the jesus lizard

Best Friends Forever is a new Vegas emo fest with Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more

The lineup also includes American Football, Drug Church, Mannequin Pussy, and more.

The Jesus Lizard close out 2019 with “poker night” gigs

Rock music is a full-contact sport. Sure, you can knock down your feeling of FOMO with the internet and your favorite device. But it’s never loud enough. It’s never in breathtaking detail. It’s never, you know, real. So when a band like searing noise-rockers the Jesus Lizard decide to get together, it feels like a […]

Take a virtual guitar composition lesson with Duane Denison of Tomahawk and the Jesus Lizard

Our friends at LessonFace have paired with AP to bring you a three-part video music lesson series in rock composition, taught by Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk. In our first video, Denison taught you the basics of composing a rock song. In part two, he dove deeper into the elements of composition and actually creating a song. In this […]

Want to compose a song? Duane Denison is here to help (part 2)

Our friends at LessonFace have paired with AP to bring you a three-part video music lesson series in rock composition, taught by Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk. In our first video, Denison taught you the basics of composing a rock song. In part 2, dive deeper into the elements of composition and actually creating a song.  LessonFace is […]

Want to compose a song? Here are the steps to get you started

Our friends at LessonFace have paired with AP to bring you a three-part video music lesson series in rock composition, taught by Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk. Sometimes the hardest part of creating is finding a place to start. In lesson one, Denison guides you through practical questions you can ask yourself […]

The Unsemble - The Unsemble

The Unsemble The Unsemble Bassist/synth op Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), guitarist/keyboardist Duane Denison (the Jesus Lizard) and drummer Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews) are the Unsemble, whose eponymous instrumental debut sounds nothing like their previous career-defining outfits. It’s an arc of moods and musicianship, ranging from dynamic jamming (a series of five numbered “Improvs”), inspired cinematic […]

10 Classic Records (still in print) that Any Self-Respecting Vinyl Collector Must Own

We hope that 2014 is going to be the year you stop settling for compressed-to-hell MP3s and start collecting vinyl albums. Records sound vastly superior when compared against those compressed MP3s you got for free. They have great artwork, lyric sheets (usually) and extensive notes about the music, as well as voluminous “thank you” lists […]

Tomahawk to break hiatus; scheduled to play Voodoo Art and Music Experience

Tomahawk (members of Faith No More, Helmet, Melvins Lite and The Jesus Lizard) are set to break their 5-year recording hiatus with the release of Oddfellows in January. Before that, however, the band will perform together in October for the first time in 9 years at New Orleans' Voodoo Art and Music Experience. The band […]