Beastie Boys, Fu Manchu, & Lilith Fair
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Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys Story
Music documentaries can be a paint-by-numbers affair, recounting the ups and downs of a band or artist with familiar tropes. Director Spike Jonze subverts the format immediately with Beastie Boys Story …
Fu Manchu - Fu30, Pt.1
Stoner rock veterans Fu Manchu return with their first new material since the 2018 album Clone Of The Universe. This time around they are releasing three ten-inch EPs through the year …
Danzig - Danzig Sings Elvis
Glenn Danzig's stripped-down approach to Danzig Sings Elvis works in his favor, layering his voice in reverb above the minimalist musical accompaniment …
🎙 New 90s Episode
Lilith Fair in the 90s
We revisit Lilith Fair with a roundtable of performers and concert-goers to discuss the musical and cultural impact of the festival
While the 90s were dominated by the touring festival as opposed to the current day destination festival, the first half and second half had decidedly different approaches. Lollapalooza took a variety of artists from across genres with the intention of exposing artists across differing fanbases, whereas the Warped Tour, Ozzfest, H.O.R.D.E. Tour, and Lilith Fair each narrowed their focus. In the case of Lilith Fair, the simplistic history is that it was a female-centric folk tour, headlined by the likes of Sarah McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, and Sheryl Crow. In reality, over the course of three years, the festival provided a much broader spectrum of female artists, including Queen Latifah, Bonnie Raitt, Letters To Cleo, Liz Phair, Dance Hall Crashers, K's Choice, Luscious Jackson, Nenah Cherry, The Pretenders, Missy Elliott, The Cardigans, Susanna Hoffs, Juliana Hatfield, and many many more. To help us revisit we invited back a pair of performers (Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo and Jill Cunniff of Luscious Jackson) and a pair of attendees (friend of the show Matt Shiverdecker and show announcer Katie Minneci), along with special call-in guests performer Tracy Bonham and attendee John Cornish.
📅 New Music Coming Soon
Shiner - From Schadenfreude
💿 Bandcamp
Tori Amos - Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
💿 Amazon
Phantom Planet - Devastator
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music
Mark Lanegan - Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
💿 Amazon
🎙 Coming Soon on Dig Me Out 90s
Dig - Dig
Thanks to a pick by Dewey C. we'll be revisiting the 1993 debut self-titled album by Dig. Be a part of the show by giving the album a listen, leaving a comment and voting in our poll. We'll be recording on Sunday, May 10th at 9:00 PM EST.
MTV buzz bin classic?! - Steven Muczynski, DMO Union
This why Dig me out is the best podcast on earth!!! where else would someone review this band and this album? if aliens happened upon the earth and wanted to know what the nineties sounded like... also if they wanted to see what 90's album art looked like then this would be a prime example. As far as the band goes I actually prefer their next album defenders of the universe. That album was much more of a post grunge sound with better pop song structures. The sound of this album can be attributed to Dave Jerden who made some of the best sounding rock records of this Era such as Dirt by AIC and Darkest Days by Stabbing Westward (EP. 377 DMO) (thanks AIRTABLE) I remember you guys loving the production of darkest days. The Album Jerden did after this was the sound of white noise by anthrax. On the whole I will say the mix is a bit muddy on this record but the overall sound is akin to ritual lo habitual by Jane's Addiction with a bit more grime and less reverb. My favourite songs are: let me know, anymore, Believe and green room (love the start of this song) the use of guitar on the record for atmosphere is pretty good too. I think if this was a tight ten songs then it would be a better result. The last two songs are not great. So switch tight brain with green room and it makes a WORTHY RECORD!!! - Richard Waterman, DMO Union
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🎙 From the podcast archive
Female Artists of the 90s - Roundtable
We discuss the influences on, the influence of and the variety of female artists who made an impact on alternative and indie rock in the 90s
Warped Tour in the 90s - Tours And Festivals - Roundtable
To kick-off our new roundtable series on the touring festivals of the 90s, we're going back to 1995 to revisit the start of the Warped Tour
Boston in the 90s - Digging Your Scene - Roundtable
Our latest Digging Your Scene takes us to Boston, home of the Pixies, Dinosaur Jr and many more that made the city a vibrant 90s scene.
Jill Cunniff of Luscious Jackson - Artist Interview
Revisit the 1996 album Fever In Fever Out by Luscious Jackson with a little help from lead singer/bassist Jill Cunniff Released: 1996 Label: Grand Royal Producer: Daniel Lanois
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