Cross Rhythms — Metalcore's As I Lay Dying release 'The Powerless Rise' more info

Starpulse — An artistic tribute to late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain has opened in the rocker's native Seattle, Washington. Kurt opened at the Seattle Art Museum on Monday and features almost 80 multi-media wor... more info

ContactMusic — Jake Gyllenhaal would bleach his hair to play Kurt Cobain in a biopic of the Nirvana frontman's life. The 'Prince of Persia Sands of Time' actor is unsure if he... more info

Altsounds — “George was pretty damn eclectic as a kid,” says Tom Van Buskirk, referring to his cousin/Javelin collaborator, George Langford. “I was more of a snob, growing up on the Beatles and classical music. Like I didn't get int... more info

Mjsbigblog — *Are you attending The Top 3 performance rehearsal tomorrow night? I need a blog rehearsal to report song spoilers! If you are willing and able, email me at mjsbigblog at gmail dot com. The Top 3 take the stage Tuesday night to sing two songs. One... more info

NME — Jake Gyllenhaal has told NME the flowing locks that he sports in blockbuster Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time could be put to another use – playing Kurt Cobain. more info

Pitchfork — Kurt Cobain is one of the most enduring and resonant cultural figures ever to call Seattle home. Sixteen years after the Nirvana frontman's death, the Seattle Art Museum is hosting an exhibit of art inspired by Cobain, as the Fader points out. The sh... more info

Pop Justice — One less welcome aspect of the Gaga Effect is the current tidal wave of overstyled, underdeveloped unsigned electronic pop music but a video that arrived by email from New York-born Harvard student Baker is better than a lot of the new stuff we're he... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — When your parents allow your image to be on the cover of 26 million copies of Nirvana’s seminal album “Nevermind,” you’d probably react by becoming some sort of straight-laced, anti-alternarock kid, right? Just out of spite, you know, because... more info

Stereogum — Hey, what’s the Nirvana Nevermind baby, Spencer Elden, up to? This time he isn’t recreating the photo, again. But he does show up in this video, talking about his gig as artist Shepard Fairey’s assistant. Elden is himself an artist, and, if the... more info