Photos by Debi Del Grande Surely the ghosts at the haunted Alexandria hotel woke up on New Year’s Eve to the sounds of Redd Kross and The Melvins. Both bands have solidified their place in LA’s punk history and seem stronger than ever. Buzz Osborne led the sludge and doom while brothers Jeff and Steve [...]

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Some bands are legends and some bands are entire civilizations—that’s Redd Kross, whose discography goes back to that first pre-cease-and-desist-call (always a promising sign) EP in 1981. Redd Kross plays with the Melvins for New Year’s Eve tonight at the Alexandria Hotel, and the founding McDonald brothers speak now about blood and mustaches. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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The Melvins absolutely destroyed the Troubadour on Friday night. After nearly 30 years, their passion, relevance, skill and inventiveness are somehow still on the rise. It is really an incredible thing to witness. Bonus points to drummers Coady and Dale for playing a full set with tourmates Unsane (capped by a cover of Flipper’s “Ha [...]

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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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DISTRO HAS BEGUN! SIDE A LACO$TE by Daiana Feuer HANNI EL KHATIB by Lainna Fader DEATH by Kristina Benson GANG OF FOUR by Lainna Fader TEEBS by Kristina Benson OFF! by Chris Ziegler TOM TOM CLUB by Daiana Feuer FORT KING by Dan Collins LUIS & THE WILDFIRES by Lainna Fader MY DRY WET MESS [...]

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THE MELVINS ON FRIDAY JAN. 7TH AT SPACELAND, 1717 SILVERLAKE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30/ $20/ 21+.

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THE MELVINS ON FRIDAY JAN. 14TH AT SPACELAND, 1717 SILVERLAKE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30/ $20/ 21+.

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THE MELVINS  ON FRIDAY JAN. 21ST AT SPACELAND, 1717 SILVERLAKE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 8:30/ $20/ 21+.

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