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Tuesday, September 27 2011

Smells Like MTV: Music Video and the Rise of Grunge

MTV’s central role in delivering grunge to a national audience in the early 1990s demonstrated the network’s power as a creator and definer of culture, and the reaction of many of grunge’s iconic figures against the video medium revealed the gulf between principle and reality.


Monday, September 19 2011

Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam Twenty

Pearl Jam takes fans on a journey through its vast back catalogue and rewards them for their continued support.


Thursday, July 14 2011

Modern Troubadours: Eddie Vedder + Glen Hansard: 18 June 2011 – Hartford

Vedder’s solo show brought a fantastic evening of solo ukulele songs and some Pearl Jam favorites to Hartford. However, as he shared his softer side, Vedder was occasionally outdone by a loud audience.


Thursday, June 2 2011

Eddie Vedder: Ukulele Songs

Ukulele Songs shows us a Vedder with nothing to hide behind.


Wednesday, June 1 2011

Eddie Vedder’s ‘immediate gratification’: a Martin ukulele


Monday, March 7 2011

R.E.M.: Collapse Into Now

After returning to form with their 2008 album Accelerate, the veteran alt-rockers decide the best way to follow it up is to offer more energetic romps with a few ballads mixed in.


Friday, November 13 2009

Pearl Jam: 31 October 2009 - Philadelphia

This was Pearl Jam’s final night out of four at Philadelphia’s Spectrum and during the surreal evening, Pearl Jam astounded the audience with rarities and unleashed their energy in a fitting finale for the historic Spectrum.


Friday, September 18 2009

Pearl Jam: Backspacer

Backspacer is the poppiest, punkiest, and most up-beat record that Pearl Jam have ever recorded.


Tuesday, October 28 2008

Slacker Uprising

With substandard picture quality and a lack of true eye-opening material, this will be regarded as a minor work in an otherwise impressive film canon.


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