The Locrian mode is one of the most sonically challenging sounds in music. And, though built on the major scale, this mode sounds totally removed from its parent scale's bright, happy vibes. Most ...

We’re not joking when we say wacky! The Locrian mode is rarely heard in rock or pop and only occasionally found in metal and jazz-fusion. That said, have a listen to Juicebox by The Strokes, and Black ...

Pianist Dave Solazzo and The Bridge—a trio that includes drummer Bill D'Augustino and bassist Matthew F. Vacanti—may be better known in the jazz world as accomplished sidemen, but they came together ...

Guitar lessons: The major scale has a distinctive sound, thanks to its sequence of intervals: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone (TTSTTTS). When the major scale starts from a different ...

Count Chicago trio Locrian among the few bands who not only play music that sounds dark, but also make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. The Clearing could be their most nuanced record to date ...

The more music Locrian create, the less sense the metallurgists seem to make: That is the implicit lesson of Infinite Dissolution, the most adventurous and accessible album the once-prohibitively ...