Stereogum — Half Japanese have been around for a long, long time. They helped shape the DIY and lo-fi movements from the last couple of decades, and influenced the likes of Sonic Youth, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Kurt Cobain (who had asked the band to open on dates... more info

Stereogum — In the process of making his recent documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck, director Brett Morgen was granted access to a trove of the Nirvana frontman’s home recordings and demos, most of them previously untouched and unheard. A few of them made... more info

Stereogum — The accompanying soundtrack to Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck comes out next week, featuring a ton of unreleased recordings and demos from the Nirvana frontman that director Brett Morgen unearthed when researching his film. We’ve already heard a few ... more info

Stereogum — The cardigan Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged concert in 1993 is part of a large selection of music memorabilia going up for auction 11/7 through Julien’s Live, Rolling Stone reports. Julien’s expects to fetch between $40,... more info

Stereogum — Warner Bros. spent $250 million making and marketing the new Peter Pan movie Pan. This is a movie in which a mustachioed and poweder-covered Hugh Jackman, playing Captain Hook, leads his pirates through a spirited rendition of Nirvana’s “Smells L... more info

Stereogum — Dave Grohl’s band the Foo Fighters have achieved household name status. They regularly sell out packed arena shows and tick off the all boxes as Major Rock Stars. He was also in Nirvana, a band you may have heard of. But no matter the success peopl... more info

Stereogum — You ever hear a song and think, “Yep, that’s gonna be huge,” even as it slightly repulses you? Such was the case when Halsey’s “New Americana” entered my ears, its chorus triumphantly trumpeting this clunky generational creed: “We are t... more info

Stereogum — Nirvana released their cover of the Vaselines’ song “Molly’s Lips” as half of a split single with fellow Seattle band the Fluid in 1991, and they later included the song on their compilation Incesticide. It was a longtime live staple for the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Mike McGee of the now-defunct hardcore band the_Network is now fronting a newer band called Aneurysm. Going by the fact that they share their band name with a Nirvana song and their upcoming EP, Stop This Ride,... more info

Soul Sides — Tru Thoughts has exhibited ace taste in their covers compilations. Their newest, Covers 2 came out earlier in the month and the line-up is killer. I’m especially into Quantic and Alice Russell’s take on Leonard Castor’s mid-70s Motown classic: ... more info