Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil Sounds Off
With his memoir A Screaming Life, Soundgarden’s legendary guitar innovator Kim Thayil pulls back the curtain on his tight-lipped band.
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Class, Craft, and the Cost of Ambition: An Interview with ‘Lake City’ Author Thomas Kohnstamm
While Lake City masquerades as a social climber satire that is really something else, author Thomas Kohnstamm is an open book about his intentions in his work and his hopes for his city.
Porter’s Head: Rapper Porter Ray on His Latest Hip-Hop Opus, ‘Eye of the Beholder’
Bridging disparate influences like Portishead and Das EFX in his multifarious hip-hop, Porter Ray waxes poetically about the troubles in own his life and in the world around him in this interview.
Bass is Loaded: Kid Sensation on His Bass Music Classic, ‘Rollin’ With Number One’
Electricity and simplicity are the two prime characteristics which drive Kid Sensation's debut.
Psychedelic Fabulousness: ‘Hendrix: The Illustrated Story’
More apt than Dr. Frankenstein, Gaar built a fairly smooth-running monster out of the many gray areas of Hendrix's life and work, cross-stitched with stuff mined from archival flotsam and jetsam of the Seattle scene, and coated it in the heavy-hitting velvet armor of a fabulous bit of cover art.
‘Hype!: Collector’s Edition’ Revels in the Weirdos of the Grunge Scene
The 20th anniversary release of Doug Pray’s 1990s Seattle music scene, Hype!, confirms its place in the pantheon of great music documentaries.
From Garden to Higher Truth: The Legacy of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell
No matter what Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell did, there was always the sense that he was doing what he wanted.
Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger (Deluxe Edition)
Twenty-five years on, the populace gets a renewed look at Soundgarden’s contribution to the year punk broke with a fully loaded reissue of their career-changing Badmotorfinger.
Helms Alee: Stillicide
Stillicide manages to achieve what Helms Alee's previous records could not: atmosphere.
Wimps: Suitcase
Suitcase is a 27-minute uprising of stupid fun.
Downpilot: Radio Ghost
Radio Ghost is a thoughtful piece of music, not cheery in the least, but compelling in a strange sense regardless.
