Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of WishkahThe electric smashes and thrashes compiled on 'From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah' were originally intended as half of a double album; the other half would have been the acoustic show released as 'MTV Unplugged in New York'. But after Kurt Cobain's death, 'Unplugged' was released on its own, and the task of putting together a live electric disc was put aside for a couple years. Completed, 'From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah' (named for a river that

personally approved by Nick Cave

A mix of styles (including deviations into blues and gospel)

The old influences of punk

Coming four years after 'The Rip Tide'

scrupulously informed by the folk rock of ages past but sung without bags (none in hand

plus follow-ups 'Lee Hazlewoodism: Its Cause and Cure' (1967) and 'Something Special' (1968)

making up what he estimates is 80% of analogue sounds on the album

slug guts began when four degenerates had little else to do but form a band in the tradition of pussy galore

Or a stone-solid jam on a classic like the complete retooling of ‰Û÷Femme Fatale‰۪ or the Mackay-style sax bleatings of ‰Û÷Fucked Up Motherfucker‰۪

' the heroin ode 'Mr

Barbara Mason

Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and Half Japanese's Jad Fair have teamed up to bring you their new magnum opus