Rapid Fire Reviews: The 90's
For those of us who didn't grow up in the 90's the haze of flannel shirts, postmodern irony and Bart Simpson merch might as well be another planet. But as the musical aesthetics of the decade are being revived by contemporary artists and mined for commercial success it's worth our time to see what some of those classic acts are up to now. There's the big picture music critic/cultural analyst take but the honest truth is that I've seen a lot of 90's rock acts dropping records recently and I figured I should at least talk about them since I so often reference the era of music positively. Oui - Urge Overkill Most people these days who know about Urge Overkill know them from their cover of Neil Diamond's Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon which features prominently in Pulp Fiction . But if you talk to people who know their stuff about 90's alternative rock they will certainly tell you that the band is worth a deep dive. For some reason I was under the impres...