ACL Review: Wolf Alice

UK glam-punk-metal waifs revisit the Nineties

"...If the bad old days of the post-Nirvana years are making inroads back to the mainstream, they’re..."

Oct. 10, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

If I Could Only Fly

Covers stylist Tameca Jones steps out into all-originals territory with a huge voice.

"...Soul, where she bent and twisted covers, ranging from Nirvana to Aretha Franklin, into sonic pretzels. The crunchy jaggedness..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Review: Residual Kid

Future ACL Fest main stage trio tries inciting a Kiddie mosh instead

"...stage. The 50-year-old near the stage smiled. He remembers Nirvana...."

Oct. 4, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

What She Does Isn’t Secret

Punk rock doc godmother Penelope Spheeris speaks

"...their instruments. Pat Smear, who had since been in Nirvana and Lorna Doom was there. It was total flashback..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...– John Spottswood Moore – is collecting all that Nirvana-era live footage and making a documentary about it. The..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hot August Nights: Hot

"...Inclusion on Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance boosted this chthonic cut's acclaim..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Al Yankovic Keeps Austin Weird

Pop culture absurdity, rated PG

"...the Devo-ish “Dare to be Stupid” and “Smells Like Nirvana,” the latter with its gargling water guitar solo, earned..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Suicide Notes Premiere “Kurt Cobain”

Hip-hop duo’s alter egos steal the mic

"...because it’s reminiscent of hip-hop that was popular when Nirvana topped the rock charts. In the spirit of Cobain,..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

From Tokyo to Austin

The Japanese argument for the TPP and bullet trains

"...cavalier that it makes Texas look like a union nirvana...."

Aug. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Godhunter vs. Destroyer of Light

"...plus an acoustic instrumental and a throat-ripping cover of Nirvana's "Something in the Way," retitled "The Emptiness That Is..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Head Cook and Bottle Washer

Father's Day cookbooks for the man who gets things done

"...inspire and guide him in the pursuit of smoked-meat nirvana. In only a few short years, Aaron Franklin went..."

June 19, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Have Love Will Travel with the Sonics

Guitarist Larry Parypa woke up 50 years later a punk godfather

"...can get a new studio. We had members of Nirvana sit in, Eddie Vedder sat in, members of Soundgarden..."

June 12, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Andrew Bujalski Pumps Up With Results

Microbudget auteur increases marketability with fitness fable

"...Nineties and the two biggest acts of that era, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. "As a kid, I thought, 'Well,..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Throwing Frisbees at the Sun: A Book About Beck

Fanboy Beck tome

"...Joining his previous biographies on Pavement, Nirvana, and R.E.M. comes Rob Jovanovic's study of genre-bender Beck...."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Elliott Smith Doc Debuts in Austin

Heaven Adores You scores a limited run

"...death of Kurt Cobain, thanks to Brett Morgen’s impeccable Nirvana documentary Montage of Heck. This week brought the release..."

May 13, 2015 Screens Post by Neph Basedow

Metz

"...Nirvana doesn't appear on Metz's list of influences, just like..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Moontower Review: Blue Moon

Who helped keep this raunchy set fun? Could it be … Satan?!

"...might feel the same way. “It’s like our black Nirvana,” he said. Overall, it was a tough night for..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...you know? Obviously I can't get all Pantera or Nirvana on your ass, but ... [laughs]...."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Review: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

The late Nirvana rocker up close and personal. Bring a hankie.

"...There’s been no shortage of Nirvana-centric books, films, and posthumous music released in the 16..."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Monuments (Dangerbird), enlisted Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana producer Adam Kasper to accomplish the Austin trio's most..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Gay Place: Confidential

Welcome to queer heaven, SXSWers

"...1, 2 & 3 CD's annual foray into noise nirvana, featuring Wilfred Brimley's Secret Mission, Ouiness, ST 37, Gym..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"...discs, not to mention the warbling underwater guitar on Nirvana's "Come as You Are."..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...journey through Kurt Cobain’s life and his career with Nirvana through the lens of his home movies, recordings, artwork,..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

The beef with brisket

"...until, voilà, they invented the working man's revered beef nirvana. Brisket affordability is unfortunately now a thing of the..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Voice: Rebecca Loebe

TV breakout debuts solo Feb. 5 at Strange Brew

"...audiences first heard of Rebecca Loebe when she covered Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” on The Voice in 2011...."

Jan. 22, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Last Days of Tobias Pecans

"...For 34 years, Tobias Pecans has been nut nirvana to folks in the Austin–Houston corridor. On December 31,..."

Dec. 11, 2014 Photo Gallery

All Life's Cracked Up to Be

The last days of Tobias Pecans

"...the know, next-door neighbor Tobias Pecans is simply nut nirvana...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Kate X Messer

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music From Bill Haley to Beyoncé

Saint Etienne bandleader connects the music history dots

"...of the Beach Boys to the scuzzed grunge of Nirvana. In Saint Etienne co-founder Bob Stanley's book, Yeah! Yeah!..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Dave Grohl Screens Sonic Highways at Studio 6A

Local episode of HBO series airs tonight

"...a punk rock band – before I was in Nirvana. I was like, ‘Shit, we gotta go to Texas?..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL @ 40: Foo Fighters

Taping coincides with Austin episode of Sonic Highways

"...the ubiquitous Los Angeles troupe, led by the former Nirvana/Scream drummer and featuring Germs six-stringer Pat Smear. They previously..."

Nov. 3, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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