Michael Azerrad, the Man Who (Literally) Wrote the Book on Nirvana
Michael Azerrad joins us to talk about his relationship with Kurt Cobain, reviving a 30-year-old biography, Nirvana's legacy, and some of the records on Kurt’s list. Michael wrote the 1993 biography "...
3 Jul 20241h 4min
Jack Endino on the Northwest Sound and the 35th Anniversary of 'Bleach'
Seattle's own Jack Endino joins Dusty, Martin, and Albina for this month’s roundtable. June marks the 35th anniversary of Nirvana's debut studio album, Bleach, which Endino produced. They discuss the ...
26 Jun 202458min
Beat Happening – Jamboree (1988)
Martin Douglas dives into Jamboree by Beat Happening. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, the trio lived and breathed the punk rock ideology. Cofounder Calvin Johnson released the band’s albums on a lab...
19 Jun 202457min
Wipers – Is This Real? (1980), Youth of America (1981), and Over the Edge (1983)
Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas dive into the three albums by the Portland band Wipers, the band with the most entries on Kurt's list (unless you count "anything by Kleenex"). Greg Sage's melodic punk ...
12 Jun 202442min
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Dusty Henry dives into Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney, whose debut represents the culmination of ideas that we now categorize as “grunge.” Nirvana picked up the grunge baton from Mudhoney and carried i...
5 Jun 202448min
Bonus: Hiro Yamamoto on Soundgarden, Forging New Paths, and the Circles of Power
In this special bonus episode, we break format away from Kurt Cobain and Nirvana and look at the legacy of Soundgarden from the lens of founding member and original bassist Hiro Yamamoto. This year ma...
31 Mai 202439min
Roundtable: Breaking Punk
Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, Albina Cabrera, and Janice Headley discuss the idea of "punk" through the lens of four bands. Each of them provides a distinctive approach to punk both as a genre and as a...
29 Mai 202445min
Black Flag – My War (1984)
Larry Mizell Jr. dives into My War by Black Flag. This proto-punk sophomore album upset the fast-paced expectations of hardcore by slowing it down, complete with all-out screams confessing deep-seated...
22 Mai 202430min
