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New Releases
Andy Bell - Untitled Film Stills EP
🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music
Four song covers E.P. featuring tracks by Yoko Ono, Bert Jansch, and others.
David Bowie - Divine Symmetry
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music
Box set contains 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos from the HUNKY DORY period,and new alternative mixes of HUNKY DORY tracks by original co-producer Ken Scott.
Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Boy Named If (Alive at Memphis Magnetic)
This new album features live-in-the studio renditions of TBNI songs, a version of Costello’s “Every Day I Write the Book”, numbers by The Rolling Stones, Nick Lowe, The Byrds and Paul McCartney and a brand new remix by the Japanese duo, chelmico.
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New 90s Podcast
Gun - Swagger
On the third album Swagger by Gun, the Scottish rockers successfully combine American influenced 80s AOR rock and 90s hard rock
Scotland's Gun didn't make much of a dent stateside in the 80s or 90s, slightly out of tune with what was happening in mainstream. Their third album, Swagger, is aptly named, as the band is fully in control of their 80s AOR meets 90s hard rock approach. While 1994 was ground zero for grunge and alternative on U.S. radio and MTV, Gun injected their sound with Bon Jovi big rock, Billy Idol energy, and even some Red Hot Chili Peppers funk on the questionable cover of "Word Up" by Cameo. Special guest: Phil Fleming - DMO UNION
Coming Soon
November Album Review Tournament - Final
Which album should we feature in a future episode of Dig Me Out? Here's how it works. We posted nine suggested albums from the hopper the past three weeks. The DMO Union cast votes to decide the albums to move forward. Here are the top two winners from each group. You only get one vote in the final round. Choose wisely 🤣.
Richard Waterman: Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
Brilliant alt.rock indie album with hints of pop. Their best album in my opinion.
Gary Miron: Love Battery - Dayglo
Love Battery was in the right place at the right time to be hugely successful. Signed to Sub Pop in 1989, the band's grungy, psychedelic-tinged sound fits well with contemporaries such as Pearl Jam and Mother Love Bone. When Dayglo was released in 1992, the band had included members of Mudhoney, Skin Yard, and The U-Men. Their rhythm section was highly fluid and would soon have ties to Green River, Mother Love Bone, The Presidents of the United States of America, Posies and Fastbacks. Despite being deeply ingrained in the Seattle scene, Love Battery struggled to find a consistent lineup and a larger audience.
Teil Wise: My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
In hindsight, was Loveless more influential to indie rock than that other one-word-name record released in 1991?
Gary Miron: Bikini Kill-Reject All American
Riot Grrrl pioneers, Bikini Kill, endured a lot of vitriol during their relatively short existence but their music remains fresh and relevant to this day. Reject All American was their second full-length studio album and shows a band brimming with confidence and purpose. The sound is aggressive but manages to be surprisingly catchy. If for no other reason, Bikini Kill deserves a listen just to hear the fiery force of nature that is Kathleen Hanna.
Gary Miron: L7-Bricks Are Heavy
"Bricks are Heavy” is sludgy, subversive and aggressive. The vocals are snarly, and the lyrics often humorous and fiercely feminist. Produced by L7 and Butch Vig, Rolling Stone later included the album on their Essential recordings of the 1990's. Other publications such as Alternative Press and Kerrang! would eventually recognize the album for its influence but L7 has never been a band that moved a lot of albums.
Kyle Bittner: Fun Lovin' Criminals-Come Find Yourself
Is it good? Kind of. Is it bad? Kind of. Would it be fun to discuss? Probably
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