How The Autotuned ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Explains Everything Wrong With Pop Music
The two-part formula for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ was putting a darker spin on very conventional melodies and employing a lot of dynamics.
Chris Cornell Was So Much More Than Soundgarden
Chris Cornell leaves behind an incredible body of work and a legacy contemporary artists will find hard to match.
23 Years Ago, Nirvana Made One Of The Best Live Albums Ever
For its ‘MTV Unplugged’ Performance, Nirvana decided to play mostly acoustic covers and deeper cuts from their albums, a stark contrast against their electric rock music.
Girl-Group Grunge-Pop Beats The Real Thing And If You Disagree You’re Sexist
Nina Gordon and Louise Post of Veruca Salt were pop songwriters of a very high order who were only latching onto grunge because it was the idiom of the day.
The Sexless Banality of Bohemian Chic
The boho chic fashion trend is not just unflattering, it’s a mockery of the free-spirited ideals that inspired it decades ago.
Are You Really A Racist?
Without critical dialogue among people with different perspectives we’ll never know.