Animental: Frog and Turtle lay down the law

Frog and Turtle, also known as Animental, are dope rappers from Brooklyn NY, and know how to bring the noise. The sessions are still being mixed and finalized for your enjoyment, but here you can see the humans behind the animals.

Here is Mathew Clark soaking up all the reptile vibes.

Skeletons: A Monkey Session Done Right

Skeletons know something special. How cool is a Monkey Session? How cool is free jazz, Brooklyn, electric upright bass, tie-dye and gangster hats? These guys make my job fun and easy. Everything seemed to fall into place; thank you!

Boredoms: Night Move

On March 30, 2008 the mighty Boredoms from Osaka, Japan returned to New York to perform at Terminal 5 in Manhattan, in the round, on a stage in the center of the space surrounded by the crowd. Their last performance in New York was their, now legendary, shamanistic freakout “77 BOA DRUM”, on [...]

Magnifico of Upliftment – Alex Schein

Philadelphian Alex Schein is the Magnifico of Upliftment. With a voice and a microphone, an acoustic guitar, and a Line6 digital delay pedal, Schein achieves something special. Out of the darkness comes the dawn, the dawn of light, and come on, can’t you see it people ?
“Out of the ashes comes the music …..”

Monkey Session #4 Jackie-O-MotherFucker

On Sunday March 19th, the illustrious Jackie-O-Motherfucker from Portland hit
the Monkeyclaus studio like the legendary Single Bullet Theory, hitting hard
and defying expectations. Under the guidance of founding member and ringleader
Tom Greenwood, JOMF participated in MonkeySession Number Four. In addition to a
series of live, improvisational songs, JOMF conducted an audio interview (see
“JOMF” under the “Recent Interviews” [...]