CDs (or vinyl) of well-recorded drum beats, and that's all. You can dump these on your multitrack and write songs around them, cut them up in your computer and build new beats, or spin them at clubs in-between tunes and under scratching or samples. At only $20 each (including delivery anywhere) it's a lot cheaper than buying beer for a drummer and trying to mic them up! (www.drumdrops.com)
Music Reviews | No. 29
Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, A Different Kind of Tension
by Larry Crane
The Buzzcocks unleashed these three amazing albums in the span of a couple of years, with Martin Rushent producing. These remain the standard to me by which guitar-driven punk-pop records must be...