Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Hellacopters, & Defryme
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New Releases
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
RHCP’s first studio album since John Frusciante rejoined the band in 2019.
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Meshuggah - Immutable
Ninth full-length album and the first since 2016 from the Swedish extreme metal band.
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Jon Spencer & the HITmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit
Jon Spencer of Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, Pussy Galore, and Heavy Trash returns with the HITmakers, featuring Janet Weiss (Sleater Kinney, Quasi, Wild Flag) on drums and Sam Coomes (Quasi) on synth and vocals, who will also open shows on the tour as Quasi.
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The Hellacopters - Eyes Of Oblivion
The first album of new material since reforming in 2016 and the first release since 2008's cover album Head Off.
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New 90s Podcast
Defryme - Purekiller
Defryme's 1994 album faithfully recreates the funk metal sounds of Faith No More and Living Colour but misses the mark on originality
Alternative in the late 80s included several artists who successfully mixed funk and hip-hop with hard rock and metal, such as Faith No More, Living Colour, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In Melbourne, Australia, Defryme would form in 1989 with a similar sound, but it would take them five years to release their debut Purekiller. By that time, the fusion of hip-hop, funk, and metal was a far less original concept, and while Defryme crafted a handful of tight tracks, the band struggles with consistency. The catchy hook of "Therapy" is absent on at least half of the record, which dips into yarling grunge territory on "Sanity" and attempts an ill-advised cover of LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out." Special guest: Gavin Reid - DMO UNION
Coming Soon
Karate - In Place of Real Insight
The DMO Union at Patreon has spoken and we’ll be revisiting the 1997 album “In Place of Real Insight” by Karate. We’re excited to go deep on what works, and what doesn’t work on this album.
Do you know an album that our listeners should revisit? Suggest an album and the DMO Union may just pick it to be featured on the podcast.
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