120 Months

VIDEO: AUGUST 1992

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:12:42 GMT

Here’s video of this week’s episode, in which we discuss album releases from August 1992: Gin Blossoms’ New Miserable Experience, Uncle Tupelo’s March 16-20, 1992, Lucinda Williams’ Sweet Old World, The Wallflowers’ self-titled debut, INXS’ Welcome to Wherever You Are, and The Flaming Lips’ Hit to Death in the Future Head.

AUGUST 1992: Gin Blossoms, Uncle Tupelo, Lucinda Williams, The Wallflowers, INXS, The Flaming Lips

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:48:45 GMT

The legacy of Bob Dylan hangs heavily over the essential album releases from August 1992: Gin Blossoms with a brilliant, nostalgic collection of songs on New Miserable Experience; Uncle Tupelo's ode to ragged politically-charged folk music, March 16-20, 1992; Lucinda Williams showing off incredible songwriting chops on Sweet Old World; The Wallflowers with an impressive self-titled debut; INXS attempting to bridge their sound into the '90s on Welcome to Wherever You Are; The Flaming Lips gearing up for massive tonal changes on Hit to Death in the Future Head.

VIDEO: July 1992, Part Two

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:58:04 GMT

Here’s the video of us discussing July 1992’s big album releases: Motörhead’s March or Die, Danzig’s How the Gods Kill, Ministry’s Psalm 69, and Mary J. Blige’s What’s the 411?

JULY 1992, Part Two: Motörhead, Danzig, Ministry, Mary J. Blige

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:09:00 GMT

The summer of 1992 continues with a classic album from Motörhead, March or Die; Danzig’s beautiful, enchanting 3rd solo album, How the Gods Kill; Ministry’s deeply influential industrial hellscape, Psalm 69; and Mary J. Blige’s trailblazing hip hop soul debut, What’s the 411?

JULY 1992: Sonic Youth, Megadeth, Morrissey, Barenaked Ladies

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:26:47 GMT

July 1992 is a month packed with new album releases. On this episode we talk about Sonic Youth's monumental Dirty; Megadeth's crossover classic Countdown to Extinction; Morrissey's harder sound on Your Arsenal; and Gordon, the debut album from Canada's hardest rocking nerds, Barenaked Ladies.

JUNE 1992: Sublime, The Lemonheads, Faith No More, Kyuss, Helmet

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:31:10 GMT

Summer of 1992 heats up with some classic album releases: Sublime's dynamic debut, 40 Oz to Freedom; The Lemonheads jangly alt rock on It's a Shame About Ray; Mike Patton unleashed on Faith No More's batshit Angel Dust; immaculate stoner rock riffs on Kyuss's Blues for the Red Sun; and Helmet's deeply influential alt metal masterpiece Meantime.

MAY 1992: Radiohead, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Gang Starr, Iron Maiden, Stereolab, Indigo Girls

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:39:51 GMT

May 1992 was another legendary month of album releases, with Radiohead's first EP, Drill; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with the haunting and chaotic Henry's Dream; Gang Starr's 3rd hip hop masterpiece Daily Operation; Euro art rockers Stereolab with their debut album Peng!; Iron Maiden's dense and heavy Fear of the Dark; and the Indigo Girls continuing their run of '90s classics with Rites of Passage.

APRIL 1992: Beastie Boys, Pavement, The Cure, Annie Lennox, The Breeders, L7, Tom Waits

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:15:01 GMT

April 1992 saw album releases from some of the biggest performers of the decade: Beastie Boys with a huge sonic leap forward on Check Your Head; Pavement's indie rock masterpiece Slanted and Enchanted: The Cure's poppier sound on Wish; Annie Lennox's haunting, impressive solo debut, Diva; L7's angry, hilarious alt rock on the Butch Vig-produced Bricks Are Heavy; The Breeders with a solid EP, Safari; and Tom Waits' heavy, beautiful soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch's film Night On Earth.

MARCH 1992, Part Two: PJ Harvey, k.d. lang, White Zombie, Gwar, Body Count, They Might Be Giants, The Jesus and Mary Chain

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:48:57 GMT

Our survey of albums released in March 1992 continues with the haunting Ingenue from k.d. lang; They Might Be Giants’ darker-themed Apollo 18; Body Count’s mystifyingly horrible debut Body Count; Gwar’s hilarious America Must Be Destroyed; White Zombie’s third album, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1; PJ Harvey’s incredible debut, Dry; and the Jesus and…

MARCH 1992, Part One: Tool, Bad Religion, Cracker, David Byrne, King's X, Concrete Blonde, and more...

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:25:49 GMT

March 1992 is stacked with big releases, so here's Part One of an incredible month of music: Tool's debut EP, Opiate; Bad Religion's iconic Generator; Cracker's hilarious, often poignant eponymous debut; David Byrne's 3rd solo album, Uh-Oh; solid classic rock from King's X on their self-titled album; Walking in London, the fourth studio album from Concrete Blonde; and truly inspired political hip hop from The Disposable Heroes of Hiphopcrisy on the now classic Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury.

