Nirvana Bleach (20th Anniversary Edition) (Sub Pop)
Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s debut album, Sub Pop re-issues the platinum certified Bleach, cut for about 600 dollars in Jack Endino’s studio over just a matter of days. This expanded CD includes a never-before-released live performance from the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Ore. Highlights of the recording include the song “Love Buzz,” “About a Girl” and a cover of The Vaselines’ song “Molly’s Lips.” This release is highly recommended - especially because your only other copy is not only lost, but on cassette.

Lou Barlow Goodnight Unknown
The Dinosaur Jr. member describes this set of immediate, melodic pop songs as, “a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh…to my ears, anyway.”

The Clientele Bonfires On The Heath
It’s a return to the Clientele’s roots; the dreamlike suburban landscapes first encountered in the early singles, their trippy sense of menace stronger now. Back in London, they’ve drawn on older traditions of English folk, which exist here side by side with the band’s more familiar bossa and pop elements.

Weezer Raditude
Weezer’s seventh album, the dictionary-defying Raditude, finds Weezer showing off their comic chops with goofy songs like “I’m Your Daddy” and “The Girl Got Hot.”

Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Like the High School Musical franchise, Glee became more than a TV show when several of its songs cracked the Hot 100, including the number four hit “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Nirvana Live at Reading [CD/DVD] (DGC/UMe)
Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana’s headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers…and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of “The Rose,” only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious “Breed.”

Morrissey Swords (Polydor/UMe)
Alternative Pop/Rock

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