Forgot to post this the other day when the line up leaked, but the Melvins will be making the trek down under next February to join the annual Australian music festival Soundwave, which hosted both Isis and Faith No More earlier this year.

Last time the Melvins were in Oz, Trevor Dunn filled in the bass duties. I’m guessing it will be the full entourage this time including the big biz boys, which should be interesting.

I’m hoping  there will be Melvins solo shows as I really don’t want to have to go to soundwave

photo credit: bog_king

npr.org are streaming the audio from The Melvins and Isis Bonnaroo shows. Check it:

The Melvins

Isis

Isis

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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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!!!!”

According to Coady‘s twitter, the new Melvins album has been done and dusted and a title will be announced soon. Sweet!

“New Melvins is mastered and in the can! Album title to be revealed shortly.”

Ipecac just announced a whole stack of new upcoming Melvins tour dates:

June 1, 2010 San Diego, California Casbah
June 2, 2010 Tempe, Arizona The Clubhouse
June 3, 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico Launch Pad
June 5, 2010 Austin, Texas Emo’s
June 7, 2010 Houston, Texas Warehouse Live
June 8, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Spanish Moon
June 9, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana One Eyed Jacks
June 10, 2010 Birmingham, Alabama Bottle Tree
June 12, 2010 Manchester, Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival
June 14, 2010 Athens, Georgia 40 Watt Club
June 16, 2010 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
June 17, 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania T.L.A.
June 18, 2010 New York, New York Webster Hall
June 19, 2010 Brooklyn, New York Music Hall Of Williamsburg
June 20, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 21, 2010 Boston, Massachusetts Paradise
June 23, 2010 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
June 24, 2010 Detroit, Michigan Small’s
June 25, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Double Door
June 26, 2010 Madison, Wisconsin High Noon Saloon
June 27, 2010 Des Moines, Iowa House Of Bricks
June 29, 2010 Denver, Colorado Ogden Theatre
July 2, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 3, 2010 Calgary, Alberta Sled Island Festival
July 5, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia Rickshaw Theatre
July 6, 2010 Seattle, Washington Showbox At The Market
July 7, 2010 Eugene, Oregon John Henrys
July 9, 2010 San Jose, California Blank Club

photo credit: Raymond Ahner Photögraphy

Over at Zoo Industry they recently posted an interview with Mike’s partner in crime, Greg Werckman of Ipecac Recordings where he discusses Ipecac, the current state of the music industry, the Melvins and Faith No More.

On Faith No More:

“Well, as a fan of the band it is great to see them play again. As a friend of the band, I’m very happy with how successful the reunion was. But as a fan of rock music, it is a little sad that we depend on these bands from years ago to provide our entertainment. I could enjoy seeing Faith No More, the Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, the Jesus Lizard, the Pixies etc etc play all the time, but we also need to support the next generation of rock bands. It can’t all be stale electronic music can it ?”

On recent/upcoming Ipecac releases:

“Got some cool upcoming releases. Just released BEAK> (a Portishead side project), releasing a DJ Rob Swift solo record in Feb, Mondo Cane, Mike Patton’s long awaited Italian pop project comes out in April, followed by new Melvins and more!”

Check out the full interview

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!

I have come across some amazing pics lately and I was planning on posting them individually, but I thought why not make it a festive December pics round up post.

First up we have the talented Chantel with some very impressive Umlaut pics taken at the recent Umlaut and Les Claypool show at the Enmore, Sydney:

Check out the full set here or hit her website: chantelbann.com

Next up is a couple of sets from the recent Melvins Euro tour, bramdauw’s Geneva Set:

and Shinji’s Melvins (and Porn) Paris Set:

And lastly (thanks to cv), an awesome Faith No More set from isrtinez

Dälek
Oct. 28, 2009 – Den Bosch, The Netherlands @ W2
Oct. 29, 2009 – Saint Ouen, France @ Mains d’Oeuvre
Oct. 31, 2009 – Rennes, France @ L’Antipode
Nov. 1, 2009 – Malmo, Sweden @ KB
Nov. 2, 2009 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Parken
Nov. 3, 2009 – Oslo, Norway @ Betong
Nov. 4, 2009 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Strand
Nov. 6, 2009 – Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
Nov. 7, 2009 – Tallinn, Estonia @ Rock Cafe
Nov. 8, 2009 – Riga, Latvia @ Spikeri Concert Hall
Nov. 10, 2009 – Warsaw, Poland @ Proxima
Nov. 11, 2009 – Lausanne, Switzerland @ Metropop Festival
Nov. 12, 2009 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Palac Akropolis
Nov. 13, 2009 – Linz, Austria @ Posthof
Nov. 14, 2009 – Lausanne, Switzerland @ Les Docks-Metropop Festival
Nov. 16, 2009 – Zagreb, Croatia @ Teatar Itd
Nov. 17, 2009 – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Siska
Nov. 19, 2009 – Bologna, Italy @ Estragon
Nov. 20, 2009 – Rome, Italy @ Alpheus
Nov. 26, 2009 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
Nov. 27, 2009 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Penelope
Nov. 29, 2009 – Berlin, Germany @ Berghain / Elektroakustischer Salon

