Grunge music doesn’t always translate well into acoustic form. After all, the heart of the alt-rock genre is electric guitar distortion and production techniques that give the music more of an edge.

Last Friday marked the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam‘s Ten, causing many Generation X–ers to reflect on their lives and lament the cruel passage of time. Less remarked upon was the fact that that day ...

About six songs into Eddie Vedder‘s solo acoustic set at New York’s Beacon Theater last night, he stopped for a moment and asked for the house lights to be turned on. “It’s nice to play these ...