ContactMusic — Folk rockers the FLEET FOXES are battling with rats as they record the follow-up to their acclaimed debut album.The group is locked away in the Seattle, Washington studio where Nirvana once recorded - but the experience is being ruined by rodents. Fr... more info

Guardian Music — Throwing Muses singer Kristin Hersh's teenage memoir is all the better for having a former Hollywood star at its heartParadoxical Undressing is based on a diary that Kristin Hersh kept when she was 18 years old. And as such, she claims in the forewor... more info

411 Mania — From Nirvana's In Utero and Hole's Live Through This to Pearl Jam's Vitology, Alice in Chains' Dirt and more, 411's Andrew Moll ranks the top 10 grunge albums! more info

Guardian Music — (Third Man/Nonesuch)It's easy to feel that nostalgia in rock is now a bankrupt phenomenon, that we know everything there is to know about the past, that there is nothing left to salvage. This sensation occurs quite forcefully if you spot the music ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The PopCulturist said... The Rare Stuff rides again! Long time no post. New today: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival - One Hour Radio Documentary A special released to promote the DVD The Other Side of the Mirror, including material not on... more info

Guardian Music — Painter behind My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album art claims rapper requested explicit image as a publicity stuntKanye West's provocative album cover for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was intended to be banned, according to the artist who pa... more info

ContactMusic — Dave Grohl is to be crowned a Godlike Genius.The Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer will be handed the accolade in London next month at music magazine NME's annual awards ceremony.Upon hearing he will receive the award, the 41-year-old ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Think of it as a new version of the hard-soft dynamic employed by Nirvana.Think of it as a new version of the hard-soft dynamic employed by Nirvana. more info

Guardian Music — If National Lampoon made a grunge-era comedy about a Seattle high school, this Camden crew could provide the soundtrackHometown: Camden.The lineup: Johnny Lloyd (vocals, guitar), Jim Cratchley (bass), Miguel Demelo (drums), Dan White (guitar).The bac... more info

XLR8R — ZZK's El-G, Chancha Via Circuito, El Remolo, and Leo from Tremor made a stop at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles while touring the US, and shared with the camera some of the gems they picked out. Most surprising purchase? A live DVD of Nirvanaâ€... more info