Nirvana
Garbage @ The Complex 10.29.2025
Roughly 29 years, six months and a few breakups (for both me and the band) later, I’m walking with my girlfriend into The Complex to see Garbage for what could be the last time. … read more
Local Review: State Of The Nation – State Of The...
A convergence point of different sounds, State Of The Nation acts as a snapshot in time of punk, emo and grunge. … read more
Local Review: Jacob T. Skeen — They Won’t Let Me
Skeen’s fuzzed-up guitar chugs away like a high-powered diesel engine, hitting fast and cutting deep. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: April 2025
Sometimes I have to throw up my hands and say I got nothing — nothing but six excellent singles from six killer local bands. … read more
Localized: P.S. Destroy This
Taking notes from Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, X-Ray Spex and Crass, P.S. Destroy This carries on the tradition of pushing the envelope and synthesizing exquisitely loud sound. … read more
SLUG Style: Mariel Croft
Mariel Croft’s personal aesthetic would place them nicely within the cast of Freaks and Geeks. … read more
Raiding the Airwaves: The Legacy of Jimmy Chunga and Radio...
Tuning my signal to the Sin City airspace, I spoke with Jimmy Chunga, the ringleader of 101.9 The End (and now, the podcast Radio Ronin), to analyze this curve. … read more
Review: WEAK SIGNAL – BIANCA
WEAK SIGNAL = The Raveonettes + Tired Pony … read more
27 Club Performer: Lindsay Heath
It was 1991, and I was 10 years old. I so vividly recall one night head-banging while balancing on my skateboard, facing the television in the middle of my childhood living room as I pretended to be Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl simultaneously, singing and air-drumming along with “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” hoping to impress my babysitter. … read more
27 Club Performer: Aaron Ray aka Sissy Riot
The first time that Nirvana resonated with me would have been some time in middle school when I was reading a back issue of Guitar World magazine of my oldest brothers. The person interviewing Kurt Cobain was hassling him a little about the couple of times he had worn dresses on and off stage, Kurt was having none of that and simply said “I’m not gay, but I wish I were gay, so I could tell all the homophobes to go to hell.” … read more
Questioning the Corporate Culture with Steve Albini
I’m not going to waste your time with some big introduction for Steve Albini. He is a producer and a musician. You have probably heard some of the albums he’s recorded. … read more
Marky Ramone: October 1995
An in-depth, exclusive 1995 interview with Marky Ramone, drummer of the Ramones. … read more
