Dale Crover

The Best Supergroups in Metal

Bereft's debut album, Leichenhaus, was released this week. Featuring members of Abysmal Dawn and Intronaut, and an ex-member of The Faceless, the group plays snail-paced doom-metal inspired by 90's U.K. acts like Paradise Lost and Anathema. Since it came out just this week, it is still too early to ... More >>

Music Picks: Regina Carter, Madness, Melvins, Grace Woodroofe

Also, Neon Indian, Moab, Damien Jurado and others

Melvins' Sugar Daddy Live: Pour Some Sugar on Me

The Melvins at The Satellite Last Night: Live Review (from a Melvins Virgin)

Leah HarmonKing Buzzo reigning supreme​ Who: The Melvins Where: The Satellite (aka, Spaceland) When: 1/21/2011 The line to get in the Satellite last night stretched down Silver Lake Blvd and around the corner. It was the third night of the Melvins' sold out Friday night residency and people w ... More >>

The Melvins Have Landed

The world finally catches up to the elder statesmen of sludge

The Melvins' First Residency Show at Spaceland: Live Review

Lainna FaderThe Melvins have landed!​ [Originally published 1/8/2011] Who: The Melvins Where: The Satellite (aka, Spaceland) When: 1/7/2011 The Melvins have come to the venue formerly known as Spaceland to grace us with their presence and play four sold shows this month to destroy your mind a ... More >>

Music Picks: Amy Kuney, Whispertown, the Civil Wars, Jake Bellows, Plan B

Also, Thom Bresh, Pictureplane, James Intveld and others

10 Shows We're Stoked About in Early 2011

10 Shows We're Stoked About in 2011

Music Picks: The Chapin Sisters, Pink Martini, Freestyle Fellowship, Mark Kozelek

Also Shonen Knife, the Vibrators, Karnivool and others

Tweak Bird: Play Heavy, Sing Pretty

Glowing in the dark with the notorious Bird brothers

Sludge Rock Originators The Melvins Storm the Billboard Charts

Sludge Rock Originators The Melvins Top the Charts (sort of...)

Melvins Remixes to Be Released: Features Boredoms' Eye, Matmos, Lee Ranaldo

The Melvins have announced the impending release of remix album with a twist: instead of a single track to work with, each remixer was given a full Melvins album, and then some, to work with. This is remarkable news if only to hear how the producers treat Dale Crover's drum fills; the drummer is, al ... More >>

WTF? Melvins to Perform 'Houdini' In Its Entirety in Four Cities, But Not LA?

One of the greatest heaviest records of the 1990s was the Melvins' sludge-filled riff-o-rama Houdini. Half of it was (halfway) produced by Kurt Cobain, the rest of it was not, and the whole of it shattered many glass bongs when listened to at full volume. The album, funded by Atlantic Records in t ... More >>

Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz Talks Festivals, Filth and Wisdom

Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz. Photo by Michael Lavine. The first time I saw Gogol Bordello live in 2007 was one of those embarrassing, made for YouTube, kind of nights. I woke up the next morning on my couch, tangled in my party dress, still wearing high heels, with blood caked to my bruised kn ... More >>

Rock Picks: Ice Cube, Bob Dylan, Dog and Pony Show

Also, Chuck Berry, Southern Culture on the Skids, Paul Weller, and more

The Melvins Take Us on a Tour of Their Los Angeles

Rolling with Dale and Buzzo

Rock Picks: Exodus, Altamont, Art Ensemble of Chicago and more

For the week of Jan. 18-24

A Noble Throttling

Qui, the Bronx, Circle Jerks, the Melvins, and the Locust August 4 at the Echoplex

Genesis Regenerated