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Readers' reviews: Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Wild Beasts, 1970s Soviet TV

5663 days ago
Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest film and musicWas there something in the water last week? Were readers just feeling in a recitative mood? Because a fair number of people seemed inspired to cite lyrics on the comments threads beneath our Beast... more info

Michael Stipe - Michael Stipe Offered To Work With Tragic Kurt Cobain

5666 days ago
ContactMusic — R. E. M. star Michael Stipe has revealed he offered Kurt Cobain a collaborative project in a desperate effort to prevent the Nirvana frontman from committing suicide. The two alternative rockers became friends in the early 1990s and Stipe... more info

Pixies - Doolittle is Alive and Kicking (live streams)

5667 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — I made up that title... two small sets, 11 live tracks by Pixies. Good quality, so the Pixies fans, and there's a few of those around, should be able to enjoy them. Pixies - Doolittle Live Pixies Live in Tulsa September 18, 2010. Encore set.... more info

What's The Best Festival Performance You've Ever Seen?

5670 days ago
NME - Festivals — With our special festival preview out this week, that has the lovely Friendly Fires boys on the cover, we've been talking a lot about the greatest ever festival performances in the office. Whether you were lucky enough to watch Nirvana at Reading... more info

First sight: Michael Kiwanuka

5670 days ago
Guardian Music — Who is he?A 23-year-old north London singer-songwriter with the voice of a 1960s US soul man, a vintage sound brimming with yearning and cracked joy – perfect for supporting Adele on her recent US/Europe tour. Kiwanuka credits an outtake version of... more info

Krist Novoselic and the beatification of Nirvana

5670 days ago
Guardian Music — Once the enfants terribles of the Seattle rock underground, Nirvana have now been exalted by the city elders. Bassist Krist Novoselic talks about becoming a museum exhibitDuring seven years in Nirvana, Krist Novoselic witnessed all manner of unschedu... more info

The 11 Best Punk Songs By The Beastie Boys

5670 days ago
The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — This week Miley Cyrus did the ballsy thing and took her teen pop shtick and layered it all over Nirvana's classic "Smells Like Teen Spirit."  This prompted Rolling Stone to do a list of the worst/interesting covers of the 90s anthem.  Tori Amos s... more info

Music of the Sphere: Byrds, Well W, JEFF, Nirvana, TMBG, TPoBPaH, JaMC, Cage TE, Flaming L, Wild N, Vandelles, Eerie, Supertramp, Those D, Eat S, etc.

5671 days ago
Powerpopulist — Perhaps it is too soon to be doing another MotS post. Perhaps some of these below might be taken down soon by the gracious hosts (whom we thank). Flip. Tails. Let us proceed.The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - Perceptions! Delusions?Eat Skull ... more info

Yes, Miley Cyrus is allowed to play Nirvana covers

5672 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Via Matt Yglesias, a reminder that Kurt Cobain's catalog surving into Miley Curus' demographic is probably a good thing for music -- Miley Cyrus was 18 months old when Cobain died and many of her fans are even younger than... more info

Now That Miley Has Covered “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Which Artist’s Nirvana Cover Reigns Supreme?

5672 days ago
VH1 Blog — Miley Cyrus has been catching some flak for her cover of Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Friday night in Ecuador. But the criticisms aren’t really about her rendition—which was not great, but not terrible, and let’s remember that the ... more info

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