Courtney Love says she is simpatico with Dave Grohl and Krist Novaselic:

Courtney Love announced on Friday's (September 20) Howard Stern radio morning show that her lawsuits are now behind her. The former leader of Hole said she'd come to an agreement with the surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl, now of Foo Fighters, and Krist Novoselic over how the band's recordings, name, and images will be released and marketed.

She told the radio host that "an album will be out by Christmas," referring to an upcoming greatest hits release which will include a previously unreleased track....

Odd they didn't mention that Novaselic has a new band, Eyes Adrift, with Curt Kirkwood, ex of Meat Puppets, and Bud Gaugh of Sublime and the Long Beach Dub Allstars. I'm just getting into the CD, to be released 9/24, but it sounds real good in a laconic Meat Puppety kind of way.

The band also has a tour starting this week:
9/25 Dallas, TX
9/26 Houston, TX
9/28 Austin, TX
10/16 Tulsa, OK
10/17 St. Louis, MO
10/18 Chicago, IL
10/19 Detroit, MI
10/21 Cleveland, OH
10/23 Madison, WI

The band describes themselves thusly on their site:

The name of the band is Eyes Adrift. They are Curt Kirkwood on guitar and vocals, Krist Novoselic on bass and vocals and Bud Gaugh on drums. They play rock 'n' roll. That's really all you need to know. A listen to their self-titled debut album on SpinART Records should illuminate everything else you need to learn about this band.

Yes, as you probably are well aware, Eyes Adrift is not the first band for all three of its members. If you don't know that, look it up on the Internet or in some book.

Eyes Adrift is a great rock 'n' roll band - super even - as well as superb, and also sometimes loud as hell, as a rock 'n' roll band should be. Its members came together and remain so because of the music they make. That's pretty much the story here. Period.

Now that we've gotten that chaff out of the way, let's get to the point of the matter - the album. Listen to it. Hmmm. Notice how it's neither post anything nor neo something or other? Yes, the music has subtle echoes and whiffs emanating from rock 'n' roll's expansive past, both from the music's proverbial marquees as well as its odd and delightful corners and outer reaches. Yet it also sounds fresh, distinctive and different - sort of like the future. Like all great rock 'n' roll bands, Eyes Adrift boasts a comfortably familiar sound that is nonetheless new. Or in other words, they sound like Eyes Adrift.

"It's rock," explains Gaugh succinctly. "If you had to pigeonhole it, where would it go?"

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