As the recent soundtrack Montage Of Heck demonstrated, theres a lot of unreleased and possibly undiscovered material from Kurt Cobain floating around.Recently, John Purkey, a friend of Cobains and musician from Tacoma in the late 80s and early 90s, has shared the recordings from four demo cassettes that Cobain recorded throughout Nirvanas early years....

An unusual reunion occurred at Clive Daviss annual pre-Grammys gala on Sunday night as the surviving members of Nirvana were joined by Beck for a performance of David Bowies The Man Who Sold The World.Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear performed a fairly straightforward version of the track, musically, while Becks vocals take...

Jimmy Page made a rare public musical appearance on Thursday playing guitar at Seattles Experience Music Project Museum during an award ceremony for the Zeppelin guitarist.Though his management had insisted that Page would absolutely not perform during the event, the guitarist closed out the nights festivities by playing Rock and Roll with a massive...

Shortly before the Kurt Cobain documentary Montage Of Heck is to be released, a slew of new videos and audio clips have arisen. Amongst the newly discovered material from the late singer is this somber cover of the Beatles And I Love Her.The raw home recording finds Cobain fitting the McCartney-penned pop song to...

There seems to be no end to creative use of GIFs, but this Tumblr page takes it to a new level -- animating classic album covers.Clearly he is a fan of metal and hard rock, but JB also nails some of the classics, bringing motion and life to album artwork in incredibly creative ways....

This is just so cool in so many ways. Let's start at the beginning and work our way to the end...1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time -- spanning seven decades of rock history2. This person can play every single one in a convincing manner3. He has...

To celebrate 55 years of Lego, the company created fifty-five posters depicting popular culture vis a vis the reliable, interlocking toy brick. The complete list includes movies, stories and other elements, but I wanted to single out the nineteen music related ones here. They cover the gamut from bands to albums to songs, mostly playing on...

Pop Chart Lab makes some of the coolest looking charts / prints / posters that I've seen. Their design philosophy employs a simple, clean aesthetic. I'm particularly happy to see their music-related efforts pop up every now and then. Though this print doesn't feature an Irwin or Languedoc, there are pleny of iconic guitars (...

[fblike style="standard" showfaces="false" width="450" verb="like" font="arial"] The Muppets are back in theaters today.Despite what is sure to be an all out media blitz, I'll admit I just can't get enough. The simple fact is that Muppets are ridiculously appealing to fans of all ages and, from the beginning, Jim Henson's...