The Culture Of Me — Joining around 300 other recordings deemed “essential” in the history of popular–and American–culture alongside the likes of Thomas Edison, Farnsworth, the crash of the Hindenburg, an episode of “The Lone Ranger” and more recently Tupac S... more info

DrivenFarOff — Never Shout Never, fronted by 19-year-old singer-songwriter Christofer Drew, will release a new album, Harmony, on Love Records/Sire Records on August 24th, 2010. The album was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig, who is best-known for his work wi... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Courtney Love recently poured her heart out in a documentary about Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain. The rock singer said that she didn’t expect everyone to turn on her when he passed away, and... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip In this outtake from Courtney Love’s Behind the Music, she calls VH1’s own Dr. Drew a “great doctor,” but takes issue with his detoxing methods. She thinks he’s too harsh. Sinc... more info

Scotsman.com — IT MAY smell like mean spirit, as a city pub that was graced by one of rock's most infamous bands has been forced to pull the plug on its popular live gigs. more info

Guardian Music — Glasgow indie duo to release second album, Sex With An X, 20 years after their debut LPTwenty years after their debut LP, the Vaselines are to release a second studio album. Glasgow's indie-pop duo, a favourite band of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, will iss... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — When the Vaselines visited Los Angeles on a reunion tour last spring, guitarist-singer Eugene Kelly promised it wasn't a nostalgic trip. Nor was the cult low-fi band, beloved by critics and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, simply out for an overdue pat... more info

Pitchfork — Scottish twee originators the Vaselines formed in 1987, released one album and a few singles, and broke up in 1989. The band's legend didn't really begin to grow until after they broke up, but boy did it grow. Nirvana covered three of their songs,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Frank Stokes' Dream: The Memphis Blues 1927-1931 (another first-rate early Yazoo album featuring material by Frank Stokes [obviously], Furry Lewis, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Minnie, Tom Dickson, Noah Lewis, Will Weldon, and ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — If you're looking to spend time in the company of a totally broken man then Lonely Galaxy's EP1 (review) is a good place to start. A stark and desolate piece of voyeur pop, Harry Granger-Howell offers up a tiny glimpse through the curtains into his o... more info