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fromConsequence
1 day ago

Alice Cooper Performs Surprise Cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Alice Cooper performed a surprise cover of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' at his annual Coopstock festival.
#punk-rock
Portland food
fromInsideHook
1 day ago

Don't Underestimate the Appeal of Punk Rock Flea Markets

Punk rock in 2026 embodies a blend of music, community, and evolving cultural identity amidst urban change.
London music
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Generation X: Generation X

Big Ben's explosion in 1976 marked a cultural shift, coinciding with the rise of punk rock and Generation X's emergence in music.
Portland food
fromInsideHook
1 day ago

Don't Underestimate the Appeal of Punk Rock Flea Markets

Punk rock in 2026 embodies a blend of music, community, and evolving cultural identity amidst urban change.
London music
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Generation X: Generation X

Big Ben's explosion in 1976 marked a cultural shift, coinciding with the rise of punk rock and Generation X's emergence in music.
#girl-trouble
fromPitchfork
5 days ago
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Girl Trouble Return With First Album in 23 Years

Girl Trouble returns to K Records for their first album in 23 years, titled 'As Is', releasing on June 26.
fromBrooklynVegan
6 days ago
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Girl Trouble announce first album 23 years: hear "Make It Mine"

Girl Trouble announces their first new album 'As Is' since 2003, featuring songs recorded over 15 years, releasing on June 26.
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fromPitchfork
5 days ago

Girl Trouble Return With First Album in 23 Years

Girl Trouble returns to K Records for their first album in 23 years, titled 'As Is', releasing on June 26.
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fromBrooklynVegan
6 days ago

Girl Trouble announce first album 23 years: hear "Make It Mine"

Girl Trouble announces their first new album 'As Is' since 2003, featuring songs recorded over 15 years, releasing on June 26.
#foo-fighters
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Dave Grohl Is Foo Fighting His New Voice

Foo Fighters released the single "Your Favorite Toy," showcasing Ilan Rubin on drums and signaling the tone for their 12th album due April 24.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Foo Fighters Announce New Album Your Favorite Toy

Foo Fighters release Your Favorite Toy on April 24; title track out now; home-recorded LP co-produced with Oliver Roman.
London music
fromConsequence
4 days ago

Foo Fighters Unveil New Song "Of All People"

Foo Fighters released the single 'Of All People' from their upcoming album 'Your Favorite Toy', set to unveil on April 24th.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Foo Fighters share new single "Caught in the Echo"

Foo Fighters' new album 'Your Favorite Toy' features garage rock and includes the track 'Caught in the Echo'.
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fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Foo Fighters Unleash New Song "Caught in the Echo"

Foo Fighters released their new song "Caught in the Echo" from the upcoming album Your Favorite Toy, set to release on April 24th.
#kurt-cobain
fromConsequence
6 days ago

"World's Fastest Drummer" Plays Soundgarden Classic as He Hears It for First Time

Merlini is the current holder of the fastest hands on the planet. He's been measured at performing 400bpm single stroke rolls and over 300bpm with his bare hands, which is beyond blistering to those not in the know.
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SF music
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

The 'Jesus of Cool' returns to rock San Francisco

Nick Lowe has a long-standing affection for San Francisco, performing there since the late 1970s and cherishing his memories of the city.
London music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 week ago

BV Interviews: Bob Mould on all things Sugar reunion, Husker Du, Hedwig, earplugs, more

Sugar reunites for their first tour in 31 years, starting May 1, 2026, with shows in New York and London.
fromConsequence
6 days ago

Punk Veterans Dwarves Announce New Album JENKEM and 2026 Tour Dates

Dwarves have announced their 17th studio album, titled J ENKEM, set to arrive June 6th via Greedy Records. In support of the upcoming record, the veteran punk band will embark on US tours in the spring and fall.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Album That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Heavy Metal

Personal evolution in music taste leads to a renewed appreciation for metal through Neurosis's innovative sound.
fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

