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May 26, 2010 in San Diego, CA at Casbah (with: Jakob, Tombs)
May 29, 2010 in Eugene, OR at Wow Hall (with: Jakob, Tombs)
May 31, 2010 in Vancouver, BC at Rickshaw Theatre (with: Jakob, Tombs)
June 1, 2010 in Seattle, WA at Neumos Crystal Ball Reading (with: Jakob, Tombs)
June 2, 2010 in Portland, OR at Doug Fir Lounge (with: Jakob, Tombs)
June 4, 2010 in San Francisco, CA at Great American Music Hall (with: Jakob, Tombs)
June 5, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA at Troubadour (with: Jakob, Tombs)
June 12, 2010 in Manchester, TN at Bonnaroo Music Festival (with: Melvins, Gwar)
June 14, 2010 in Athens, GA at 40 Watt Club
June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC at 9:30 Club (with: Melvins, Totimoshi)
June 17, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA at Theatre of the Living Arts (TLA) (with: Melvins, Totimoshi)
June 18, 2010 in New York, NY at Webster Hall (with: Melvins)
June 19, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY at Music Hall of Williamsburg (with: Melvins)
June 20, 2010 in Boston, MA at Paradise Rock Club (with: Melvins, Totimoshi)
June 21, 2010 in Boston, MA at Paradise Rock Club (with: Melvins, Totimoshi)
June 22, 2010 in Portland, ME at Port City Music Hall (with: Cave In)
June 23, 2010 in Montreal, QC at Club Soda (with: Cave In)
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New Melvins, The Bride Screamed Murder is due June 1st and coincides with a U.S tour (dates below), joined by Isis (6/14 – 6/23) and Totimoshi.

June 1, 2010 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
June 2, 2010 – Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
June 3, 2010 – Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad
June 5, 2010 – Austin, TX – Emos
June 7, 2010 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
June 8, 2010 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
June 9, 2010 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
June 10, 2010 – Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
June 12, 2010 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
June 14, 2010 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
June 16, 2010 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
June 17, 2010 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of The Living Arts
June 18, 2010 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
June 19, 2010 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
June 20, 2010 – Boston, MA – Paradise
June 21, 2010 – Boston, MA – Paradise
June 23, 2010 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
June 24, 2010 – Detroit, MI – Small’s
June 25, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Double Door
June 26, 2010 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
June 27, 2010 – Des Moines, IA – House Of Bricks
July 2, 2010 – Calgary, AB, Canada – Sled Island Festival
July 3, 2010 – Calgary, AB, Canada – Sled Island Festival
July 5, 2010 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rickshaw Theatre
July 6, 2010 – Seattle, WA – Showbox At The Market
July 7, 2010 – Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
July 9, 2010 – San Jose, CA – Blank Club

Thanks to @IpecacRec on twitter we have some exciting news. Not only do we have confirmation that Mondo Cane is landing first week of May, but we also get a release date for the new recently completed Melvins album and also news of a new Isis record! It’s shaping up to be a good year.

“Oh my! Mondo Cane(Patton) record out first week of May, new Melvins record first week of June and more Isis soon too!!!!”

Soundwave recently released the maps of the various cities they will be hitting on the tour. The time tables are also available on the same pages:

BRISBANE – http://www.soundwavefestival.com/info/brisbane#maps

SYDNEY – http://www.soundwavefestival.com/info/sydney#maps

MELBOURNE – http://www.soundwavefestival.com/info/melbourne#maps

ADELAIDE – http://www.soundwavefestival.com/info/adelaide#maps

PERTH – http://www.soundwavefestival.com/info/perth#maps

According to soundwave’s twitter, there are only a few Sydney tix left so get in if you want ‘em.

Isis recently released their kick arse tour poster for the upcoming Australia, New Zealand and Japan tour. More info

Feb 15 2010    SFBH    Wellington
Feb 16 2010    Transmission Room    Auckland
Feb 18 2010    The Hi-Fi    Brisbane
Feb 20 2010   R.N.A. Showgrounds – Soundwave Festival w/ Faith No More, Meshuggah, etc.    Brisbane
Feb 21 2010    Eastern Creek Raceway – Soundwave Festival w/ Faith No More, Meshuggah, etc.    Eastern Creek
Feb 23 2010    Manning Bar w/ Baroness    Sydney
Feb 25 2010    Corner Hotel w/ Baroness, Oren Ambarchi    Melbourne
Feb 26 2010    Melbourne Showgrounds – Soundwave Festival w/ Faith No More, Meshuggah, etc.    Melbourne
Feb 27 2010    Bonython Park – Soundwave Festival w/ Faith No More, Meshuggah, etc.    Adelaide
Mar 1 2010      Steel Blue Oval – Soundwave Festival w/ Faith No More, Meshuggah, etc.    Perth
Mar 3 2010     Club Quattro w/ Baroness    Osaka
Mar 4 2010     Club Quattro w/ Baroness    Nagoya
Mar 6 2010     O-East w/ Baroness    Tokyo

