Tag Archives: Nirvana
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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…
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RIFF Rewind: Green Day, Warren G, The Cranberries wrote the best cuts of 1994
You know how the music you liked as a teenager sticks with you, and you remain a fan for life? Those songs take you back to a simpler time when you were discovering your tastes and personality, separate from your parents,’ for the first time. What I’m saying is…
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RIFF Rewind: Tupac, Wu-Tang and the Breeders wrote the best songs of 1993
Photo: Che Holts Usually this column is the top five songs of each year. Sometimes, in an especially good year, I bend that and make it the top 10. This week has nine. The reasons for this are threefold: First, the longlist has 23 songs on it and that’s…
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RIFF Rewind: 1991’s best songs are down with O.P.P. (Yeah, you know me!)
We’ve reached 1991 on our quest to list the best five (or more!) songs released each year. And guess what—1991 is one of the best years in modern music. Between Metallica’s eponymous black album and Nirvana’s groundbreaking Nevermind, that was two spots right off the top. And neither of the other…
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RIFF Rewind 1989: The ’90s come early with Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails
Baby Nirvana Good news! We’ve made it to the ’90s in RIFF Rewind. OK, yeah, it’s still technically 1989. But any list that includes Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Faith No More’s “Epic” is basically the ’90s, right? In fact, I was surprised by the latter two of those…
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Reigniting The Sonics
Do you know The Sonics? How about Nirvana? The Cramps? Pearl Jam? The White Stripes? All of those other artists know the Sonics and would likely not exist if it were not for their influence. The seminal, and possibly first, garage band has returned from a nearly 50-year slumber…
