Completely Conspicuous 394: Reeling in the Years, 1994 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994.

Show notes:

- Recorded via Skype

- Jay's #4

- Pavement was a shock to the system at the time

- Malkmus continues to be a solo force

- Brian's #3

- Ween's second-based album

- Brian: Ween made 5 perfect albums in a row

- Jay's #3

- Drive Like Jehu delivers scorching rock

- Brian's #2 and Jay's #2

- Jay: Frank Black's Guided by Voices album

- Black had serious writer's block during the making of this record

- Brian's #1

- Weezer's debut features 10 perfect pop songs

- Videos helped the album take off

- Jay's #1

- One of Sloan's greatest albums got them dropped by DGC

- Abrupt shift from first album's sound

- Other '94 notables: Soundgarden, Nas, NIN, Portishead, Neil Young, Helmet, New Bomb Turks, Pearl Jam

- Also: Magnetic Fields, TMBG, R.E.M., Outkast

- Next up: 1992

- Jam bands became popular

- Jay: Covered the best of the 2000s in CompCon episodes 96-99

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