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Tag Archives: Unwound
Still Unwinding
It’s just over a month since re-living the glory days of 1994 at Portland’s Revolution Hall. The show was billed as Unwound playing their 1994 album New Plastic Ideas. That was reason enough to go to the show, and I … Continue reading
The Return of Unwound
What was wound? Back in February I attended an Unwound show at the Wiltern in the inimitable Los Angeles. LA is a special city to me, given I spent some of my formative years living there and attending UCLA #4life. … Continue reading
Who am I Here?
It’s been a while since I emerged from the bavacrypt. No work travel for me since May of 2022, and I won’t lie, I was getting into a groove at home with the nest full again and my blood levels … Continue reading
vinylcast #19: Unwound’s New Plastic Ideas
After lunch I’ll be doing a #vinylcast of another Unwound album (The Future of What) along with some band stories from April 5, 1994: the day Kurt Cobain… Continue reading
vinylcast #16: Unwound’s Fake Train
After a weekend of rest, Antonella and I got another for more radio. It is a welcome break to the day, and talking through our experience has been… Continue reading
What Was Wound
“Everything is a commercial, we advertise our memories We leave our shit on silver platters and then we buy whatever’s left — “Off this Century,” Unwound Reclaim Hosting has added another server this week. Building on our tradition of naming … Continue reading
The Smitten Love Song Compilation
While living in Los Angeles from 1990-1997 I was fortunate enough to see a ton of bands that flourished during the noise/post-punk/hardcore scene that was pretty popular up and down the West Coast. I was a major fan of Unwound … Continue reading
Summer of Love: Unwound
I love Unwound. In fact, I love them so much I actually travelled to Seattle from NYC in 2002 to catch their penultimate gig at the NW Asian Art Theatre as soon as I heard they were breaking up. I … Continue reading
Los Angeles, Jabberjaw, Unwound
Pretty trippy, I just found the following video of Unwound (the 1990s noise band) playing at LA’s post-punk mecca Jabberjaw. And, I’m pretty sure I was at this show. Must have been 1994 or 1995, and seeing this brings on … Continue reading