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Weekly episodes featuring 90s album reviews, band interviews, and roundtable discussions.
On their sophomore album Dishwalla tried to break the 90s one-hit-wonder with a bigger studio sound and touches of industrial and Britpop
On the 1995 Derailer the scrappy pop-rock of Little John strikes an interesting chord between Dinosaur Jr. guitar riffs and TMBG quirkiness
Face To Face's 1999 stylistic shift from skate punk to alternative rock alienated some fans while others discovered a deep and layered gem
The debut album Picture of Health by Headstones makes us wonder why aren't there more straight-up rock bands like AC/DC or The Angels
Industrial supergroup C-Tec filled their debut album Darker with a variety of textures and sounds that criss cross the industrial genre
Sandpit's lone album from 1998 finds the right balance between downbeat slowcore and noisier Sonic Youth tendencies
Around for most of the 20th century, the EP format took off in the 1990s with the help of Nine Inch Nails, Ugly Kid Joe, and Alice In Chains
What is Madchester? A sound? A scene? We talk The Stone Roses, Factory Records, Inspiral Carpets, the Hacienda, and more to figure it out
The Cure released possibly their most popular single and their most uneven album as they rocketed into the mainstream in the 1990s
We revisit and discuss the overlooked, under-appreciated, forgotten, and not so forgotten albums of 1992
Another year and more new music to celebrate as 2021 as we host our second annual Music We're Thankful For roundtable with our patrons
We follow up our 2015 episode on bands from the 90s reuniting with more bands, their new material, and who's left from our reunion wish list
Everclear’s Art Alexakis shares how World of Noise was his last-ditch effort to kick-start a musical career
Miljenko "Mili" Matijevic talks about Steelheart’s path to success and how it all came literally crashing down
Chad Fischer of School of Fish talks with us about the shifting tides of the 90s, becoming friends with Colin Hay, and making a music living
Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward joins us to share his memories of the rollercoaster ride in the ‘90s and discuss reforming the band
Heather Duby joins us to talk about her brief dalliance with SubPop, being in a band with Reggie Watts, going to law school, and more
Adam Elk of The Mommyheads shares how a group of four-track recording enthusiasts scored a major label deal and how they’ve stayed prolific
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.
We pick our favorite roundtable and interview episodes, choose which album we revisited was our favorite discovery and more from 2016.