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Tauk has announced a fall tour to coincide with their upcoming album, Shapeshifter II: Oubreak, which is due out September 28th. The trek will start with a string of festival dates through September before heading into the club circuit. The album’s concept looks at artificial intelligence and its effect on the world. Tauk calls it their most sonically adventurous, and...

A historic set of performances by The Allman Brothers is once again in circulation with the release of Bear’s Sonic Journals: Allman Brothers Band, Fillmore East February 1970. The live concerts, engineered by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, were first issued in 1996 but went out of print. His foundation teamed up with The Allman Brothers Band to re-release the music on...

Ultraphonix, the new rock and metal supergroup fronted by Living Colour’s Corey Glover and Dokken guitarist George Lynch, has released their debut album entitled Original Human Music. The band is rounded out by the rhythm section of drummer Chris Moore (Project NfidelikAh) and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (War, Philm). It’s an unlikely grouping that Glover summed up in naming the band....

The Internet has announced a new tour in support of their latest release, Hive Mind, that will cover the U.S. and Canada spanning from October to December. Kicking off October 8th at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the trek will take them back south to Georgia before bouncing across the States to cover the West Coast. Finally, they’ll head back...

Composer, producer, engineer, and bassist Scott Petito has released Rainbow Gravity, a new album featuring an all-star cast of musicians. His music comes to life thanks to saxophonist Bob Mintzer trumpeter Chris Pasin, guitarist David Spinozza, keyboardists Rachel Z, David Sancious and Warren Bernhardt, vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, and percussionist Bashiri Johnson. Petito also got to live out the bass player’s...

Producer, audio engineer, and podcast host Bobby Owsinski has released a new book for musicians trying to get the most out of the industry. The Music Business Advice Book is a compilation of 150 quotes from 130 guests from his Inner Circle podcast over the past four years. While not bass-specific, the 189-page book covers topics that all bassists can...

Consider the Source, anchored by bass monster John Ferrara, have announced a new set of tour dates for the fall. The Sci-Fi Middle Eastern Fusion band will all over the map with dates heading out as far as the California, Texas, Michigan, and Maine. If you haven’t experienced Consider the Source yet, check out this live performance of “You Are...

Attention Suicidal Tendencies fans: the band has unveiled new tour dates for the fall plus a new album slated for September 7th. Still, Cyco Punk After All These Years will be the follow-up to 2016’s World Gone Mad and will be the second full-length to feature Ra Diaz on bass. “This will be a full-on Cyco Punk record taken to...

George Speed has been performing Vivaldi sonatas for several years, and now he’s released an album of them. The Oklahoma City Philharmonic principal bassist performs all six of the Italian baroque composer’s works for cello in arrangements for double bass and piano. Speed has a clear, beautiful tone on the recordings, which also feature lush accompaniment by pianist Se-Hee Jin....

Parquet Courts has announced a new batch of tour dates for the winter in support of their new album, Wide Awake. After wrapping up the festival circuit, the band will head to Europe in November. The new dates range begin November 30th at Spirit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and wrap up December 8th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City....

Grateful Dead fans will want to check out the new tour from Bob Weir and Wolf Bros, a new trio featuring the Dead guitarist alongside former Primus drummer Jay Lane and bassist Don Was of Was (Not Was). Was, who is also a prolific music producer and the current president of Blue Note Records, helped to kick-start the project. “Wolf...

In what promises to be one of the best books of the year, Harper Collins has announced they will be publishing Geddy Lee’s Big Book of Beautiful Bass this December. The Rush bassist will chronicle his personal collection of basses that range from the 1950s to the 1980s with commentary on each piece. “It’s not surprising that sooner or later...