Completely Conspicuous 347: Reeling in the Years, 1996 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1996. I've also got music from Ex Hex, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, and Mini Dresses. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Brian's new radio show Unsolicited Mixtape - Brian's #5 - Olivia Tremor Control made Brian's favorite Elephant 6 album - Jay's #5 and Brian's #4 - Frank Black had a tough task following up Teenager of the Year - Moved to a rawer sound - In the middle of an excellent stretch of solo music - Jay's #4 - Weezer's underrated (at the time) masterpiece - Brian's #3 - Ween goes to Nashville - Serious musicianship behind silly songs - Jay's #3 - Afghan Whigs' Black Love was a cinematic concept album - Serious Quadrophenia feel on the ballads - Brian's #2 - Fountains of Wayne's debut was also underrated - Jay's #2 - Sloan bounced back from short-lived breakup to put together a brilliant album - Trading a Ween mix for a Sloan mix - Brian's #1 - Pinkerton was the first album Brian liked and his friends didn't - Serious dropoff in quality since then - Jay's #1 - Beck followed up Mellow Gold with an amazing album - Brian: Midnite Vultures is the best Prince album of the '90s - Next up: 1988   Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!   Music: Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas - Caught Up Mini Dresses - In Two   The Ex Hex song is on the album Rips on Merge Records. Download the song for free for a limited time at KEXP. The Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas song is on the album Secret Evil on Instant Records. Download the song for free at KEXP. The Mini Dresses song is on the EP Three and available for free download at Bandcamp.   The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor by Text-Enhance" href="http://compcon.libsyn.com/">Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.