Consequence of Sound — A new track from Basses Loaded and a new summer trek. more info

Rolling Stone — Melvins' upcoming album, Basses Loaded, finds the group's core members jamming with a variety of four-string firebrands, ranging from Nirvana's Krist Novoselic to Redd Kross' Steve McDonald. The latter bassist joins frontman Buzz Osborne and drummer ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — CHEVELLE has set "The North Corridor" as the title of its next studio album, tentatively due in July. The CD was helmed by Joe Barresi, the American record engineer and producer who has previously worked with bands such as KYUSS, MELVINS, TOOL and QU... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Melvins continue to make the case that sleep is overrated as, directly on the heels of that huge tour with Napalm Death and Melt Banana, they've now announced yet another huge North American tour... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Sludge-rock overlords Melvins are planning to release Basses Loaded, their latest album-length experiment. On this one, they’re teaming up with a whole pile of guest bassists, including Krist Novoselic. We’ve posted “Hideous Woman” and the ba... more info

Impose Magazine — On Thursday, April 14, metal-prog luminaries Napalm Death, Melvins, and Melt Banana played a show of epic proportions at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. Photographer Silvia Saponaro was there to catch the mayhem. The post Napalm Death, Melvi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Two almost-equally long-running metal innovators, the Melvins and Napalm Death, are on tour now with the only slightly-less long-running Japanese noise rockers Melt-Banana. That killer triple bill just hit NYC for two sold-out shows: Thursday (4/14) ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Napalm Death & Melvins, Ween night 2, The Church, Pallbearer, Ghost, Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson, Stephen Steinbrink, Dave Harrington, and lots more NYC shows tonight. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: King Buzzo at The Wick in 2014 (more by P Squared) Mike and the Melvins, the "lost" collaboration between the Melvins and Godheadsilo's Mike Kunka, have shared another song from their finally-completed album. It's called "Limited Teeth" and it... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Read new short fiction by Don DeLillo at the New Yorker. Stream Blind Willie Johnson covers by Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams. Stream a new Melvins song. Guernica interviewed author John D'Agata. Aquarium Drunkard shared a Lunar New Year Chinese... more info