Riot Grrl and Bikini Kill are one of the most important touchstones in music of the past 30 years. So when Bikini Kill came to town on their reunion tour Jess and I went to see the revolution girl style. After the show we concluded we had to do a pod and talk about all things Bikini Kill so here it is. No magazine reference, just Bikini Kill, women in music, reunions and whether or not Bikini Kill needed a guitar player.

Is Grunge a sound or a place? In this episode 3 grunge obsessed hosts go through the Pitchfork 25 Grunge Albums of the 90s list and we get deep into defining grunge picking apart this list and of course talking about who we would have included.

It's the 25th anniversary of Sloan's 1998 album Navy Blues and to celebrate we're talking with Sloan guitarist Jay Ferguson. Jay shares tons of fun stories about the era surrounding Navy Blues but before that we go back to Sloan's signing to DGC and through their albums Twice Removed and One Chord to Another. Jackson, Noyan Hilmi and Alex Hryshko begin the episode talking about their history of loving Sloan from the beginning of their career right up to today.

This episode we discuss the short lived but influential career of the band Slint. Were they the dawn of post rock? We talk about Slint's roots in hardcore and how the hardcore genre has spawned so much important music from bands that left it behind but hung on to its energy and counter culture.

What do you think of the movie Empire Records? For a movie that got sort of lost in the shuffle and bombed at the box office we have thought about it way too much apparently. Is this a music movie? Is this movie good? For the first time ever we not looking at a music mag, we're just talking about Empire Records. We dive deep into themes, casting, record stores, and why Lucas didn't just tell Joe why he took the money! 

It's the 25th anniversary of Weezer Pinkerton and we talk about the Alternative Press cover story on Weezer for this landmark album. Pinkerton was one of the most talked about albums of the 90's because it was Weezer's sophomore record and there were a lot of expectations that were either met or rejected by fans. It still remains probably the favourite album of fans and we talk about it's impact, and legacy.

This episode is special for a few reasons. The first is that we have an interview with Joe Lally from Fugazi  specifically about this time in career in music 1991. This issue features an article on Fugazi and is one of the most unique interviews ever because Fugazi don't want to be interviewed by Spin.  This was also the month that Nirvana Nevermind was released which launched the 90's into a whole new era and identity of its own.  Join Jackson, Noyan, and Alex as they discuss this specific and important moment.  Also check out Alex's music project NO END on bandcamp https://noendnoise.bandcamp.com/

This episode we explore and discuss an article about a brand new band called Bush. I thought this episode was going to be a conversation about how bands who are influenced by a current, popular movement in music have an unfair disadvantage. And it was. BUT, it was also about why bands in the same movement get to be cool and other don't.  Also we talk about Oakleys and 90s fashion. 

Did you love Nu Metal? Did you love to hate it? Then this episode is for you. We talk about our love for Nu Metal bands, the cheese factor of it all, the culture that surrounded is and how terrible a magazine Circus was. Join for a trip to 2001 and the last gasp of this genre. 

It's the all Canadian episode! We've been very excited for this one and it's a list episode! That's right we're going through Chart Magazine's top 50 Canadian Albums of all time. But don't worry international listeners you'll recognize most of them as Canada has produced some of the greatest artists of all time. Join us as we go deep into Canadian pop and indie some of which we agree with putting on this list and some we don't...