Freak Puke previews on Amazon

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Freak Puke is the name of the next Melvins album and Amazon today published a bunch of 30 second samples for you to enjoy. Also, here’s the tracklisting:

Mr. Rip Off
Inner Ear Rupture
Baby, Won’t You Wierd Me Our
Worm Farm Waltz
A Growing Disgust
Leon vs. the Revolution
Holy Barbarian
Freak Puke
Let Me Roll It
Tommy Goes Beserk

The samples published sound pretty good to me. Some tracks sound like pretty traditional Melvins, while others strongly emphasize the upright bass being employed by Trevor Dunn on the album. Looking forward to hearing the full album when it’s released June 5th.

Freak Puke

Happy Birthday Danny!

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Doesn’t seem like all that long ago that Danny hit the big five-oh, but it was indeed one year ago. No word on what celebrations Danny may be undertaking this year, hopefully it will involve writing something while having a few beers under his belt!

While we can’t celebrate with Danny in the Loft, we can celebrate in our own special way. And that way will be via a new marketing campaign on the Mandala website, in which there is a video of Danny (and some other people I have no idea what they do) talk about why he uses this amazing drums.

Here’s a picture of Danny at his finest:

Tomahawk – Oddfellows to be released Fall 2012

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Ipecac Recordings have released a new teaser for the upcoming Tomahawk album, which appears to be called Oddfellows. The album, like every other one released these days will have Trevor Dunn playing bass and is set for a release in the fall of 2012. That would be the northern hemisphere fall for those who didn’t already work that out.

Here’s the preview:

Leon vs. The Revolution from Freak Puke now streaming

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I woke up this morning to find that the first track from the forthcoming Melvins album Freak Puke streaming on the Spin website. It’s called Leon vs. The Revolution and sounds pretty good to me. This album features Trevor Dunn playing upright bass on all of that tracks rather than their typical 4-piece combo.

In other Melvins & Spin news, King Buzzo got named in their top 100 guitarists list. The list also featured Skrillex and doesn’t mention Adam (or a number of other prominent guitar “dinosaurs”), so make of it what you will…

Buzzo

Danny & Maynard video double!

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A couple of videos made it into my inbox in the last 24 hours, one featuring Danny, and the other Maynard.

The first one is a promotional video of sorts on the Mandala Drum channel on Youtube. It shows Danny playing his range of Mandala drums during a sound check prior to the 2012 Las Vegas gig:

The second is a short new piece from CBS news who talk with Maynard about his wine growing aspirations in Arizona:

Speaking of wine, don’t forget that three new wines from Arizona Stronghold are now available in Australia via the Wine Experience! Type “Arizona” into the Search form to see them.

Arizona Stronghold wines reach Australia

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Some of you Aussies ordered some of the Merkin Vineyards 2006 Chuapacabra earlier this year. Matt from the Wine Experience emailed me this evening to give me the exclusive on the next shipment of Maynard’s wines, due this weekend. He says:

The Arizona Stronghold wines have arrived early and will be released this weekend online through Wine Experience. We could only get 20 cases (240 bottles) of Arizona Stronghold Nachise 2010 to Australia. Also available in very limited quantities will be the Arizona Stronghold Tazi White 2010 & Dayden Rose 2010, This is the first time Arizona Wines have ever left North America and the only time the 2010 vintage will be available of any Arziona Stronghold Wines. I doubt we will see anymore Nachise for a long time as their 2011 vintage was descimated by frost and weather and only very small quantities were produced.

These wines should go on sale via the Wine Experience site on either Friday or Saturday. The price should be approximately $55 for the Nachise, $40 for the Tazi and $30 for the Dayden Rose, and I expect postage is extra on top of that.

There will be no reservation system this time around, it will be first in best dressed on their website, however those who signed up to reserve the Chuapacabra will get prior warning via email, so keep an eye on your inbox if you’re keen.

Anyone tried these wines before? If so let us know by commenting below.

Puscifer tickets on sale tomorrow

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Just a gentle reminder to Puscifer fans that tickets for the recent announced dates in June 2012 will go on sale tomorrow at 10am local time. Here’s are the dates in a non-video format:

06/09 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/11 – Tampa, FL @ Ferguson Hall @ Tampa Performing Arts Center
06/12 – Miami, FL @ Olympia Theatre @ Gusman Performing Arts Center
06/13 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
06/15 – Baltimore, MD @ Lyric Opera House
06/16 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Paramount Theatre
06/17 – Reading, PA @ Soverign Performing Arts Center
06/18 – Richmond, VA @ The National
06/20 – Buffalo, NY @ Riviera Theatre
06/21 – Columbus, OH @ LC Indoor Pavilion
06/24 – St. Paul, MN @ River’s Edge Festival
06/27 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
06/28 – San Antonio, TX @ Lila Cockrell Theatre
06/30 – Prescott, AZ @ Yavapai College Performance Arts Center

Dont forget the VIP Community Service tickets, which include:

1 single premium location ticket or general admission ticket, with advance entry to the venue, prior to doors opening to the general public.
Exclusive Access to the PUSCIFER Community Service event
Limited Edition PUSCIFER Signed Tour Lithograph.
Limited Edition PUSCIFER Exclusive tour merchandise, available only to Community Service package holders
Exclusive PUSCIFER community service pass
Exclusive, Pre-show access to the Band’s merchandise stand before the general public

Also, the lovely Carina Round will once again be providing support for the shows.

Puscifer Tour USA, Melvins Tour Canada

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A couple of tour announcements for you all this morning, firstly from Puscifer who are doing a few dates around the Harriet Island Festival. Tickets go on sale on Friday the 27th here.

Dates are inside the video below (I can’t be bothered typing them out) and are mainly northern and eastern USA:

I can picture certain Tool dusting off their keyboards for some rage posting right now.

The Melvins also announced a tour this morning, this time in sunny Canada. It will be the Melvins Lite featuring Trevor Dunn on bass, so expect something a little different this time around:

July 1 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
July 3 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
July 4 Ottawa, ON Cisco Ottaway Bluesfest
July 5 Toronto, ON Opera House
July 6 London, ON Call the Office
July 7 Hamilton, ON Club Absinthe
July 9 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Center
July 10 Regina, SK The Exchange
July 11 Saskatoon, SK Louis’ Pub
July 12 Calgary, AB Republik
July 13 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
July 15 Vancouver, BC Venue
July 17 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo House of Music
July 18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
July 20 San Francisco, CA Slim’s

Don’t forget the new Melvins album Freak Puke will be out soon!

Happy Birthday Maynard!

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As well all undoubtedly know, it’s Maynard’s birthday on the 17th of April, so here’s an obligatory “Happy Birthday” message for him. I’m sure many wines will be consumed!

Not sure how to celebrate? Come and join the first ever Fourtheye Synchtube session, where I’ll be a playing a bunch of songs, include a few of my Maynard performances. The room lets you chat while watching a bunch of Youtube videos together, and is a cool way to pass a couple of hours. Session starts at about 6:00PM Pacific time (11:00AM Australian Eastern Time). See you there!