Nirvana Live At The Paramount to hit big screens across Australia

When I was about 15, Nirvana changed my life. Yeah yeah. Yadda yadda. Yawn yawn. But seriously. When I saw the Teen Spirit video on MTV late one night round a friend's house, I connected. If you ever saw me stomping down the street in DM's, ripped jeans and wearing a short-sleeved top over a long-sleeved top, blame Kurt and the boys. And let's not even talk about the haircut.

Anyway, even though everyone always pretends that In Utero is their best record (it's the cool thing to say - you should never admit to liking a band's most poppy and biggest-selling LP) the simple truth is that Nevermind is one of the best albums ever. Exactly twenty years on, the songs still stand up. Indeed, time has been kind to them. They sound even better now than they did back then.

To celebrate the album that defined a generation, there is an exclusive CinemaLive screening of the never before seen Live At The Paramount for one night only 9pm AEST, Friday September 23rd across Australia. Recorded at Seattle's Paramount Theatre, the concert was Nirvana's first big homecoming show, at the height of the hype surrounding Nevermind. Exactly twenty years to the day since the release of their seminal album, Live At The Paramount will have its worldwide premiere, live via satellite around Australia. The screening will be the first and only chance to experience the concert on the big screen. Each ticket will include a copy of the Double CD 20th Anniversary Deluxe edition of Nevermind, featuring 40 tracks including rarities, studio outtakes and live stuff.  It's too good to miss, right? Right. Ticket price is $35 BOOK NOW FOOLS.

SPIN Magazine gives away free Newermind download

Three things we like at Bobbysix.com:

1. Introducing people to new music. We love it when someone comes up to us and says something like "I read about Bridezilla at Bobbysix.com and they are my new favourite band."
2. Introducing people to old music. We equally love it when we influence people to listen to, say, Tom Waits' Blue Valentine from 1978.
3. Free shit.

So, imagine our joy when we discovered the opportunity to combine all three, by pointing you in the direction of SPIN's free download of their Nirvana tribute, Newermind. The album has the same tracklisting as the seminal 1991 grunge classic, but all songs are re-imagined by a mix of new artists and Nirvana's peers. On this eclectic record, you'll find Meat Puppets and The Vaselines, you'll hear Midnight Juggernauts taking things in a dance direction, Bobbysix favourite Jessica Lea Mayfield offering some country and Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band bringing some garage soul to the table. Perhaps the main thing this brilliant collection does is highlight the sheer quality of Nirvana's songwriting. Two decades on, these songs still sound fresh and thrilling. Compare them to the shit that clogs up today's charts and try not to weep.

Grab your FREE DOWNLOAD over at SPIN's website. Also, you can read a little interview with each band about their chosen track there. Check the full tracklisting below:

01 Meat Puppets: Smells Like Teen Spirit
02 Butch Walker & the Black Widows: In Bloom
03 Midnight Juggernauts: Come as You Are
04 Titus Andronicus: Breed
05 The Vaselines: Lithium
06 Amanda Palmer: Polly
07 Surfer Blood: Territorial Pissings
08 Foxy Shazam: Drain You
09 Jessica Lea Mayfield: Lounge Act
10 Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band: Stay Away
11 Telekinesis: On a Plain
12 JEFF the Brotherhood: Something in the Way
13 EMA: Endless, Nameless

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