Yearly Archives: 2010

Happy Halloweekend from Tom Tom

Enjoy this video with a undead female drummer. It’s the premier of Violens’ “Violent Sensation Descends”….great song, and so appropriate. Directed by Alejandro Cardenas. Violent Sensation Descends from Violens on Vimeo.

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What’s up with that?

Amy Klein, a virtuoso in music (you may have seen her wailing on a guitar and violin in Titus Andronicus) and a general asset to society, sent us a link to the following essay. Quite frankly, it raises the questions … Continue reading

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Sheila Chandra, tikitikitomtom

She was brought to our attention through this video of spectacular vocal percussion… And she kept our attention through her amazing story. Sheila Chandra is a singer form South London, of Indian descent, who began her career int he early … Continue reading

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Susie Ibarra Photo Gallery

Behold, Susie. Soon to come a video post of a tour through her home, not quite in the vein of Cribs but close enough. Until you buy Issue 4 of Tom Tom, let these photos hold you over. There is … Continue reading

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Tom Tom & CMJ Festival

We love drummers. We love music. We love music festivals featuring female drummers and therefore we love CMJ. We also love our full page ad that appears in the CMJ festival guide. Smooth.

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Tom Tom Mag’s CMJ Must See List

CMJ is this week and we wait for it all year long in NYC. The bands highlighted for this event often pop up for the rest of your musical year as the best acts around so now is the time … Continue reading

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Tom Tom Shirts Arrived! Get One! Get Seven!

Yes! We just got them in. Buy 7 of them and wear one every single day of the week. Get them at the Tom Tom Store. Baller. xo Tom Tom

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Girlschool’s Heavy Metal Making Us Drool

Girlschool is legendary. Previously Painted Lady, Girlschool became official with their 1980 release of Demolition with Denise Dufort on drums, Enid Williams as lead vocalist and bassist, Kelly Johnson on lead guitar and lead vocals, and Kim McAuliffe as lead … Continue reading

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Fool’s Gold’s Erica Garcia

“He thinks my head is in the clouds…and he is right” Erica Garcia first came to the United States from Argentina in 2000 for a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Artist.  Not a bad introduction to the Northern … Continue reading

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Photo of The Week!

Nico of the Suzan,who happen to have their very first full length out this month just in time for Halloween!

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