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Kinga’s Feeling the “Crazy Notes”

Posted on June 1, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
“People usually call me a jazz musician, and that puts huge pressure on me. I feel stressed that people expect something from me, and I am still a work in progress,” says Polish bassist [...] read more
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Big Thief’s Adventures in Alchemy

Posted on April 23, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
According to Adrianne Lenker, the principle songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist for the New York-based indie band, Big Thief, sometimes it’s important to sound bad. “What excites me the most is making my own road [...] read more
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Kvelertak: “Don’t Underestimate the Bongo”

Posted on March 26, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
Norwegian metal titans Kvelertak are a band in transition. They have a new frontman, Ivar Nikolaisen, who replaced founding vocalist Erlend Hjelvik, and Håvard Takle Ohr took over on drums from the departed Kjetil [...] read more
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Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan, Sons of Apollo

Posted on February 11, 2020February 13, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
In 2017, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal and Billy Sheehan bowed to the inevitable and joined a supergroup. That wasn’t a first for either of them, but after decades of NAMM showcases, all-star house bands, prog [...] read more
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The Wood Brothers’ Sonic Voodoo

Posted on January 23, 2020January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
The Wood Brothers, who are Oliver and Chris Wood on guitar and bass, respectively, along with Jano Rix on drums, are no strangers to serendipity, which was key to the recording of their latest [...] read more
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Jon Madof Talks About Starting Chant Records, Festivals, And Why Rejection Is Better Than Silence

Posted on January 7, 2020January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
Jon Madof does things differently, which probably explains his decades-long association with composer/iconoclast, John Zorn. Madof’s bands have recorded for Zorn’s label, Tzadik Records, and his current project, Zion80, fuzes the cantorial melodies of Rabbi Shlomo [...] read more
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Death by Audio

Posted on December 20, 2019January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
The Death By Audio Fuzz War is one of the more aggressive, abrasive, and gnarly fuzz pedals known to man. It was embraced by artists like Ty Segall, John Dwyer (Oh Sees), Chad Ubovich (Meatbodies), Charles [...] read more
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Olivia Jean’s Trip, from Bollywood to Nashville

Posted on December 19, 2019January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
Olivia Jean is addicted to Scopitone. Don’t judge. If your thing is ukuleles and miniskirts, you might get addicted to the short, ’60s-era Scopitone music videos, too. It was while binge-watching them on YouTube [...] read more
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Why Miles Davis Wah’d

Posted on December 18, 2019January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
In the summer of 1968, Miles Davis released Miles In The Sky. Called a “transitional album” by critics, the opening track, “Stuff”—featuring Herbie Hancock on Fender Rhodes—marked Davis’ first tentative step, after decades as [...] read more
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Album Spotlight: Big Thief’s Two Hands

Posted on December 2, 2019January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin
BIG THIEF Two Hands Big Thief’s second release of 2019, Two Hands, is raw. On the heels of their exceptional third album, U.F.O.F., the band moved into Sonic Ranch, located in hot, barren Tornillo, Texas, just over [...] read more
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