Mark Yarm's Blog, page 551
May 16, 2013
Rolling Stone Q&A: Thurston Moore on Chelsea Light Moving, Occupy Wall Street and the Future of Sonic Youth
May 15, 2013
Spin: On the 20th anniversary of their iconic 1993 breakthrough,...

Spin: On the 20th anniversary of their iconic 1993 breakthrough, now reissued as an expanded package titled ‘LSXX,’ the Breeders’ definitive lineup reunites and AMANDA PETRUSICH dives in, talking with all the key players and supporters who helped make ‘Last Splash’ one of the most exhilarating albums of the decade.[Link]
May 14, 2013
Hard To Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation (1992)

Hard To Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation (1992)
Today, the Onion A.V. Club asks, Are oral histories a good way...

Today, the Onion A.V. Club asks,Are oral histories a good way to write about music? (My answer: definitely not as often as many writers and editors seem to think.) The piece, pegged to today’s release of Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal by my friends Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, gives a nice shout-out to my book, Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge:
Everybody Loves Our Town is an oral history, and it’s about the Seattle grunge scene. It’s also a fa...
“Mescalito,” from Mark Lanegan & Duke...
“Mescalito,” from Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood’s album Black Pudding, out today.
May 13, 2013
Layne Staley's mom sues Alice in Chains over royalties
May 12, 2013
“Jerry Cantrell Shares the Tales Behind Some of the Most...



“Jerry Cantrell Shares the Tales Behind Some of the Most Treasured Pieces in His Arsenal,” Guitar World, June 2013