Semisonic, Joan Osborne, & Season to Risk
The week in new music and Dig Me Out Podcast
New Reviews
Tricky - Fall To Pieces
On Tricky's fourteenth album, the approach is different - short pop songs (well, pop for Tricky) fully-realized by Polish vocalist Marta Złakowska and Danish singer Oh Land …
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The Flaming Lips - American Head
Sixteen albums in The Flaming Lips are still finding ways to craft psychedelic freakouts and fuzzy folk ballads …
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New 90s Episode
Season To Risk - In a Perfect World
On their 1994 release In A Perfect World, Season To Risk took their major label money and made a decidedly unmajor label post-hardcore album
Something must have been in the Missouri River that helped produced so many Kansas City post-hardcore heavy-hitters. We've already talked about Shiner and Giants Chair on this podcast, and this time we're checking out the 1994 sophomore album In A Perfect World by Season To Risk, who shared members with Shiner and Molly McGuire, also of K.C. Leaning more into the more chaotic noise rock of early Soundgarden, Killdozer, or The Jesus Lizard, with a manic rhythm section, and Lemmy-meets-Buzz Osborne, the fact that this was released on a major label at the height of Seattle radio and MTV dominance is a testament to the talent of the band and the free flow of major label money in the decade. There is a radio single on the sledgehammer of an album, but any attempt to reign in the mayhem would have resulted in a watered-down and inferior release. Special guest: Chris Martz - DMO UNION
New Releases
Semisonic - You’re Not Alone
Minnesota's "Closing Time" hitmakers release first new music in 19 years
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Joan Osborne - Trouble and Strife
First album of original material in six years.
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music | 📺 Youtube
Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
The sixteenth studio album by the English extreme metal band.
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Tobin Sprout - Empty Horses
Vinyl and CD versions include 24 pages of paintings and lyrics by Tobin Sprout.
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Coming Soon on Dig Me Out 90s
We’ve pulled 9 listener suggested albums from the hopper and need your help picking one to feature in an upcoming episode of Dig Me Out.
🎙 From the podcast archive
Redd Kross - Phaseshifter
Phaseshifter is a criminally overlooked album ripe for rediscovery for people who dig the power pop of Cheap Trick and Big Star. Released: 1993 Label: This Way Up, Mercury Producer: Redd Kross
Jacob Slichter of Semisonic - Artist Interview
Semisonic drummer, author and college professor Jacob Slichter discusses music, writing, and the evolving music industry in the digital age. Released: Label: Producer:
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