Altsounds — * HIGH ON FIRE* has announced plans to tour both New Zealand and Japan with The Melvins. The world renowned trios will kick off the NZ live dates on February 11. Both bands will then take part in the 2011 installment of Soundwave, an annual music... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As Buzz Osborne (a.k.a. King Buzzo) rattles off a list of tours, albums and weird artistic collaborations he's been evolved in, it's hard to imagine anything he hasn't done with his band, the Melvins, over their 28 years. Until now,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mAx H. said... CHILLOUT AREA 1 Taruna - Sacred Tree 2 Astropilot - Son of the Sky 3 Gus Till - Rainsong 4 Nada - Numbers 5 Badawi - Fifth Eclipse of Dajz Mara 6 Studio Pankow - Heidelberger Platz 7 Shades Of Orion - Biotrip 8 Naoki Kenji - Haru thank... more info

The Culture Of Me — In another rare interview scored by those rascals at the Ford Models Blog, Buzz Osborne, the Sideshow Bob-coiffured rocker of The Melvins, discusses his penchant for not caring about fashion, about hitting number 200 on the charts, about being in the... more info

Altsounds — Controversial Brooklyn hardcore punk band *GFJD* (*GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP)* will release its sophomore album *What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You* on February 14, 2011 via Shinebox Recordings. Mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Alex Newport (T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Melvins currently have no dates on the road, but they do in their native Los Angeles. They'll play a residency at Spaceland (soon to be The Satellite) every Friday in January, but these aren't your normal Melvins shows:... more info

Totally Fuzzy — G O D said... APPLEKORE-Good Things Come To Those Enraged-crusty rap/metal,1993,california INEPT-Straight Outta The Dumpster-Awesome crusty hardcore from N.C. A cover of a Doom song,boy/girl dual vocalists! CAT MACHINE -The Racket -in the continuing ... more info

Guardian Music — Instead of dissecting the piccolo or keytar, this week David McNamee muses on the multi-talented Mike PattonWhat is it? Since its inception, this column has brought you fortnightly trivia on a panoply of musical instruments. Now it's time to look at ... more info

Metalsucks — I care about as much about sports as you folks come to this website to read about carpentry tips*, but reader Bryce Evans sent us this highly professional photo of the Melvins’ King Buzzo at game two of the World Series last night, and it’s just ... more info

Metalsucks — By the time I got into Metal Church, founder Kurdt Vanderhoof had departed the band, but continued to write their songs. Which I guess means that after 1985′s The Dark, technically Metal Church was a Kurdt Vanderhoof cover band. Weird. Anyway... more info