Grunge elder statesmen Mark Arm, Kim Thayil, Tad Doyle and Jack Endino formally announce Sub Pop’s free 25th anniversary concert, in Seattle July 13.
The Silver Jubilee lineup so far: Mudhoney, J Mascis, Greg Dulli, Pissed Jeans, Shabbazz Palaces (with THEESatisfaction), Baptist Generals, Shearwater, Father John Misty.
Not announced on the video, but confirmed to perform: Brothers of the Sonic Cloth and Endino’s Earthworm. (More TBA.)
Danny Bland, of Cat Butt/Dwarves/Best Kissers in the World fame, has a novel coming out this summer via Fantagraphics. The audio book sounds particularly exciting:
An exclusive roster of legendary artists, musicians, actors and friends have lent their support and donated their talent by reading and recording chapters of the book including Dave Alvin (Blasters, Knitters), Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers), Duff McKagan (Guns & Roses), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, American Splendor), Blag Dahlia (Dwarves), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers), John Doe (X, Knitters), Jacob Pitts (actor, Justified), Damien Echols (West Memphis Three), Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age), Rob Delaney (comic, Twitter superstar), Lou Beach (author, artist), Steve Earle (singer, songwriter, actor), Mark Boone Jr. (Sons of Anarchy), Aimee Mann (singer, songwriter, actress), Marc Maron (WTF podcast), John Sinclair (White Panther Party, MC5 manager), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects, The Walking Dead), Mark Arm (Mudhoney) and others t.b.a., with a portion of the proceeds benefiting MusicCares, a non-profit organization helping musicians and roadies gain sobriety and obtain medical care.
Fantagraphics Books to publish In Case We Die, a novel by Danny Bland
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Big Top Halloween
The Afghan Whigs
Up In It
Happy Halloween (part 2)! The Afghan Whigs - “Big Top Halloween”
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The Afghan Whigs cover Frank Ocean’s “Lovecrimes.” FREE DOWNLOAD of the track at www.theafghanwhigs.com.
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NEW, original Afghan Whigs material from London on Sunday. Be still my heart.
(Was unofficially, officially sort of confirmed)
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Set list from last night’s Afghan Whigs reunion show in New York, which I had the pleasure of attending.
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The Afghan Whigs performed publicly for the first time in 13 years on last night’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Here’s a web-exclusive performance of “I’m Her Slave.”
Hear the Afghan Whigs’ first new track in five years, a cover of Marie “Queenie” Lyons’ “See and Don’t See,” over at RollingStone.com. The track will be available as a free download at theafghanwhigs.com today at noon ET.
Here’s a full scan of the oral history of Sub Pop I wrote for the July 2008 issue of Blender (20 years of history crammed into a mere four pages!). This humble piece served as the basis for my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge (out in paperback March 13; order info here).
Miss World
The Afghan Whigs
Somethin' Hot EP
The Afghan Whigs’ cover of “Miss World” by Hole
The Afghan Whigs perform “My Curse” (with Marcy Mays of Scrawl on vocals) and “Miles Iz Ded” at the 1994 Reading Festival.
The Afghan Whigs perform “Gentlemen” on The Jon Stewart Show (aired 1994).
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Greg Dulli covers Leonard Cohen’s “Paper Thin Hotel.” (H/T JukeboxGraduate)
(Source: Rolling Stone)
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