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Listen To Kurt Cobain Cover The Beatles’ “And I Love Her”

In anticipation of the upcoming Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck (which editor James Shotwell loved), director Brett Morgen has shown off a recently unearthed recording of Kurt Cobain covering The Beatles‘ timeless ballad, “And I Love Her.” The recording has a considerable amount of tape hiss and sounds like it was recorded for personal use […]

SXSW MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Montage Of Heck’ Is One Of The Best Music Documentaries Ever Made

Film: Montage Of Heck Starring: Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic Directed by: Brett Morgen Built atop a wealth of never-before-seen video, recently unearthed audio, and journal entries stretching the entirety of Kurt Cobain’s life, Montage Of Heck is the quintessential documentary about Nirvana’s often misunderstood frontman. We begin with Kurt’s childhood, which is expressed through home […]

HBO Releases Trailer For Kurt Cobain Documentary, ‘Montage of Heck’

Although Nirvana’s infamous frontman Kurt Cobain passed away over 20 years ago, his life story continues to be a topic of intrigue. Directed by Brett Morgen, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck takes a look inside the life of a tortured artist and features interviews with family members, including Cobain’s wife Courtney Love, and never-before-seen home […]

Live Bootleg Leaked Of 25-Year-Old Nirvana Concert

What a catch this is for super fans of Nirvana (myself included): a live bootleg of an early Nirvana concert has surfaced. The concert occurred on January 12, 1990 at the Satyricon in Portland, OR. Clocking in at 54 minutes, the set includes a vast aroma of songs off the band’s debut album, Bleach, as […]

Kurt Cobain Documentary, Featuring Hours Of Unreleased Music And Art, To Be Released In 2015

Earlier this month, a “new” mixtape emerged, curated by the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Entitled Montage of Heck, it featured a mixture of Nirvana demos, random radio bits, music from bands like the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, and, in true Cobain fashion, toilets flushing and people vomiting. This mixtape’s title will lend itself […]

Kurt Cobain’s 1988 Mixtape Sees The Light Of Day

Before Nirvana‘s 1989 debut record, Bleach, was Montage Of Heck, a 36-minute collection of ambiguous noises and audio clips collaged together by the late Kurt Cobain. With the Nirvana’s style of grunge embedded into their members’ very being, an outlandish compilation such as this comes to us as no surprise. Published this weekend by Dangerous […]

St. Vincent Covers Nirvana’s “Lithium” Live

As the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death passed recently, a stream of tributes to the late Nirvana frontman poured in from musicians and fans alike. Among them was St. Vincent, who covered the track “Lithium” at a show in Chicago. Head after the jump to check out the video of the live performance. She […]

35 New Photos From Kurt Cobain Death Scene Released

Almost 20 years later, the Seattle Police Department has released 35 previously unseen photos from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Cobain committed suicide in April of 1994. The cause of death is said to be a lethal dose of heroin and self-inflicted gunshot wound. The recent re-examination of Kurt Cobain’s death has […]

Courtney Love Seems To Be Teasing A Hole Reunion

Courtney Love has spent much of 2013 touring on her own and discussing plans for a new solo record, but a photo posted by the often controversial rocker over the weekend seems to tease that a different kind of album may be in the works for 2014. Taking to Facebook on Saturday night (December 28), […]

Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’ 20th Anniversary Edition Details

If you are a fan of Nirvana, then this is probably going to be a must-have release. The details for the release of Nirvana’s In Utero 20th anniversary edition have been released. This release is going to feature 89 tracks, all spread out over 3 CDs and a DVD. The tracks will include remastered versions […]

Nirvana Reissuing ‘In Utero’ With Absurd Amount Of Bonus Tracks

Definitive grunge band Nirvana are reissuing their final studio album, In Utero, later this year. The box set version of the album will release on September 24, titled the “Super Deluxe Edition,” and will have “70 remastered, remixed, rare, unreleased and live recordings.” While the tracklisting is still unknown, it’s safe to say that there […]

Seattle Newspaper Posts Previously Unpublished Photos From Kurt Cobain Suicide Scene

Nineteen years ago today the world lost Kurt Donald Cobain, frontman of legendary grunge act Nirvana. Cobain chose to take his own life from inside his Seattle home, and every year on this day fans around the world remember his contributions to the world by listening to his music, reading his journals, and (in the […]