Like a long-forgotten pirate treasure suddenly washed up on the glistening shores of the internet comes Endless Residency, a limited-edition, crazy rare Melvins 8-LP box set of live recordings from the legendary hard rockers’ January residency at Los Angeles club Spaceland (now going by the name of Satellite). But get out your metal detectors, wacked-out hippie beachcombers and stoner rock superfans, because this shit ain’t cheap. If you head on over to Rock Is Hell to wage noble battle against roving online hordes of Melvins completists, you can be expecting to drop a cool €130 on these silkscreened little gems.
It’s important to note that you should leave the swashbuckling at home, though. The competition may be tough — there are only 500 copies available — but Rock Is Hell will only allow you to purchase one copy per order. Ordering started up at 6 PM in Austria (you do the conversion), so get out your pocket watches/sundials/what-have-you and figure out what time it is where YOU are and count your doubloons. Hear that? Across the ocean, these onyx-like black discs of sonic thunder are calling your name like a seashell held to the ear. And yeah, you know there’s an even more limited run involving colored vinyl. Orange, to be exact. Fifty copies, to be even exacter. ORANGE. Buzzo’s favorite color (maybe). The color of gallantry. The color that’s kind of close to gold. Pirate gold. Record collector gold. Melvins fan gold. Also golden: the charming artwork by Mackie Osborne. Orders ship at the end of September; check out some tourdates from their Euro tour while you’re waiting.
Dates:
09.30.11 - Cardiff, Wales - The Globe
10.02.11 - Feyzin, France - L’Epicerie Moderne
10.04.11 - Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
10.05.11 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
10.06.11 - Mezzago, Italy - Bloom
10.07.11 - Geneva, Switzerland - KAB Usine
10.08.11 - Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
10.09.11 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk/Hansa 39
10.10.11 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
10.11.11 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna Mediapark
10.12.11 - Zagreb, Croatia - Tvornica Kulture
10.13.11 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar
10.14.11 - Erfurt, Germany - Stadtgarten
10.15.11 - Wroclaw, Poland - Firlej
10.16.11 - Berlin, Germany - Volksbühne
10.17.11 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
10.18.11 - Oslo, Norway - Blå
10.20.11 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
10.21.11 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
10.23.11 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hornstull Strand Etablissement
10.24.11 - Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
10.25.11 - Bremen, Germany - Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus
10.26.11 - Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat
10.27.11 - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
10.28.11 - Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
10.29.11 - Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9 (Onkel’s Minifestival)
10.30.11 - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun (Sonic City Festival curated by Liars)
10.31.11 - Paris, France - Glazart
11.01.11 - Birmingham, UK - HMV Institute
11.02.11 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
11.03.11 - London, UK - Camden Electric Ballroom
11.04.11 - Bristol, UK - The Thekla
• The Melvins: http://www.themelvins.net
