Hot diggity dang, it must be fun being in Big Business. The core duo of bassist/frontman Jared Warren (ex-Tight Bros from Way Back When, which I’m o
Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band is composed of bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/voca
The discovery of a new band is always exciting. Will it be something you’ve heard countless times? An experience that leaves a bad taste in your mou
The Morning Buzz edition of "New Band To Burn One To" today features Breakfast of Champions. Bio: Breakfast of Champions are a 3 p
The Evening Buzz edition of "New Band To Burn One" features Blastronaut. Bio: Blastronaut are a brand new heavy rock band form
[Photos courtesy of Dana (distortion) Yavin. See her excellent work HERE.] After the previous night’s epic tooth-rattling concert featuring t
"Faster and more (I can’t believe I’m going to use this word in relation to Big Business) melodic than the Melvins’ stoner-rock output, much of
[Photos by Greg Cristman. Used with permission. All rights reserved] My last Melvins show had nothing on the epic 25th anniversary show that we a
THE MC5This forthcoming series of articles....beginning with this one... from many famous authors.... I am presenting to my readers, so you can know m
The Melvins, those musical pioneers of sludge metal and overall madness, are set to release their latest live album, Sugar Daddy Live, on May 31st on
The Melvins, those musical pioneers of sludge metal and overall madness, are set to release their latest live album, Sugar Daddy Live, on May 31st on
[image by Songbirdnest] We’ve had a little downtime during the last two weeks, but things will pick up beginning on Monday and continue unabate
The Melvins, those musical pioneers of sludge metal and overall madness, are set to release their latest live album, Sugar Daddy Live, on May 31st on
The Indian music scene has been evolving leaps and bounds over the past few years. There are a few bands that have been creating a benchmark with genr
Back in the early 80's, New York City's music scene was being overrun by a slew of new wave and punk bands, all eager to replicate one another's styl
Female fronted sludge/ doom from Oxford, England. This is their debut EP from last year, released through Blindsight Records. A tasty one, prepare you
Southern Lord 2011 In some way I thought it would be harder for me to wrap my head around The Value Of Decay the solo album from Mark Deutrom. Maybe
For this week's edition of Heavy Rotation, I decided to dig around in the attic for some of my old Grunge CDs. For some of you younger readers that m
[image by Songbirdnest] We’ve had a few productive months since the last update, so its time to take us through the Spring and into Summer. We
In their previous bands, the members of Red Fang created difficult, complicated, challenging music. With Red Fang, they take a different approach, ret
Powerful Southern fueled stoner/doom from Christchurch, New Zealand. For those who dig the grooves of Blind Dog, Down, COC, Burden,..'Over the last fe
The featured band on this week's edition of Sunday Sludge is NC sludge/doom purveyors Sourvein. Bio: "Sourvein were originally
The Fucking Champs' Tim Green, who has produced records for the Melvins, Six Organs of Admittance, and Comets on Fire, is clearly a guy who understand
The hardcore band were in Christchurch when the recent quake hit... (
So I’m sure I don’t really need to say much about this. Live At The Aragon will be coming out during Prog-Metal March, and the set list co
HIGH ON FIRE has announced plans to tour both New Zealand and Japan with the MELVINS.... (
Thanks to James for sharing the latest effort from his band, Naisian.Naisian, from Sheffield (UK), is a generous band and an aficionado of the Swamp.T
Welcome to the first installment of "Sunday Sludge". This feature will showcase influential as well as up-and-coming and unsigned bands in this sub-g
The "New Band To Burn One To" today is Les Guenilles. Bio: "The band was formed in 2008 by David and Francois. They splitted b
Album review With the exception of the Melvins, at the point Sub Pop 200 was released the label had virtually every important Seattle band on its ro
Fusing elements of dirty southern heavy rock with Kyuss-inspired stoner rock, Second Gear Grind from Christchurch, NZ have cr
I decided today I was just going to put together a random mix of some good music I had been listening to lately. After I was done, I realized nearly a
I decided today I was just going to put together a random mix of some good music I had been listening to lately. After I was done, I realized nearly a
Dave Sharp cranks up the radio love to warp 10 New York, NY– SECRET SEVEN MAKES THE JAZZ TIMES MAGAZINE 2010 Critics Poll Check out: www.jazzt
My gal spent the day seeing a bunch of doctors today. Tests at the hospital is a lousy way to spend a Friday. I started singing Eels’ ‘Hos
You may remember a heavy US band from Richmond, Virginia, which started tearing your ears some time ago with the name of Sword and by means of their p
Thanks heaps to one of our friends from biiiig Australia, KissTheSky for the huge serving of tunes contained in this megapost.KissTheSky is likely bet
The Melvins perform each Friday throughout January at Spaceland (Silver Lake, Calif.) with a different set and featured albums including the band̵
These guys are good, i know i'm repeating myself, but there are a little too much good bands getting in my iTunes these days... anyway read the bio b
The MELVINS will perform each Friday throughout January at Spaceland in Silver Lake, California with a different set and featured albums including the
“All right people, now is the time. This is Flight Director Penfold speaking. I need a go/no-go for launch when I call your area of resp
Hellfest 2011 will be held in in Clisson, France on June 17-19, 2011. Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and Opeth are among the bands that will perform at the
Hellfest 2011 will be held in in Clisson, France on June 17-19, 2011. Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and Opeth are among the bands that will perform at t
"Pigboat’s latest album was quickly becoming the Chinese Democracy of the Portland music scene. With almost three years since their last release,
"Pigboat play loud rock. Their brand of hard-hitting drums, big tube amps, heavy riffs, catchy chord progressions, and feedback started in 2002 afte
Tera Melos launch November tour with Maps & Atlases “Once in a rare while an album comes along that’s so fresh and ingenious it rede
NewsI care about as much about sports as you folks come to this website to read about carpentry tips*, but reader Bryce Evans sent us this highly prof
Here's a request from the C-Box."Nine tracks of crushing brutality from Minneapolis noise rockers "Tonnage" in the vein of Unsane, Helmet and the Me
As also seen on The Soda Shop So what do we have here? We have another debut album from a Denver band with some serious tunes that really deli
The Melvins, I thought, were a metal band. Two things really made me change my mind on that synopsis: first off, the album that Jello Biafra did with
