The Smile, The Stereo, & Bike
The week in new music & Dig Me Out podcast
New Reviews
New Releases
The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
Debut side-project album from Radiohead members Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar) and Jonny Greenwood (guitar, bass) with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner.
📦 Vinyl & CD | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
The Stereo - Thirteen
First new album in twenty years from the pop-punk band.
🗳 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music • Spotify
New 90s Podcast
Bike - Take In The Sun
After leaving Straightjacket Fits, Andrew Brough layered shimmering guitars and lilting melodies for Bike's lone album Take In The Sun
Known as the more melodic half of the New Zealand alternative "Dunedin Sound" rock band Straightjacket Fits for their first two albums, Andrew Brough left in the early 90s to forge his own path. By the mid-90s Bike had formed and in 1997 would deliver their one and only album, Take In The Sun. The name is appropriate, as the album is full of shimmering, psychedelic sounds, and melodies that cry out for sunshine and warmth. But the band isn't a 60s retro act, incorporating fevered 80s alternative like on "Keeping You In Mine" or shoegaze noise on "Inside." On a pair of headphones, the album swirls and surrounds the listener, an aspect lost on lesser speakers that may turn off less engaged ears. As mentioned in the episode, our Patreon suggester, Chris Bishop, wrote a eulogy for Andrew Brough after his passing in 2020 that is worth your time.
Coming Soon
VOTE: 90s Album Review - May 2022
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 - 90s Album Review.
Richard Waterman: Moke - Superdrag
Kyle Bittner: Headstones - Picture of Health
Willie Dillon: Poster Children - Junior Citizen
Eric Peterson: Various - On Guard For Thee: A Collection Of Canada's Youth Gone Bad
Adam Smith: Cinerama - Va Va Voom
Jon Pennycook: Prolapse - Italian Flag
Dave Haverland: Thrush Hermit - Sweet Homewrecker
Adam Rogahn: Dredg - Leitmotif
Darren Leeman: Long Beach Dub All Stars - Right Back
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