instrumental rock

Post-rock’s Coastlands Meditate on Loss, Growth, Change on ‘Death’ (album stream)

Post-rock’s Coastlands Meditate on Loss, Growth, Change on ‘Death’ (album stream)

Guitarist Jason Sissoyev speaks about Coastlands' emotionally-charged new LP, a meditation that is heavy in more ways that one. "It pummels you, then there's this release and then it keeps going," he says.

Brian Bromberg Pays Tribute to Hendrix With “Jimi” (premiere + interview)

Brian Bromberg Pays Tribute to Hendrix With “Jimi” (premiere + interview)

Bass giant Brian Bromberg revisits his 2012 tribute to Jimi Hendrix 50 years after his passing, and reflects on the impact Hendrix's music has had on generations.

The Chefs Serve Up a Wordless, Rockin’ Good Time on ‘Heated & Treated’

The Chefs Serve Up a Wordless, Rockin’ Good Time on ‘Heated & Treated’

As the Chefs, a former Georgia Satellite and a former Heartbreaker cook up a full platter of the tasty instrumentals on Heated & Treated.

Unwed Sailor’s Johnathon Ford Discusses Their New Album and 20 Years of Music

Unwed Sailor’s Johnathon Ford Discusses Their New Album and 20 Years of Music

Johnathon Ford has overseen Unwed Sailor for more than 20 years. The veteran musician shows no sign of letting up with the latest opus, Look Alive.

Circles Around the Sun Shoot for the Stars on New Album

Circles Around the Sun Shoot for the Stars on New Album

Jamrockers Circles Around the Sun's self-titled third album finds the band transcending darkness after losing their founder in 2019 to chart a groovy new course.

Experimental Rock’s Trees Speak Summon Kosmische Sensations on ‘Ohms’

Experimental Rock’s Trees Speak Summon Kosmische Sensations on ‘Ohms’

On their inspiring second album, Ohms, Arizona avant-garde collective Trees Speak invoke the best of expansive electronica through motorik repetitions across a sprawling masterwork.

Leaving Room: Ryley Walker and Charles Rumback on Collaboration and Listening

Leaving Room: Ryley Walker and Charles Rumback on Collaboration and Listening

Little Common Twist, the latest improvisatory album from Ryley Walker and jazz drummer Charles Rumback, sounds like listening. The two musicians are locked in intuitive communion that confines neither guitar nor drums to their pigeonholes. We ask them how they do it and why.

Circles Around the Sun Rise Above at the Chapel in San Francisco

Circles Around the Sun Rise Above at the Chapel in San Francisco

Jam rock quartet Circles Around the Sun carry on after the shocking suicide of founding guitarist Neal Casal and deliver an uplifting show of healing transcendence.

Infinite Color & Sound Are Free Spirits in New York

Infinite Color & Sound Are Free Spirits in New York

Infinite Color & Sound showcased their flourishing project at PublicArts ahead of sets at Sea.Hear.Now as part of a brief East Coast run. Photos and video of the whole show inside.

Intense and Vulnerable: An Interview with Infinite Color & Sound

Intense and Vulnerable: An Interview with Infinite Color & Sound

Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and visual artist Kate Neckel chat about their audio/visual collaboration, Infinite Color & Sound.

Sonic Youth Founder Thurston Moore Asks Why a Song Can’t Be an Hour Long

Sonic Youth Founder Thurston Moore Asks Why a Song Can’t Be an Hour Long

Thurston Moore talks about the three instrumental pieces spanning nearly three hours that make up the Spirit Counsel box set, the people who inspired them, and the fact that he doesn't really consider himself a "guitar guy".