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2023 was the FORTIETH year of the Melvins. Theyve released 30+ albums. Theyve played thousands of shows. Theyve changed the landscape of rock music itself. And yet, in the year 40 A.M., the band, instead of running around saying "Were 40! Were the best! Give us praise!", they decided to put ...

In 2023, the Seattle region's musicians generated a lot of interesting music, as is their wont. Below, I discuss 10 releases that really stood out in my gluttonous listening diet. Not to come over all chamber of commerce on ya, but these recordings represent but a tiny fraction of cool sounds from our portion of the world. Here we go... 01 N Chambers, Seaside Resonance (Soft Profile). One of two posthumous albums from the late...

Dig out that flannel and put your hi-fi system through its paces with our playlist of favourite grunge test tracks.

Responsible for composing some of Pearl Jam's biggest hits, bassist Jeff Ament has also written a number of songs for the band.

The invention of the seven-string, emergence of digital modeling and rise of the boutique pedal industry all took place during the ‘90s, and provided the blueprint for the sound of guitar music to com

Look for elk, avoid Buoy.

Holy shit—Mudhoney still got it, and they're not gonna get it out of your face.

This week, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Mudhoney at the Casbah, the 'Native American Art Show' and 'The Crown' final season debuts

Any artist figuratively bragging about bleeding for their craft would be stopped short by Thurston Moore’s Sonic Life: A Memoir. That’s not only because of the doorstopper’s near 500 page heft, but also because the Sonic Youth guitarist makes those pages whiz by with jolting anecdotes, including one about how he repeatedly lacerated his finger, spurting blood across the stage, while playing his famously abrasive riffs. Or as he puts it, during a recent video call with Under the Radar: “A...

The Soundgarden guitarist looks back on his most iconic riffs and solos, as well as the gear and tunings that guided him deep into the creative superunknown