Dave Grohl is like the Forrest Gump of the rock’n’roll world. From Scream to Nirvana to Foo Fighters, he’s traversed not only the country but the globe, making friends and funny videos along the way. The winner of our sixth Listener’s Choice contest, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace had us rocking the suburbs this summer (literally, it took us all summer to finally record this one, not to mention the slow edit!). This album was full of surprises – the story of trapped Australian miners for Matt, and the mere existence of the song “The Pretender” for Also Matt. It was a fun way to close out the season, and congratulations to Joy for winning the contest! Thanks for giving us a great album to dive into!

You can listen to Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace by Foo Fighters on iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, YouTube, and Amazon. 

 

Very few musical “events” transform the pop music landscape – and pop culture – overnight. But Nirvana’s “Nevermind” absolutely did just that. Coming seemingly out of the blue (but really from the Pacific Northwest), Nirvana gave power to the disillusioned children of the ‘80s, the latchkey kids and wannabe punks who were just searching for authenticity. In the blink of an eye, the hair metal, glam and slick production of the late-1980s and early-‘90s became silly and passe’. Cardigans, corduroys and dirty hair was where it was at. But it wasn’t just a look. Oh no. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” remains an anthem of the disenfranchised. “Come As You Are,” “In Bloom” and “Lithium” became alt-rock and mainstream radio standards. And they still are. And that was just essentially side 1 of “Nevermind,” an album of noise and beauty, anger and sadness, and irony and truth. All of those things made up Nirvana.

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You can buy or stream Nevermind by Nirvana online at iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.