Soul Asylum In The 80s | Roundtable

Soul Asylum In The 80s | Roundtable

Author: Dig Me Out October 8, 2024 Duration: 1:17:01
Although they've released over a dozen albums covering four decades, odds are if you ask someone on the street to name a song by Soul Asylum, it's going to be the mega-hit "Runaway Train" off their 1992 album Grave Dancers Union. There were other singles, "Black Gold" and "Somebody To Shove" off Grave Dancers Union, "Misery" and "Just Like Anyone" off the follow-up Let Your Dim Light Shine, but those albums and songs represented a band that had worked and toured and recorded since the early 1980s, taking a primordial post-punk and hardcore sound and slowly evolving album by album, starting with their debut Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck in 1984. Like their Twin/Tone Records labelmates The Replacements, the manic youthful energy gave their lead singers an opportunity to gradually find their literal and lyrical voice. On each successive album, and a jump to major label A&M, the band continued to refine and improve their brand of midwestern alternative college rock, and reached the heights of their songwriting prowess just as a second major, Columbia, took a chance that would land them a home for their sixth album and eventual double platinum seller, the aforementioned Grave Dancers Union.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Down On Up To Me (from Hang Time) 22:24 - Voodoo Doll (from Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck) 28:36 - Masquerade (from Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck) 33:16 - Tied to the Tracks (from Made To Be Broken) 36:46 - Can't Go Back (from Made To Be Broken) 40:20 - Freaks (While You Were Out) 47:22 - Endless Farwell (Hang Time) 51:30 - Cartoon (Hang Time) Outro - Closer To The Stars (While You Were Out)   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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Billy Squier - Surviving The 90s [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:36
In our second installment of Surviving the 90s, we're revisiting one of the hitmakers from the first half of the 80s - Billy Squier. Responsible for such hits as The Stroke, Lonely Is The Night, Everybody Wants You, My K…
Idlewild - Hope Is Important | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:40
Previously we revisited Idlewild's 2000 breakthrough sophomore album 100 Broken Windows, but for this episode we're going backward to their 1998 debut. The punkier, more aggressive Hope Is Important leans into noisy, alm…
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:03
Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices, their first for Matador Records, expanded upon the lo-fi, hook-driven bursts of songs from previous release Bee Thousand. Its chaotic, collage-like structure packs 28 tracks into just ove…
Cock Sparrer - Two Monkeys | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:19
Two Monkeys, the 1997 album by veteran punk band Cock Sparrer, blends old school British pub rock and Oi! with surprising melodic elements. Despite being released twenty-five years into their career, the album retains th…
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:27
Los Lobos' 1990 album The Neighborhood showcases their signature blend of rock, blues, and Latin influences through the lense and ears of East Los Angeles. While it didn’t achieve the commercial success of La Bamba, the…
Fiona Apple - Tidal | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:56
Fiona Apple's 1996 debut album Tidal remains a landmark in alternative music, blending jazz-infused piano melodies with deeply introspective lyrics. The album's breakout single, "Criminal," propelled Apple into the mains…
Swimmer - Surreal | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:20
We'll forgive you if you missed Swimmer's one and only album, 1999's Surreal, because we did as well. Though released on Madonna's Maverick label, the band came and went rather quickly, leaving without making a blip on B…
Singles of 1995 | Roundtable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:53
Here at Dig Me Out we spent the last ten years starting each new season by looking back at the albums from each year that stood the test of time, disappeared without a trace, and everything in between. We kicked off with…
Papa Vegas - Hello Vertigo | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:41
Papa Vegas' 1999 album Hello Vertigo offers a radio friendly mix of alternative rock with polished production. It showcases the band's bi hit potential, but the songwriting occasionally feels formulaic, relying on the fa…