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If Moschino’s Thursday-night runway show here was an homage to the game-show genre, then Versace’s, which wrapped the Friday slate of shows, was more like a “Portlandia” sketch in which a high-end Italian label blows into the Pacific Northwest, co-opts its grungy thrift-store style, and turns an aesthetic rooted in anti-consumerism into a best-selling collection of luxury clothes.
Feb. 24, 2019
Music
Tad is about the most intense band you could ever hope to hear, a Seattle group led by a 300-pound ex-butcher from Idaho--Tad Doyle--whose sound is a grungy maelstrom of pain, politics and deep, growling unison riffs.
March 4, 1991
In alternative rock circles, alienation has been king, is king and may ever be king.
April 29, 1993
Movies
Movie review: ‘The Collection’ can’t sustain tension
Nov. 29, 2012
The short set from the San Francisco-based band T.J.
Dec. 8, 1995
The watchword for today’s Fifth Annual KROQ Weenie Roast & Luau at Irvine Meadows is “whatever.”
June 14, 1997
The compelling genre, noise to some, featured drooping musicians overshadowed by grunge. Is a revival coming?
March 2, 2003
Pop Beat: KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast lineup captures the music’s state of flux.
Critic’s Pick: ‘Premium Rush’ not just another action flick
Sept. 5, 2012
Or maybe not. The Prodigy is working on a new album and will headline this weekend’s Rokout Festival.
Nov. 23, 2006