AltWeeklies Wire
Everybody Loves Our Town Goes Behind the Grimenew
With all of the buzz surrounding the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakthrough album Nevermind and Pearl Jam's chart-topping debut Ten, it's cool to have an additional perspective to balance the story of the two bands' rise. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, released this fall via Crown/Archetype, provides a hefty companion to those re-releases.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
After 20 Years, Mudhoney Gets Back to Basicsnew
This year, Mudhoney hit their 20th-anniversary and re-released a deluxe edition of their debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff. They also offered up a new release, The Lucky Ones, and it's no coincidence that their latest album sounds so much like their first.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
11-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Toadies Revert to the Bare Bones of Their Pastnew
It was a Big Deal time slot: Lollapalooza co-headliners Wilco and Rage Against the Machine were scheduled to go on at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, only about an hour after The Toadies were scheduled to perform their own gig at the three-day Chicago festival.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
08-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
All Water Under the Bridge for Denver's The Fluid.new
The evolution of The Fluid is an involved tale--one that emerged from the burgeoning Denver-Boulder punk movement of the mid-'80s.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Roberts |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seminal Seattle Grunge Group Green River Reunites for a One Nightnew
Eight months ago Mark Arm, current Mudhoney front man and Sub Pop warehouse manager, e-mailed his old friends Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent, Steve Turner, and Bruce Fairweather to see if they'd be interested in bringing their now-legendary band Green River together for Sub Pop's anniversary.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Lasting Impact of the Fluid on Sub Pop's Rosternew
In fact, it was the Fluid who turned Nirvana on to Nevermind producer Butch Vig.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Time Machinenew
Songwriting and willful idiocy are two of the strengths of the Omens' debut album.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
07-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Frontline Spearheads a West Coast Rap Renaissancenew
Frontline's recording, "What Is It," became an anthemic call to arms for what the upstart underdogs optimistically called the "New Bay" movement. A year and a half later, that movement is huge, and they're on top of it.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
02-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
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