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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: 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

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Tony Kanal: The Triumphant Return of No Doubt 

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 Belmar 

The Chile-born bassist dishes on her first bass, who she’d love to sub for, and what she’s woodshedding

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