Stereogum — Tori Amos has a long history with wild, unlikely covers. She famously recorded Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as the B-side to her 1992 single “Crucify.” On her 2001 album Strange Little Girls, Amos took on songs from Slayer and Emi... more info

Metal Injection — From an upcoming reissue. more info

Stereogum — Pop stans like to throw around the phrase “cultural reset.” As in, when x artist released y album, it was a cultural reset — it changed everything. It could rightly refer to game-changing albums like Beyoncé’s self-titled surprise drop or... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Michael Azerrad's seminal book -- published just seven months before Kurt Cobain's death -- is being revisited 30 years later. Nirvana Biography Come As You Are Getting Annotated “Super-Expanded” Edition Abby Jones more info

Metal Injection — "You never know! I'll say 'no way', then it's like, 'How much?? When do we start?!'" more info

JamBase — Oteil & Friends performed "Friend Of The Lithium Devil" on Thursday at Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore, Philadelphia. more info

Stereogum — Cellist Kera Schaley has played in a number of bands over the years, including Doubt (from Chicago), Diaper (also from Chicago), and Martyr & Pistol (the one from Athens, GA, not the one from Canada). But she’s best known for a gig that lasted a... more info

Stereogum — You probably already know the story. In 1986, Dave Grohl was a 17-year-old punk rocker from Rockville, Maryland, and he joined one of his favorite bands. Long before Nirvana and the Foo Fighters entered the picture, Grohl became the drummer for Sc... more info

Allmusic Blog — Author Greg Prato offers an excerpt of his upcoming book I ♡ GRUNGE: 'GRUNGE IS DEAD' OUTTAKES, offering never-before-published interviews with Kathleen Hanna, Eddie Vedder, Jonathan Poneman, Chad Channing and more discussing the rise of Nirvana. more info

Sweeping The Nation — Your Heart Breaks, the project of Seattle-based renowned animator Clyde Petersen, has been operating since 1998 with more records than you'll ever get to catch up on - The Wrack Line, out on 7th July, is at least their twelfth album - and a fluid... more info