On The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis’ latest collab, all bets are off on where Pirog will take his guitar next ...
It’s been 10 years since the Messthetics first formed, with the rhythm section of influential post-hardcore band Fugazi (bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty) joined by versatile guitarist ...
On the surface, punk and jazz music seemed to be worlds apart. Jazz, with its cerebral, complex arrangements... (SOUNDBITE OF JAMES BRANDON LEWIS AND JAMES BRANDON LEWIS QUARTET'S "HELIX (LIVE)") ...
Freshly minted album in hand, the James Brandon Lewis quartet filed down the center aisle of Solar Myth and took the stage before a sold-out, anticipatory audience. Then, they rocked the house, ...
D.C. trio the Messthetics combine jazz and punk, but that was never the far-fetched proposition it might sound like on the surface. Bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty, who formed the group ...
On The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis’ latest collab, all bets are off on where Pirog will take his guitar next ...
John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and David S. Ware cast long shadows over Abstraction Is Deliverance, the fifth release from the James Brandon Lewis Quartet. These tenor saxophone titans have influenced ...