7 Year Bitch Have Got ‘Live at Moe’s’ if You Want It
“So we’re 7 Year Bitch. These are our songs. Hope you like ‘em.” That’s it as far as intros go, … Continue reading 7 Year Bitch Have Got ‘Live at Moe’s’ if You Want It
Tag: grunge
Home-Grown Rock Musical “These Streets” Gets it Right
Finding that the women of Seattle’s grunge era have been overlooked, present-day Bryan has been collecting interviews with them as they reminisce about the time, and the show flashes back to a fictional “Seattle Six,” united by music. Conceived by Gretta Harley and Sarah Rudinoff (who also wrote it, along with Elizabeth Kenny), it’s a tribute to the survivors as much as the fallen. Continue reading Home-Grown Rock Musical “These Streets” Gets it Right
Top 10 Reasons 2012 Rocked Like 1992
For those of us who discover new music in used vinyl bins rather than at the club or on the radio—KEXP, I really will tune in more often, and Jet City Stream, I love you when I do—all the year-end best-new-whatever lists go right over our heads. The pleading from hipper friends to listen to Alt-J and Head and the Heart (what, not new?), just reminders of how blissfully out of touch we are with today’s darlings. Continue reading Top 10 Reasons 2012 Rocked Like 1992
Love Battery, Truly, and Rusty Willoughby Fly a No-Toothless-Nostalgia Zone
Love Battery served as a reminder that nostalgia isn’t a bad thing…Especially if it batters your ears hard enough to require plugs Continue reading Love Battery, Truly, and Rusty Willoughby Fly a No-Toothless-Nostalgia Zone
It was Twenty Years Ago Today: A SunBreak Roundtable on Nirvana and Nevermind
“When Nirvana appeared on Saturday Night Live, it was like the Mariners had won the World Series.” Continue reading It was Twenty Years Ago Today: A SunBreak Roundtable on Nirvana and Nevermind
Soundgarden at the Gorge: Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close, and Scarily Good
When Soundgarden emerged from the wings in a dazzle of light, I had the lens cap off, the flash off, and the appropriate settings engaged. That in itself was amazing. How lively and primed—though yes, aged—original members Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, and Ben Shepherd looked from this close. And their sound? Ditto.
The band was as solid and on as it is on Live on I-5, this spring’s primer from its 1996 tour. Actually, the 2011 Soundgarden was better, tighter, as if the lengthy break only made the guys hungry for another stage. Continue reading Soundgarden at the Gorge: Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close, and Scarily Good
Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl Play Surprise Encore at Mike Watt Show
Grunge lives! Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, and Pat Smear joined Mike Watt and his band for an encore tonight at the Triple Door. It was the second encore. Confidential to the people who left at the end of Watt’s set of rock opera: You are bad at life. Continue reading Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl Play Surprise Encore at Mike Watt Show