Das Efx's Dead Serious is one of those albums from the '90s that was incredibly influential for a very short time, but what a tiggedy time it was. But if inferior rappers were openly stealing from Das Efx, a host of emo and pop punk bands might not have even realized they were stealing from Placebo's self-titled debut album well into the 2000s. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

This week's show sets out to shatter all your illusions. We reveal that the title of the Church's follow-up to the beloved Starfish is not a reference to doing heroin, and that the Reading in the Sunday's debut album title has nothing to do with books. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

We return after numerous home studio difficulties with a new episode featuring two albums that couldn't be farther apart. First there's Promenade, Neil Hannon's extremely mannered followup to the Divine Comedy's break out album, Liberation. Then there's the second coming of Mick Jones' post-Clash dance rock band, Big Audio Dynamite. The Globe is a fun snapshot of early '90s British rave culture, and we'll answer the question of just how much TB-303 filter knobs were abused in its creation...

WE'RE NOT DEAD! However, some new gear purchases did necessitate a complete teardown and rebuild of our recording studio, and getting this episode edited and posted did just got lost in the shuffle of cables and hardware. We start this long awaited (?) episode by taking on Jane's Addiction's beloved Ritual de lo Habitual, a very '90s clash of transcendent music and troubling lyrics about doing heroin with your high school girlfriend. Then we venture into the no less troubling or smack-filled...

This week we examine Moby's Play, a landmark in electronic music whose legacy turns out to be as fraught as its creator has turned out to be in his...proclivities. Then we re-evaluate Stick Around For Joy, the possibly underrated and definitely over-European final record by the Sugarcubes. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

In our second obligation special, we're back with four more records that couldn't really carry a full length segment, encompassing some of the best and worst of what the '90s had to offer. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

On our first official episode of spring, we look at new beginnings. Jeff Tweedy strikes out on his own after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, with Wilco's debut, A.M. Then we go back to the early '90s for Ride's shoegaze milestone, Nowhere. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

We return after some much needed time off with No Doubt's troubled breakout album; and because we love a good contrast, Switchblade Symphony's first experiment with their goth/industrial/classical hybrid sound. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

For our first Valentine's Day episode, we had to cover Stephin Merrit's magnum opus, 1999's three disc set, 69 Love Songs. Over 20 years later, does this sprawling effort live up to its reputation as a hipster classic? That's what we hope to discover this week as we dig into the funny, the miserable, and the beguiling of this collection. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

This week it's the real Brits vs. the fake Brits. Radiohead and Material Issue both had somewhat unassuming debuts (the massive worldwide success of "Creep" aside), but one would go on to become the most famous rock band in the world while the other would go on to record "Kim the Waitress." See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

In honor of the passing of the great MF DOOM, we rank his first solo album (and sadly the only one we'll get to talk about here) Operation: Doomsday. Then we move on to the world of accidental goth rock with Concrete Blonde's biggest, most vampiric record, Bloodletting. In honor of the passing of the great MF DOOM, we rank his first solo album (and sadly the only one we'll get to talk about here) Operation: Doomsday. Then we move on to the world of accidental goth rock with Concrete Blonde's...

As one career goes into decline (at least for a while), another starts to bloom. Wild Mood Swings was the Cure's disappointing (to everyone but Robert Smith, apparently) followup to their masterpiece, Wish. Meanwhile in Germany, Rammstein was starting to blossom from an industrial metal band heavily influenced by KMFDM into artists with their own distinct voice. See our full rankings Official Spotify Playlist

Do you want to go in the box? Alice In Chains sounds like the want to go in the box. Pulp, on the other hand, breaks out of the C86 box and into the land of disco and Petula Clark. See our full rankings. Official Spotify Playlist

After our week off, we return with an album that took trends and made them sound somewhat timeless, and an album that took somewhat timeless sounds and made them nearly unlistenable with obnoxious vocals. The '90s! See our full rankings. Official Spotify Playlist

The La's were one of the biggest one-hit wonders of the '90s, but did their one and only album contain even greater things than "There She Goes"? We also revisit Bjork's solo (technically not) debut and discover that this was trip-hop before we knew what that was. See the full rankings here. Official Spotify playlist

It's a brand new podcast for 2020! If we really wanted to try, we could probably come up with a "Particle Man" joke about the Man In Black, but we already ranked these albums—what more do you want from us?! See the full rankings here. Official Spotify playlist

Unprecedented events go down this week as we discuss Pavement's landmark indie rock album Slanted and Enchanted and David Bowie's better-than-you-remember foray into drum and bass, Earthling. See the full rankings here. Official Spotify playlist

Not going to lie, the world has made it a little tough to get new podcasts out lately, but please accept this belated look at songs about steaks and the stoves we cook them on. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA

It's Halloween, so we kick off with some spooky goth (butt) rock, the Sisters Of Mercy's final album Vision Thing. Then we break the theme entirely with the Cardigans' debut Emmerdale which...well, it has a discofied cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," so it counts, right? See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA

It's time for cake and sawtooth waves, as we delve into Marilyn Manson's ostensibly shocking debut album, and the Messiah's ecstasy-fueled hardcore beats. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA

From Manchester to Lancaster, we continue our dive into the music of the '90s. This week we watch as James dips their toe into trendy baggy beat then quickly reverts to jangle on their first record of the '90s. Meanwhile, there was nothing trendy about Suddenly, Tammy!'s piano pop in the midst of the grunge movement, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold up today. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist:...

Our list is like water, uploaded and abused for being strange. Also, something something Velvet Goldmine. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA

Travel with us to a fey world of wit and whimsy (and Jesus) as we chronicle the analog fairy tales of Joy Electric's We Are the Music Makers and the disreputable dandyism of the Auteurs' New Wave. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA

The Summer of Root Canals (both literally and metaphorically) continues as we explore the swamp rock of the Toadies' debut, then contrast that with Lush at their most gorgeous, the Robin Guthrie produced dream pop magnum opus Spooky. See the full rankings: bit.ly/InOur1990s Official Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tH3ujR23fnqH2OlZPOxXR?si=C8SgrQiATbOhumy-H9wCIA