suffered from sameness

The Art of Rebellion from 1992 by Suicidal Tendencies is a rare occasion where creative ambitions and commercial success properly align

Tape hiss, four-tracks, and more - we explore the world of lo-fi in the 90s and ask if it's just a recording technique or a genre of music

Drive Like Jehu combined shifting time signatures, manic energy, and an ear-splitting attack on their 1995 swan song Yank Crime

Ten years after disagreeing over Seaweed's 1993 album Four, we give the 1995 major label follow-up Spanaway a chance to mend the fracture

Can a band still make a masterpiece even as they're falling apart? We revisit the 1995 sophomore self-titled album by Sunny Day Real Estate

We check out the 1995 debut album Red And Clear by Giants Chair and unexpectedly undercover a 90s Kansas City post-punk math rock scene

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

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

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

We dive into the 90s phenomenon known as Pop Punk and discuss the distinct sounds, the bands, the albums, and legacy of this Punk offshoot

In the 90s, the Power Pop resurgence etched some mainstream success while firmly holding onto its underdog origins

On their third album Tin Cans With Strings To You, Far become victims of the loudness wars while taking post hardcore in a new direction

What is Desert Rock? A scene? A sound? We chat with the Desert Age filmmaker to understand what made it so unique.

Whether you call them punk, post-punk, post-hardcore or emo, HWM forges a unique path on 1997′s Forever and Counting.

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

Harvey Danger being tagged as a one-hit wonder thanks to Flagpole Sitta can be both a blessing and a curse

Tim Kasher of The Good Life and Cursive stops by to talk about his new solo album No Resolution out on his new label 15 Passenger.

We look back at the origins of Electronica, revisit four pivotal albums from 1997, and how this all evolved into the ‘00s.

Building by Sense Field packs concise, urgent songs with guitar and vocal hooks that touch on indie, punk, emo and more.

Scotty Morris of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy talks Swingers, the 1999 Super Bowl and the arc of swing music in the 90s.

Andrew Low of The Jazz June stops by to talk the history of hte band, recording with J. Robbins, his current work and more.

We're talking the evolution of Metal in the 1990s, from Metallica to Helmet, Ozzy to Tool, and Kyuss to Pantera

We were unfamiliar with Braid and their much acclaimed 1998 album Frame and Canvas. Does it live up to the hype?

We explore shoegaze - the bands, sounds, albums, guitar pedals and much more that made up this loosely defined sound and group of artists

Who's punk, what's the score? That's what we try to figure out on our roundtable talking punk rock in the 1990s

Stephen Brodsky of Cave In, Mutoid Man and other bands talks with us about learning guitar, metalcore, dealing with fan backlash and more

What was and is Britpop? We're not sure, so we're hosting a roundtable to try figure out the sounds, bands, legacy and more

A unique story and influential band on emo and post-hardcore bands.

Clarity represents musical highpoint for not only emo, but rock music at the end of the 20th Century.

Combining disjointed rhythms and razor sharp guitar riffs, aMiniature are in the same stratosphere as the recently reviewed Knapsack.

Facebook love, or is disagreement on the horizon?

One of the most influential albums of the 1990s, Diary. Credited as a primary instigator of what would later be known as emo,

Lots of tags are applied to Shiner - progressive, emo, alternative, math rock, space rock - but all that really matters is the songs.

Combine a frantic rhythm section with complex guitars lines and vocal gymnastics, and you've scratched the surface of ATDI.

Are they punk? Are the emo? Are they pre-emo? Are they post-punk?

In the twentieth episode of the Dig Me Out Podcast, Tim and Jason review the 1993 album Four by Seaweed