Tag Archives: Nirvana
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INTERVIEW: Rebel girls Bikini Kill enjoying the limelight, ready to make a new statement
Bikini Kill, courtesy Debi Del Grande. Mosswood Meltdown photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Riot grrrl originators Bikini Kill didn’t purposefully wait three decades to make their late-night TV debut. They weren’t holding out on principle of not selling out or due to their ethos as a punk band. In fact, drummer…
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Insert Foot: It’s all been said, but Kurt Cobain worth remembering after 30 years
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Photo: WireImage. Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago this week. This is where you expect me to say something about how time flies and not believing it could be 30 years already. But it seems about right. All the change the world has seen since…
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Insert Foot: The Nirvana Baby needs to embrace his place
Insert Foot on the new (old) controversy surrounding “Nevermind” by Nirvana. The kid who got famous on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind just got his lawsuit against the band revived by a federal appeals court. He says the iconic photo of him naked, swimming after a dollar bill, is…
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REWIND: Some deep cuts for your Halloween playlist
Rapper Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performs during the 93.5 KDAY Krush Groove 2017 concert at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. on April 22, 2017. Getty Images. Good news! It’s finally Halloween. Yes, I’m at Outside Lands this year, which means I can’t do much in the way of Halloween…
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Insert Foot: A big anniversary week for which game-changing guitar record?
Insert Foot on what Nirvana and Boston have in common. This week rock music fans celebrated an important milestone in the history of guitar rock. Boston released its first single “More Than a Feeling” 45 years ago. That’s not incorrect, but you’re probably thinking of the other one. Kind…
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REVIEW: Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight’ offers more of the same
The Foo Fighters should rename themselves The Old Standbys. No band produces as consistently at a decently high level. Dave Grohl and company can’t be accused of not doing their part to keep rock and roll alive. For a quarter century, they’ve waved the flag of uncomplicated guitar rock,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: An old Beatle surprises with ‘McCartney III’
It’s usually too much to ask for: a legitimately good new chunk of music standing on merit alone from the guy who could’ve retired 40 years ago and still been called the world’s greatest living songwriter today. Paul McCartney is 78 years old. He doesn’t have to make records anymore.…
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REWIND: You don’t feel old enough, so let’s put music in perspective
We decided not to show you Mark Wahlberg’s most famous photograph from back in the day, because it makes us feel insecure. I’m sorry I have to be the one to tell you this, but you’re old. You’re so, so very old. For example Friends is making a nostalgia-fueled…
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Opinion: R.E.M. revisits its weird flex with ‘Monster’ deluxe reissue
R.E.M’s ‘Monster’ is getting the 25th anniversary deluxe tissue treatment this week. In the early ’90s, R.E.M. was like our furry, little emotional support animal. The erudite alt-rock band from Athens, Georgia burst into the mainstream of American music with their jangly 1992 release, Automatic for the People. The…
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REWIND is back! Starting with Donna Summer, 4 others I forgot the first time
Last week I finished the yearlong journey through the last half-century of music. It was quite the project; 52 weekly columns each taking on a year and culminating in the best five songs of 2018. Then RIFF’s editor, Roman, asked when I’d have this week’s column in. So… I…
