We are smack in the middle of summer. The water feels like bathwater, the sun is beating down, and many of the biggest bass ...

The Bad Brains bassist discusses his new jazz album and why decades with one instrument taught him that great tone starts in ...

Nothing about Guns N’ Roses was designed to be easy listening. These were the gutter rats that somehow picked up instruments and found out how to make them talk whenever they made anthems like ...

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Written by Tyler and Joe Perry, "Back in the Saddle" was the opening track on Aerosmith's 1976 album, Rocks (later released ...

While famous for leading the Seattle grunge-era wave, The Presidents of the USA found their iconic 2-string basitar sound ...

It’s Juneteenth Weekend in the US and as such a slow week for new releases. I’ve got four albums to review this week: Pye Corner Audio‘s sunniest yet, a lost record from Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, ...

Long before the ’90s alternative boom took over modern radio, a single four-string groove shook the underground scene to its absolute core. Consequence Sound ranked "Mountain Song" by Jane’s Addiction ...

The bass guitar is the unassuming thunder that gives rock music its indispensable power and undeniable swagger. It is the hidden genius of the rhythm section, tasked with doing far more than simply ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...