Mark Yarm's Blog, page 521
August 19, 2013
The U-Men on the cover of The Rocket, October 1985.
The U-Men on the cover of The Rocket, October 1985.
Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd's forthcoming solo album, In...
Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd's forthcoming solo album, In Deep Owl, is streaming in its entirety atWNYC’s Soundcheck Blog.
Drumgasm, the supergroup made up of Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam,...
Drumgasm, the supergroup made up of Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden), Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, Quasi) and Zach Hill (Death Grips, Hella), release their self-titled debut next week. But you can listen to the full album now via Spin.
August 18, 2013
Page from the current issue of MOJO featuring a...
Page from the current issue of MOJOfeaturing a never-before-seen Anton Corbijn portrait of Nirvana. The pic will be included in the In Utero 20th anniversary box set. Full tracklist and further details here.
August 10, 2013
Yours truly (right) talking grunge with Jim Carroll of the Irish...
Yours truly (right) talking grungewith Jim Carroll of the Irish Times as part of today’s Banter on Music event at the Kilkenny Arts Festival. Thanks to Jim, the festival organizers and volunteers, and everyone who came out. (Photo by Bonnie Ralston)
Posting will be light to nonexistent for the next week as the wife and I explore Ireland!
Via the Onion A.V. Club:
The ice cream-related attack...
Via the Onion A.V. Club:
The ice cream-related attack you’re about to witness—or maybe just witnessed—was not planned in advance, though I realize it looks perfectly staged. Yes, we had legendary noise-rock band The Melvins out in Chicago’s beautiful Humboldt Park, and yes, we had the spankin’ newJeni’s ice creamtruck set up as the backdrop. But the audience, and Buzz Osborne's unleashing of the word “free”—that was just the beautiful hand of fate. The song they covered seemed perfectly inappr...
New photo of Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in the studio with...
New photo of Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in the studio with Steve Albini, presumably working on the In Utero reissue.
L7 perform “Bang Bang” with actress Karen Black in...
L7 perform “Bang Bang” with actress Karen Black in Decoupage 2000: Return of the Godess. Black died on Thursday at the age of 74.