Mercury Music Picks: Hardcore Shortiez Destroy HLR, Larry Brings His Flask to Showdown, and It's Spring Break in Kenton

Sessa's charming stage presence, irresistible Portuguese vocals, and the whole band's groovy sunshine energy made the entire room fall in love with the musicians from São Paulo.
Portland
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Young people are longing for the low-tech 90s and so would I, if I could only remember them

Embracing 90s nostalgia encourages disconnecting from technology to experience life more fully and invites serendipity.
fromDefector
3 weeks ago

The Cascadia Rivalry Was Totally Bonkers | Defector

Portland picked up two red cards and still won 2-0, and it didn't look particularly difficult. The chaos started in the fifth minute, when Reilyn Turner found Cassandra Bogere in a far-too-open spot at the top of the box who then blasted a dangerous shot at Claudia Dickey.
Boston Bruins
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fromConsequence
1 week ago

Courtney Love Urges Dave Grohl to "Man Up" and "Just Say We're Cool"

Courtney Love urges Dave Grohl to publicly acknowledge their reconciliation to stop harassment from his fans.
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fromConsequence
1 week ago

Courtney Love Urges Dave Grohl to "Man Up" and "Just Say We're Cool"

Courtney Love urges Dave Grohl to publicly acknowledge their reconciliation to stop harassment from his fans.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The male ego is even more fragile than it ever was': Kim Gordon on shyness, AI and Zohran Mamdani's cool

Sonic Youth focused on creating unprecedented music by studying influential predecessors like the Velvet Underground and no wave bands, then pursuing innovation without long-term planning, allowing creative direction to emerge organically.
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fromAnOther
3 weeks ago

Melissa Auf der Maur's Memoir Chronicles the 90s Alternative Rock Scene

Melissa Auf der Maur's memoir chronicles her experiences as bassist in Hole and Smashing Pumpkins during the 1990s alternative rock era, exploring addiction, loss, and her protective relationships with musicians.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

In Bloom by Liz Allan review an electric debut of grunge and teen spirit

Three teenage girls in 1994 Australia investigate a sexual assault accusation against their music teacher to save their band's chance at a Battle of the Bands competition.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

I watched society burn a woman at the stake': Melissa Auf der Maur on her bandmate Courtney Love and the farce of the 90s

Melissa Auf der Maur kept her father's assisted death secret for 25 years before revealing it in her memoir about her rock music career in the 1990s.
fromLos Angeles Times
12 years ago

Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains sells Studio City home

Set behind walls on a quarter-acre with a guesthouse and a swimming pool, the 1936 Spanish-style house features a courtyard, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,151 square feet of living space. There is a Sonos sound system and security cameras are 'in all the right places.'
LA real estate
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The most stunningly awful wonderful record': how the Shaggs became rock's most divisive band

Austin Wiggin Jr. forced his daughters, the Shaggs, into a strict musical regime, leading to unexpected fame despite their unconventional style.
Music
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Failure Unveil Grungy Gothic New Single "A Way Down"

Failure's new single 'A Way Down' showcases a shift towards a gothic atmosphere, influenced by The Cure and Siouxsie & The Banshees.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

What's a Gen X to Do?

Beleaguered Louvre president Laurence des Cars quits after a historic heist under her watch. The next morning, a new leader is announced. It's Christophe Leribault from the Palace of Versailles, a true museum animal who ran a few during his career.
Arts
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

Billy Corgan Believes Rock Music Was "Purposely Dialed Down" in Late '90s

Rock music was deliberately diminished in mainstream culture starting in the late 1990s, replaced by rap and later pop, despite remaining commercially dominant in ticket sales.
SF music
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

His band defined 1990s indie rock. In SF, he reclaims a singular voice.

