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Melvins go for the Guinness

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If you weren’t already aware of this incredible phenomenon, let it be known that the Melvins are attempting to set a Guinness World Record for world’s fastest tour by playing shows in all 50 states +DC in 51 days!

Touring behind their new record Freak Puke, Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover are in their Melvins Lite incarnation, featuring Trevor Dunn on stand-up bass (which really isn’t that lite). They kicked off in Alaska on Sept 5th and will wrap up in Hawaii on Oct 25th. Let’s hope no unforeseen disaster prevents them from getting the record!

***From the Melvins Facebook: Spin will be hosting an ongoing tour diary with photos and the band member’s takes on this record setting tour, follow along here: http://www.spin.com/articles/melvins-tour-diary-51-states-in-51-days-stripper-bus-alaska

Here are all the dates:

50 States + D.C. in 51 Days Record Breaker Fall U.S. Tour
September 5 Anchorage, AK Bear Tooth Theatre and Pub
September 6 Seattle, WA Showbox at The Market
September 7 Portland, Oregon Hawthorne Theatre
September 8 Boise, ID Neurolux Lounge
September 9 Missoula, MT Top Hat Lounge
September 10 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
September 11 Cheyenne, WY The Depot
September 12 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
September 13 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
September 14 Columbia, MO The Blue Note
September 15 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
September 16 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
September 17 Sioux Falls, SD The Vault
September 18 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
September 19 Minneapolis, MN Grumpy’s
September 20 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
September 21 Chicago, IL Double Door
September 22 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
September 23 Louisville, KY The Vernon Club
September 24 Detroit, MI Smalls
September 25 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
September 26 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street
September 27 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
September 28 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
September 29 Dover, NH Dover Brickhouse
September 30 Portland, ME Asylum
October 1 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
October 2 Pawtucket, RI The Met Cafe
October 3 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
October 4 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 5 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
October 6 Wilmington, DE Mojo 13
October 7 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
October 8 Washington, DC Black Cat
October 9 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
October 10 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
October 11 Knoxville, TN The Square Room
October 12 Greenville, SC The Handle Bar
October 13 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
October 14 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
October 15 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
October 16 Jackson, MS Duling Hall
October 17 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s Cantina
October 18 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
October 19 Austin, TX Mohawk
October 20 Norman, OK Opolis Production
October 21 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
October 22 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
October 23 Las Vegas, NV Artifice
October 24 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Forever Cemetery
October 25 Honolulu, HI The Republik

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Bleep funk

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Need to rock a beat fast and can’t be bothered with complicated computer tomfoolery?

Bleep Labs, in collaboration with Stones Throw Records and the artist known as Dam-Funk, has the solution to your hi-tech blues.

Dubbed the ‘Dam Drum,’ this little critter packs 4 sounds, 2 knobs for pitch control, and is able to store 4 patterns at a time. With an extremely limited run of only 100, you’d better hurry to http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2012/08/dam-drum and get some lo-fi love.

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***UPDATE*** 8/28/12

Aaaaaaaaand SOLD OUT

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Quicksand

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Quicksand is playing the second of two reunion shows at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in NY tonight and sad to say I am not going to be there. Both shows sold out within the first minute of going on sale, which I’m not sure would have ever happened in their heyday. Like many bands who reunite years later, their popularity appears to have grown tremendously while they were sleeping, and I’m glad they are getting to enjoy it.