Book Club

Can Seattle Still Be the Creative Hub It Wants to Be?

The tension between art and commerce in our collective identity is a major theme of Supersonic.

05/19/2025 By Thomas Kohnstamm

Excerpt

Sir Mix-a-Lot Reflects on 1990s Seattle

"Fast-forward to 1993 and we’re all standing at the Grammys."

08/22/2024 By Eva Walker and Jake Uitti

Made in WA

Washington's Music Inventions, Sung and Unsung

Grunge was a hit. But Paul Tutmarc's electric bass strikes a deeper chord.

08/23/2022 Edited by Benjamin Cassidy By Sophie Grossman

Seattle in the Movies

Is Singles the Ultimate Seattle Movie?

Much of what the Cameron Crowe classic says about our city still holds true.

12/27/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do May 10–12

An installation wraps up the PACCAR Pavilion, Black Lodge goes grunge pop, and Carmen seduces the Opera House.

05/10/2019 By Gennette Cordova

Now Hear This

Mark Arm Was on WTF with Marc Maron

The Mudhoney frontman talks growing up near Kirkland, surfing, and persisting as a musician.

04/18/2019 By Stefan Milne

Grunge Grudge

Does the Nirvana Smiley Face Mean Anything Anymore?

The band is suing Marc Jacobs for appropriating its iconic logo—but is the designer really devaluing it?

03/26/2019 By Stefan Milne

Theater Review

American Junkie Adapts a Grunge Heroin Memoir to the Stage

Book-It Repertory Theatre turns Tom Hansen’s 2009 book into a stream of consciousness addiction monologue.

02/19/2019 By Stefan Milne

History

100 Years of Seattle Music

The century-long story of our city's definitive art form.

11/20/2018 By Stefan Milne

Ticket Alert

More Tickets to Pearl Jam's Home Shows Are Going Up for Sale (Again)

New tickets are on sale for $112 each.

08/01/2018 By Stefan Milne

Bygone Eras

Why Can't Seattle Quit the '90s?

With the Mariners’ re-signing of 44-year-old Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle again proves its obsession with its glory days.

04/23/2018 By Darren Davis

Lexicon Devils

Harsh Realm: The Greatest Prank Seattle Ever Pulled on New York

Twenty-five years ago the national media, obsessed with Seattle's music scene, came calling. The right person picked up the phone.

11/13/2017 By James Ross Gardner Illustrations by Peter Bagge

Grunge Lives

Listen to a Pre-Nirvana Mixtape from Kurt Cobain

It's weird, you guys.

11/03/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Style Counsel

Tacocat Makes Pop with Style

Three videos from the local Hardly Art band, for your perusal.

07/18/2014 By Laura Cassidy

Movie Night

Is 'Lucky Them' the Next 'Singles'?

The bicoastal, Seattle-raised costume designer for Lucky Them weighs in on the indie flick's grownup grunge style.

06/10/2014 By Laura Cassidy

Remember When

Style Rewind: Seattle Designers, Seattle Shopping, and the Looks that Shaped 2013

Totokaelo Man, Zara, Aykut Ozen, Mark Mitchell, Faris, Michael Cepress, Lovecitylove, Seattle fashion photography, and dozens of other people, places, and things that defined our year.

01/02/2014 By Laura Cassidy

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Required Reading: New York Times

The New York Times says grunge has been skewered anew.

05/02/2013 By Laura Cassidy

Article

The Girls of Grunge

New play These Streets spotlights the songs and stories of Seattle’s hard-rocking women of the ’90s.

01/23/2013 By Laura Dannen

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The Nirvana Baby Speaks

"Everyone out there in the world has seen my penis already."

09/20/2011 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Style News

Hedi Slimane x Frances Bean Cobain

08/08/2011 By Laura Cassidy