Based in County Durham, drum builder Andrew Street registered Liberty Drums as a limited company in 2006. The MPX is Liberty's latest, high-end, American maple shell pack drum kit, featuring fashionably shallow 'fast' toms. BuildThe MP (maple) X (extremely thin) kit is a five-shell pack with 10"x6" and 12"x6" shallow toms, together with 14"x12" and 16&q...

The leaders of Delta Spirit, Dawes and Deer Tick will unveil a new project simply titled MG&V [ tickets ] at the Coda Agency SXSW Showcase at Austin, TX's Ale House on March 19. The indie supergroup of Deer Tick's John McCauley, Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit will give their first performance since recording in Nashville. The band came together after De...

I was really feelin' the last few projects T-Dot soul singer, Ayah, put out. I knew even better things were to come when she mentioned that she planned on dropping a full project with DJ Jazzy Jeff. As it turns out that wasn't all talk - here's "He Don't Want It," the first leak from DJ Jazzy Jeff and Ayah Present: This Way. No release date on the project as of yet, but e...

CNN: “I can’t find good enough words to speak about Billy,” Simpson said. “He’s a very, very dear friend. For him to give his time and his talents and share them with me, it was a great experience. And I hope we can do more music together.” Billy Corgan, via Spinner: “I have no interest in supporting her in any way, shape or form. You can’t throw eno...

Talk their influences... In you had a pair of ears in 2009, there is no way you could have missed Passion Pit. read more