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

Guardian Music — This brotherly jazz-metal duo could do to be a little less sweaty metal, a little more complex jazzHometown: Carbondale, Illinois.The lineup: Caleb Bird (guitar), Ashton Bird (drums).The background: We're no mathematicians, but if yesterday's four-pi... more info

Culture Bully — The Calgary-based Sled Island festival has announced its initial musical lineup featuring 90 acts including Girl Talk, the Melvins, !!!, Built To Spill, Deerhoof, Why?, Les Savy Fav & more. more info

Pitchfork — Artist: MelvinsAlbum: The Bride Screamed MurderRelease Date: June 1Label: Ipecac Tracklist: 01 The Water Glass02 Evil New War God03 Pig House04 I'll Finish You Off05 Electric Flower06 Hospital Up07 Inhumanity and Death08 My Generation?09 P... more info

Live Daily — Alt-metal mavens The Melvins [ tickets ] will launch a headlining tour in June on the same day their new studio album, "The Bride Screamed Murder," drops into stores. The trek kicks off June 1 in San Diego, runs through a July 9 appearance in San ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — I've always had a love/hate relationship with Liars. As is usual with any musicians fervently dedicated to progression and the new, they've veered from absolute genius ('They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top') to wilful contrarine... more info

Rolling Stone — Black Eyed Peas reveal the second North American leg of their The E.N.D. jaunt, Hot Chip add some April dates to their One Life Stand tour and Melvins plan to hit the road this June in support of their upcoming album, The Bride Screamed Murder. Full ... more info