FN News Roundup: April 4, 2012

What's up, Newsies? Let's get down to it:

• Let's start off with a "Whoa" moment: RT Features, a Brazilian film company, has officially acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of Bob Dylan's seminal 1975 album Blood On The Tracks (Variety)


• And sure, another biggie: Neil Young is at the helm of developing Pono, a brand new high resolution digital audio format that could rival studio-quality sound (Pitchfork)


• Acclaimed photographer Jesse Frohman is kicking off his exhibition of photos of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain at the Morrison Hotel Gallery tomorrow (4/5) - the 18th anniversary of the frontman's untimely death. Following the opening, there will be a private afterparty with a live performance by The Virgins and a DJ set by Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) (Grand Life Hotels)


• Speaking of Jarvis Cocker, the Pulp frontman will be playing live on the fourth floor of the Whitney Museum with his side project Relaxed Muscle as part of the Whitney Biennial. How'd you like THAT segue? (Art In America)


• The Cult are back! They'll be in town on June 8 at Terminal 5 with Against Me! and The Icarus Line as openers, supporting their upcoming 9th LP Choice Of Weapon. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow (4/5) at noon, and you can stream Choice's first single "For The Animals" below the jump (BrooklynVegan)


• Oh hey, and that Soundgarden song from The Avengers soundtrack - their first new song in 15 years - is now out in full. Welcome back, dudes. (KISW)

Fucking Nostalgic News Roundup: March 6, 2012

It's News Roundup O'Clock! So far it's been a pretty weird day overall - check out updates from MELVINS, Atlas Sound, Ceremony, and more below:

• Guess what? You can now bid on a piece of MELVINS / Nirvana history: the MELVAN (pictured above), featuring a KISS mural drawn by Kurt Cobain and a registration signed by MELVINS bassist Matt Lukin (EBay)


• Deerhunter / Atlas Sound mastermind Bradford Cox apparently went pretty nuts at Minneapolis's Cedar Cultural Center and played an hour-long version of "My Sharona" over the weekend (Pitchfork)


• Ceremony are playing a late show at Mercury Lounge on April 23 following their opening set for Refused at T5 - tickets are on sale tomorrow. (BrooklynVegan)


• Three-Day Passes for the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival tickets are on sale right now!

Check Out A Recording Of Nirvana At Cambridge's Man Ray In 1990

With all the attention that's been paid over this past year to the 20th anniversary of Nevermind, it's interesting to look back at Nirvana before the creation of the album that would catapult them to worldwide attention and change the course of modern music as we knew it. Former WFNX DJ Duane Bruce has done just that, and thanks to him and The Boston Phoenix we now have a new stream of the band's pre-Nevermind, pre-Dave Grohl performance at Cambridge's Man Ray on April 18, 1990.

The stream consists primarily of songs from their 1989 debut Bleach, but it's hard to not feel a chill when you hear them introduce "Breed" and "In Bloom" and speak excitedly about their upcoming album Nevermind. Check it out in full below along with the setlist from that night - the recording ends on "Stain," but Nirvana also played "Negative Creep," "Blew," and "Stay Away." (Thanks to PFork for the tip!)

Stream Nirvana's Live At The Paramount Show For 24 Hours Starting At Noon ET

So now after all the waiting, the updates, the events, and the passing of the 20th Anniversary of the album itself on Saturday, today is the day that Nirvana's Nevermind 20th Anniversary reissues hit stores. And in honor of that release, VEVO will be streaming the band's Live At The Paramount 1991 concert (included in the Super Deluxe reissue package) starting in just under an hour for a full 24 hours, commercial-free.

Check out "Territorial Pissings" and "Breed" below for an early look, and head over to VEVO at noon to stream the whole thing. A 24-hour encore will take place on October 31 in case you miss this one, but you won't wanna wait another month for this goodness.

Listen: Three Unreleased Alternate Version Tracks From Nirvana

As we're now within days of the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind (and, lest we forget, A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory), it's understandable that some of the awesomeness in the upcoming deluxe reissue would start to leak out. And thanks to Seattle's 107.7 The End, we're now able to check out a bit of what we have in store: namely, three unreleased alternate, demo, and live versions of seminal Nirvana tracks "Breed," "On A Plain," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" respectively.

Check them out over at The End's website, and check out the special Nevermind 20 site to see original fan artwork, dedications, and other cool memorabilia in honor of the album.

Watch The Trailer For 1991: The Year Punk Broke

Whoa, posting something that's not a music video (technically)! Way way back, we mentioned that the seminal rock documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, would finally see a DVD release in honor of its 20th anniversary. Now its stars, Sonic Youth, have put out a trailer less than a week in advance of the release on September 13th. Soak up the amazing performances and associated goofiness below, and preorder it over at Sonic Youth's store.

Watch: Nirvana's "Nevermind" 20th Anniversary Edition Trailer

It's already September? Holy crap. That means that that Nirvana Nevermind 20th Anniversary reissue that we've been talking about since what feels like 1991 (or June) is coming out later this month!

And pretty much right on cue, Universal Music released a trailer for said reissue - check it out above. It pretty much blasts you in the face with all of the cool features of the separate packages that'll be available on September 27, along with live footage from Nirvana's Live at the Paramount concert film. Well worth a minute and eighteen seconds of your time to view, enjoy.

Jon Stewart To Host Q&A Session With Former Nirvana Members In September

Via Babble

With its 20th anniversary just under a month away, there are no shortage of cool things happening to commemorate Nirvana's Nevermind. We've mentioned (a few times) that deluxe reissue and more recently the news that former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic will be performing ONE song from the seminal album in Seattle on September 20 (thanks to an anonymous tipster for the heads up), but our friend The Backstage Rider just tipped us off to news that totally ratchets up the awesomeness of this celebration.

SiriusXM has just announced that none other than JON FUCKING STEWART from Death To Smoochy... err, The Daily Show will be hosting a fan-fueled Q&A session with surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic that the network will stream for two hours on September 24. The Q&A will also feature an appearance by Butch Vig, the producer behind Nevermind.

Stewart obviously brings an amazing level of depth and insight to anything he touches, so you're definitely going to want to tune in! 

Krist Novoselic To Perform Nirvana's Nevermind In Its Entirety With Seattle Musicians

Soooo, remember how we said there would be some cool special events leading up to the release of the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue of Nirvana's Nevermind? Well, one day after the 20th anniversary of the shoot of the genre-defining "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video comes news from Pitchfork (via Seattle's 107.7 The End) that Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic will be leading some of Seattle's finest musicians through a performance of Nevermind in its entirety.

Set to take place on September 20 at the Sky Church as part of the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Novoselic will be joined by The Fastbacks, Vaporland, The Long Winters, Visqueen, Campfire OK, Valis (with former members of Screaming Trees), Ravenna Woods and more TBA. Per the news release, the show will double as a benefit for famed Seattle music industry maven Susie Tennant, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

As awesome as it would be, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl will unfortunately be elsewhere that day with the Foo Fighters. If you're going to be in the area on the 20th, however, tickets are onsale for only $20 ($15 if you're an EMP member), so definitely make it happen.

And Krist - if you're reading this, we're glad you liked our photos from the Sonic Youth show this past weekend!

Happy 20th Anniversary to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Music Video

As noted by our friends at Slicing Up Eyeballs, today (August 17) marks an important milestone in music history. The above casting flier (via LA Snark) - not an uncommon sight in the LA area - brought  a slew of 18-25 year old locals dressed as "preppies, punks, nerds, and jocks" together with first-time director Samuel Brayer and a young three-person band called Nirvana for the filming of their new video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at 11:30am. 12 hours later, they'd captured the footage that would change the world of rock music forever.

Check out the final Cobain-edited video below and a making-of featurette over here. Thanks again, Nirvana.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" Reissue: New Details AND Tracklist

Via Facebook

So remember that Nevermind 20th anniversary deluxe reissue we mentioned a little while back? The one that was shrouded in some mystery as to what it would contain? Well, now more details have come to light thanks to a news release from Universal Music Enterprises - and let's just say it's sounding very intriguing. Details below the jump, because this is going to be a very long post.

