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Ilan Rubin on The New Regime’s Heart

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by Ken Micallef
Dec 27, 2019

Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science's Waiting Game

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by Ken Micallef
Nov 25, 2019

Brian Chippendale on Lightning Bolt's Sonic Citadel

Throughout the album Gibson’s signature buzz-saw tone, Chippendale’s familiar crackling vocals, and the drummer’s slashing snare shred.

By Willie Rose
Oct 29, 2019

John Wicks On Fitz and the Trantrums’ All the Feels

On September 20, the soul-influenced indie-pop band Fitz and the Tantrums released

by Willie Rose
Sep 30, 2019

Sam Durkes on Ezra Furman’s Twelve Nudes

Throughout the album drummer Sam Durkes drives Ezra Furman’s distorted up-tempo fervor with a surprising avoidance of cymbals.

by Willie Rose
Aug 26, 2019
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John Sparrow on the Violent Femmes' Hotel Last Resort

The perennially popular folk-punk group celebrates nearly forty years with their tenth studio full-length, powered by a longtime percussionist with a unique setup.

by Willie Rose
Jul 31, 2019

Jim Black — Out Now

We recently caught up with Jim Black to dig into Nature Work, which was released this past June 21. Don’t miss out on this one.

by Willie Rose
Jun 28, 2019

Bobby Jarzombek, Thomas Lang, and Mark Zonder on Arch/Matheos’s Winter Ethereal — Out Now

From their own home studios—the three worked on their tunes separately with Matheos and Arch to create an album stuffed with blistering chops.

by Willie Rose
May 29, 2019

Matt Halpern on Periphery IV: Hail Stan

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by Willie Rose
Apr 30, 2019

Navene Koperweis on Whitechapel’s The Valley

Koperweis’s distinctly huge and open drum tone sings throughout The Valley, a rarity in a genre where you’re more apt to hear controlled kit sounds or samples.

by Willie Rose
Mar 27, 2019

Sean Lennon on the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s South of Reality

On February 22 the Claypool Lennon Delirium—an alternative psychedelic group that consists of Primus frontman Les Claypool and multi-instrumentalist/drummer Sean Ono Lennon—released their new album, South of Reality.

by 
Billy Amendola
Feb 27, 2019

Hunt Sales

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by Willie Rose
Jan 30, 2019
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Jack Stratton on Vulfpeck's Hill Climber

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Story by Willie Rose
Dec 27, 2018

J. J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell on Everything’s OK by Whose Hat Is This?

The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s killer double-drummers slay on their second completely improvised side-project release.

Story by Willie Rose | Photo by Marc Lowenstein
Nov 30, 2018
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