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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

This Is A Call: Foo Fighters at 25

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Capitol Records, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, Nate Mendel, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Roswell Records, William Goldsmith

How a demo tape passed along to friends led to a successful second act for Dave Grohl after Nirvana

Music Journalism Seattle

Straight Talk From Mark Lanegan

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, Courtney Love, Jerry Cantrell, Klaus Kinski, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, MARK LANEGAN, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, Screaming Trees, Sing Backwards and Weep, Straight Songs Of Sorrow

The Seattle rock icon pulls no punches in his revealing new memoir

Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk

LISTEN: Still The Girl With Most Cake

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Happy Birthday, Hole, Kurt Cobain, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Patty Schemel, Pylon

Wishing Courtney Love a Happy Birthday with an exclusive mixtape

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Post-Punk Rock

Greg Sage Is Living In The Land of the Lost

December 30, 2019February 13, 2020 Jack Rabid 3 Comments Greg Sage, J Mascis, Jack Rabid, Kurt Cobain, Meat Wave, Melvins, Mission of Burma, Nirvana, Poison Idea, Rocket From the Crypt, Ryan Adams, The Big Takeover, Thurston Moore, Vivian Girls, Wipers

A long delayed reissue of Wipers’ classic fourth album preserves the continuing legacy of an underground institution

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Nirvana’s Televised Swan Song

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1993, 1994, About a Girl, Alex Coletti, All Apologies, colored vinyl edition, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, David Grohl, Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Leadbelly, Lori Goldston, MARK LANEGAN, Martin D-18E, Meat Puppets, Michael Azerrad, Nevermind, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, November 18, On a Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, THE VASELINES, vinyl reissue

A crisp new vinyl reissue of MTV Unplugged in New York celebrates the band that could have been

Indie Rock

BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Frogs’ It’s Only Right and Natural Turns 30

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Jedediah Smith 0 Comments 1989, Dennis Flemion, Eddie Vedder, It's Only Right and Natural, Jimmy Flemion, Kurt Cobain, The Frogs

Appreciating the Brothers Flemion’s American underground rock classic in the voice of H.P. Lovecraft

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal

He’s Got A Voice, A Wretched Voice Indeed: The Melvins’ Stoner Witch Turns 25

October 31, 2019November 22, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1994, Atlantic Records, Dale Crover, Houdini, King Buzzo, Kurt Cobain, Stoner Witch, The Melvins, The Melvins at Rhythm and Brews 1994

It’s only right to celebrate the silver anniversary of the legendary doom rockers’ second Atlantic LP on Hallowe’en

Folk Indie Rock Remembrance

There’s a Heaven and There’s a Star for You

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Joseph Kyle 1 Comment Austin, Daniel Johnston, Forced Exposure, Hi, How Are You?, Kurt Cobain, RIP, Shimmy Disc, The Big Takeover

Inside the world of Daniel Johnston

Indie Rock Remembrance

RIP Daniel Johnston

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Austin, Daniel Johnston, Eddie Vedder, Hi, How Are You?, Kurt Cobain, Larry Clark, RIP

Pop legend of the American Underground died of a heart attack at 58

Alternative Rock Punk

Find My Nest Of Salt

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Danny Goldberg, Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

An exclusive interview with legendary music exec Danny Goldberg about his new book on his role in the career of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana

Remembrance

Remembering Kurt 25 Years Later

April 5, 2019April 22, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

The Nirvana frontman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 5, 1994, leaving an entire generation of music fans to wonder what we’ve missed out on in his absence

Punk Rock

Eternally Sighing in a Leonard Cohen Afterworld

September 21, 2018September 26, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 6 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

Nirvana’s In Utero at 25

Hip Hop Punk Rock

30 Great Sub Pop Records Over 30 Years

May 7, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 4 Comments AFGHAN WHIGS, Band of Horses, BILLY CHILDISH, Bruce Pavitt, Chad VanGaalen, CHAPPAQUIDDICK SKYLINE, CHEAP TRICK, Clipping. Splendor & Misery, COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, DUM DUM GIRLS, Endless Now, Fleet Foxes, FRANKIE COSMOS, Green River, Iron and Wine, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, Jonathan Poneman, Kurt Cobain, MARK LANEGAN, Mother Love Bone, MUDHONEY, Mudhoney Pearl Jam, Nirvana, POSTAL SERVICE, RED RED MEAT, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Seattle, SEBADOH, SIX FINGER SATELLITE, SLEATER-KINNEY, Soundgarden, STRANGE WILDS, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, SUPERSUCKERS, The Shins, The Thermals, THE VASELINES, Washed Out, Wolf Parade

Pioneering Seattle label celebrates three decades atop a brutal game