Dig Me Out: 90s & 00s Rock

Lost Highway Soundtrack | 90s Album Review

For his last film of the 1990s, David Lynch worked with longtime collaborators and new musicians to build a soundtrack as varied and unpredictable as his film for 1997's

12 Rods - Split Personalities | 90s Album Review

Following the release of their debut, 12 Rods signed to V2 Records and released Split Personalities in 1998. Sprawling in its ambition, the band twists and bends pop rock

Tinfed - Tried + True | 00s Album Review

This week we're checking out the 2000 album Tried + True by Tinfed. The third and final album by this Sacramento, CA based alternative rock band shows confidence in their

Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium | 90s Album Review

While not as well know as other goth heavyweights like Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, or Siouxsie and the Banshees, the third album by Fields of the Nephilim, 1990s Elizium,

Cut City - Exit Decades | 00s Album Review

This week we revisit the 2007 debut album Exit Decades by Cut City. If you are a fan of 70s post-punk (The Sound, Joy Division) or the 2000s revival (Interpol, Bloc Party

Blues Traveler - Travelers and Thieves | 90s Album Review

Known for the hits “Run Around,” “Hook,” and “Mountains Win Again,” we take a listen to their 1991 sophomore album Travelers and Thieves.   Songs In This Episode Intro

Love Outside Andromeda - Love Outside Andromeda | 00s Album Review

Clean acoustic guitars and strings one moment, fuzzy riffs and f-bombs the next - we check out the self-titled 2004 debut by Love Outside Andromeda.   Songs In This Epi

Replicants - Replicants | 90s Album Review

Take members of Tool and Failure, give them classic rock artists and new wave bands to cover, and you get the oddball 1996 self-titled by Replicants.    Songs In This E

The Argument - Recess Serenade | 00s Album Review

Power pop might be one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated genres under rock, and the 2004 album Recess Serenade by The Argument is a perfect example. Harmoni

Space - Spiders | 90s Album Review

The 1996 debut album Spiders by Liverpool’s Space is an eclectic mix of trip-hop, Madchester, Britpop, and more, including the 60s lounge of single “Female of the Species

Kashmir - No Balance Palace | 00s Album Review

It's been many years and many albums since our introduction to Denmark's Kashmir, and while the line-up stayed the same, the sound has evolved. This time we check out the

Purusam – Daybreak Chronicle | 90s Album Review

Refused famously titled their landmark 1998 post-hardcore album The Shape of Punk to Come, a nod to the trailblazing Ornette Coleman avant garde/free jazz album The Shape

Pretty Girls Make Graves - Good Health | 00s Album Review

Good Health, the 2002 debut album by Pretty Girls Make Graves, packs punches in all the right places and in under thirty minutes. Angular guitars bounce off of a confiden

Reacharound - Who's Tommy Cooper? | 90s Album Review

Never heard of Reacharound? You're not alone, which is a shame, because this band of UK expats playing punked-up rockabilly and 60s Kinks and Who influenced garage rock d

Albums of 2006 | Roundtable

2006 wasn't just any year in the 00s. It's the year Twitter launched, the year before the release of the iPhone, Nintendo debuted the Wii console, Borat burst into movie

Josh Ritter - The Animal Ritter | 00s Album Review

Released during the protracted second Iraq war, Josh Ritter's fourth album The Animal Years layers a singer/songwriter album with somber lyrical depth softened by effecti

Silkworm - Firewater | 90s Album Review

Earnest without sliding into overwrought emo, Silkworm struck a balance between raw and refined on their fourth album, 1996's Firewater. Like most of their releases, the

12 Rods - Lost Time | 00s Album Review

Self-produced after parting ways with their major label, 12 Rods released the genre-bending Lost Time in 2002, combining elements of power pop, indie rock, 70s art rock a

KMFDM - Naïve/Hell to Go | 90s Album Review

Is an industrial song ever really done? KMFDM’s 1993 release Naïve/Hell to Go asks that question, revisiting tracks from their 1990 release Naïve and offering new remixes

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People | 00s Album Review

You Forgot It in People captures Broken Social Scene at their most expansive, an indie rock communal experience balancing meticulous arrangements and unhinged joyfulness.