Ramon Sampson, the 19 year-old winner of Guitar Center’s 2010 Drum Off, kicked out the beat to “Smooth Criminal” as he coyly slipped on a single white glove. Michael McGrath played a lightning-fast portion of his set on his feet and only on the cymbals. Troy Molsberry tossed and caught his drumsticks so many times while playing that I couldn’t tell if I was feeling excitement or nauseating terror that he would drop one.
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THE DRUM OFF @ THE WILTERN
January 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments
TWEAK BIRD ANNOUNCES TOUR SUPPORT FOR TOOL
July 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Via: White Noise The Bird Brothers are extremely excited to announce this Independence Day that we will be touring the U.S. and parts of Canada supporting TOOL! We will be playing 13 shows over three weeks so check the tour page for all the show dates. We are sure this will be a most rad [...]
JULIETTE COMMAGERE: ALWAYS DOWN FOR THE NEAREST J.O. SESH
May 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Juliette Commagere is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Hello Stranger and is currently leading her eponymous solo project. With a penchant for introspective lyrics, a collaboration with Avenged Sevenfold and a Monday night residency at the Echo she is poised to gain ground in the local music scene and possibly on Craigslist. This interview by Steven Martinez.
