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Hear the Afghan Whigs’ first new track in five years, a...

Hear the Afghan Whigs’ first new track in five years, a cover ofMarie “Queenie” Lyons’“See and Don’t See,” over at RollingStone.com. The track will be available as a free download at theafghanwhigs.com today at noon ET.

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Not a question, but "Everybody Loves Our Town" has got to be my favourite oral history

Why, thank you!

Poster for the world premiere screenings of the Mudhoney...

Poster for the world premiere screenings of the Mudhoney documentary I’m Now.

Willie Nelson and son Lukas cover Pearl Jam’s “Just...

Willie Nelson and son Lukas cover Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe” live on SiriusXM. In related news, here’s audio of a conversation between Willie Nelson and Eddie Vedder.

The Skin Yard catalog is now available on iTunes, “all...

The Skin Yard catalog is now available on iTunes, “all completely remastered, one title reMIXED, one title never commercially released before, and a couple of tracks never heard before before this,” per the band’s Facebook page.

David Duet of Cat Butt fame joins Mudhoney onstage to perform...

David Duet of Cat Butt fame joins Mudhoney onstage to perform the Dicks’ “Hate the Police” in Austin, November 2011.

nick—cave:I don’t wear this tshirt often enough (Taken...

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I don’t wear this tshirt often enough (Taken with instagram)

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Members of Alice in Chains onstage with Poison, early...

Members of Alice in Chains onstage with Poison, early ’90s. (Photo via Metal Sludge; H/T MetalSucks)

“In ’91, I got Alice in Chains to play a bunch of Northwest dates with[Poison]. All I knew was they were starting to break out big. I had a littlestudio at my house in Malibu, and in probably ’93, Jerry and those guyscame out and we sang, wrote music, partied, had a good time. I wastalkin’ to Jerry, and we both addressed how now there was supposedto be this anger and hatred between us.I said, ‘...