Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain: The Ouija Interview

Meat Puppets

Daniel Johnston

MTV News clip from exactly 15 years ago today

A chilling report from April 8, 1994, the day Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home.

Pachyderm Studio wants to save the world, but can it keep the lights on?

The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

Walker After Hours Preview Party: Elizabeth Peyton

The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

Culture Jamming

A new take on Jesse James tops this week's pop culture picks

Film Highlight: Kurt Cobain: About a Son

A new take on Jesse James tops this week's pop culture picks

Music A-List

A new take on Jesse James tops this week's pop culture picks

Sound Check

A new take on Jesse James tops this week's pop culture picks

Story of the Eye

Experimental legends lose the noise, keep the joy

In Da Pub: 1st Annual Zombie Pub Crawl

"Man, this bar is undead!" Minneapolis bars taken over by intoxicated zombies

His Own Private Biopic

Gus Van Sant shuffles past his subject's greatest hits

All Apologies

Nirvana's box set takes the best band of the '90s and reveals the very worst

Real Life Rock Top 10

Lynne Truss delivers us from our sins, Johnny Cash finds redemption, and Kurt Cobain loses Nirvana in the afterlife

Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

Lynne Truss delivers us from our sins, Johnny Cash finds redemption, and Kurt Cobain loses Nirvana in the afterlife

Postcards From Nirvana

Lynne Truss delivers us from our sins, Johnny Cash finds redemption, and Kurt Cobain loses Nirvana in the afterlife

Dude, Where's My Double-Necked Guitar?

You'll never play rococo riffs as well as these stoner bands

This Postmodern World

You'll never play rococo riffs as well as these stoner bands

Taking Care of Business

Faux Jean applies for the job of Best Band in the World

Rock around the doc

U Film's "Sound Unseen" festival projects our mythologies of music onto the screen

Happy Together

More than a decade after dissolving the Go-Betweens, the reunited Robert Forster and Grant McLennan sound almost content to be where they are

Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

More than a decade after dissolving the Go-Betweens, the reunited Robert Forster and Grant McLennan sound almost content to be where they are

Fresh Meat for Rotting Puppets

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

Artists of the Year

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

Smells Like Grave Robbing

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

Conspiracy Nation

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

Seattle Supersonics

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

Some words with Vernon Reid's multiple identities

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

End Notes

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

Freaks of the Week

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

Record Roundup

Even the paranoid have real enemies.

Rock It To Russia

Like many things in the former Soviet Union, rock & roll ain't what it used to be.

The Bad Plus: For All I Care

Like many things in the former Soviet Union, rock & roll ain't what it used to be.

The Meat Puppets

Like many things in the former Soviet Union, rock & roll ain't what it used to be.

Daft Punk featured in upcoming DJ Hero

Doesn't have the same zing as playing Bon Jovi songs as Kurt Cobain, but it's something.

Tim Eriksen is at the Cedar tonight

Learn a little about Sacred Harp singing and check out some videos after the jump.

Beleagured Universal Health Care Legislation, What's On Your iPod?

Our first guess? A song by HEALTH, naturally.

Meat Puppets, the Soft Pack, Dosh, and more rockin' the weekend blues away

​OMG! Dude! This weekend! Is! Awesome! What do you mean you're tired, it's been a crappy week, and you're staying in? HELL! WITH! THAT! GET OVER! IT! What do you mean you're worried you're getting laid off? Stop being a negative nelly! PARTY! YEAH! Come on, I'm going to drag you out of the house. ... More >>

Elizabeth Peyton: Live Forever

​OMG! Dude! This weekend! Is! Awesome! What do you mean you're tired, it's been a crappy week, and you're staying in? HELL! WITH! THAT! GET OVER! IT! What do you mean you're worried you're getting laid off? Stop being a negative nelly! PARTY! YEAH! Come on, I'm going to drag you out of the house. ... More >>

Two Door Cinema Club, the Dandy Warhols, and more

​OMG! Dude! This weekend! Is! Awesome! What do you mean you're tired, it's been a crappy week, and you're staying in? HELL! WITH! THAT! GET OVER! IT! What do you mean you're worried you're getting laid off? Stop being a negative nelly! PARTY! YEAH! Come on, I'm going to drag you out of the house. ... More >>

The Vaselines

​OMG! Dude! This weekend! Is! Awesome! What do you mean you're tired, it's been a crappy week, and you're staying in? HELL! WITH! THAT! GET OVER! IT! What do you mean you're worried you're getting laid off? Stop being a negative nelly! PARTY! YEAH! Come on, I'm going to drag you out of the house. ... More >>

The Week That Was: Mariah's Baby Bump, Travis McCoy's Spray Can

​ Last night, you were gleefully egging strangers' Camaros. (Not so bitchin' now, eh, monied day-trader douchebags?) Tomorrow, you can vote. The day after tomorrow, you can freak out about who everyone else voted for, nullifying your own vote five-fold. But today, why not mull over last week's mus ... More >>

Arcwelder at the Entry, 12/4/10

​ArcwelderDecember 4, 20107th St. Entry, MinneapolisAs music from the '90s is increasingly re-examined by critics and fans, it has become clear--just as in every preceding decade--that mistakes were made. Too much emphasis was assigned to some bands and others were ignored for no good reason at al ... More >>

Courtney Love's memoir: 20 questions it should try to answer

Photo by Nick Vlcek​Late last week, word broke that Courtney Love is writing - or co-writing, or dictating, or bashing out in innumerable typo-strewn MySpace blog posts to be deciphered later, or whatever - her memoirs. 

Sound Unseen 12: From Sid & Nancy to Sigur Ros

Eleven music films showing at Ritz Theater

Wize Guyz, Sound Unseen featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Chris McDuffie​It's Hump Day, which can only mean one thing here at Gimme Noise headquarters: It's time for the print edition of our blog to hit newsstands. Here's a sneak peek of what we have in store for you:

Courtney Love says Frances Bean Cobain was conceived in Minneapolis

​Oh, Courtney. She just can't give a straight answer, can she? In an interview about the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakout music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Courtney Love took the opportunity to divulge several intimate details about her and Kurt Cobain's first... how shall we say... ... More >>

Shonen Knife

​Oh, Courtney. She just can't give a straight answer, can she? In an interview about the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakout music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Courtney Love took the opportunity to divulge several intimate details about her and Kurt Cobain's first... how shall we say... ... More >>