Since their 2006 release of (A) Senile Animal, The Melvins seem to be bent on proving they are anything but. The sludge rock quartet will be touring around the country for over a month along with supporting act Big Business and a screening of A Purge of Dissidents, a series of animated shorts from visual artist Dalek.
Big Business, aka the newest members of The Melvins, recently opened on a tour for progressive rock poster-band Tool and released the full-length album Here Come the Waterworks in March of this year. The duo was featured and reviewed in ALARM’s spring issue.
A Purge of Dissidents, a series of ten animated shorts starring Dalek‘s Space Monkey, is set to music by Tom Hazelmeyer, or HAZEXXL. Also present on the score are instrumentals by The Melvins and Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü, which are greatly appreciated by the ALARM staff.
The Melvins – “The Talking Horse”
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Upcoming Tour Dates for The Melvins:
September 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
September 16 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s Night Club
September 18 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
September 19 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
September 21 – Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater
September 22 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
September 23 – Colorado Springs, CO @ the Black Sheep
September 25 – Lawrence, KS @ the Bottleneck
September 26 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
September 27 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
September 28 – Detroit, MI @ Small’s
September 29 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
October 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ the Fillmore
October 2 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
October 5 – New York, NY @ the Fillmore
October 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Luna Lounge
October 9 – Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
October 10 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watts Club
October 11 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree
October 12 – Knoxville, TN @ Blue Cats
October 13 – Nashville, TN @ Exit Inn
October 15 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eye Jacks
October 16 – Houston, TX @ Red Room
October 17 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
October 18 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre