In the inaugural roundtable of our series, Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, and Albina Cabrera dive into Kurt Cobain's list. Although it features a lot of traditional punk music, the list traversed many genres in a time when music fans were more accustomed to "staying in their lane."
Hosts: Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas
Audio producer: Roddy Nikpour
Podcast manager: Isabel Khalili
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
Support the podcast: kexp.org/cobain
00:00: Intro
06:09: Reflecting on Kurt’s list
11:30: The Stooges – Raw Power
18:15: The Vaselines – Dying for It
25:14: Pixies – Surfer Rosa
29:36: El Cancionero de Kurt
35:55: The common thread between these bands
40:45: Credits
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Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Bonus: Hiro Yamamoto on Soundgarden, Forging New Paths, and the Circles of Power
Roundtable: Breaking Punk
Black Flag – My War (1984)
The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (1969)
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen
Roundtable: Women in Punk
30 Years After Kurt's Death
Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)
The Raincoats – The Raincoats (1979)
The Slits – Cut (1979)
PJ Harvey – Dry (1992)
Roundtable: The "Radical" Politics of Kurt Cobain
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
MDC – Millions of Dead Cops (1981)
Bad Brains – Rock for Light (1983)
The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)
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