Dale Crover of the mighty Melvins will do a special DJ set at Big Freak tonight, so in honor of this momentous occasion, we are redeploying our gigantic Melvins interview by Chris Ziegler.

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After years and years of increasing conceptual density, the Melvins attached Coady and Jared from Big Business and multiplied themselves into the band most likely to last forever, or at least to match the half-life of the most persistent radioactive isotopes. Their newest, The Bride Screamed Murder, is one of their best, and they are installed at Spaceland (with a schedule revisiting their most significant releases) for all of January. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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Big Business BIG BUSINESS, TOTIMOSHI, AND HOT FOG ON SATURDAY DEC. 11TH AT SPACELAND, 1717 SILVERLAKE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30PM/ $10/ 21+.

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Jonneine Zapata has a stare that makes grown men cower and weep. She is the closest thing to Jim Morrison in the Silverlake scene and her live show is mesmerizing. She speaks to Scott Schultz about Nick Cave, the importance of eye contact and how macrobiotics go with an Italian meal in Brooklyn.

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Al Cisneros revived Om with Grails drummer Emil Amos and release the megalithic God Is Good this week on Drag City. Chess-playing sunrise-watching Cisneros discusses everything but how his drummer’s name is an anagram for ‘SOMA LIME.’ This interview by Dan Collins.

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The first track “Found Art” as well as “Theme from Big Business II” have so many changes and breakdowns, they’re worthy of psychiatric evaluation. Kasai’s synth is subdued throughout, and translates beautifully with Phil Ek’s production. Ek is the guy who produced the Shins and Fleet Foxes, and presents the rumble of Big Business in the most lush and layered ways. Mind the Drift is bound to serve long-time fans in an epic way, while roping in a new few with a fondness for mathematical rock.

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Big Business release date for their new full length, Mind The Drift, out May 12th 2009 on Hydra Head Records. With Tweak Bird riding shot gun the guys will swerving around the country for the next month.

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Plastic Nancy

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