Stephen Malkmus, a founding member of Pavement, continues to define alternative rock as a solo artist and bandleader while maintaining relevance across three decades through evolving musical projects.
Music
fromConsequence
4 weeks ago

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Announces Graphic Novel and Rock Opera Album

Mike McCready releases a graphic novel and rock opera album titled Farewell to Seasons exploring Seattle's 1980s music scene and grunge's impact on artists.
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

What "tour" are Hole's Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur teasing?

I wanted her voice because it's robustly an octave over mine. It's surprisingly, to me, more robust and embodied now than it was in '98, when they recorded Celebrity Skin, Hole's Grammy-nominated third album. Silver, tinkling, all the things I can't do. We're perfect together.
London music
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Fred Armisen to Host CNN Series Delving Into Nirvana, GN'R, and Other Universal Music Artists

The untitled music docuserieswill give fans an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look into Universal Music Group's vaults, which form the world's largest music archives... With Armisen as their dynamic and knowledgeable host, viewers will explore pivotal moments in pop culture, and the stories of the iconic artists and songwriters who changed the course of history. UMG's archives include a massive, highly secure vault within the Iron Mountain facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, located 220 feet underground in a former limestone mine.
Television
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Olympia, WA's Some Velvet Sidewalk announce 1st album in nearly 30 years, share "Don't Fuck With Your Luck"

Olympia, WA's Some Velvet Sidewalk came up at the same time as Beat Happening and both were part of the sludgy, lo-fi "love-rock" indie scene there as well as being signed to K Records. Led by Al Larsen, SVS had a revolving membership in its 10-year run (1987-1997), including Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail, and made six albums before disbanding.
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NYC music
fromFar Out Magazine
1 month ago

Kim Gordon's favourite New York songs

Kim Gordon's return to New York immersed her in the city's no-wave and punk scenes, directly shaping Sonic Youth's early experimental sound.
#portland-music-scene
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Toody Cole on Keeping Dead Moon's Legacy Alive

Toody Cole, a humble punk bassist and Portland music icon, maintains a DIY ethos at 77, managing Dead Moon's legacy while continuing to perform and create music with unwavering dedication.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Toody Cole on Keeping Dead Moon's Legacy Alive

Toody Cole, a humble punk bassist and Portland music icon, maintains a DIY ethos at 77, managing Dead Moon's legacy while continuing to perform and create music with unwavering dedication.
Digital life
fromHer Campus
2 months ago

It's the Feeling, Not the Clothes: Nostalgia for 2016

Many people nostalgically long for 2016's simpler social media culture and sense of peace before political upheaval, the COVID-19 pandemic, and widespread generative AI.
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

Pearl Jam's Mike Creedy announces new graphic novel & rock opera (exclusive vinyl)

McCready's story captures the drive and sense of community that forged the powerful backbone of the Seattle music scene of the 1980s, as their world changed forever with the explosion of grunge in the '90s. Farewell to Seasons unflinchingly shows the brutal cost it had for so many artists and musicians as it captures the lived experience of that seminal era.
Music
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

Cigarette Mom Rock Is The Newest Music Genre & We Are Here For All Interpretations

The category's been going around social media for a bit, but there's even a domain exclusively for Cigarette Mom Rock. There, the meaning of the genre is described as a "feminine counterpart to 'divorced dad rock,'" but is also meant to conjure up images of your own hard-working '90s mom, driving you to baseball practice with the windows down and a cigarette in one hand.
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fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

Garbage's Shirley Manson talks "insane" touring economics, viral beach ball fiasco in new interview

Garbage completed their final North American headline tour, revealing that 40 shows generated equivalent revenue to just 10 strategically-located shows, highlighting the unsustainable economics of touring.
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Sadderday: An Emo/Pop-Punk/Screamo Dance Party | SF

Monthly First Thursday night at Pop's Bar in San Francisco features emo, pop punk, post-hardcore, screamo, indie, electro, and 90s–2000s music starting at 9:30 PM.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

Courtney Love says "no Hole reunion"

