The Melvins are turning twenty five and marking the occasion with a group of celebratory shows

-- Pitchfork will probably not give the next British Sea Power album our coveted U.2 rating, if only because U2 has never, as far as we know, composed a score for the 1934 film Man of Aran. On May 5, Rough Trade will release the band's Man of Aran soundtrack as a double-disc package. One disc will feature the re-scored movie on DVD, and the ot...

According to the band's publicist (they have a publicist!), the long-whispered-about doom-metal supergroup Shrinebuilder is totally going to happen! They're recording an album and everything! This is so awesome.The band's absurd lineup: Saint Vitus/Obsessed/Spirit Caravan/Hidden Hand guitar hero Scott "Wino" Weinrich, gigantic Neurosis/Tribes of...

Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his co...