Pitchfork — Photo by Faith Coloccia The massively influential slow-churn metal band Isis are calling it quits. The band announced their impending breakup yesterday on their blog, writing, "This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brou... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-26 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *05-29 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *05-30 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater *05-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre *06-01 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *06-02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *06-04 San Francisco, CA - Gre... more info

Metal Injection — A few hours ago, ISIS announced that after their next run of dates with the Melvins, they will cease to exist as a band. As somebody who was madly in love with the band a few years ago, I can say this is fine with me. Don't get me wrong, I great... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YoungMossTongue said... T.S.O.L. - Dance With Me REDD KROSS - Neurotica RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON - Shoot Out The Lights McLUSKY - My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours Fuzzy love... XXX http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com Jake Thee ... more info

Pitchfork — As Chris Weingarten's Twitter points out, the Melvins took to their MySpace page today, revealing plans for a gigantic and extremely limited box set that they'll sell at shows and online. The set includes 13 different albums from the Pacific Northwes... more info

Metalsucks — If you haven’t read Part One of my interview with Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, you might want to check it out before you go any further. In this second and final installment of that conversation, King Buzzo pulls no punches. See below to learn ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale at noon for the Nas & Damian Marley show at Highline Ballroom. Natalie Merchant is playing shows at Town Hall in NYC on July 15th & 16th. Tickets are on sale at noon. Tickets are on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Seriously, when is this show going to appear on the MHOW and on ticketmaster? It's killin me!" -Anon Isis at Irving Plaza (more by Paul Birman) As previously reported and now realized, The Melvins & Isis will team up with... more info

Metalsucks — Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins once said in order to make a perfect song, “you have to… be able to hide what you’re stealing from really well.” Evidently, new Relapse Records signing Mose Giganticus haven’t quite figured that out just yet, b... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Confidant of Lucille Ball, uncle to The Melvins, a featured player in The Beverly Hillbillies pilot episode. That's Robert Osborne, the seventy-seven year old face of Turner Classic Movies. Robert Osborne comes from the small town of Colfax, Wash... more info