On Wednesday we learned that Courtney Love has finally settled on a release date for her new Hole album (which features none of the original members of Hole) Nobody’s Daughter (the same name she was planning to give her next solo release) on April 27, 2010. News of the release date came from a new coverstory interview with Spin magazine … which features C. Love on the cover and in the pages of their March issue. In addition to talking about her new album, Love also talks about the drama concerning her loss of custodial rights of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain:

Courtney Love has never been shy about speaking her mind, and the rocker is characteristically unabashed in a new interview with Spin magazine. When asked about daughter Frances Bean, 17, who currently has a restraining order against her mom, Love points a finger at the family of her late husband Kurt Cobain. “Those snarly-ass O’Connors want checks,” she says in Spin slated to hit newsstands Feb. 23, referring to her late husband’s family. “I’m through supporting their asses.” Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor and his younger sister, Kimberly, currently have legal, medical and financial authority over the teenager. Despite losing legal control of Frances Bean, Love, 45, says she’s focused on making her new album, Nobody’s Daughter, a success. “One time, Frances was being mean and said, ‘What are you going to do if the record fails?’ ” Love reveals. “Well, Frances, it can’t fail because I love it, and I’ve worked really hard to make sure that I love it.” But, the magazine reports, Love is not as gruff as she sometimes seems and tears up at the mention of her daughter, saying, “I’m lost in a [expletive] nightmare maze.” The singer revealed her feelings about her daughter on Twitter last week, writing, “My daughter has been kidnapped and i am going to take it? Of course i was beyond angry, despondent suicidal in every way.” However, in the Spin interview, she references suicide again while discussing drugs. “I don’t take anything that isn’t prescribed to me,” she says. “Cocaine, narcotics – those would be tantamount to suicide, and I’m not suicidal.”

This Spin magazine coverstory meanders a bit and features that off-kilter Courtney Love that we are very familiar with but, I have to say, she comes off as much more coherent than she normally does in her My Space/Twitter/Facebook rants. Thru a filter, provided by a journalist, Courtney sounds pretty lucid. I can’t help but be curious to hear her new album … I’m deffo planning to give it a shot. In regards to losing custody of her daughter, well, Frances will turn 18 later on this year which will render the matter of parental custody moot. It’s prolly for the best that Frances takes control of her own life cuz leaving it in the hands of Courtney Love? Well … no. After the jump, check out a couple photos from Courtney’s Spin magazine photospread …

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In June of last year, NME took us into the recording studio with Courtney Love who was — we were told — working on her new album titled Nobody’s Daughter. In January of this year, C. Love launched an official website for the disc and announced a string of new concert dates. Today we learn that Nobody’s Daugther is scheduled for release on April 27:

Courtney Love has found a home for Nobody’s Daughter. Mercury/IDJ will release Hole’s highly anticipated new album on April 27. It took Love, who graces the cover of the March issue of SPIN, five years to finish Nobody’s Daughter, during which time she told the magazine she relied on “the kindness of strangers” — in reality, former collaborators like Linda Perry, Billy Corgan, and producer Michael Beinhorn, who helmed Hole’s previous album, 1998’s Celebrity Skin. All three have since distanced themselves from the project. Beinhorn quit after almost a year, citing frustration with Love’s “fragmented focus.” “She had a lot of things going on in her personal life that made it impossible to do the sort of work that I wanted,” he says. Though Perry declined to comment, Love tells SPIN that Perry, who cowrote America’s Sweetheart, the singer-guitarist’s 2004 solo debut, has been “incredibly gracious” and “gave me probably the best advice I ever received, which is to become a lesbian.” As SPIN previously reported, Hole’s founding guitarist, Eric Erlandson, objects to Love’s use of the band name since none of the former members are involved. The current line-up includes Love’s roommate, 23-year-old British guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey (of Rock Kills Kid), and drummer Stuart Fisher. Jack Irons, formerly of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, played drums on the album. The success of Nobody’s Daughter is crucial to Love’s long-awaited comeback, especially given her recent drama: She lost custody of daughter Frances Bean in December amid rumors of domestic abuse, and a restraining order prevents Love from contacting her. “One time, Frances was being mean and she said, ‘What are you going to do if this record fails?’” Love tells SPIN. “Well, Frances, it can’t fail because I love it, and I’ve worked really hard to make sure that I love it.”

