Introducing Endless Mode: A New Games & Anime Site from Paste
Kurt Cobain in December 1993 Photo: Jeff Kravitz
Here’s your daily dopamine hit: One guy cycling through 71 Nirvana riffs in just under five minutes. All the hits are here—“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Lithium,” “All Apologies,” “Polly”—as are several B-sides, demos, and covers, from “I Hate Myself And Want To Die” to “Magnolia” to Molly’s Lips.”
The riffs unfold (for the most part) alphabetically, meaning Kurt Cobain’s ear-splitting riffs often brush up against his more muted ones—the transition from “Drain You” to “Dumb” to “Endless, Nameless” is an especially jarring (and impressive) one. Careening from “Smells Like Teen Spirit to “Son Of A Gun” to “Spank Thru,” meanwhile, is sure to shake the mid-afternoon bleariness from your eyes.