In the news today: Roosevelt, U.S. Girls, Model/Actriz, Crumb, Palm, Outline Summer at Knockdown Center, Cruel World, Iggy Pops, Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Helloween, Swimming Paul, Maynard James Keenan, 100 gecs

ALS has claimed the life of The Muff’s co-founder. Laura Potillo recalls the influential rocker.

90s post-grunge rockers, Live, lit up the stage in West Palm Beach. Michelle Wilson was there to bask in the glow.

Blonder and Blonder (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Laura Pontillo.

An expansive and exhaustive behind-the-scenes account of Nirvana’s meteoric rise to fame, and the untimely death of its iconic frontman, Kurt Cobain.

Dead Sara (Pocket Kid / Fontana Universal). Review by Jen Cray.

A riveting and rare glimpse of rock’s original glam-punk junkies, onstage and behind the scenes during their short-lived glory days.

Take a trip back to Seattle’s musical heydey with Michael Lavine , who brings us all manner of visual treasure with Grunge.

Juliette Lewis jettisons the Licks for a new bid at solo stardom. Jen Cray sees how she handles the spotlight all to herself.

Shelton Hull refers to the feminist vision of the inimitable Lydia Lunch as “seminal” and lives to tell the tale.

Respected journalist Marc Spitz writes the first authorized look into the “turbulent life, times and music of Green Day.” Jen Cray reports on what she deems one of the most entertaining music biographies ever written.

Ugly (Laughing Outlaw Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

We get all kinds of strange mail here at Ink 19. Here’s a random sampling from this month’s virtual mailbag.