Shaping Self Destruction

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

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 […]