It’s official: Mike Patton’s very-long-in-gestation project Mondo Cane is done and dusted. His first musical project since the Faith No More reunion shows, Mondo Cane sees the prolific Patton covering classic Italian pop songs and soundtrack music from the 50s and 60s. The album will hit the stores on 31st May in the UK via Patton’s own Ipecac.

Melvins have announced the title of their next LP as The Bride Screamed Murder. The third album from the Buzz/Dale/Big Business incarnation is currently still under wraps, though Buzz has previously told Rock-A-Rolla that it may feature a song he wrote “in the 90s”. The album is slated for a June 1 release on usual home Ipecac.

Harvey Milk have completed a brand new album! Entitled A Small Turn Of Human Kindness, the record is described as ” dense and as heavy temperamentally as it is musically. The seven songs so subtly bleed together that the listener has no choice but to view the entire album as a linear orchestration with a singular ebb and flow”. A Small Turn Of Human Kindness is slated for a May 18th release on Hydra Head.

The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. * 2. I Just Want To Go Home 3. …

Louisville power trio Coliseum have completed a brand new album, to be released on new home Temporary Residence this summer. The band recorded their latest opus at The Funeral Home studio (an actual funeral home) in their hometown of Louisville, KY with Kevin Ratterman recording and J. Robbins at the mixing board. As yet untitled, the album will be the first with drummer Carter Wilson. The record will feature a number of notable guests, including labelmates Nick Thieneman and Jeremy McMonigle (Young Widows), Will Oldham (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy), Jason Noble …