Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Rumour Said Fire By the Shore Jasper Lidang grew up in remote northern Denmark filling long childhood hours by intercutting his dad's Paul Simon records with Nirvana a... more info

Guardian Music — Universal to reissue 1991 grunge anthem following Facebook campaign to stop X Factor winner from reaching Christmas No 1Nirvana's label is getting serious about Christmas, announcing it will re-release Smells Like Teen Spirit in a bid to bag the Chri... more info

411 Mania — In order to get the Christmas Number One in the UK... more info

Gigwise — Following online campaign... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kurt Cobain in his homemade Flipper shirt vs Forever 21's version Forever 21 is under fire... this time for selling a shirt designed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide at his Seattle home in 1994. No, Cobain wasn't... more info

Stereogum — When Nirvana performed on Saturday Night Live in 1992, Kurt Cobain wore a Flipper shirt that he made with a magic marker. As Vol. 1 Brooklyn points out, a version of that same shirt now retails at Forever 21 for $16.90. How does shit like this even h... more info

ContactMusic — Courtney Love has become Lindsay Lohans sobriety coach The Hole singer - widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain - has battled drink and drug addiction in the past and wants to pass her knowledge and advice to the troubled Mean Girls actress who ha... more info

Perez Hilton — It's no secret Courtney Love is very protective of her Nirvana rights. So fans might be pretty shocked to read this one. After hearing rumors that X Factor producers were wishing for the rights to Nirvana music, Courtney responded. She's offering S... more info

Guardian Music — It has been a bumper year for memoirs, from Shaun Ryder to Nile RodgersWhen looking back on a year of music books that themselves tend to look back, it makes sense to start with Simon Reynolds's Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Fa... more info

Guardian Music — As the indie rock veterans go on (possibly indefinite) hiatus, tell us what Sonic Youth mean to youSpeaking to Rolling Stone magazine this week, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo revealed the band are "ending for a while". This followed recent news that co-f... more info