By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has mellowed over time, and the political activist is happy to focus more on struggles with relationships in his new album than political battles. Bragg, 55, made his name railing against Britain's right-wing government in the 1980s, a self-confessed angry you...

Having wrapped up a Faith No More reunion in 2012, Mike Patton found some time to resurrect Tomahawk. Propelled by the furious drumming of John Stanier (Battles), the metallic drone guitars of Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard) and the sludgy bass lines of Trevor Dunn (Melvins), Tomahawk are touring in support of their new album Oddfellows [...]

The four members of the scrape-rock supergroup Tomahawk — Mike Patton, Battles’ John Stanier, the Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, Melvins’ Trevor Dunn — are all virtuosic maulers of their respective instruments, and every so often, then all converge to make an unholy din. Oddfellows, their new albu...

A long time ago, So You Think You Can Dance used to be a pretty cool show, and I used to watch it religiously. Back then, they had this one choreographer on the show named Wade Robson who created really weird routines to really good music (here’s an example), and I always hoped Robson would [...]

When everyone’s schedules are clear enough, the former Faith No More/Mr. Bungle gibber/scream master Mike Patton gets together with Melvins’ Trevor Dunn, the Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, and Battles’ John Stanier to make viciously seesawing rock music as Tomahawk. Tomahawk’s new album Oddfellows...