Built to Spill, The Afghan Whigs, & The Sharp
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New Releases
Built to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Singer/guitarist Doug Martsch started working on the album after meeting Oruã members Le Almeida and João Casaes several years ago.
The Afghan Whigs - How Do You Burn?
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
First album in five years and the third release from the reunited band, featuring guest appearances by Mark Lanegan, Marcy Mays, Susan Marshall, and more.
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify |
New album features guest appearances by Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duff McKagan of Guns n' Roses, and more.
Flogging Molly - Anthem
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Recorded in Chicago with engineer Steve Albini.
Julian Lennon - Jude
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Seventh album, named after the song written about him by Paul McCartney for The Beatles.
Melvins - Bad Moon Rising
Second album of 2022, follow-up to the acoustic Five Legged Dog.
KMFDM - HYËNA
🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
Hamburg-based industrial rock pioneers return with their 22nd studio album.
Chuck Ragan - The Blueprint Sessions
🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music
This collection of recordings was originally released in 2007 as a limited CD that was available exclusively to the subscribers of The Blueprint Sessions series of 7" records. These songs have all been remastered and after 15 years, are finally available again!
Brian J. Kramp - This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick
📖 Amazon
The story of the Midwestern bar band that became Cheap Trick.
New 90s Podcast
The Sharp - This is The Sharp
The Sharp is the perfect name for a band that executes precision new wave dynamics with rockabilly and power-pop twists on their 1993 debut
Bands cultivating a look to match their sound in rock and roll is nothing new, but the 90s weren't the most receptive decade to a well thought out image. The Sharp, with their black and white color scheme, upright bass, and precise take on 80s new wave with twists of rockabilly and power-pop, make a case that The White Stripes would follow at the end of the decade with their 1993 debut This Is The Sharp. Sounding blender filled with albums by The Knack, Brian Setzer, sElf, Joe Jackson, Fountains of Wayne, Jellyfish, and more, the tight, clean sounds are at odds with the distorted grunge overtaking the music world in 1993. But their charm of being totally at odds with the times means the skill and craftsmanship of the songwriting really shines, even if it does dip into familiar patterns at times. Special guest: Gavin Reid - DMO UNION
Coming Soon
September Album Review Tournament- Group 3 of 3
Which album should we feature in a future episode of Dig Me Out? Here's how it works. We'll post a group of nine suggested albums from the hopper weekly. Cast your vote to decide the albums to move forward. The top two winners from each group face off in a final poll at the end of the month.
Group 1 and 2 winners:
Faster Pussycat - Whipped!
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Alice Cooper-The Last Temptation
Various Artists-If I Were a Carpenter
Group 3 suggestions
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The story of 90s rock one week at a time since 2011. Weekly episodes featuring 90s album reviews, interviews, and roundtable discussions. Made possible by the DMO Union.
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