This may sound like great news for C. Love fans but, I wouldn’t hold my breath just yet. As you may recall, it was previously announced that Nobody’s Daughter would be released on January 1, 2009. Still, this is hopeful news … especially since it comes from Spin magazine. I’ll admit it, altho she is a crazy trainwreck I’m really curious about the sound of this new album. I can’t wait to hear it — tho, it won’t be a proper Hole album. Courtney may be a crappy mother but I suppose she’s an OK rock star. Are any of y’all lookin’ forward to the release of Nobody’s Daughter? Do you think Courtney Love will sink or swim?

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Back in December, we learned the not-so-shocking news that Courtney Love lost custody of her only child — Frances Bean — which was then clarified to reveal that Frances chose to live with her grandmother to get away from her mother’s care. Since that time, a restraining order was put in place against Courtney on behalf of Frances presumably for her safety. Today we learn that that restraining order has been extended for a few more months, a clear indication that Frances Bean wants nothing to do with her mother’s influence on her life:

The judge’s order prohibiting Courtney Love from having contact with her daughter — Frances Bean Cobain — has just been extended … and the clock is now ticking on their relationship. The judge had stripped Courtney of legal control of her daughter back in December. The judge also issued a restraining order. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the restraining order has now been extended to April 9. Fact is — Frances Bean turns 18 in August. At that point, it’s up to her … not a judge … to decide what relationship she wants to have with her mother. For now, Frances Bean’s guardians are Wendy O’Connor (Kurt Cobain’s mom), and Kimberly Dawn Cobain (Kurt’s sister).

Ugh … what a shame. It’s prolly for the best that C. Love be kept away from Frances. Courtney is bizzy trying to re-launch her music career and it really sounds like Frances needs caring adults in her life who will be there to care for her, to put her needs first. It’s a shame when things like this happen but this restraining order sounds like it’s not a bad thing after all. It sure is a damn shame, tho.

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Last week Courtney Love posted a few photos of a new batch of freshly inked tattoos on her official Twitter profile and today she shares a few more photos with her faithful Twitter followers. It would seem that Courtney got herself a new hair weave sewn into her already messy head of hair and she couldn’t wait to show it off … behold:

She also looks completely sober, don’t she? In addition to her new hair, C. Love posted other photos showing off some of her freaky jewelry and one of her favorite headdresses:

LOL! This woman may be a kook who is completely off her rocker but in comparison to a true wackjob like Tila Tequila, she looks almost sane. I admit, it’s hard to weed thru all the crazy that Courtney publishes on her Twitter profile but sometimes it’s worth it just for the pretty pictures.

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Last week we learned that Michael Lohan got himself a tacky new tattoo (which he was PROUD to show off to anyone who cared) and today we learn that Courtney Love, too, got herself some new ink recently. C. Love posted a series of photos on her official Twitter profile (yep, she’s back) to show off her new tats:

In fine Courtney Love fashion, she decided to share a bit more of herself in order to give her followers the full experience of the new tattoos that have been freshly inked onto her arm and breast. After the jump, check out a few more of C. Love’s personal photos — one of which includes a NSFW peek at one her nipples …

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In 2008 Courtney Love promised the world that she would be releasing a new solo album titled Nobody’s Daughter on New Year’s Eve 2009 and when that date came and went, no new album was ever released. As 2009 progressed, C. Love changed her tune (as it were) and decided that Nobody’s Daughter would be released as a Hole album instead of a solo album and promised that it would be released sometime in 2010. I guess in between posting crazy rants online and losing custody of her only child Frances Bean Cobain, Courtney actually did some recording because she has launched a new official website at NobodysDaughter.com which features some of her new music and a few upcoming concert dates:

Well … okay … so the site doesn’t actually feature any new music per se but it does feature a guitar riff that Courtney is particularly proud of and cannot stop bragging about on Twitter. The fact that she’s got 3 shows lined up (in London, Milan and Amsterdam) means that she must surely be serious about getting back to her music career, right? Right. Well, now that she’s no longer burdened with the task of being a custodial parent to her child, she must have more time to work on her craft. I, along with the rest of the world, will be right here waiting with breath that is bated.

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Courtney Love, who we learned earlier this week lost primary custody of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain because Frances decided that she wants to live with her grandmother on her father’s side rather than her mom, is featured on the cover of the new issue of Dazed & Confused magazine … looking very much like living incarnation of the magazine’s name:

Oh, Courtney. In regards to losing custody of her daughter, C. Love posted a rant on her Facebook profile blasting her daughter as a traitor for choosing to live with her grandmother, Wendy O’Connor, rather than with her. After the jump, check out the rest of C. Love’s Dazed & Confused photospread which, I must warn you, is pretty NSFW and read excerpts from Courtney’s Facebook rant against her daughter Frances Bean …

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