Melvins Archives

Best Albums: Sage Francis, King Buzzo, Helms Alee / Young Widows, Fucked Up

Sage Francis: Copper Gone
King Buzzo: This Machine Kills Artists
Helms Alee / Young Widows: Split 12″
Fucked Up: Glass Boys

Album Stream: Godswounds’ Death to the Babyboomers

A heart-racing synthesis of heavy metal, horns, and videogame scores, Godswounds’ debut album is half psychedelic trip, half nutty science experiment gone right.

Best Albums: Melvins, Bryce Dessner & Kronos Quartet, Czar, Phuture Doom

Melvins: Tres Cabrones
Bryce Dessner & Kronos Quartet: Aheym
Czar: No One Is Alone If No One Is Alive

MP3 Premiere: Victory and Associates’ “We’ll Have To Be Our Own Heroes”

Victory and Associates are here to inspire heroism in the pit with new track “We’ll Have To Be Our Own Heroes”.

Life as a touring punk musician: Watch Retox’s YPLL doc in full

Last week we premiered footage from Retox’s YPLL documentary, giving an in-depth look at the existence of the punk-hardcore outfit and touching on realities that face bands looking to play music for a living. Now, as promised, here’s the hour-long film in full.

Watch Buzz Osborne, Nick Zinner, and other punk vets ruminate in 10-min Retox doc

In a video documentation of its new album, hardcore-punk outfit Retox (along with friends Buzz Osborne, Nick Zinner, and Trevor Dunn) ruminates about endless touring, pouring out emotions on stage, and the magic of music.

Streaming Sausages: Hear The Melvins’ 30th-anniversary covers album, catch ’em on tour

(The) Melvins: Everybody Loves Sausages (Ipecac, 4/30/13)

(The) Melvins, embarking on a 30th-anniversary tour (in both standard and Melvins Lite variations, depending on date) on July 12 alongside Honky, is releasing a covers record April 30. Entitled Everybody Loves Sausages, the album showcases the band’s many talents by covering artists as diverse as David Bowie, Queen, The Jam, and Venom. It also features myriad guest stars, including JG Thirlwell, Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Jello Biafra, and more.

Hear Melvins cover Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend”

Melvins to cover Queen, Venom, Bowie, and other oddballs on Everybody Loves Sausages

ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012

Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady rotation in our downtown-Chicago premises. Now, to give some love to tunes that were left out, we have our 50 (+5) favorite songs of last year — singles, B-sides, EP standouts, soundtrack cuts, and more.

Joyful Noise Recordings 2013 flexi-disc series

Melvins, Hella, Why?, Rob Crow share new tracks for Joyful Noise flexi-disc subscription

Subscription-style releases have boomed lately, with the popularity of websites like Kickstarter and Quarterly Co. acting as convenient tools. In 2013, Joyful Noise Recordings joins the action with a yearlong slate of flexi-disc releases from kick-ass bands.

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from Meshuggah to The Mars Volta, Converge, Killer Mike, P.O.S, and many more.