Thirty years ago, Nirvana’s final act began with the September 1993 release of In Utero. Recorded with Steve Albini—the engineer behind Pixies’ Surfer Rosa—In Utero sounded as vital and twitchy as an ...

Part of the allure of Nirvana was their ability to juxtapose incredibly dark, somber lyricism with powerful, driving rock arrangements that almost made it easy to forget just how bleak the songs ...