It's our third year of getting the patrons together and giving thanks for the new music that gave us happiness and good vibes in 2022. There's a wide array of bands and artists, new and old, that helped make 2022 a great year for music. New albums from 1980s and 90s artists like The Afghan Whigs, Suede, Archers of Loaf, The Cult, Rammstein, The Crystal Method, The Hellacopters, and many more all released great late career records, while newer bands like The Glad Machine, Noiseheads, The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club, Goodbye June, and a number of others landed on our radar.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - I'll Make You See God by The Afghan Whigs (How Do You Burn?)

11:43 - Nervous by Noise Unit (Cheeba City Blues)

26:23 - Times Like These by Soulside (A Brief Moment In The Sun)

32:44 - Magical Thinking by Sloan (Steady)

41:40 - Feed The Wound by Pig (The Merciless Light)

53:00 - October's Song by Skid Row (The Gang's All Here)

1:10:39 - Reality Spiral by Greg Puciato (Mirrorcell)

Outro - Personality Disorder by Suede (Autofiction)

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Scotland's Gun didn't make much of a dent stateside in the 80s or 90s, slightly out of tune with what was happening in mainstream. Their third album, Swagger, is aptly named, as the band is fully in control of their 80s AOR meets 90s hard rock approach. While 1994 was ground zero for grunge and alternative on US radio and MTV, Gun injected their sound with Bon Jovi big rock, Billy Idol energy, and even some Red Hot Chili Peppers funk on the questionable cover of "Word Up" by Cameo.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Don't Say It's Over

13:43 - Find My Way

21:59 - Something Worthwhile

31:52 - Word Up

Outro - Vicious Heart

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Formed in 1994 out of punk rock roots, Pohgoh’s poppier sounds earned the Florida band comparisons to acts like Velocity Girl and Superchunk. A split single with Braid was released in 1996 and by the time Pohgoh was ready to record a full length, singer Kobi Finley had been replaced by Susie Richardson. What should have been the start of a great relationship with the newly created label Deep Elm Records wound up dissolving quickly after drummer Keith Ulrey unceremoniously quit the band after the full length, In Memory of Bab, had been recorded but shortly before a record deal was signed. Ulrey’s departure led the band to break up in 1997 though Ulrey and Richardson’s relationship developed and the former bandmates wound up getting married in 2000. In 2016, Pohgoh reunited and two years later released Secret Club on Ulrey’s New Granada Records. An opening slot on a Jawbreaker reunion tour happened in 2019 which led to the band recording another new album, Du Und Ich, which came out in October 2022.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Friend X (from The Emo Diaries Chapter One: What's Mine Is Yours)

6:03 - Tell Me Truly (from In Memory of Bab)

Outro - Try Harder (from Secret Club)

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Although Chris Cornell had written solo tracks for soundtracks during the Soundgarden era, it wasn't until the band had broken up that he released his proper solo debut. 1999's Euphoria Morning is both expected and unexpected, as some songs aren't far off from "Blow Up The Outside World" or "Fell on Black Days," minus the band bombast, while others showcase his phenomenal vocal talent over folk, blues, and psychedelic turns.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Can't Change Me

17:15 - Moonchild

21:50 - Wave Goodbye

27:13 - Preaching The End Of The World

33:38 - Disappearing One

Outro - When I'm Down

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Lead by brothers Jag (guitarist) and Chris (drummer) Tanna, I Mother Earth made layered Latin percussion, alternative rock bombast, and hints of progressive and psychedelic rock a part of the formula from the get go. But the band comes into their own on the 1996 sophomore release Scenery and Fish, opening with Afro-Cuban-influenced percussion that weaves throughout the record. Where some bands might trim out extended jams or unexpected divergences mid-song to attract a more commercial audience, the band plants the flag with full-throated bravado that no musical stone will be left unturned.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - One More Astronaut

12:50 - Songburst And Delirium

16:22 - Raspberry

24:41 - Pisser

29:37 - Another Sunday

Outro - Hello Dave

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On their third and final studio album, Bedhead, lead by brothers Matt and Bubba Kadane, craft an intimate record built on space and restraint. But 1998's Transaction de Novo isn't entirely a down-tempo affair, as the band pushes the sonic envelope on noisier tracks like "Extramundane" and "Psychosomatica" with mixed results. The sweet spot lies in the slowcore creep of opener "Exhume," which remains instrumental for most of its four plus minute running time, or expansive closer "The Present," which builds like an Explosions in the Sky song. The band finds new and interesting ways to stay true to their sound while tweaking it along the way.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Lepidoptera

10:25 - Exhume

13:48 - More Than Ever

21:54 - Extramundane

26:09 - The Present

Outro - Half-Thought

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The past few decades have solidified Linda Perry as a pop songwriting machine for the likes of Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and many more artists in the 2000s. But the talent was already there in 1992 when "What's Up!" struck a chord with listeners as the first track off of the one and only 4 Non Blondes album "Bigger, Better, Faster, More!" While the neo-folk of "What's Up!" slotted in nicely alongside fellow non-grunge acts like Blind Melon, Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band, and others, the rest of the record tackles a variety of genres, like the shuffling blues of "Pleasantly Blue" to the bass-popping funk of "Superfly" to mixed results.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - What's Up!

17:12 - Drifting

23:56 - Old Mr. Heffer

32:15 - Calling All The People

Outro - Superfly

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Soulwax is best known for their remixes of such 2000s artists as LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, Gorillaz, Tiga, and more, but the band actually got their start as a catchy alternative rock band produced by the Chris Goss (of Masters of Reality) on their debut and Dave Sardy (Barkmarket) on their sophomore album, Much Against Everyone's Advice. Splitting their sound between chunky distorted guitars on tracks like "Too Many DJs" and "Conversation Intercom" and more a delicate approach on "Overweight Karate Kid" and "Flying Without Wings," it gives the album variety. But depending on which version you listen, the album can run long after an elongated lull in the middle that could be rectified with a reshuffling of the track list.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Much Against Everyone's Advice

14:27 - Too Many DJs

16:48 - Overweight Karate Kid

21:05 - Flying Without Wings

25:13 - My Cruel Joke

Outro - When Logics Die

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An established artist starting a new musical project is always a tricky proposition, and the 90s were no different. Whether releasing a solo album or starting a new band, quality doesn't always matter when it comes to fans accepting a new sound or direction. After the amicable split of Bikini Kill in 1998, Kathleen Hanna returned a year later with the retro-inspired Le Tigre, forgoing punk bombast for dancier sounds rooted in homemade drum loops, Farfisa organs, 60s girl groups, 80s new wave and electroclash. But that doesn't mean politics and social commentary take a back seat, as Hanna is as sharp lyrically as ever on the self-titled debut album while balancing pop melodies with a lo-fi approach.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Deceptacon

11:22 - Les and Ray

17:36 - What's Yr Take On Cassavetes

24:46 - Phanta

28:56 - Eau D'Bedroom Dancing

Outro - My My Metrocard

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The line between influence and blatant copying is thin, but bands like Salmonblaster fall more towards the former on their 1996 self-titled and only officially released album. The howling vocals and chugging guitar riffs easily recall Nirvana but in a way that pays respect rather than simply aping the sound, and it's not the only trick the band has up their sleeves. Guitars are big and occasionally chaotic in a shoegaze way that makes the more restrained elements shine brighter, while the band shifts between sounds as easily as their lead vocalist jumps from cathartic screams to melodic harmonies.

Songs In This Episode:

Intro - Sugarrush

14:26 - Transistors & Turbines

20:36 - Freeway

26:46 - Brian Jones

31:49 - Visonblur

Outro - The Perfect Fit

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