Jonk Music (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
WEEKEND VIDEO / A FAVORITE FROM 15 YEARS AGO "Seether" American Thighs Original release date: November 8, 1994 iTunes 1994: With their thin, singsong vocals and fuzzed-out guitars, Veruca Salt may sound like the Breeders and the Pixies, but lack either band's talent for inverting pop conventions or taste for the bizarre. What Veruca Salt has instead is a raw talent for simple, infectious...
CreamTeam (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
Like many girls who share my demographic, junior high and high school was spent reading Sassy magazine (and later, Jane) in the school library and making mixtapes of girl-fronted rock bands. My favorite frontwoman during this time was Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt. Alongside co-Veruca Salt frontwoman Louise Post, Nina Gordon had a voice that [...]
Left In Aboite (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Welcome to Friday Nite Retro - the short but sweet edition: Named after the spoiled rich girl from the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend and actress Lili Taylor , and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
OMG … last night was the funnest night ever. I spent most of the day preparing for my upcoming trip to Detroit but I met up with my friend Michael for dinner before heading off to see Veruca Salt at The Viper Room in Hollywood. Michael and I planned on going out to [...]
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Calling all Veruca Salt fans in the SoCal area (I know there are a few of y’all still out there) … Louise Post just sent out a last minute blast announcing that VS will be playing a show (their first in about 6 months) tonight at the Viper Room here in Hollywood, CA: I am deffo [...]
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity is my personal favorite release of the week for the following three reasons: I am a huge Neil Young fan; women with guitars make me weak; and all proceeds from...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
"Standing room" tickets have been released for all six NYC Neil Young shows. They cost $75, but they come with a "free" copy of Chrome Dreams II - Harp Magazine's 9th favorite album of the year. "Cinnamon Girl" is an...
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