10 ’90s Albums Dexter and the Moonrocks Think Everyone Should Own

Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which an artist presents several albums within a theme that all music fans should know about. In this edition, James Tuffs of the Texas rock band Dexter and the Moonrocks takes us through 10 of his favorite albums from the 1990s. For more, check out our list of the best albums of 1996. Dexter and the Moonrocks are one of 2026’s biggest breakout rock acts, but they seem remarkably unfazed. “It’s a Lot” is the name of the lead single for their new album, Friends That I Don’t Like, and if you asked frontman James Tuffs how he’s adjusting to the newfound attention, that’s probably the response he’d give verbatim. As their viral single “Freakin’ Out” suggests, Dexter and the Moonrocks have won over thousands with an unapologetic authenticity about being stuck in the bullshit, battling depression and bad relationships, and trying to be better tomorrow. Helping these melancholic meditations are arrangements that live in a very specific corner of late ’90s rock, grunge and post-grunge, alt-country, and pop-punk. They describe their style as “Western Space Grunge,” and whatever sound that conjures in your mind is pretty close to Dexter and the Moonroc...