Isis
Oct. 28, 2009 – Birmingham, UK @ Asylum
Oct. 30, 2009 – Koln, Germany @ Essigfabrik
Oct. 31, 2009 – Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan
Nov. 1, 2009 – Malmo, Sweden @ KB
Nov. 2, 2009 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Parken
Nov. 3, 2009 – Oslo, Norway @ Betong
Nov. 4, 2009 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Strand
Nov. 6, 2009 – Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
Nov. 7, 2009 – Tallinn, Estonia @ Rock Cafe
Nov. 8, 2009 – Riga, Latvia @ Spikeri Concert Hall
Nov. 10, 2009 – Warsaw, Poland @ Proxima
Nov. 12, 2009 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Palac Akropolis
Nov. 13, 2009 – Linz, Austria @ Posthof
Nov. 14, 2009 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena
Nov. 15, 2009 – Budapest, Hungary @ Diesel Club
Nov. 16, 2009 – Zagreb, Croatia @ Teatar Itd
Nov. 17, 2009 – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Siska
Nov. 19, 2009 – Bologna, Italy @ Estragon
Nov. 20, 2009 – Rome, Italy @ Alpheus
Nov. 24, 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland @ Le Kab
Nov. 26, 2009 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
Nov. 27, 2009 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Penelope
Nov. 28, 2009 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Incrivel Almadense
Nov. 29, 2009 – Porto, Portugal @ Teatro Sa Da Bandeira
Dec. 1, 2009 – Bilbao, Spain @ Rock Star Live
Dec. 2, 2009 – Bordeaux, France @ BT59
Dec. 3, 2009 – Paris, France @ Trabendo
Dec. 4, 2009 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage
Dec. 5, 2009 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
Dec. 6, 2009 – Groningen, The Netherlands @ Vera
Dec. 7, 2009 – Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof

kid606
Oct. 30, 2009 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Dec. 19, 2009 – Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Doornroosje

Melvins
Nov. 24, 2009 – Madrid, Spain @ Caracol
Nov. 25, 2009 – Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo2
Nov. 26, 2009 – Italy @ TBA
Nov. 27, 2009 – Conegliano, Italy @ Zion Rock Club
Nov. 29, 2009 – Athens, Greece @ Rodeo
Nov. 30, 2009 – Athens, Greece @ TBA
Dec. 1, 2009 – Bologna, Italy @ Estragon
Dec. 2, 2009 – Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
Dec. 3, 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland @ L’Usine
Dec. 4, 2009 – Munich, Germany @ TBA
Dec. 5, 2009 – Schorndorf, Germany @ Manufaktur
Dec. 6, 2009 – Berlin, Germany @ Maria am Ufer
Dec. 7, 2009 – Paris, France @ Maroquienerie
Dec. 8, 2009 – London, UK @ Garage
Dec. 9, 2009 – Luxembourg, Belgium @ Kulturfabrik
Dec. 10, 2009 – Kortrijk, Belgium @ Dekreun
Dec. 11, 2009 – Minehead, UK @ ATP Festival
Dec. 12, 2009 – Den Hague, The Netherlands @ State X New Forms Festival

Otto Von Schirach
Nov. 7, 2009 – Half Moon Bay, CA @ The Nexus Maze Party

Zu
Oct. 31, 2009 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Ramdall
Nov. 1, 2009 – País Vasco, Spain @ Triku Festie de Azpeitia
Nov. 2, 2009 – Porto, Portugal @ Passos Manuel
Nov. 3, 2009 – Lisbon, Portugal @ ZDB
Nov. 5, 2009 – Castellon, Spain @ Paraninfo de la Universitat Jaume I
Nov. 6, 2009 – Barcelona, Spain @ TBA
Nov. 9, 2009 – Bordeaux, France @ Saint-ex
Nov. 10, 2009 – Pau, France @ Le Centrifugeuse
Nov. 12, 2009 – Paris, France @ Glazart
Nov. 13, 2009 – Martigny, Switzerland @ Les Caves du Manoir
Nov. 25, 2009 – Trieste, Italy @ Teatro Miela
Nov. 28, 2009 – Venice Italy @ Rivolta
Dec. 4, 2009 – Novara, Italy @ Rock’N'Roll Arena
Dec. 5, 2009 – Siena, Italy @ Sonar
Dec. 17, 2009 – Turin, Italy @ Hiroshima Mon Amour
Dec. 18, 2009 – Brescia, Italy @ Latte+
Jan. 14, 2010 – Rome, Italy @ Circolo Degli Artisti
Jan. 28, 2010 – Milan, Italy @ Magnolia

Beak>
Oct. 31, 2009 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
Nov. 7, 2009 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
Dec. 5, 2009 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ Bazar Curieux @ Massillo
Dec. 6, 2009 – Cologne, Germany @ Geb. 9
Dec. 7, 2009 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet Club
Dec. 9, 2009 – Brussels, Belgium @ AB Club
Dec. 10, 2009 – Paris, France @ Nouveau Casino
Dec. 11, 2009 – London, UK @ The Garage
Dec. 12, 2009 – Minehead, UK @ ATP Festival
Dec. 14, 2009 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
Dec. 15, 2009 – Nottingham, UK @ Stealth
Dec. 16, 2009 – Birmingham, UK @ Capsule
Dec. 17, 2009 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
Dec. 20, 2009 – Bristol, UK @ The Arnolfini