The Melvins

Fanatics! Yet Another Great Night of Sonic Bliss

RADIO BROADCAST #235 09-29-13 Fanatics! This show is so good, I can barely stand it! Take a moment to look over tonight's 31 flavors. As some of you obviously know, VUM reached their target amount of funds to be raised to press their new album, which we have been playing here. I would like to thin ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 13 Monophonics THE MINT Monophonics are like a whole section of the record store come to life -- especially that wall above the register where they keep the serious stuff. The Bay Area band do acrobatic son ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, December 31 Redd Kross, The Melvins ALEXANDRIA HOTEL Despite the myriad achievements of the human race throughout history -- moonshots, pyramids, penicillin and the late-night food truck -- one never-realized dream haunted civilization: getting Redd Kross and The Melvins to play on the same ... More >>

Music Picks: Fishbone, the Growlers, Redd Kross

The Melvins vs. George Thorogood: A War of Words Erupts Over Claims of a Record-Setting Tour

The Melvins are in the midst of an ambitious tour, performing in all 50 states (plus Washington, D.C.) in only 51 days. Pretty impressive, considering the legendary band soon will be entering their fourth decade. One of the pioneers of the 1980s Seattle scene that later birthed Nirvana and Soundgard ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week: Oct. 22-26

Monday, October 22 Kaki King EL REY THEATRE There are actually several versions of Kaki King. The Atlanta native first came to attention busking in the subways of New York City, but she wasn't panhandling for change by strumming creaky versions of "Free Bird" or "Sweet Child O' Mine." Instead, the ... More >>

Music Picks: Robert Glasper, Nick Waterhouse, Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Get Your Ruts Records Out

KCRW Broadcast #173 for Saturday, July 14, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Obamacare vs. the American Death Machine Fanatics! A great show tonight! In both hours we salute the mighty Ruts and acknowledge the passing of the band's legendary front man Malcolm Owen, who passed away on this ... More >>

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 >>

Here's The Full List of How Much Each Sunset Junction Band Was Supposed to Be Paid

In August Sunset Junction was denied a permit by the Board of Public Works, due to unpaid fees. This left everyone scrambling to get money they were owed, including ticket buyers, vendors, and bands themselves. Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance proceeded to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protec ... More >>

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Ronnie James Dio: Who's Better?

​[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] A singer's voice impacts a band's sound so much that a replacement basically creates a ... More >>

Pearl Jam Are the Most Boring Band in 20 Years

See also: The Worst Song Of The '90s? A Line-By-Line Dissection Of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" August marked the 20-year anniversary of Pearl Jam's Ten. Yes, for 20 soul-crushing years we've listened to Eddie Vedder mumble. Which is somehow even worse than Jeff Ament's endless procession of silly ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Procedure Club, Horrors

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #124 for Saturday, July 23. Fanatics! Another week, another great show lined up for you! I am listening down to the songs at this moment and it's going to be an excellent night of jams. I wanted to make a show that rocked out but had some quiet dynamics. I am r ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Kaoru Abe, Acid King, Pontiak

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #111 for Saturday, April 23. Fanatics! It is Friday, early afternoon and I am just now getting a chance to write these brief notes up for you. One of these days I'm going to get some sleep. Just back from Ann Arbor, Michigan where we had a major blast at the Stoo ... More >>

Music Picks: Iannis Xenakis Now and Tomorrow, Ozzy Osbourne, War Tapes, Liz Pappademas

Also, Savage Republic, Tanya Morgan, the Church, the Fling and others

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ [Originally published 1/21/2011] This weekend, like every other in LA, there are soooo many things to do we struggled to distill them down into five. But behold! We did! And many of the stuff we found is all ages---imagine that! So, no excuses--a foundational figure in rockabilly AND a semi ... More >>

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 >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

"L.A. proved too much for the man," sang Gladys Knight, "So he's leavin' the life he's come to know, He said he's goin' back to find [Ooh, said the Pips] what's left of his world, The world he left behind, Not so long ago." Well, "the man" was kind of a wuss, right? You don't have to take that mid ... More >>

