Teenage Fanclub, The Sound, & Cowboy Mouth
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New Reviews
Unkle - Rōnin I
James Lavelle has been active with Unkle since the late 90s, but the band has evolved from a trip-hop showcase for vocalists to something more, as evidenced on recent releases like The Road Parts One and Two and the new mix-tape, Rōnin I …
Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space
A new release by Dinosaur Jr. is always welcome and Sweep It Into Space is no different…
New Releases
Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes
The first album of new material from the band since 2002.
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Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
The first album of new material since 2016.
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Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolves
New collaborative album and follow-up to 2005’s Superwolf.
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Guided by Voices - Earth Man Blues
33rd album from the veteran indie rock band, "lyrics and liner notes trace the growth of young Harold Admore Harold through a coming of age and a reckoning with darkness."
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Dropkick Murphys - Turn Up That Dial
First new release since 2017, a tenth overall album by the band.
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Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis - She Walks In Beauty
An album of poetry by Lord Byron, Tennyson, John Keats, William Wordsworth, and more set to music, featuring Warren Ellis, Nick Cave, and Brian Eno.
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Beachy Head - Beachy Head
Slowdive guitarist Christian Savill new project with Ryan Graveface (Dreamend, The Casket Girls) and Steve Clarke (The Soft Cavalry), featuring Slowdive's Rachel Goswell (she and Clarke are married) on a few tracks, as well as current Flaming Lips drummer Matt Duckworth.
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Dave Grohl - What Drives Us
Directed by Dave Grohl, this feature documentary film is a love letter to the rare club of rock and roll, as well as an inspiration to every young kid who dreams of a life playing music.
New 90s Podcast
Cowboy Mouth - Are You With Me?
Cowboy Mouth combines radio-friendly rock with Southern flavor to mixed results on their 1996 album Are You With Me?
Regionality isn't talked about much outside Seattle with regard to 90s rock, but just like how the Pacific Northwest was experimenting with punk and metal in unique ways, other parts of the United States had an impact on the bands from their locales. Like our recent Better Than Ezra episode, Cowboy Mouth is from Louisiana, a state which boasts a deep and rich musical history that can't help but imprint on the latest generation. In the case of Cowboy Mouth and their 1996 album Are You With Me?, and the members' previous 80s bands Dash Rip Rock and Red Rockers, the influence of roots rock, blues, Americana, and more can be heard throughout in subtle nods and swinging rhythms. Unfortunately, some of the personality gets sanded off for a sound that is ready for mainstream radio but also lacking some needed edge. Special guests: Tara McCook - DMO Union
New 80s Podcast
The Sound - From The Lion’s Mouth
The late 1970s and early 1980s birthed a wide range of post-punk bands. Some lasted months or a few years, others found mainstream success and carried on for decades. For a band like The Sound, whose sound combines the stark melancholy of Joy Division with the urgency of early U2, mainstream success never came, despite positive critical reception. Though their albums aren't easy to track down, they've made it streaming, and hopefully more fans of this sound and era will discover them and their 1981 album From The Lions Mouth because it is definitely worthy of revisiting or hearing for the first time.
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