The Cobain 50
Music Podcasts
Kurt Cobain’s influence went beyond just the music he created with Nirvana. He also put the masses on to some of his own favorite artists. One particular document from his journals has been instructive to many fans – his top 50 albums. Each week, The Cobain 50 podcast digs into albums from this famous list and how they may have influenced Cobain and Nirvana. While learning the individual histories of the different albums on the list, we gain new insights into artists on the fringes as well as some of the biggest groups of all time. The podcast takes us through the legacies of acts like Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Breeders, Public Enemy, PJ Harvey, Black Flag, Mazzy Star, The Shaggs, Shonen Knife, and more. Episodes drop weekly starting January 10, 2024.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Description:
Kurt Cobain’s influence went beyond just the music he created with Nirvana. He also put the masses on to some of his own favorite artists. One particular document from his journals has been instructive to many fans – his top 50 albums. Each week, The Cobain 50 podcast digs into albums from this famous list and how they may have influenced Cobain and Nirvana. While learning the individual histories of the different albums on the list, we gain new insights into artists on the fringes as well as some of the biggest groups of all time. The podcast takes us through the legacies of acts like Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Breeders, Public Enemy, PJ Harvey, Black Flag, Mazzy Star, The Shaggs, Shonen Knife, and more. Episodes drop weekly starting January 10, 2024.
Language:
English
Email:
podcasts@kexp.org
Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)
Duration:00:30:03
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones
Duration:00:36:30
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen
Duration:00:31:59
Roundtable: Women in Punk
Duration:00:46:47
30 Years After Kurt's Death
Duration:01:00:50
Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)
Duration:00:25:50
The Raincoats – The Raincoats (1979)
Duration:00:23:12
The Slits – Cut (1979)
Duration:00:35:56
PJ Harvey – Dry (1992)
Duration:00:28:00
Roundtable: The "Radical" Politics of Kurt Cobain
Duration:00:44:49
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Duration:00:28:51
MDC – Millions of Dead Cops (1981)
Duration:00:30:19
Bad Brains – Rock for Light (1983)
Duration:00:38:37
The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)
Duration:00:36:21
Roundtable: What Do The Stooges, Pixies, and The Vaselines Have in Common?
Duration:00:41:26
The Vaselines – Dying for It (1988)
Duration:00:18:29
The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
Duration:00:29:15
The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
Duration:00:24:07
The Cobain 50: Coming January 10
Duration:00:04:28
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2022: "Pollo Rico" by billy woods
Duration:00:10:32