Master Classes

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Saves The Day Master Class: Learn To Play “Let It All Go” “With the melody being this simple you can get away with a lot of tricks underneath it,” says frontman Chris Conley of “Let It All Go,” a song that came to him in the middle of the night. Conley graciously agreed to teach us the guitar parts to the song for the Master Class series, [...]
Kicking Daisies’ Master Class: Learn to Play The Drums With Caitlin “I started playing drums when I was 8 years old,” says Caitlin, the drummer for the rising teenage punk band . No longer that 8 year-old novice, Caitlin is an accomplished drummer with a bright future ahead of her. She and her bandmates in the Daisies (lead guitarist Ben, bassist Carly and lead singer Duran) [...]

Coming Soon

Bonnie Raitt Tackles Gerry Rafferty & Bob Dylan In Latest Album, Slipstream It has been seven years since the last album release from Bonnie Raitt. On April 10th, fans will be able to get their hands on Slipstream. The album is true to it’s name. It slips between folk, reggae, pop and rock & roll. Slipstream also marks the launch of Bonnie’s own label, Redwing Records.
The Mars Volta Are Back With The Ever-Chaotic & Charmingly Bizarre “Nontourniquet’ – Exclusive Album Stream Where post-hardcore meets progressive, experimental-alternative is the horizon better known as . Following the disbandment of Indie-Phenomenon in 2001; singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala & guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez wasted no time in moving on to new projects. Contrasting the more traditional presentation of sister-side-project Sparta, The Mars Volta took chaotic music-making to a whole new plateau with [...]

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Video: Die Antwoord – “Rich Bitch” (NSFW) Looking like the quintessential dropout “Suicide Girl,” the pixie-sized MC Yo-Landi from the foul-mouthed South African rave-rap group is seen doing all sorts of weirdness in her new music video for “Rich Bitch.” From being clothed in a golden catsuit and the Virgin Mary to sitting on a golden toilet–one with toilet paper printed with [...]

The Mars Volta Are Back With The Ever-Chaotic & Charmingly Bizarre “Nontourniquet’ – Exclusive Album Stream Where post-hardcore meets progressive, experimental-alternative is the horizon better known as . Following the disbandment of Indie-Phenomenon in 2001; singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala & guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez wasted no time in moving on to new projects. Contrasting the more traditional presentation of sister-side-project Sparta, The Mars Volta took chaotic music-making to a whole new plateau with [...]
Album Stream: Florence +The Machine Explores Feminine Archetypes With Goth-Pop Album “Ceremonials” Richly swathed in the metaphorical echoes of Gothic Victorian ghost stories, rolling hills of sonic lavender, decrepit organs moaning through cob-webbed church steeples, ghost ships full of loved ones perishing in waves of musical emotion, female Biblical archetypes, Greek mythology, and the devil in a wholly unholy female form, ‘s Ceremonials is opulent with fantastical [...]