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Watch MonoNeon’s 2025 Bass Magazine Awards Performance with Les Claypool
MonoNeon took the stage with appearances by Les Claypool and Oz Noy
Bad Brains Release New Single and Announce New Album
Darryl Jenifer and the punk icons are back with a newly mixed 1979 session. Listen to the first single here
Tim Lefebvre Announces New Trio Album of Experimental Improv
high.low is an entirely improvised first meeting between trumpeter Dan Rosenboom, drummer Caleb Dolister, and Lefebvre
Spector Expands Icon Series With New NS Icon Neck-Through Basses
A refined, high-performance instrument that captures the bold tone and feel that have defined the company for 50 years
Review:Â Phil Jones Bass PE-2 BOOSTEROOSTER
PJB’s new preamp, booster, EQ gives you tone on the go
Eli Menezes Announces New Album ‘LoFi Black Tie’
A New Album Fusing Jazz,
Brazilian Rhythm, Rootsy Austin Guitar, and NYC Soul
Artists
Gear
Tony Kanal: The Triumphant Return of No DoubtÂ
After epic Coachella appearances and a sold-out Sphere residency, they’re more relevant than ever
Stanley Clarke: All Aboard!
Clarke releases ‘Last Train to Sanity,’ an outstanding music and career retrospective package for fans
Darryl Jenifer: Heart, Brain, and Ass
Smooth jams and upright jazz get a surprise visit from the Bad Brains riff-maker
Oteil Burbridge: Five-String Foray
How the banjo inspired Oteil’s new album ‘The Offering’
Miroslav Vitouš: Root Rebel
Vitouš reflects on his career as a low-end liberator and discusses his latest ECM effort, Mountain Call
10 Questions with Frescia BelmarÂ
The Chile-born bassist dishes on her first bass, who she’d love to sub for, and what she’s woodshedding