Tag Archives: Nirvana

Preview: Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses @ EMP/SFM

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 14, 2011

Seattle’s Experience Music Project has a new exhibit opening for a band you may have heard about: Seattle grunge luminaries Nirvana, presented in an extensive and massive exhibition entitled Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses. The exhibit runs April 16, 2011, until April 22, 2013, and will feature rare and unseen artifacts and photography fromRead more...

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Scribes Sounding Off: Fantagraphics Books & EMP’s Take Punk to the Masses; and Steve Ignorant of Crass comes to Seattle

By Chris Estey | Published: April 11, 2011

Coming out in May 2011 will be Fantagraphics Books’ beguiling tie-in for the Experience Music Project’s next humongous documentation of the Pacific NW music scene: Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind, edited by EMP curator Jacob McMurray. Slavishly documenting and lavishly illustrating through band flyers and set lists and rare record sidesRead more...

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Live Video: The Vaselines

By Jon Harthun | Published: November 28, 2010

Until recently, The Vaselines may just have been known as a blip in musical history. Their recording career spanned from 1987 to 1989, releasing two EPs, Son of a Gun and Dying for It, and one full-length album, Dum-Dum. The band found greater exposure a few years later, when Nirvana covered their tracks on Incesticide (“SonRead more...

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Monday Morning News Fix

By Ryan Bort | Published: October 18, 2010

The EMP is one of the crown jewels of our fair city (architecturally anyway), but the majority of Seattleites probably haven’t been there more than once or twice. Next year, once or twice will become twice or thrice, as a new Nirvana exhibit called Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses will be installed and willRead more...

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Thursday News Potpourri

By Dusty Henry | Published: October 7, 2010

Conor Oberst returns to his beloved Bright Eyes project with a new song and video for “Coyote Song,” the first song announced from the benefit compilation Sound Strikes Song. The country inspired piano ballad tackles some big topics with ease that only Oberst can pull off.

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Thursday News Extravaganza

By Dusty Henry | Published: May 20, 2010

Austin City Limits announced their 2010 lineup. Among the acts include classic acts such as The Eagles and Phish along with M.I.A., The XX, Yeasayer, Monsters of Folk, David Bazan, and Balmorhea. Check out the full lineup. Austin City Limits happens October 8 - 10 in the Lone Star State.

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Review Revue: Nirvana - Sliver 7″

By Levi Fuller | Published: January 7, 2010

Sure, most of us first heard the song “Sliver” when it was released on Incesticide in 1992, but it was actually quite a successful single in its own right in 1990. (It even has its own Wikipedia page! And a video! Not bad for a song recorded in one hour while another band was takingRead more...

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Out This Week 11/3

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 3, 2009

Happy Election Day, everybody! Though we may not be electing the big guns (so to speak) today, it’s important to remember that often the most work gets done at a local level, so get out there, cast your vote and effect change! In the spirit of free choice, we collect samples from each week’s newRead more...

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2009 Countdown: Best Opening Tracks

By KEXP | Published: October 7, 2009

Yesterday, KEXP counted down what you voted as the Best Opening Track off an album, and no, it wasn’t Michael Jackson (although he ranked 18th). It’s no surprise that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from the Seattle grunge gods Nirvana took the number one spot. A reflection of our listeners’ diversity, the list contains artists newRead more...

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2009 Countdown: Best Local Band

By KEXP | Published: October 5, 2009

Kicking of our 2009 Fall Membership Drive, we started the listener-powered countdown of the best music of all time, and this past weekend we knocked out the Best Local Bands as chosen by you! On Saturday, we played what you voted for as the best bands to come out of the the upper West Coast, fromRead more...

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