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Patrick Hallahan on Vanessa Carlton's Love Is an Art

Patrick Hallahan’s fantastic work on Vanessa Carlton’s latest album, Love Is an Art, isn’t just another entry in an impressive and ever-expanding list of credits. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

Modern Drummer
Mar 31, 2020

Eric Kretz on Stone Temple Pilots’ Perdida

Eric Kretz on Stone Temple Pilots' "Perdida". TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

By Brandy McKenzie
Feb 28, 2020

Georgia’s Seeking Thrills

The multitalented Brit may take a one-woman-band approach onstage, but her new album is a decidedly all-in affair, inspiring legions to think, feel, and dance in equal measure. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

By Adam Budofsky
Jan 31, 2020

Ilan Rubin on The New Regime’s Heart

Ilan Rubin on the New Regime's Heart TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

by Ken Micallef
Dec 27, 2019

Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science's Waiting Game

The world class drummer and founder of Berklee College of Music's Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice addresses myriad social ills in her ninth album. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

by Ken Micallef
Nov 25, 2019
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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

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

For a decade the prolific progressive metal drummer, educator, and entrepreneur has been powering Periphery’s wild time signatures and blazing riff s. We asked the sticksman all about the groundbreaking band’s first self-released title. MD: Where was Hail Stan recorded?…

by Willie Rose
Apr 30, 2019
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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
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