Buzz Osborne – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Tomahawk and Melvins descended on a sold-out Emo’s

July 21, 2026 Case Cockrell 609 Views alt metal, Buzz Osborne, concert, Emos, hard rock, live music, Melvins, Mike Patton, Review, rock n roll, sludge metal, Tomahawk

Mike Patton has spent three decades collecting bands like other people collect vinyl, and every one of them draws the same crowd, showing up less for the setlist than for whatever version of Patton decides to appear. This time it was Nashville’s Tomahawk, and the Monday, July 20 stop at Emo’s Austin sold out fast. After a canceled Sick New World Festival in 2025 for the band’s 25th anniversary, Tomahawk’s reunion after 12 years off took a backseat until now.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Butthole Surfers member JD Pinkus and Melvins front man Buzz Osborne at Antone’s

September 30, 2024 Case Cockrell 2473 Views Antone's, Buzz Osborne, JD Pinkus, King Buzzo, King Dunn, live music, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, punk rock, Review, The Butthole Surfers, Trevor Dunn

If you’ve ever seen Washington’s Melvins in a live setting, you know the uncontrolled chaos that ensues with every live occurrence. For frontman Buzz Osborne, he lives and breathes it. Since releasing the latest Melvins LP Tarantula Heart, Osborne has embarked on a solo acoustic tour with none other than Texas legend JD Pinkus from the titans of weird, The Butthole Surfers. A chilled-out crowd made their way to coveted downtown Austin music haunt Antone’s on September 21 for a stripped-back gauntlet of tunes fans of the main Melvins act rejoice in with thunderous audience fury in their typical, abrasive format.