411 Mania — Ellie Greewich passes away, Wilco live, thoughts on the new Jim O’Rourke album, new music from No Age, a new Thom Yorke EP, Oasis splits, a new song from Islands, Fun Fun Fun Fest and a new Nirvana live release. more info
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This past weekend, bill-sharing fellows Reading and Leeds were tasked with distracting a nation still reeling from the death of its Oasis. They're secret weapons were unannounced sets by Them Crooked Vultures, the tweet-happy supergroup of Dave Gr... more info
Live Daily — Alt-rock purveyors Weezer [ tickets ] have launched their own online radio channel, taking a position on the A.P.E. Radio roster alongside Christina Aguilera [ tickets ] and the Eagles [ tickets ], who launched their own channels in late July.
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Perez Hilton — We'd expect this from Courtney, but not Dave!!!
Gaming company Activision has announced that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain will make a posthumous appearance as a playable character on Guitar Hero 5.
Creepy!
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Totally Fuzzy — Paulo said...# Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) (1998 Remaster)# Marillion - Fugazi (1984) (1998 Remaster)# B. B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000)# B. B. King & Friends: 80 (2005)http://bitbybit02.blogspot.comThanks!S.F.P. said... more info
Rolling Stone — • Pearl Jam Ignite Outside Lands
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• Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis
• DJ AM Found Dead in New York
• Taylor Swift’s Fearless MSG Gig: Full Report
• Pair of New Foo Fighters Songs on Hits LP
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Rolling Stone — Photograph by Matthew Drazin
Trent Reznor began his Wave Goodbye tour in New York, where he played all of The Downward Spiral and was joined onstage by a bat-like Peter Murphy of Bauhaus. Plus, Taylor Swift took the stage in NYC and Them Crooked Vul... more info
Rolling Stone — Nirvana’s storied August 30, 1992, headlining set at England’s Reading Festival will hit stores on November 3rd as a limited-edition CD+DVD deluxe edition. A double-LP version of the set arrives on November 17th. The DVD consists of remastered fo... more info
The Music Fix — News: Hot on the heels of an anniversary edition of their debut album Bleach, comes the news that Nirvana's appearance at the Reading Festival in 1992 is to be released on DVD and CD in November.
Although the entire show has been available on variou... more info