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We thought for sure that by now, on the 19th anniversary of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain‘s death, every last shred of documentation regarding the iconic rocker’s suicide would have been unearthed. Turns out we were wrong.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the hometown paper of record, sent several photographers to Cobain’s Lake Washington Boulevard mansion on April 8, 1994, the day an electrician discovered the body. Several of the pictures — including a famous front page image showing Cobain’s body from the waist down — appeared in hundreds of papers worldwide the next day, but apparently, there were additional shots not published at the time. They’ve been preserved at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry, but today, the Post-Intelligencer has finally published them.
Although Cobain’s body itself isn’t pictured, “some of these photos could be disturbing to some readers,” notes the paper. “These are not presented for shock value, but rather as historical images from the P-I archive preserved at [Museum of History and Industry].”
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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/seattle-history/article/Kurt-Cobain-suicide-scene-previously-unpublished-4410890.php#photo-4428590
http://diffuser.fm/kurt-cobain-suicide-scene-photos/
The lineup and tour dates for the 2013 edition of the ever-popular Vans Warped Tour have been announced! The 40-date trek kicks off on June 15 in Seattle and runs through Aug. 4 in Houston. The Chicago date is July 20 at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater.
The lineup will feature the likes of Motion City Soundtrack, Bring Me the Horizon, Reel Big Fish, Crown the Empire, the Story So Far and many, many, many more — like Never Shout Never, Man Overboard, Hawthorne Heights and Forever the Sickest Kids. There’s something for everyone on the Warped Tour.
There will also be an an expanded Acoustic Basement, which features established and up-and-coming acoustic artists, like William Beckett, Allison Weiss and The American Scene. For a full list of participating acts, head here.
Source: http://diffuser.fm/2013-vans-warped-tour-lineup-dates-announced/
At the time of its release, ‘Surfer Rosa’ was no big deal. The Pixies’ debut album came less than six months after their first EP, ‘Come On Pilgrim,’ which included a handful of songs remixed from their scrappy demo tape. But ‘Come On Pilgrim’ didn’t stir much interest outside of a small college-rock cult audience. So when ‘Surfer Rosa’ hit shelves on March 21, 1988, it wasn’t like tons of fans were waiting for it.
But over the years the album’s rep grew. And grew. And grew. Today, on the 25th anniversary of its release, ‘Surfer Rosa’ is considered an indie rock cornerstone, a masterpiece of the soft-loud-soft dynamic used by everyone from Nirvana to the Smashing Pumpkins to Spoon. It’s an essential record that connects the dots between ‘80s college rock and its evolution toward ‘90s indie.
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Source: http://diffuser.fm/pixies-surfer-rosa-album-released/
Morrissey‘s health has been a hot topic as of late, what with all of the scrapped shows, double pneumonia scare and ultimately canceled tour. Now, the singer has revealed that things were even worse than they appeared — and they already looked pretty bad — as he apparently suffered internal bleeding. He’s also said that doctors have urged him to retire in order to preserve his health.
NO WAY.
“It almost became absurd the number of things that happened to me but everything just attacked me at once,” he added. “The double pneumonia – everything was really a result of the fact I had lost so much blood, so the immune defenses were very, very low and couldn’t cope with anything, so therefore the slightest gust of wind and I would have a terrible cold.”
While doctors have suggested that he retire in order to tend to his health and avoid further illnesses, he’s not sold on hanging it up.
“I have been cautioned to, but it’s difficult for me because it’s very ingrained in me,” he said.
Source: http://diffuser.fm/morrissey-internal-bleeding-retirement/
The Cure, R.E.M. and the Lemonheads are among the many artists with music set to be released via Rhino Records on Record Store Day 2013, which is scheduled for April 20. Other releases due out on RSD 2013 from Rhino include albums from the Cure side project the Glove; classic rockers the Doors, the Band and the Grateful Dead; punk veterans the Misfits and X and a Factory Records sampler featuring Joy Division, New Order, the Durutti Column and Happy Mondays.
