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Kurt Cobain

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Flipper: "We had people reporting that they'd seen our graffiti on the Great Wall of China"

    Flipper (due tonight and tomorrow night at the Lion's Lair) got its start in 1979 in the creatively fertile arts and music scene in San Francisco. Formed after the break-up of Negative Trend and including two former members of that band, Will Shatter and Stephen DePace, Flipper didn't set out to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Neil Young's Harvest turns forty

    The year 1972 saw the death of the hippies -- or, at the very least, the decline of the movement from idealistic young go-getters playing with the fire of radical social change to an out-of-control inferno of hard drugs and failed dreams. Neil Young's Harvest wasn't the first to comment on these dar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Wikipedia: How can we live 24 hours without you?

    Say you're in the mood to look up a factoid about something odd -- like, for instance, the history of Velcro. So you go to Google, ignore the weird bar over the logo, and type in "Velcro" and "Wiki." A Wikipedia link appears, and a click brings it up -- but it vanishes an instant later. Oh my God! W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Dear Diary: Why won't this ska boy notice me? Where is my Nirvana shirt? I have nothing to wear!

    Once upon a time in the '90s, I was not the cool blogger I am now. I was just like any other teenager, barely existing on the Internet (save for being a third, observational party to my best friend's chat-room adventures) and living out my writing dreams as a reporter for my high-school newspaper, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    The 50 worst sports movies of all time

    Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2011

    Review: Come As You Are, a covers show for Nirvana's Nevermind, at Hi-Dive, 9/24/11

    Tom MurphyThe Swayback and friends covering "Smells Like Teen Spirit"One of the obvious highlights of last night's exceptional Nirvana covers celebration in honor Nevermind's 20th anniversary was when Eric Halborg of The Swayback told us we knew the words to the third song the band played and invite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    MTV's top five greatest on-air moments

    A very pregnant Kim Gordon, flanked by band mate Julie Cafritz and KennedyOnce upon a time, before reality TV cheapened television programming as a whole, MTV (thirty years old today) was a bastion of music culture that actually showcased cutting edge artists for the sake of art. Because the network ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    R.I.P. Amy Winehouse, 9/14/83 - 7/23/11

    ​By now, you've probably heard the news -- if not, sorry to be the bearer of sad news, darkening an otherwise sunny afternoon -- Amy Jade Winehouse has passed away at the age of 27. At 4 p.m. London time today, authorities reportedly found the singer dead in her apartment. The cause of death h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Awesome People Hanging Out Together is awesome

    Oh yeah, that's Madonna, Sting and Tupac​We are flashed hundreds of images of celebrities doing regular stuff everyday via tabloids and television -- they get caught buying groceries, going to Starbucks and fighting inappropriately with their significant others in public. But who cares if they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Gaga's "Judas" isn't controversial! It's been done. Better.

    Bruno MedinaDelicous religious cleavage. ​We live for releases of controversial and eye-opening videos that cause a stir. And we're personally offended when one comes out that claims to be groundbreaking but just rips someone else off. We know it's hard for these new popstresses to come up wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Top five best music action figures

    ​NECA is gearing up to release a topless, Skeletor-esque Iggy Pop action figure onto unsuspecting fans this coming June, a fact that might seem a bit odd for those who aren't familiar with rock stars' long and illustrious history with action figure manufactures. Over time we've seen plenty of ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    Jeffree Star dishes on celebrities, tattoos and perfection

    ​NECA is gearing up to release a topless, Skeletor-esque Iggy Pop action figure onto unsuspecting fans this coming June, a fact that might seem a bit odd for those who aren't familiar with rock stars' long and illustrious history with action figure manufactures. Over time we've seen plenty of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Minature Tigers' Charlie Brand on evolving as an artist and the joys and shortcomings of touring

    Brandon Lee​The music of Miniature Tigers sounds like it has its roots in the sunnier, more upbeat end of '60s guitar rock, utilizing spare melodies with melodic atmospheres that have an nostalgic immediacy -- as though your future self could sing a song to you with words of compassion and com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Video Evidence of Jay Reatard's Ass Kicking Life

    A flickr photo.​ Already more than a dozen albums and slightly fewer years into his insanely prolific career in the Memphis scene, the major labels came calling for Jay Reatard. They told him they'd make him the next Kurt Cobain and that he was going to kill emo. Neither seemed out of his gra ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2009

    Manchester Orchestra frontman Andy Hull takes his cues from a heavenly place

    A flickr photo.​ Already more than a dozen albums and slightly fewer years into his insanely prolific career in the Memphis scene, the major labels came calling for Jay Reatard. They told him they'd make him the next Kurt Cobain and that he was going to kill emo. Neither seemed out of his gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Mile High Makeout: Alone again or

    Sometimes, I feel like I'm alone in my passion and enthusiasm for the Denver music scene. I can go on and on about how I believe we have something truly unique and valuable here, and when people just stare blankly back at me, I get the feeling that I'm the only one who feels this way.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2008

    Delegating Denver #53 of 56: Washington

    Sometimes, I feel like I'm alone in my passion and enthusiasm for the Denver music scene. I can go on and on about how I believe we have something truly unique and valuable here, and when people just stare blankly back at me, I get the feeling that I'm the only one who feels this way.

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    The Fluid

    Sub Pop's twentieth anniversary spurs this year's unlikeliest local band reunion.

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    Pro Choice

    What does your jukebox selection say about you?

  • Music

    January 10, 2008

    Jesus, Saved

    The Rock & Roll Grill is here to stay.

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Total Control

    A biopic shows why there was so little joy in Joy Division.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    The Ideal Fathers, The Classic Breakdown, Racecar God and Latch at Larimer Lounge 6/27/07

    A biopic shows why there was so little joy in Joy Division.

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Dinosaur Jr. Take Two

    Reunited and it feels so good.

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2007

    Brazil '66

    Reunited and it feels so good.

  • Culture

    January 18, 2007

    Aphrodisiac

    Power and sex combine for a titillating production.

  • Music

    October 19, 2006

    Calvin Johnson and Karl Blau

    Wednesday, October 25, Chielle, 303-722-1877.

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Nickelback

    All the Right Reasons (Roadrunner)

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    No Way Out

    Last Days follows the final spiral of a tormented musician.

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Sound Bites

    Last Days follows the final spiral of a tormented musician.

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Scout Niblett

    Kidnapped by Neptune (Too Pure)

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Getting Your Goat

    For the Melvins' Buzz Osborne, grunge means never having to say you're sorry.

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    Sodom and Milwaukee

    For Dennis and Jimmy Flemion of the Frogs, whoring out for The Man is enough to make you croak.

  • Music

    January 30, 2003

    Beyond Nirvana

    Maktub aims to prove that there's more to the Seattle sound than grunge.

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    Bang to Hype

    At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band.

  • Film

    September 23, 1999

    The Sweet Smell of Success

    Fading glamour gets the spotlight in Sugar Town.

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    Splice World

    Fading glamour gets the spotlight in Sugar Town.

  • Music

    June 18, 1998

    Playlist

    Fading glamour gets the spotlight in Sugar Town.

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    Lord Knows

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Playlist

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Playlist

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Culture

    January 16, 1997

    Armageddoned and Dangerous

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    July 18, 1996

    Playlist

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    June 13, 1996

    Playlist

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    April 11, 1996

    Love Story

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    PLAYLIST

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Calendar

    August 2, 1995

    THRILLS

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    October 5, 1994

    PLAYLIST

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    August 31, 1994

    PLAYLIST

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

  • Music

    May 11, 1994

    KNIFE GIRLS

    Mary Lou Lord is smarter than the average busker.

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