We’ve got two grand tours by Ipecac artists: The Melvins with Big Business and Otto Von Schirach with The Locust! The Melvins have announced a jam-packed tour of the US from mid-September to mid-October where they will be screening the new DVD they created with hipster cartoon toy designer Dalek – “Purge of Dissidents” at each show! Big Business will be opening the shows, but first The Melvins play one show with Mudhoney in LA (which will also screen the new DVD). If sludge rock isn’t your mug o’music, but weirdness is, you might want to check out the Otto Von Schirach tour with analog afficionado insectoids The Locust that is winding around Europe! Ahhh, I remember when Otto was just a lad, playing underground warehouse shows in SF and The Locust were scaring kids at The Gilman… ([More →])

2007 is the year of the mash-up. Crossing songs, crossing genres, crossing boundaries. It’s been buzzed about in the blogosphere, in Congress, and at the kitchen table. What used to seem like impossible combinations no longer even raise an eyebrow. So you probably won’t stare in disbelief when I tell you that a record label known for releasing nothing but stellar, non-mainstream metal is releasing a hip hop album. Guess who is putting out who…. ([More →])