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New Reviews
J. Robbins - Automaticity - single
Currently exclusive to his Bandcamp page, the Jawbox and Burning Airlines singer/guitarist has released a two-song single recorded with Office Of Future Plans drummer Darren Zentek and bassist/keyboardist Brooks Harlan …
Ghost Of Vroom - Ghost Of Vroom 1
Instead of reviving his 90s outfit Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty instead formed Ghosts of Vroom with longtime collaborator Andrew “Scrap” Livingston, and brought in Beastie Boys engineer and producer Mario Caldato Jr to bring the project to life…
New Releases
Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility
First new album since 2013's Oddfellows.
💿 Amazon • Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music
The Juliana Theory - A Dream Away
First album in fifteen years, one new track and seven "reimagined" recordings of previously released songs.
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music
The Tuns - Duly Notes
Canadian Supergroup composed of members of Sloan, Super Friendz, and Inbreds.
💿 Bandcamp | 🎧 Apple Music
Unkle - Rōnin I
Mixtape featuring long-term UNKLE collaborators Philip Sheppard, Wil Malone, Jack Leonard, and Alex Thomas.
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music
Smith/Kotzen - Smith/Kotzen
A collaboration between Adrian Smith, of Iron Maiden, and Richie Kotzen, of The Winery Dogs.
💿 Amazon | 🎧 Apple Music
New 90s Podcast
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations, I'm Sorry
Sophomore Slump Revisited Roundtable
Is the Gin Blossoms' 1996 sophomore album Congratulations, I'm Sorry a worthy follow-up or an actual miserable experience?
While 1996's Congratulations, I'm Sorry charted higher than 1992's New Miserable Experience for the Gin Blossoms, it failed to produce the same number of singles and managed only a quarter of the sales. The simplistic answer is to pin the decline on the loss of guitarist and songwriter Doug Hopkins, who penned their biggest and most enduring hit "Hey Jealousy." But as we have learned, the landscape changed fast for bands in 90s rock. NME singles made an impact in 1993 and 1994, and the band's contribution to the Empire Records soundtrack, "Til I Hear It From You," was also a hit. Is it possible listeners had Gin Blossoms fatigue in 1996? The album charted well upon release, and "Follow You Down" was a hit, but no other singles connected, and the band would break-up the following year for a four-year hiatus. So does Congratulations, I'm Sorry deserve its sophomore slump status, or is it worthy of redemption? Special guests: Steve Muczynski - Bassist, Hollow Earth, Phil Fleming - Patron, Joe Royland - Host, Sit And Spin Videocast
Coming Soon
Coming Soon: Pushing The Salmanilla Envelope by Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Thanks to a pick by John S. we'll be checking out the 1997 album Pushing The Salmanilla Envelope by Jimmie's Chicken Shack. We'll be recording this episode on Sunday, March 28th at 9pm EST, so be sure to give it a listen, leave a comment, and vote in the poll.
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