We're heading back to Australia for this week's Requested Review and checking out the 1994 album The Plastic Hassle by Ripe. Lots of shoegaze influenced bands spent less time on vocals and melody than dialing in the perfect tremolo and delay settings on their guitar pedals, but not Ripe, who manage to craft to genuinely catchy melodies and memorable lyrics. And like those same bands, Ripe aren't afraid to stretch the songs into a variety of territories, whether it's acoustic ballads or minor key dirges.
Songs in this Episode:
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater | Album Review
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn To Shine | Album Review
Fu Manchu - King of the Road | Album Review
Doughboys - Crush | Album Review
Union by Union | Album Review
G. Love | Interview
Dinosaur Jr. in the 80s | Roundtable
Skeleton Key - Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon | Album Review
Dishwalla - And You Think You Know What Life’s About | Album Review
Little John - Derailer | Album Review
Art Alexakis of Everclear | Interview
Face To Face - Ignorance Is Bliss | Album Review
Headstones - Picture of Health | Album Review
C-Tec - Darker | Album Review
EPs of the 90s | Roundtable
Sandpit - On Second Thought | Album Review
Bike - Take In The Sun | Album Review
Madder Rose - Bring It Down | Album Review
Miljenko Matijevic of Steelheart | Interview
East River Pipe - Shining Hours In A Can | Album Review
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