'90s Alternative Archives

chokecherry - Messy Star / Fearless Records (2024)

chokecherry – Messy Star (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 24, 2024

Too often in the modern world, we are introduced to more of the same, and this can dull the soul. A product of not venturing out of a comfort zone for fear of being challenged, in music, sometimes it is a fantastical feeling to try ... Read More

Bush Takes Colorado Back In Time 8-1-24 w/ Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox, & Tim Montana

Rafi ShlosmanRafi ShlosmanAugust 6, 2024

Often we are told to “not spend much time thinking of the past,” and while certain memories can certainly prove that point, nostalgia would be a whole different part of your past. See an old episode of Thundercats, and there you are transported to your ... Read More

Better Than Ezra – Super Magick (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 7, 2024

Emerging from a crowded room of Alternative Rock bands during the 1990s was no easy task, but Better Than Ezra is one of those which managed to do just that. Initially coming together in 1988, and releasing their debut album Surprise in 1990, ultimately it ... Read More

Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 8, 2023

Back in the ‘90s there were plenty of new bands arriving which washed the slate clean from the decade prior. Less glamorous, the new era of Rock was harsher, rawer, and coming in all sorts of different shapes and forms. Sure, there was the Grunge ... Read More

Semisonic - Little Bit of Sun album artwork

Semisonic – Little Bit of Sun (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 22, 2023

Emerging onto the Alternative Rock scene in the mid ‘90s, the Minneapolis band Semisonic were a little bit different in many ways. Coming after a time of Grunge and heavier Alternative Rock, Semisonic mixed in some softer elements with Pop sensibility and delicately crafted songwriting ... Read More

Interview – Kevin Martin of Candlebox Talks The Long Goodbye

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 13, 2023

When Candlebox emerged onto the Hard Rock scene in the ’90s they found themselves thrust into mainstream success within years of their formation. Signing on with Maverick, their 1993 self-titled debut album became a massive success with the help of four equally powerful singles; “Change,” ... Read More

’90s Alternative

chokecherry – Messy Star (EP Review)

Bush Takes Colorado Back In Time 8-1-24 w/ Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox, & Tim Montana

Better Than Ezra – Super Magick (Album Review)

Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire (Album Review)

Semisonic – Little Bit of Sun (Album Review)

Interview – Kevin Martin of Candlebox Talks The Long Goodbye

chokecherry – Messy Star (EP Review)

Bush Takes Colorado Back In Time 8-1-24 w/ Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox, & Tim Montana

Better Than Ezra – Super Magick (Album Review)

Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire (Album Review)

Semisonic – Little Bit of Sun (Album Review)

Interview – Kevin Martin of Candlebox Talks The Long Goodbye

This Week In Horror Movie History – Stigmata (1999)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Flash Gordon (1980)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Visiting Hours (1982)

Developing Artist Showcase – Vipërwitch

Developing Artist Showcase – Vermilia

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Smoke Trigger

Interview – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Interview – Bishop Briggs

Interview – Henry Thomas & Sarah Lind

The Native Howl – Sons of Destruction (Album Review)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

Blood Star (Movie Review)