melvins lite 2011.07.14 slo*cal

[green manalishi]

thanks to buzz and dale for stopping here 2 years in a row!

great show.  probably the closet thing to a jazz set i've ever seen the melvins play.  you've already read about the stand-up bass that trevor is rockin' on this tour, but also of note, dale was using brushes on about half the songs.  plus, it could have been an optical illusion with coady missing, but his kit seemed stripped down a bit as well.  still plenty of cymbals. . . and a cowbell, of course.  less toms, i think.

that being said, it was still a loud, full sound.  at times fast tempos and at times crazy slow.  every time i see the melvins, they seem to put a twist on things.  trevor dunn is incredible, but i like the big bizz kids as well.