Shaping Self Destruction

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of two iconic albums, but canceling the ethos that made them commercial hits.

“Heart Shaped Box” by Nirvana

Day 5 of NaPoWriMo and I’m a bit behind on my challenges. To catch up, I need to add or annotate two songs on Rock Genius. Today being the 20 year anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s suicide, I thought I’d see if any Nirvana lyrics were left unannotated. Of course not. Certainly not “Heart-Shaped Box.” While […]

Chevelle – “Take Out the Gunman” Lyric Video

I haven’t been paying attention to any of the making-of news for La Gárgola like I should’ve been, but I did notice an article from Loudwire on how the new single is rocking some serious cowbell. Behold! No joke. Christopher Walken’s prime directive. Right here. This song has such a bad-ass, suspenseful swagger that I can see […]

Adios, Lou Reed

Ever since I read my first Internet encyclopedia articles on Soundgarden back in the dial-up days, I’ve been meaning to check out The Velvet Underground, who were frequently cited as influences to these and other amazing artists. That means I’ve procrastinated on right-clicking those links for fifteen years. Today I finally read an article that […]

Soundgarden, “King Animal”

“You can’t go home, no, I swear you never can,” Chris Cornell sings right off the bat: the first words off Soundgarden’s first album since 1996. Honestly? I’m glad we got that out of the way. It had to be on the minds of everyone who flipped their shit when they heard Soundgarden was getting […]