Mississippi duo Bass Drum of Death are in town for two shows this week: tomorrow (1/18) night at Glasslands with Smith Westerns (now sold out) and Wednesday (1/19) at Pianos where they’ll open for the ...

Better than: staying in and playing the Republican Debate Drinking Game. Hyped as 'a big bill in a tiny venue' by promoter Parade of Flesh, last night's Bass Drum of Death and Japandroids bill turned ...

Lansing, MI band The People’s Temple released Musical Garden earlier this year, which is arguably their best offering to date, mixing their established garage-psych influences with solid musicianship ...

For Bass Drum of Death (BDOD) front man John Barrett, making music has always been a solitary endeavor. That is until BDOD’S recently released fifth full-length album, “Say I Won’t.” The album was ...

“I had kind of just run out of ideas doing things completely by myself.” This is what John Barrett, the founder of Bass Drum of Death, tells me when I ask why his fifth full-length album is the first ...

Indianapolis got a weekday treat with Bass Drum Of Death at Turntable on Thursday, 9/25/25. It was a modest turnout, but it honestly made for a more intimate experience, and definitely did not take ...

Bass Drum of Death kicked off its headline tour on Feb. 8 for the band’s newest album “Say I Won’t.” Credit: (Steve Gullick/Submitted) For Bass Drum of Death (BDOD) frontman John Barrett, making music ...

Bass Drum of Death have announced the release of a new album, Say I Won’t, which will be out on January 27 via Fat Possum. They have also shared a video for a new album single, “Say Your Prayers.” The ...

Although they were very much a product of the garage-punk boom of the 2000s, Mississippi-born band Bass Drum of Death were always more. They were more concentrated with more pure kick than Black Lips, ...

Like your songs catchy? Also like them coated in distortion, fuzz, frantic garage rock drums, and a reckless untidiness? Pow, here’s the latest from Bass Drum Of Death. The track is from a split 7″ ...