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), you will definitely want to tune in and check out a band that ticks all the post-punk boxes with modern twists.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Manoevres 13:16 - Anticipation 18:05 - Such Verve 20:44 - Rival Trial Outro - Like Ashes Like Millions   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 - Ivory Tusk 15:16 - Onslaught 10:36 - What’s For Breakfast 34:40 - The Tiding 36:56 - I Have My Moments 47:00 - Sweet Pain Outro - Support Your Local Emperor   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 Episode Intro - Tongue Like a Tether 11:45 - Improper Methods 17:14 - Made Of Broken Glass 19:56 - Gonna Try To Be A Girl 29:40 - Juno Outro - Something Whit & Sigmund   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 Episode Intro - Just What I Needed (The Cars) 13:03 - Dirty Work (Steely Dan) 16:59 - How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon) 19:34 - Silly Love Songs (Wings) 28:18 - Destination Unknown (Missing Persons) Outro - Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Tubeway Army)   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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. Harmonies and hooks with loud guitars, what more could you want?   Songs In This Episode Intro - Song One 15:43 - Call In Sick 23:47 - Everyone’s Selling Something 26:45 - Soaked 31:51 - My Dumb Luck Outro - Incognito   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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.” But eclecticism can slip into inconsistency, and attempts at various genres results in uneven levels of quality.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Female of the Species 15:51 - Dark Clouds 20:30 - Me And You Vs The World 28:50 - Major Pager 30:43 - Money Outro - Neighborhood   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 2005 album No Balance Palace, with a studio legend (Tony Visconti) behind the board, and two more legends (David Bowie and Lou Reed) making appearances. Kashmir didn't work for us the first time around, will maturity and a trio of big names help us connect with the band?   Songs In This Episode Intro - Jewel Drop 9:14 - Kalifornia 11:26 - The Cynic 14:14 - The Curse Of Being A Girl 26:09 - She's Made Of Chalk 21:33 - Snowman 28:21 - Black Building Outro - No Balance Palace   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 of Jazz to Come released in 1959. The short-lived band Swedish band Purusam released their second and final album Daybreak Chronicles in 1997 on the Refused-connected Desperate Fight Records, though it could have been titled The Shape of Metal to Come. More than just a post-hardcore outfit, the band dabbled in Iron Maiden-style twin guitar attacks and galloping rhythms before shifting into progressive-ish mode with cello drenched interludes while balancing screaming male vocals and ethereal female vocals.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Opening Theme/The Way of the Hero 15:47 - Leave and Forget 22:38 - Atma 35:23 - Starlit Outro - Hourglass   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 confident, inventive rhythm section in service of indie rock earworms and an anthemic opener.    Songs In This Episode Intro - Ghost In The Radio 13:05 - Speakers Push Air 25:08 - The Get Away 31:12 - If You Hate Your Friends, You're Not Alone Outro - More Sweet Soul   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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 deserved your attention. Their only album, 1996's Who's Tommy Cooper? is a charming, straight-up rock album with enough variety to keep fans of Reverend Horton Heat, Social Distortion, or The Living End interested.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Big & Mean 22:22 - Big Chair 26:37 - Seen It Before 33:36 - Gene Autry Outro - Shaking Like A Leaf   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.