I’ve always been obsessed with drawing samurais. It might have to do with the fact that I have a black belt in Kendo, the ancient art of swordplay, though I have not touched a wooden sword in 10 years or so (that’s what she said). I just colored in the sketch I had from my [...]

The Viking is a metal band from Scotia, NY. I know the bassist from high school, so I happened to stop by their MySpace one day. The music they produce is highly refreshing, although I’ve never been a huge fan of screaming vocals. But their music sounds incredibly fun to play, and their videos testify [...]

(And since YouTube took this off…Here) So when Wolfmother came out, what, 4 years ago? I totally thought we finally had a new band to rave about. The vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale sounds like a cross between Robert Plant and the Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and is possibly the only singer to hit the mainstream in [...]