The Melvins

[polmico]

^great tune.

Plus you get a magnet!

[polmico]

Saw the documentary in a cinema locally a couple of nights back.
It's terrific. Funny, warm and, most of all, extremely inspiring.

Finally made it all the way through the doc this week. I'm not a musician, and I was inspired to follow my . . . muse? Sure. Muse.

Buzz's approach to his art, his comments on the music industry and what fans will and won't pay for, his honest assessment of the band's bass players--these all endeared me to him (and the band) in a way I never expected. I regret now skipping out on the acoustic solo tour he did. I shan't make that mistake again.

Got through the second disc of the Blu Ray package today, too. A good show with Pinkus on bass. Their cover of "Youth of America" is always groovy and fun.

Man, I got a feeling I need to shore up my Melvins collection. I'm missing huge chunks from the early '00s (all the Jello stuff, most of the Rutmanis years) and early '90s (Lysol and the solo records in particular).

[polmico]

The Melvins return with the new album Pinkus Abortion Technician (April 20, Ipecac Recordings), featuring both ongoing Melvins' bass player Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, OFF!) and Butthole Surfers', and occasional Melvins', bottom ender Jeff Pinkus on bass.

"With our upcoming release, we double your bass player with Steven McDonald AND Jeff Pinkus holding down the bottom," explains Dale Crover. It's an experiment in the low end of the aural spectrum where we asked ourselves, 'would it work?' 'could it work??' 'should it work???' The answers were yes, yes and YES!"

"We've never had two bass players. We've had two drummers and two guitar players so it makes total sense to now have two bass players," adds Buzz Osborne. "We'll be taking this two-prong bass attack on the road as well which should prove to be interesting. Pinkus Abortion Technician is a radically great record and was a stone groove to record. We drank a lot of coffee and enjoyed each other's company. I like Steven and Jeff a great deal. I admire their bass playing and singing and both of them can grill a mean steak."
http://lambgoat.com/news/29542/Melvi...-American-tour

April 26 San Diego, CA Casbah
April 29 Dallas, TX Tree's
April 30 Austin, TX Mohawk
May 1 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
May 3 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
May 4 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
May 6 Charlottee, NC Visulite Theater
May 7 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
May 9 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
May 10 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
May 11 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
May 12 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
May 13 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
May 14 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
May 18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
May 20 Louisville, KY Headliner's Music Hall
May 22 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
May 23 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
May 24 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room
May 25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
May 31 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
July 12 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
July 14 Fresno, CA Strummer's
July 16 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
July 17 Sacramento, CA Holy Diver
July 19 Seattle, WA Neumo's
July 20 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
July 21 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub
July 24 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
July 25 Calgary, AB Marquee Room
July 27 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
July 28 Fargo, ND The Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs)
July 29 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
July 30 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
July 31 Chicago, IL Park West
August 2 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
August 3 Detroit, MI El Club
August 4 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
August 5 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
August 6 Rock Island, IL Rock Island Brewing Company
August 7 Des Moines, IA Wooly's
August 8 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
August 10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
August 11 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
August 13 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
August 14 Las Vegas, NV The Bunkhouse Saloon

[polmico]

Been processing the new album all week now.

It's not quite as good as Death, but I think that album is perhaps Melvins' finest hour (it's that good).

I defended an earlier Beatles cover that was slagged 'round these parts. Not sure I'll be as successful defending their cover of "I Want To Hold Your Hand," but I've never liked that song anyway.

Weird mutated blues from Pinkus on "Don't Forget to Breathe." Sludgey, dirthy closer on "Grave Yard," very excellently creepy acoustic intro to "Prenup Butter," mutated Appalachia nightmare on "Flamboyant Duck"--Melvins cover a lot of ground on this one. The two previous proper Melvins albums--the aforementioned Death and Basses Loaded--sit better with me, but if this indeed Pinkus' last album with the band, it's a good note to go out on.

[mandrake root]

I saw the Melvins live for the first time last year. Was utterly thrilled that they were supported by Redd Kross. Made for a superb night out!

[mandrake root]

This sounds like it might be Lysol.

To dismiss Lysol as thirty two minutes of sludge is perhaps doing it a disservice. 'Sacrifice' is one of the great tunes from that period -- and was in the live set from last year. It also features a particularly downbeat cover of Alice Cooper's classic 'Ballad of Dwight Fry'.

[Kavus Torabi]

It's a seminal record and the inspiration for Sleep's Dopesmoker.

[mandrake root]

While I'm here, some of you Melvins folk might enjoy the new album by Boss Keloid (out Friday). More often than not, the vocals take on a Buzz style and meter. It's a bloody great record.

http://www.realgonerocks.com/2018/04...d-on-the-inch/

[polmico]

Dale's band live:

[polmico]

New Crover album:
https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.co.../rat-a-tat-tat

“Surprisingly poppy moments”? Whoa ho, there. I’m not surprised but, hey, what do I know.

Melvins show on 14 Feb.:
https://www.bandsintown.com/e/102457...at-live-stream

Spend the “holiday” with those you love. Or hate. Either way.

New Melvins album:
https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com...ut-feb-26-2021

I bet they taught Him a thing or two.

Related? Sure. New Tomahawk album:
https://tomahawkofficial.bandcamp.co...nic-immobility

‘Nuff said.

[polmico]

Buzz discusses the new album, gear and his friendship with Cobain.
https://guitar.com/features/intervie...jYBnXlv5qGIIhI

[polmico]

An acoustic Melvins double album covering their (ahem) greatest hits?

https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com...ive-legged-dog

Acoustic “Night Goat” can be previewed now.

[polmico]

[aith01]

^ That's a cool cover!

[polmico]

Dunn and Buzzo have a new EP out, and it's sufficiently weird.

[polmico]

I haven’t seen (the) Melvins in twenty years. Next Tuesday ends that unfortunate streak.

Fuck yeah.

[polmico]

Going to show at Cat’s Cradle on Sunday. Crover is recovering from emergency back surgery, but Coady Willis of Big Business (and, of course, Melvins) is in.

They’re playing all of Bullhead.

And Boris are playing, too.

Far out.