The acoustic warrior rocks out but sticks to the folksinger's creed with the honest, heartfelt performances on her new album, Binary. Her tools: smart lyrics, a fleet of worn acoustic guitars, a unique picking approach, and 50 open tunings.
The ex-Mars Volta low-ender explores his instrument's sonic outer limits with short-scale axes, a huge array of pedals, and freewheeling playing on the debut album from his new band.