Kurt Cobain

Grunge-influenced Wavves and Mudhoney diverge

2013-04-01 19:20:00

When Nathan Williams promises, "Still I'll be your dog," on the new album by his L.A. fuzz-punk band Wavves, he's nodding of course to "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by perhaps the greatest fuzz-punk band of them all, the Stooges. But Williams seems also to be...

SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'

2013-03-12 14:47:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Saint Laurent review

2013-03-04 16:02:00

PARIS -- California ladies of the canyon was the vibe of Hedi Slimane's first women's Saint Laurent ready-to-wear runway collection shown in October. And this time, it was California grunge. With Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund,...

Foo Fighters frontman examines Van Nuys recording history in 'Sound City'

2013-01-18 16:20:00

Amid the splintered drum sticks and empty coffee cups littering his Northridge recording studio, Dave Grohl contemplated the enormous mixing desk before him. The Foo Fighters frontman looked at the seemingly endless rows of faders and dials on the...

Paul McCartney to front a reunited Nirvana?

2012-12-12 12:04:00

How’s this for rock history in the making? Paul McCartney is expected to front a Nirvana reunion tonight, according to a flurry of online reports. McCartney will reportedly step in for late frontman Kurt Cobain as surviving members of the...

Andrew Breitbart dies at 43; conservative Internet entrepreneur who took on the left

2012-03-02 00:00:00

Andrew Breitbart, the pugnacious, conservative Internet entrepreneur who took on the left and what he called the "media bully cabal" with a series of exposes that were explosive and sometimes flawed, died early Thursday after collapsing near his home in...

Meghan McCain in Playboy: Fully clothed, still a bit scandalous

2012-03-16 16:41:02

Authors in L.A.: Parenting lessons from Anne Lamott and more

2012-03-26 16:35:54

Courtney Love 'should be banned from Twitter' — Frances Bean Cobain

2012-04-12 21:37:49

A history of men's hairstyles

2012-01-29 00:00:00

The ancient story of Samson and Delilah shows how important a man's hairstyle can be. The tale has inspired sculptors, composers and screenwriters, and Samson's long locks are part of a long list of classic men's hairstyles. What follows is a look at...

Hole reunites in New York following film screening

2012-04-16 16:35:53

Coachella 2012: Dr. Dre says Tupac 'hologram' a one-off

2012-04-23 16:36:54

For punk rockers who continued to pay attention even after Kurt Cobain died and who still populate shows by Pennywise, MxPx and Alkaline Trio, Chicago's Screeching Weasel ought to be lionized as heroes, or at least jesters.

2012-12-27 13:11:00

Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed.

2012-12-09 14:37:00

Formerly notable for its slow, earth-moving drone, this Pacific Northwest outfit has morphed into something a good deal more nuanced in its second incarnation under the guidance of founding member Dylan Carlson.

2012-09-06 14:19:00