10 Shows We're Stoked About in Early 2011

10 Shows We're Stoked About in 2011

Melvins Reveal Albums They Will Be Playing at Their Spaceland Residency (EXCLUSIVE)

​A short while ago, Spaceland Productions announced that local indie demigods The Melvins will be playing a Friday residency during January 2011 at the Silver Lake club formerly known as "Spaceland," and currently becoming "The Satellite." There's been a lot of speculation as what Buzzo & Co. ... More >>

Misfit, Lemmy, and Alice Cooper Costume Contest at Spaceland, Winners Get Melvins Tix!

Misfit, Lemmy, and Alice Cooper Costume Contest at Spaceland, Winners Get a Month of Melvins Tix!

The Melvins To Play Spaceland Residency Every Friday in January 2011

Just like the monkey says​The Melvins have just announced they will be playing a Spaceland residency every Friday in January 2011. LA Weekly's Erin Broadley recently talked to Buzzo about their current wave of success (Billboard 200 album? check), and he continued extolling the virtues of bei ... More >>

Toy Story 4: The Melvins (New Cutecore Video!)

Toy Story 4: The Melvins (New Cutecore Video!)

Tweak Bird: Play Heavy, Sing Pretty

Glowing in the dark with the notorious Bird brothers

The Melvins Get Dubstepped on Scion AV Remix EP [ free MP3]

The Melvins Get Dubstepped on Scion AV Remix EP [ free MP3]

The Melvins Attack the West Coast on New Tour

The Melvins Attack the West Coast on New Tour

Adam Jones of Tool Launches New Comic Book Series, Selected as Featured Artist for Alternative Press Magazine's 25th Anniversary Exhibit

http://cosm.typepad.comAdam Jones holds his bronze sculpture​Many know Adam Jones from Tool as one of the world's greatest guitarists, however the L.A.-based musician also has an unrelenting passion for visual arts that spans his entire life. From finding refuge in comic books as a child, to a ... More >>

Sludge Rock Originators The Melvins Storm the Billboard Charts

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

Over the Weekend: The Final L.A. Show of ISIS

Over the Weekend: The Final L.A. Show of ISIS

Godspeed You Black Emperor! Too Cheerful for You? Meet Red Sparowes

Red Sparowes Spawn Ethereal Rock for the Armageddon

Halloween Costume Ideas for LA Music Fans

You are running out of time. YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. You're running out of time. Halloween is a little over a week away, and you haven't done jack to prepare. It's not too late. You've got this weekend to shop, and the entire next week to finesse. If you're looking for some ideas for you and/or ... More >>

New Vinyl Column, Inches, Debuts: New Wax from Mika Miko, Xasthur, Castledoor, Rx Bandits, Shafiq Husayn (MP3)

In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (one populate ... More >>

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

David Scott Stone: The Master Modulator Experiments With Old Tones

"I want to make experimental music that affects all the senses"

Sean Carlson Announces LA installment of F Yeah Fest, and it features a Scavenger Hunt (and, er, Insane Clown Posse)!

There is so much to be excited about the F Yeah Fest that I don't know where to begin. Let's start with Negative Approach, one of the great old school dirt punk bands. Or Toronto's Fucked Up, whose "Year of the Pig" EP from last year was an absolute epic marriage of hardcore punk and rock opera th ... More >>

The Melvins Take Us on a Tour of Their Los Angeles

Rolling with Dale and Buzzo

Rock Picks: Supersuckers, Bloc Party, Melvins

Dec. 27 - Jan. 3

Rock Picks: Julieta Venegas, White Stripes, Spectrum

For the week of September 13 – 20

A Noble Throttling

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

Neuromancers

Neurosis, Red Sparowes at the El Rey

Jamie Land

KCRW’s A Sounds Eclectic Evening

Universal Amphitheater, March 12

Genesis Regenerated

Get on It or Else

Built for Speed

Fastbacks: Punk in the present tense