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Weekly episodes featuring 90s album reviews, band interviews, and roundtable discussions.
The 1993 debut album Copacetic by Velocity Girl has the shoegaze and noise rock pieces for something special but never quite gels together
We revisit Elastica's self-titled 1995 debut with help from music journalist Rob Harvilla, host of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s podcast
Dirty Three's 1996 release Horse Stories is a challenging post-rock album, alternating between lush beauty and maelstroms of noise
After scoring a hit on their debut, Superdrag returned with a headier, more diverse and expansive sound on 1998's Head Trip In Every Key
Breakneck industrial beats one minute, dreamy ambient the next, Course Of Empire's 1990 self-titled debut is a wild post-punk ride
The 1998 debut Stratosphere by Duster eschews traditional song structures for ambient noise experimentation and droning indie guitar rock
Another year and more new music to celebrate as 2023 as we host our fourth annual Music We're Thankful For roundtable with our patrons
For episode 666 we gather around the table and discuss controversial albums, videos, artwork, live performances, and more of the 1990s
Artistic highs and personal lows define Depeche Mode in the 90s, who balanced commercial success without sacrificing their mystique
We revisit and discuss the overlooked, under-appreciated, forgotten, and not so forgotten albums of 1993
Another year and more new music to celebrate as 2022 as we host our third annual Music We're Thankful For roundtable with our patrons
We revisit the late 90s Garage Rock Revival by bands like The White Stripes and trace the lineage back to the 60s until the 2000s
Punk rock legend Dave Smalley (All, Dag Nasty) discusses new music from Don't Sleep, his extensive Down By Law output in the ‘90s, and more
Joe Pernice talks 90s alt country with the Scud Mountain Boys, reissuing the Pernice Brothers 1998 debut Overcome by Happiness, and more
Thomas Andrew Doyle talks about SubPop’s early days and where TAD fits into grunge history
Celebrating 30 years since signing a record deal, Fretblanket’s Will Copley and Dave Allsopp reminiscence about the band’s early days
Navigating the music industry with Ivy’s Dominique Durand and Andy Chase for the 25th anniversary of their album Apartment Life
We look back on 2022, our twelfth year of Dig Me Out, at our favorite discoveries, new albums, and interviews.
We look back on 2021, our eleventh year of Dig Me Out, at our favorite discoveries, new albums, and news about 2022
We look back at our tenth season, share our favorite album episodes and roundtables, and talk about heading into our eleventh season in 2021
We look back at our ninth season, share our favorite album reviews and roundtables, and talk about heading into our tenth season in 2020
We look back at our eighth season, share our favorite episodes and talk about future plans for the show heading into 2019
This season featured everything from the guitar power pop of Brendan Benson to the Indian-meets-Britpop sounds of Cornershop.