Here's a taste of said news release:

Listen: Spin Magazine's Nirvana Tribute Album

Spin Magazine, never one to shy away from their gushing over Nirvana (that’s their most recent cover above), has tapped some of indie rock’s most promising acts, as well as the grunge band’s peers to cover the much beloved breakthrough album Nevermind, track-for-track. Featuring obvious acts such as Meat Puppets and The Vaselines, Newermind (as it has unfortunately been dubbed) also has younger bands such as Titus Andronicus and Jeff the Brotherhood covering “Breed” and “Something in the Way” respectively. You can download the entire tribute album for free over at Spin’s Facebook page.

Check out the full tracklisting for Newermind below…

Nirvana's "Nevermind" To Receive Deluxe Reissue Treatment For Its 20th Anniversary

Nirvana, one of the most influential bands of all time (and one that we all feel very Fucking Nostalgic about), changed the world of rock music as we know it on September 24, 1991 with the release of its second studio album, Nevermind. And as our friends at Slicing Up Eyeballs reported this morning, the millions of fans that that seminal record touched will be able to pick up a new Deluxe Edition on September 19th in the UK and September 20th in North America, just days before Nevermind's 20th anniversary.

A post on Nirvana's website goes into all of the details around the Nevermind reissue, with Universal Music Enterprises noting that that it will be a "4 CDs / 1 DVD Super Deluxe Edition" that will include "previously unreleased recordings, rarities, B- sides, BBC Radio appearances, alternative mixes, rare live appearances" - and the most mindblowing part of all - "an unreleased concert in its entirety on DVD."

Universal Music also revealed that the 20th anniversary of Nevermind will also be marked in the months leading up to the Deluxe Edition release with special events and additional releases. We'll continue to provide updates on these celebrations as we learn more - needless to say, we're VERY excited.

1991: The Year Punk Broke finally getting DVD release

According to Slicing Up Eyeballs, the incendiary documentary of Sonic Youth's 1991 European tour will finally be getting a DVD release in honor of its 20th anniversary. The film, which also features performances by Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., the Ramones and Babes in Toyland, will contain commentary by Sonic Youth's own Thurston Moore and director David Markey.

The most intriguing feature of the 20th anniversary release however is the addition of 42 minute bonus film, (The Is Known As) The Blues Scale, which will showcase loads of performances by both Sonic Youth and Nirvana. 1991: The Year Punk Broke will be released on DVD this fall. Check out some videos from the film below.

Fucking Nostalgic Record Store Day Highlights

Record Store Day, now in its fourth year of existence, is a celebration of those wonderful little stores that actually still sell physical music (shocking, I know). Merchants around the country (some 700 participants) take part in selling exclusive Record Store Day releases, and many of them hold in store events. This year, RSD takes place this Saturday, April 16th. If you're a collector, and in New York City, it's a great day to stock up and spend some cash. Here are some highlights Fucking Nostalgic have deemed awesome.

Stream the new Foo Fighters album

Stereogum has a link to stream the new Butch Vig-produced Foo Fighters album “Wasting Light” here. Husker Du’s Bob Mould appears on what Stereogum calls the album’s standout track, “Dear Rosemary”. I caught Bob Mould solo in Brooklyn back in November, and I can assure you he is still great.

When I first heard that Dave Grohl’s former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic would be appearing on the album, it was a glimmer of hope that new Foo Fighters material could actually be good. Is it? Decide for yourself.

In the meanwhile, my friends at Magic Sundae have a podcast up highlighting Nirvana’s amazing career. Check that out here.

Wasting Light will be available 4/12.

Deervana adds 6/19 Brooklyn show

Deer Tick @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/10/11. More here.

Apparently Deer Tick’s tribute to Nirvana, aptly named Deervana, was a big hit down in SXSW a couple weeks ago. I missed the set because I was busy watching Sharon Van Etten perform a beautiful set at the Central Presbyterian Church. But luckily, Deervana have scheduled some Northeast dates, the New York City date being 6/19 at Brooklyn Bowl during Brooklyn’s Northside Festival. Tickets are already on sale. From what I’ve heard, if you’re a Nirvana fan, this is not to be missed. I will undoubtedly be there to take photos for this one.