The Cobain 50

<p>This episode marks the end of <em>The Cobain 50 </em>and <em>El Cancionero de Kurt</em>. After going through all 50 albums from Kurt&rsquo;s list, we celebrated with an event in KEXP&rsquo;s Gathering Space with a packed house of fans of Nirvana and the podcast to reflect on the series, what it&rsquo;s meant to us, and what we&rsquo;ve learned going through all of this music.</p> <p>Below find translations of the Spanish and Portuguese clips aired throughout the episode.</p> <p>Thank you to e

<p>On our penultimate episode&mdash;and the final album on Kurt Cobain&rsquo;s list&mdash;Martin Douglas dives into&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">Yip/Jump Music</em>&nbsp;by Daniel Johnston. Johnston rose from obscurity by self-recording (and self-dubbing) his own tapes and handing them out at McDonald&rsquo;s, eventually finding a massive audience after Cobain was repeatedly spotted wearing a t-shirt featuring the cover of&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">Hi, How Are You</em>.</p>

<p>Janice Headley chats with frontman and co-founder Jad Fair for this in-depth look at the Half Japanese album&nbsp;<em>We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love</em>. Plus, KEXP presents the world premiere of &ldquo;Lemonade Sunset,&rdquo; the first single off the next Half Japanese album coming out this July via Fire Records.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hosts: Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas<br>Written & Produced: Janice Headley<br>Mixed & Mastered: Matt Martin and Roddy Nikpour<br>Special thanks to Isabel Khal

<p>On this week&rsquo;s episode of The Cobain 50, Dusty Henry digs deep into the two Butthole Surfers albums from Kurt&rsquo;s list &ndash; <em>Pee Pee The Sailor </em>(also known as their self-titled debut EP) and <em>Locust Abortion Technician</em>. In one of the more expletive ridden artists on the list, we hear about the band&rsquo;s story from underground legends to surprising mainstream success. Butthole Surfers pushed the envelope from just their name alone through their storied live perf

<p>In this week&rsquo;s episode, Dusty Henry digs into one of the more caustic bands on Kurt&rsquo;s list &ndash; Swan&rsquo;s and their 1984 EP,&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">Young God</em>. The band has one of the more abrasive sounds and stories on the list, making for a release that&rsquo;s not for the faint of heart but vastly influential on industrial music.</p> <p>Disclaimer: This episode deals with topics including abuse, domestic violence, and rape. If you or someone you know is

<p>This week on The Cobain 50, we share one last bonus episode before we hit the final stretch of albums on Kurt Cobain&rsquo;s top albums list. Ray Farrell may not be a familiar name to most, but he&rsquo;s worked with many of the artists and labels we&rsquo;ve talked about on the list: from SST and Rough Trade to Geffen Records, Sonic Youth to Wipers, Farrell has been through it all. He shares with us stories from his time in the industry, as well as some memories of talking records with Kurt

<p>This week on The Cobain 50, we&rsquo;re taking a quick break from our regularly scheduled programming to share an interview with another Seattle music icon &ndash; Matt Cameron.</p> <p>Cameron is the drummer for legendary groups Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Before then he played in the influential Seattle bands Bam Bam, Skin Yard, and Temple of the Dog. In this interview with Emily Fox, which originally aired on KEXP&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/a-deeper-listen/" data-str

<p>Roddy Nikpour speaks with Josh Modell about <em>It&rsquo;s Only Right and Natural</em> by The Frogs. By modern standards, The Frogs created cancel-able album after cancel-able album. Somehow, though, their punk innovation outshined controversy, catching attention from Eddie Vetter of Pearl Jam, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, and so many others. The Frogs inspired weirdo art everywhere &mdash; including Kurt Cobain&rsquo;s &ldquo;Montage of Heck&rdquo; home recordings. Modell is co-directi