FEBRUARY 1992: Alice in Chains, Social Distortion, Rollins Band, Pantera, The Sugarcubes, Guided By Voices

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:41:51 GMT

It’s February 1992 and we’re listening to Sap, an incredible EP from Alice in Chains featuring Chris Cornell, Mark Arm, and Ann Wilson; Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, a solid collection of outlaw country punk from Social Distortion; End of Silence, a surprisingly crushing and dynamic album from Rollins Band; Vulgar Display of Power, top shelf classic metal from Pantera; Stick Around for Joy, the final album from the charming Icelandic pop band The Sugarcubes, before lead singer Bjork took off into solo superstardom; and Propeller, another collection of insane, often beautiful, indie rock compositions from Guided By Voices.

JANUARY 1992: Tori Amos, Lou Reed, Afghan Whigs, Lush

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:42:49 GMT

We're kicking off 1992 by listening to albums released in January: the bracing, confessional genius of Tori Amos on Little Earthquakes; Lou Reed at his most vulnerable and insightful on the classic Magic and Loss; Afghan Whigs upping their game on Congregation; the vibrant dreampop of Lush on Spooky.

BEST ALBUMS OF 1991

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:23:39 GMT

It's time to look back on an incredible year in music, as we each pick our top ten albums of 1991 -- along with some honorable mentions and our choices for song of the year.

DECEMBER 1991: Green Day, Live, Monster Magnet

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:46:21 GMT

It's the last month of an amazing year in music, and we're listening to three albums that hit record stores just before the closing bells of 1991: Green Day's leap forward into pop punk stardom, Kerplunk; Live's mystically-infused debut Mental Jewelry; and the hilarious stoner metal of Monster Magnet on the influential Spine of God.

NOVEMBER 1991: U2, Ani DiFranco, Tupac, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:36:03 GMT

November 1991 features several contenders for album of the year. On this episode we listen to U2's reinvention as an electronically-infused art rock band on Achtung Baby; Ani DiFranco developing her brand of acoustic activist poetry on Not So Soft; Tupac Shakur's bracing, incredible debut 2Pacalypse Now; My Bloody Valentine shattering all expectations of what a guitar can sound like on Loveless; and Teenage Fanclub bringing perfect pop melodies on Bandwagonesque.

OCTOBER 1991: Soundgarden, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Superchunk, Neil Young

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:50:55 GMT

Ride along with us as we listen to albums released in October 1991: Soundgarden's attempt at a "heavy metal White Album," Badmotorfinger; Ice Cube's righteous fury on Death Certificate; Public Enemy continuing their incredible early '90s run on Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black; Superchunk finds their sunny indie groove on No Pocky for Kitty; and Neil Young puts of a fierce, classic live album with Crazy Horse, Weld.

SEPTEMBER 1991, PART THREE: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween, Slowdive, Blues Traveler

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:13:04 GMT

In the final installment of our trilogy on the insane month of September 1991, we listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' towering funk rock masterpiece Blood Sugar Sex Magik; the demented, chemically-influenced slop rock of Ween on The Pod; the lush shoegaze atmospherics of Slowdive on their beautiful debut, Just For a Day; and the jam-tastic stylings of Blues Traveler on Travelers & Thieves.

SEPTEMBER 1991, PART TWO: Nirvana, Pixies, Uncle Tupelo, A Tribe Called Quest

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:20:20 GMT

On this episode we continue our survey of a historic month in music, September 1991, when "alternative" music hit the mainstream. We're listening to Nirvana's monumental album Nevermind; Uncle Tupelo's Still Feel Gone; Trompe Le Monde from Pixies; and the hip hop masterpiece The Low End Theory from A Tribe Called Quest.

SEPTEMBER 1991, PART ONE: Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Kyuss, Hole

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:54:45 GMT

We’re kicking off one of the most insane months in music history, September 1991, by listening to just 4 of the many classic albums released within the same 30 days: Guns N’ Roses with the epic double barrel of Use Your Illusion I and II; Ozzy Osbourne’s soaring, surprisingly sentimental No More Tears; Kyuss with an influential stoner rock debut, Wretch; and Hole’s Kim Gordon-produced gut-wrenching art rock masterpiece, Pretty on the Inside.

AUGUST 1991: Mr. Bungle, Sebadoh, Spin Doctors, Skin Yard

120 Months of '90s Music — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:50:32 GMT

On this episode we're listening to albums released in August 1991: the chaotic experimental rock of Mr. Bungle on their self-titled debut; indie rock majesty from Sebadoh on III; jammy pop from Spin Doctors on Pocket Full of Kryptonite; and heavy grunge tones from Skin Yard on the magnificently titled 1000 Smiling Knuckles.