You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

The "ubiquitous hip-hop sample of the moment" award goes to the horn loop from Johnny Pate's "Shaft in Africa." By Billboard Staff The “ubiquitous hip-hop sample of the moment” award goes to the horn ...

When did pop radio get so horny? There’s an indefensible trend in popular music right now, and it needs to stop. Ever since Macklemore’s radio leviathan “Thrift Shop” dominated the airwaves with its ...

Montreal electro experimenters Saxsyndrum are best known for exactly what their name implies — blending sax, synth and drums — but on their latest album, Second Nature, they're leaning into a pop ...

It’s the woodwind banned for being too sultry and subversive, and panned for being too tacky and cheesy. The saxophone is the heart and soul of some genres, while other scenes have snubbed it as a ...

We’re now five years or so into the laptop era of improvised music, during which ever greater numbers of players have attempted to incorporate electronic elements into their improv work. Some use a ...

For smoked-out house music, the tunes wafting from the Mood Hut in Vancouver are some of the dankest right now. Jack J's "Something (On My Mind)" coasts on the back of a warbling, four bar chord ...

Within the past year, phonetically informative Montreal instrumental duo Saxsyndrum have released an album and a remix record. Now, they've signed a record deal ahead of a new EP. The pair have signed ...