The Cobain 50

A podcast by KEXP - Wednesdays

Wednesdays

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Music

104 Episodes

  1. Beat Happening – Jamboree (1988)

    Published: 6/19/2024

  2. Wipers – Is This Real? (1980), Youth of America (1981), and Over the Edge (1983)

    Published: 6/12/2024

  3. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)

    Published: 6/5/2024

  4. Bonus: Hiro Yamamoto on Soundgarden, Forging New Paths, and the Circles of Power

    Published: 5/31/2024

  5. Roundtable: Breaking Punk

    Published: 5/29/2024

  6. Black Flag – My War (1984)

    Published: 5/22/2024

  7. The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (1969)

    Published: 5/15/2024

  8. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)

    Published: 5/8/2024

  9. Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)

    Published: 5/1/2024

  10. Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones

    Published: 4/24/2024

  11. Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen

    Published: 4/17/2024

  12. Roundtable: Women in Punk

    Published: 4/10/2024

  13. 30 Years After Kurt's Death

    Published: 4/5/2024

  14. Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)

    Published: 4/3/2024

  15. The Raincoats – The Raincoats (1979)

    Published: 3/27/2024

  16. The Slits – Cut (1979)

    Published: 3/20/2024

  17. PJ Harvey – Dry (1992)

    Published: 3/13/2024

  18. Roundtable: The "Radical" Politics of Kurt Cobain

    Published: 3/6/2024

  19. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

    Published: 2/28/2024

  20. MDC – Millions of Dead Cops (1981)

    Published: 2/21/2024

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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.