Roundtable: What Do The Stooges, Pixies, and The Vaselines Have in Common?
In the inaugural roundtable of our series, Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, and Albina Cabrera dive into Kurt Cobain's list. Although it features a lot of traditional punk music, the list traversed many g...
31 Jan 202441min
The Vaselines – Dying for It (1988)
Janice Headley dives into Dying for It by The Vaselines (listed as Pink EP). By the time Nirvana began covering their songs, The Vaselines had broken up. It was Kurt’s love for the Scottish indie-pop ...
24 Jan 202418min
The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
Dusty Henry dives into Surfer Rosa by The Pixies. It's arguably the most influential "alternative music" album of the 90s — not just for Nirvana, but artists worldwide. Surfer Rosa was Nevermind befor...
17 Jan 202429min
The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
Martin Douglas kicks off the series by diving into Raw Power by The Stooges. It's no surprise this is the first album on Kurt's list considering the muscular drumming, the dirty bass, and the way the ...
10 Jan 202424min
The Cobain 50: Coming January 10
Each week, The Cobain 50 will dig into Kurt Cobain's famous list of his top 50 albums and how those artists influenced the sound of Nirvana. It’s also a chance to dig into the individual histories of ...
3 Jan 20244min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2022: "Pollo Rico" by billy woods
Martin Douglas concludes the series with a visit back to 2022 with the track “Pollo Rico” by billy woods. It’s a deeply intimate track, and the themes are almost as dense as the smoke that inspired hi...
27 Des 202310min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1974: The Cedar Park Jams
Janice Headley revisits the Cedar Park Jams, which kicked off in the spring of 1974. At this point, DJ Kool Herc’s parties became so popular that they outgrew his apartment on Sedgwick Avenue. Written...
20 Des 20238min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1978: Old School Tapes
Larry Mizell Jr. talks with DJ Supreme La Rock about the original way for compiling and sharing music in hip-hop's early days: "old school tapes." Thanks to global distribution via military deployment...
18 Des 202322min
