Giants Chair, Michael McDermott, & Eels
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The Lickerish Quartet - Threesome, Vol. 1 - EP
Twenty-seven years after the final Jellyfish release Spilt Milk in 1993, Roger Manning and Tim Smith of the band are back as The Lickerish Quartet, along with Manning's bandmate in Imperial Drag, Eric Dover. …
Magnetic Fields - Quickies
The Magnetic Fields twelfth album Quickies is filled with, you guessed it, shorts songs. In fact, there are twenty-eight of them, which for a band that once released 69 Love Songs, doesn't seem like that big of an accomplishment…
🎙 New 90s Episode
Eels - Electro-shock Blues
Eels sophomore release Electro-Shock Blues is an emotionally devastating record that manages to grow more poignant as its audience matures
Thanks to a reliance on off-kilter retro sounds and lo-fi instrumentation, Eels were often compared to Beck (and not always favorably). On their second album, 1998's Electro-Shock Blues, they utilized one of the producers who helped Beck transition from one-hit-wonder status with Loser to the layered mastery of 1996's Odelay. But instead of matching the mayhem, singer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett constructs a sixteen-track somber affair with a few noisy interludes delving into personal loss at a bone-chillingly intimate level. What struck us was the deliberate shift from their debut that produced the hit single "Novocaine For The Soul," and wondering if like many, the lyrical content was too heady to digest, needing the growth and loss of maturity to fully appreciate the depths that E is willing to explore. Special guest: Andrew "OC" - DMO UNION
📅 New Releases
Michael McDermott - what in the world...
A look into the life of the Chicago-based artist: the early success, the descent into alcoholism, rehab, and finally redemption.
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Giants Chair - The Streets EP
Two songs not released on their 2019 album Prefabylon
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Gary Olson - Gary Olson
Self-titled solo debut of the Ladybug Transistor leader.
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🎙 Coming Soon on Dig Me Out
Cosmic Psychos - Blokes You Can Trust
Thanks to a pick by Gavin R. we'll soon be checking out the 1991 album Blokes You Can Trust by Cosmic Psychos. Give a listen, leave a comment and vote in the poll.
Pick our June Roundtable Episode
Time to pick our next roundtable! We've got three options - two from our yearly series as well as a wild card/one-off option:
Digging Your Scene - some that we haven't done but have been mentioned include Chapel Hill, NC, Washington D.C., Athens, GA - or post a city in the comments.
Genre Dissection - genres we haven't touched yet: Madchester, nü-metal, trip-hop, goth, ska - what else?
Wild Card/One-Off - B-sides collections? Live Albums? The best bands with no guitars? Double Albums? What else?
Vote and leave a comment by noon EST on Saturday June 6th.
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🎙 From the podcast archive
Michael McDermott - Gethsemane
Michael McDermott and Brian Koppelman stop by to share their experiences working together as artist and A&R rep on the 1993 album Gethsemane Released: 1993 Label: SBK Records Producer: Don Dixon
Giants Chair - Red And Clear
We check out the 1995 debut album Red And Clear by Giants Chair and unexpectedly undercover a 90s Kansas City post-punk math rock scene Released: 1995 Label: Caufield Records Producer:
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