The Cure’s 1987 album ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ will be issued as a two-LP vinyl set in a limited edition run of 3,500 individually numbered copies. The album is best known for its singles ‘Just Like Heaven’ (the Cure’s first Top 40 hit in the U.S.) and ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’ Also due is out on Record Store Day is ‘Blue Sunshine,’ the sole release from the Glove, a side project featuring the Cure’s Robert Smith and Siouxsie the Banshees’ Steve Severin. ‘Blue Sunshine’ will be issued as a two-LP blue vinyl set in a limited run of 3,500 copies.
Record Store Day is an annual celebration of independent brick-and-mortar record stores across the country and features numerous one-off rare and limited-edition releases. Get more information about RSD and find your local participating outlets here.
Source: http://diffuser.fm/record-store-day-2013-cure-r-e-m-lemonheads/
Depeche Mode went with a ballad as the first single off their forthcoming thirteenth studio album, and now they’re showing off a different side of ‘Delta Machine.’ ‘Soothe My Soul,’ the disc’s second single, is decidedly more up-tempo than ‘Heaven,’ with pounding beats, rhythmic pulses and throbbing electronics creating a sinister backdrop for Dave Gahan’s typically foreboding words. It’s awesome, check it OUT:
Source: http://diffuser.fm/depeche-mode-soothe-my-soul/
Trent Reznor‘s How to Destroy Angels project has released a boatload of information about their upcoming full-length debut, ‘Welcome oblivion,’ which drops via Columbia Records on March 5.
There are to be different covers for different configurations of the album. Shown is the vinyl artwork.
The tracklistings are below. Notice the sentence-case capitalization — that’s intentional and part of the story as a whole, since Reznor leaves nothing to chance when it comes to his art.
‘Welcome oblivion’ Tracklist:
CD: ‘The wake-up’ ‘Keep it together’ ‘And the sky began to scream’ ‘Welcome oblivion’ ‘Ice age’ ‘On the wing’ ‘Too late, all gone’ ‘How long?’ ‘Strings and attractors’ ‘We fade away’ ‘Recursive self-improvement’ ‘The loop closes’ ‘Hallowed ground’
Vinyl: ‘The wake-up ‘Keep it together ‘And the sky began to scream ‘Ice age ‘Welcome oblivion ‘On the wing ‘Too late, all gone ‘The province of fear ‘How long? ‘Strings and attractors ‘Recursive self-improvement ‘Unintended consequences ‘We fade away ‘The loop closes ‘Hallowed ground
Also released is a video for the track “How long?’ See it HERE.
The project is set for a March 5 release date.
Source: http://diffuser.fm/how-to-destroy-angels-welcome-oblivion-tracklist-video/
Is Iggy Pop finally ‘Ready to Die?’ That’s the name of the new album from proto-punk legends the Stooges.
A release date for the album has yet to be announced, but the band has finished recording, and the titles of two songs have been revealed: ‘I Got a Job But It Don’t Pay S—’ and ‘Gun.’ Let’s hope ‘Ready to Die’ gets a better reception than ’The Weirdness,’ which, despite being the Stooges’ first studio album in more than three decades, was flogged with near-universal bad reviews.
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http://diffuser.fm/stooges-new-album-ready-to-die/
Canadian indie rock outfit Metric have spent the better part of the last six months touring the world in support of their latest album, ‘Synthetica,’ and the band’s new video for ’Breathing Underwater,’ the second single off the disc, features footage from their various travels, including their performance this summer in Chicago. Check it out!
http://diffuser.fm/metric-breathing-underwater-video/
So THAT’S what he’s gonna be doing while the Foo Fighters take a break. Dave has returned to Queens of the Stone Age, the alternative band fronted by former Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme that he drummed for in 2002.
This is Grohl’s second stint with Queens of the Stone Age. He played on one album, ‘Songs for the Deaf,’ which is their most commercially successful album to date, having sold close to 1 million copies and spawned two hit singles, ‘No One Knows’ and ‘Go With the Flow.’
Grohl has stated that he remains committed to the Foo Fighters, even though they are currently taking a hiatus of indefinite length.
http://diffuser.fm/dave-grohl-back-with-queens-of-the-stone-age/
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