It’s the party end of the year (well it was when I started this post) and it’s time for the first ever inaugural Stubbadub top 10 albums of the year list!

Even without any significant contributions from Mike Patton this year, which can be directly attributed to a certain reunion tour, there have been many great Stubbadub related releases to tickle our ear drums.

So lets get started. Counting down from 10 to 1:

10.  Zu – Carboniferous (Mike Patton) - Italian metallers Zu released their latest album Carboniferous via Mike Patton‘s label Ipecac Recordings. Mike appears on a couple of tracks (Soulympics and Orc) along with Buzz from the Melvins (Chthonian).

09. Shrinebuilder – Self Titled (Dale Crover) - Featuring Dale Crover of The Melvins fame on drums and Neurosis frontman Scott Kelly on Guitar, Shrinebuilder released their stoner fueled debut album in October.

08. MadLove – White with Foam (Trevor Dunn) – Trevor Dunn’s Rock Album. Nuff said. Go get it.

07. Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine – The Audacity of Hype (Billy Gould) – The latest installment from outspoken ex-Dead Kennedys’ vocalist, Eric Reed Boucher aka Jello Biafra is a kick in the sack from start to finish. The album features Billy Gould on bass and one has to assume that he would have toured with the band if he hadn’t been side tracked by the recent reformation of Faith No More. Hopefully he can make the next tour (and they bring it to Australia )

06. Chuck Mosley and the VUA – Will Rap over Hard Rock for Food (Chuck Mosley) – It’s been a while since Chuck released anything of significance, but it was worth the wait. A good album over all and the rework of Faith No More‘s We Care a Lot (Featuring special guest Mr Roddy Bottum on keys) is very interesting and worth grabbing the album for alone.

05. Umlaut – Self Titled (Bar McKinnon) – Bar’s first release since becoming an Aussie. Recently toured with Les Claypool. A very tidy album all round with some very nice Bungle-esque/Secret Chiefs 3 moments.

04. Isis – Wavering Radiant (Ipecac Recordings) – The latest installment from rockers Isis as usual does not disappoint.

03. Secret Chiefs 3 – Traditionalists : Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini (Trey Spruance) – The newest SC3 album took everyone by surprise as Trey bucked his usual trend of announcing an album release and then missing that date by large margins. A great release by sub band “Traditionalists”, but leaves you hanging for the next book release.

02. The Fantastic Terrific Munkle – Music to Dance To (Danny Heifetz) – It is very difficult to keep up with what Danny is working on nowdays as he does not have any established online presence, but the best thing he is involved with at the moment is the Munkle band. Check this album out

01. John Zorn – O’o (Trevor Dunn) – The latest in Zorn’s “Romance” series and the follow up to 2008′s “The Dreamers”, this is an amazing record and by far my album of the year.

Honourable Mentions:

• SUNN O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions (Timb Harris, Eyvind Kang)

• Crank: High Voltage Soundtrack (Mike Patton)

Hopefully next year we will see the highly anticipated release of Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane, possibly Crudo and fingers crossed another Fantomas would be most welcome.

Also March 23rd sees the release of the Dillinger Escape Plan‘s latest album, Option Paralysis, and from the new song making the rounds (Farewell Mona Lisa), it’s gonna be kickarse.

Feel free to post your thoughts on albums in this list, or your own top 10 lists in the comments or in the forum.

Happy New Year Stubbers!

The Soundwave Festival recently released the official soundwave timetable. Faith No More are (obviously) headlining and will be hitting the main stage (Stage 1) at 20:40 until 22:00.

Isis have a much less luctrative slot and time length. They will hit stage 4 at 13:40 for a 40 minute slot and will be followed by Clutch.

Recently Isis frontman Aaron Turner was interviewed on the Governors Ball.

The interview is downloadable. Check it out: Part 1 & Part 2.

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