Courtney Love clarified that Hole will not reunite, though she and Melissa Auf der Maur are collaborating on new solo material and shows scheduled for 2026.
Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Fugazi Unearth Shelved Steve Albini Sessions for New Charity Album

Fugazi released previously unreleased 1992 Electrical Audio sessions engineered by Steve Albini, with proceeds benefiting his Letters Charity foundation.
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Courtney Love Teases Hole Reunion Tour with Melissa Auf der Maur

Courtney Love teases a Hole reunion tour potentially featuring bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, their first shows together in over a decade.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

AFI's Jade Puget reunites with Redemption 87 bandmates in new hardcore band on Revelation Records (listen)

Jade Puget reunites with former Redemption 87 bandmates to form Birdlegs, releasing debut album Visions Beyond The Ape Cave on Revelation Records in April, blending youth crew hardcore with contemporary influences.
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Chat Pile release Sub Pop single with Nirvana cover

It's a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song 'Masks' hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late '80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile, we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.
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fromDocumentjournal
1 month ago

Bootsy Holler's lost photos of Seattle's teen underground

Bootsy Holler's photographs document Seattle's post-grunge youth scene (1992–2004), capturing underage nightlife, DIY parties, and emerging bands like Death Cab for Cutie.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

10 Classic Albums That Influenced Nu Metal

Nu metal has been re-evaluated as an important, influential fusion genre drawing heavily from alternative, industrial, and hardcore, and its roots extend beyond metal.
Music
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

90s + 00s Alt-Rock with Audiorage at St. James Gate

Live 1990s–2000s alternative rock night featuring covers of The Strokes, Green Day, Hole, Paramore, Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down; Belmont address provided.
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fromConsequence
2 months ago

Smashing Pumpkins Announce 35th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue of Debut Album Gish

The Smashing Pumpkins are releasing a 35th anniversary 180-gram vinyl reissue of debut album Gish on May 29 with special color variants and original packaging.
fromVulture
2 months ago

When Is a Band Not the Same Band Anymore?

"When I read the fine print, it was 'an experience with REO Speedwagon's music.' It's none of the original members," Fletcher recalls. "I don't want to promote the show unless it's the real thing. I don't know why you would want to see that. It's just a cover band. To me, that's a little bit strange." He adds, with a sigh, "If there are no original members, who cares?"
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Mercury Music Picks: Birthdays for Commonwealth Skate and Mallbrawlreds, Rare Portland Appearances by Derek Hunter Wilson and Visible Cloaks

A hectic weekend of local shows and album releases showcased the collectivism of live music, ambient harp collaborations, and Cardi B's provocative new album.
#mariah-carey
#bikini-kill
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

Jello Biafra Slams Dead Kennedys for Not Dropping Out of Punk in the Park Festivals

Dead Kennedys will perform scheduled 2026 Punk in the Park shows despite festival owner's Trump donations, but will not participate in future editions.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Archival project that Henry Rollins & Ian MacKaye were working on revealed

A 1977 demo by UK punk band The Adverts of 'We Who Wait' and 'New Boys' was rediscovered, transferred, and released as a sold-out 7-inch.
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fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Greg Brown, Cake Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 56

Greg Brown, Cake's original guitarist and co-founder, died at 55 after a brief illness; he wrote "The Distance" and helped define the band's early sound.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We wouldn't still be playing if we'd got stinking rich': the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting

There isn't one songwriter, and so the flavour of the band is always going to change, says Dave Vanian, reflecting on 50 years of the group of which he has been the sole constant member, the Damned. Captain Sensible is a great fan of syrupy pop music and prog and glam rock. So his writing is very poppy, melodic and quite wonderful.
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fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Portland hardcore band Dry Socket announce new LP 'Self Defense Techniques,' share "Rigged Survival"

Dry Socket will release sophomore LP Self Defense Techniques on March 27 via Get Better Records, led by political hardcore single "Rigged Survival".
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