Third Eye Blind, Mac McCaughan, & Wellwater Conspiracy
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New Reviews
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
Since the 2000 return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith for Brave New World …
Candlebox - Wolves
Candlebox return with their first album in five years, and it's a mixed bag …
New Releases
Natalie Imbruglia - Firebird
Almost entirely recorded in lockdown, written in an array of international locations alongside Albert Hammond Jr of The Strokes, Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers, KT Tunstall, Eg White (Adele, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith), Luke Fitton (Little Mix, Girls Aloud), Fiona Bevan (One Direction, Ed Sheeran), Rachel Furner (Little Mix, Jason Derulo, Craig David) and more.
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The Connells - Steadman's Wake
Features eight new songs and three re-recorded versions of previously released demos which originally appeared on 2001’s Old-School Dropouts CD.
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Jesse Malin - Sad and Beautiful World
New double album takes its title from a line of dialogue in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 cult-classic film Down By Law.
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Mac McCaughan - The Sound of Yourself
Superchunk singer/guitarist's second solo full-length.
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Third Eye Blind - Our Bande Apart
New album features Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast on the single "Again" and is accompanied with the documentary "How We Hold Each Other Right Now: The Making Of Our Bande Apart."
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New 90s Podcast
Wellwater Conspiracy - Brotherhood Of Electric: Operational Directives
Mixing catchy garage rock, fuzzy desert rock, and psychedelic weirdness make the 1999 album by Wellwater Conspiracy a frustrating listen
Members of Seattle's biggest bands of the 90s rock scene were often dabbling in side projects, like Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and Brad. Matt Cameron and John McBain had previously played together in Hater, and along with Soundgarden bassist Ben Sheppard started Wellwater Conspiracy By the time they got around to album number two, Sheppard left, leaving Cameron and McBain to make the 1999's Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives, along with some friends. One of those friends is Josh Homme, not long after the end of Kyuss and just as Queens of the Stone Age is starting up, who hops on board for vocals on three tracks. Cameron tackles most of the rest, and does a nice job with some 60s-influenced garage rock tunes that wouldn't sound out of place on a Hives record. Unfortunately, the side-project nature of the band leaves room for lots of noodling and experimentation. Some good, most not, which turns what would have been a tight, rockin' record into a much more bloated affair in need of a editor.
Coming Soon
Guilty Pleasures of the 90s Roundtable
Our Board of Directors and Steering Committee had 100% control over picking the September roundtable, and the choice is - Guilty Pleasures of the 90s!
The concept of guilty pleasure means different things to different people. If you were a straight-edge hardcore kid in the 90s digesting a steady diet of Fugazi, but secretly dug the occasional Ace of Base track, is that guilty pleasure? Is Jason's love of the Crash Test Dummies or Tim's devotion to Mariah Carey proof of guilty pleasures or just a diverse interest in popular music?
We'll figure this out the old-fashioned way - with a group Zoom call!
This Sunday 9/26 at 9:00 PM EST jump on our Zoom party line to debate, debase, and divulge.
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