Was it a given that you’d do Sex with an X with Sub Pop? You’ve also had a history with Calvin Johnson’s K Records, but most people automatically attribute Vaselines with Sub Pop. I think because Sub ...

In many ways, The Vaselines are more a legend than a band — three years, two EPs, one proper album, some of the most singularly enigmatic indie-pop ever put to tape, and that’s it. But then Sub Pop’s ...

Age catches up with us all eventually. Some 20 minutes into The Vaselines set on Saturday night Eugene Kelly wipes his brow and asks: “Is there a defibrillator in the building?” Ah, the perils of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Formed in 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland, The Vaselines started out, as so many groups do, as an obscure cult band. In fact, its biggest claim to fame was that rock icon Kurt Cobain ...

The Vaselines turned the reunited band's sold-out gig Wednesday night at the Doug Fir Lounge into a comedy show. The cheeky banter between co-fronters Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly proved that their ...

The early âÄô90s were an important time for the charming Scottish duo The Vaselines. They released their first full-length album, âÄúDum-Dum,âÄù they were pushed into musical prominence when Kurt ...

The Vaselines were an abrasive indie rock band from Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Charly Kelly. The ...

The Vaselines ca. 2010 is Eugene and Frances with guest musicians Stevie Jackson and Bob Kildea from Belle & Sebastian on guitar and bass, and Michael McGaughrin from the 1990s on drums. It may have ...

With the slap of a tambourine and a breezy bass line and guitar from Bobby Kildea and Stevie Jackson (of Belle & Sebastian), The Vaselines are back, or at least the founding duo is. The voices of ...

The Vaselines are on a roll. Two albums in four years already makes this run more prolific than their late-'80s flourish. That burst was so short-lived the band may well have been lost to history if ...

The Vaselines probably shouldn't be famous. Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee couldn't really sing on-key, and they weren't very accomplished guitar players. Their songs were silly — full of references ...

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