Why Pearl Jam Couldn’t Kill Their Fame
Although Pearl Jam and Nirvana vied for grunge dominance in the ’90s, Pearl Jam valued something much better and more lasting than money and fame.
Joannie Penderwick
Joannie Penderwick is a music journalist who writes the newsletter Okay Annie.
How Dave Grohl Changed the Mythology of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl crushes the bad boy of rock ‘n’ roll persona that the Rolling Stones rely on and raises the bar with simple, humble, badass happiness.
Hell Yeah Rock Is a Regression to Childhood
Rock is id and pent-up aggression and instant gratification put in a blender on high. What pours out is arrested development made glorious.
The Guyest Guy in Rock, Jack White Loves Like a Woman
In gender-typical storytelling, freedom in love, for a woman, is often freedom from becoming the man she loves. Jack White gets this.
The New Old Flower-Power Fantasy of Greta Van Fleet
If Greta Van Fleet are that wonderful horrible thing called zeitgeisty, that zeitgeist is defined by desire to escape to a fantasized past where the battles were cleaner and the battle lines simpler than today's appear to be.