Alan Hertz is one of the last disciples of jazz fusion - his drumming is similar to other great...
Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
Yvette Young: Covet’s Ace Guitarist Opens Up About Unique Tapping Style
Yvette Young has her hands full. The 27-year-old multi-instrumentalist is currently touring with...
JOSH SMITH: Catching up with the Bluesy Axeman as He Hits the Road
“The best advice I can give is do it because you love it, because you have to, because it’s so...
An Interview With Jewish Rap Superstar Kosha Dillz
Awkward in a Good Way by Kosha Dillz Whether you know him as Kosha Dill, KD Flow, or Kosha Dillz, it is important to note that the Chosen People’s chosen rapper is wise beyond his years, or maybe...
Best of 2014: Get to Know Xerxes
XERXES: Getting Back on the Horse to Regroup After Lineup Changes and a Lost Year of Productivity Collision Blonde by Xerxes Talking to Calvin Philley on a Sunday afternoon in early October was a...
Best of 2014: Get to Know Wampire
Wampire Records Direct-to-Tape & Goes Meta with Spooky Surf-Pop At Cackalack's Hot Chicken Shack, a food cart in southeast Portland, Eric Phipps is running on E. As he cooks up boneless fried...
You Gotta WATCH This: TEAM* Shares Video for “I Like It”
TEAM* On The Importance of a Local Foothold, Founding Their Own Label and a Lifelong Commitment to Learning TEAM* - "I Like It" from Evan Kaufmann on Vimeo. Whether you spell their name with an...
LISTEN NOW: Tigerman WOAH! Spits Folk-Punk Fire
Tigerman WOAH! Recording Appalachian Folk-Punk in Spare Bedrooms & Converted Sheds Up South vol. II by Tigerman WOAH! “I don’t read or write music. So when I write songs, I’m ‘woahing’ them out...
Get Behind Me, Satan: The Story of Acheron
Vincent Crowley of Acheron Reflects on a Career Fueled by Their Satanic Majesty’s Requests No other band keeps the unholy spirit of Satanic death metal alive in quite the sacrilegious light that...
How Rob Chapman Rallied a YouTube Army to Change Guitar Design FOREVER!
Sure, Rob Chapman is an excellent guitar player. If you have even a passing interest in the instrument, you’ve likely seen him (along with “Captain” Lee Anderton of Anderton’s Music Company in the...
How Wu-Tang & Suburban Rebellion Inspired Umass’ Beatspill Radio Show
WMUA is housed in the back corner in the dingy basement of UMass Amherst’s campus center. Walk into this tiny studio, and chances are that you will find students busy putting together the latest and...
Q&A With CHARLIE MARS
Just like he did for 2009’s Like a Bird, Like a Plane and 2012’s Blackberry Light, singer-songwriter Charlie Mars recorded his latest album, The Money, in Texas with producer Billy Harvey and core...
LISTEN NOW: SlowEarth Deconstructs The Concept Album For The Internet Age
The musical climate in the States these days is fairly homogenous. By this time, we’ve all fought through the adolescence of broadband Internet, that which confounded established wisdom and changed...