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Friday, September 25, 2020

Millennium Tension: Jupiter is the OK Computer of Heavy Metal

September 10, 2020September 13, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2000, Antenna, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Explosions in the Sky, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Hydra Head Records, J.R. Conners, Jupiter, Nirvana, RCA Records, Steve Brodsky

Cave In’s breakout album turns 20

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

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, 2020September 3, 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

Blues Heavy Metal

I’m The King Wolf: Danzig II: Lucifuge At 30

June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1990, Blue Oyster Cult, Chuck Biscuits, Danzig, Danzig II: Lucifuge, Def American, Def Jam, John Christ, Metallica, Ministry, Nirvana, Rick Rubin, Samhain, The Misfits, The Pixies

Danzig’s sophomore mold-breaking blues metal masterpiece still swings low as part of his grand slam album quartet

Indie Rock Power Pop

Critical Mass: A Catholic Education at 30

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1990, Bandwagonesque, Gerard Cosloy, Gerard Love, Homestead Records, Matador Records, Nirvana, Norman Blake, SPIN, Teenage Fanclub

Talking Teenage Fanclub with Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy about the Scottish pop greats’ debut album

Alternative Rock Hip Hop Punk

WATCH: Post Malone and Co. Blast Through Nirvana Tribute

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Nirvana, Post Malone, Travis Barker, World Health Organization

If you had any doubt about this kid being the real deal, dig this performance to aid the World Health Organization

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

Punk

CONCERTS: Les Chats Noir

July 26, 2019July 30, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Australia, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, Cutie, Eamon Sandwith, Get this in ya, Gnarcissists, New York City, Nirvana, Oi, Queensland, Smoko, The Chats, The Hives

Queensland, Australia’s The Chats arrive in The Big Apple, declare New York “a piece of shit” at first ever show at the Brooklyn Bowl

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

Blues Folk jazz Rock

At the Heart of the Vinyl Revival

March 25, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Art Ensemble of Chicago, Nirvana, ORG Music, Tom Petty

A discussion with ORG Music proprietor Andrew J. Rossiter on the avalanche of deep classics they have in store for the wax-consuming public

Folk Hard Rock Rock

Bitter Liquor

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, MARK LANEGAN, Nirvana, Screaming Trees

25 years ago, Mark Lanegan lost his religion on Whiskey for the Holy Ghost

Alternative Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Hip Hop Punk Rock

First We Take Seattle…

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment Gillian G. Gaar, Green River, MUDHONEY, Nirvana, Seattle, Sub Pop

A look into Gillian G. Gaar’s history of the iconic Seattle imprint Sub Pop Records

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