Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Melvins - "Star Spangled Banner" (live) (MP3) Melvins at AmRep Anniversary in 2010 (more by Taylor Keahey) As previously mentioned, Melvins are releasing the live album Sugar Daddy Live on May 31 via Ipecac Recordings. In honor of Memorial.... more info

KEXP Seattle — The band that made grunge famous was Nirvana.  Founding members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novaselic met at a Melvins concert in their hometown of Aberdeen, Washington.  By early 1988, they were playing under the name of Nirvana and had developed a cult... more info

Altsounds — Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover take viewer questions via Yowie.com this evening at 6 pm pacific/9 pm eastern. Fans can login to the chat at this link: http://www.yowie.com/show/308 (http://t.ymlp197.net/qbhagawusavawbalaqmye/click.php). The Mel... more info

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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Hard rock act the Melvins and former teen-pop act Hanson are among the acts slated to appear at the the Sunset Junction street festival. A partial list of artists performing at the Aug. 27-28 event was unveiled via the fest's... more info

Totally Fuzzy — If a reputable metal label like Century Media all of a sudden releases a Country album you already smell there must be something funny about it... and funny he sure is. But let that not distract you from the quality of the music. It's the Charlie Da... more info

Guardian Music — Once the enfants terribles of the Seattle rock underground, Nirvana have now been exalted by the city elders. Bassist Krist Novoselic talks about becoming a museum exhibitDuring seven years in Nirvana, Krist Novoselic witnessed all manner of unschedu... more info

KEXP Seattle — One of the first bands to take the sludgy, dark sounds of heavy metal and punk and slow them down to create a guitar style that is the trademark of grunge was Melvins.  Originally from the small town of Montesano, Washington, they took the band name... more info

Metal Injection — Now this is going to be a great tour. Torche have announced a Summer go-around the US and will be taking one half of The Melvins, that's Big Business to you sir, out on a Summer tour. These are two of the best stoner rock bands out there right n... more info

Guardian Music — Creeping lo-fi pop that will get under your skinThe enigmatically monikered 2:54 (named after their favourite moment in a Melvins song), are sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow, wearers of leather jackets and sombre expressions – and makers of some ... more info