Guardian Music — (Loose/Atlantic) Related: Sturgill Simpson: country music's young outlaw shifts shape again Sturgill Simpson has found a novel way to rebut all the claims that he is the future of Nashville. His third album takes a sharp turn away from the questing, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sturgill Simpson's new album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth, is out this week. It furthers his expansive view on country music, lyrically centered around the birth of his son, and features a cover of Nirvana's "In Bloom... Continue reading... more info

MSN Music — In honor of the 22nd anniversary of his death.​ more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Meltdown of the WRIF radio station in Detroit, Michigan recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about how DEF LEPPARD survived the the rise of grunge ... more info

The Daily Mail — Brooklyn Beckham, 17, once again showed how well-connected he is on Monday by posting a picture of himself with none other than Kanye West, 38, at Kobe Bryant's final NBA game. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Welsh author Cynan Jones made a case for very short novels at Publishers Weekly. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic looked back on the band's Nevermind album 25 years after its release at Rolling Stone. eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: Eight... more info

Nialler9 — Short and to the point is how the Dublin band Fangclub are keeping things with their debut single ‘Bullethead’. There’s no denying the Nirvana-style credentials on the track from the North Co. Dublin band’s song which lasts just two minutes, ... more info

Mercury News, California — Nirvana, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Death Cab among the acts that recorded at Wisconsin studio. more info

Powerpopulist — We love the way this one gets off to a running start not totally dissimilar to Nirvana's "Breed." The song by Virginia Beach boy Josiah Schlater is denominated as "psych," but to these ears it's more like "powerstrum-cum-machine-gun-drum." Bu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Beck at ACL Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Last night Clive Davis threw his annual Grammys pre-party, and as part of the festivities, Beck joined the surviving members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear), to cover... more info