Joe D’Agostino, frontman of Cymbals Eat Guitars, broke up his band as quietly and tastefully as possible. Now, he re-enters the music world with new solo project Empty Country.

The most unconventional cymbals of the three lines are found in the Janissary-X stable. These effects cymbals are split into several ridiculously-named sub-ranges - Cevgen, Mehteran, Nefer, orKhon, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Joseph D'Agostino has just taken his Spanish final at Fordham University, and he is dubious. SEE THE BAND 9 p.m. June 4 at Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St., Manhattan ...

Incredibly, Hoshiai still uses the original 909 cymbals when performing with his jazz band. As a jazz devotee, Hoshiai is amusingly ambivalent about the entire genres that his sounds have helped to ...