Basilisk is my second solo record. I’ve been writing and co-writing songs in bands since I was 19, but for a long time the band was always the point, more than anything I personally was trying to ...

DC post-hardcore heroes Jawbox reunited in 2019 for their first tour since their 1997 breakup, and though guitarist Bill Barbot ended up parting ways with the band in 2021, they continued with more ...

Fans of J. Robbins’s previous bands, the best known of which is Jawbox, won’t be startled by most of the songs on “Basilisk,” the singer-guitarist’s inventive and lyrically erudite second solo album.

J Robbins has lived a life in music. Be it as a member of D.C. power rock legends Jawbox or as a producer who has worked with the likes of Clutch, Against Me!, The Promise Ring, mewithoutyou, and many ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (photo: John Carluccio). Sparta has never been a band content to linger in the past, even when that past looms large. More than ...