A little over a year ago, I interviewed long-running instrumental band Stem Afternoon about their then-new debut album, Bandit from Beyond. Talking with multi-instrumentalist and producer Clint Niosi, drummer Mykyl Garcia, guitarist James Velasco, and, via speakerphone, DJ FTDub at Orange Otter Studio, Niosi’s home
After seven years of shows, Stem Afternoon finally has a studio recording. Currently composed of Mykyl Garcia on drums and trumpet, James Velasco on guitar, DJ FTdub on turntables and sampler, and producer Clint Niosi on keyboards, the long-running dub collective’s new album Bandit from Beyond sounded like the