"I'm writing this after spending the evening watching a former drum student of mine play with a smoking New York band. It seemed to be fate that Dylan Wissing and I would reunite... Sometimes, there are advantages to hanging around long enough to see your students become masters."
- Eric Deggans, Media Critic, The Feed
"Hey Dylan, thanks for not being a drug addict!"
- Chip Kidd, graphic design superstar and recording artist
"Dylan Wissing is what happens when you harness a freight train to a drum kit"
- Heidi Vanderslice, Tiny Mix Tapes
Taking a break from the studio for five weeks to hit the road with Young Love Records artists Setting Sun and Quitzow from April 22rd to May 22th. We’re hitting something like ten countries on the Continent and UK, trying to muddle our way through about twelve languages, and covering a LOT of ground! Here’s the schedule:
European Tour April 22 – May 22 all shows w/ Quitzow
Fri April 23 Varese ITALY @ Twiggy Club
Sat April 24 Pegnognaga ITALY @ Casbah Read the rest of this entry »
Well, I guess the title pretty wells sums it up, but it’s great to get such notice from a paper with a daily circulation of over 600,000! Skidmore Fountain has been hard at work Read the rest of this entry »
In April I’ll be on tour for four weeks throughout Europe with indie rockers Setting Sun and Quitzow, both on Young Love Records. The schedule keeps expanding, and it looks like we’ll be playing throughout the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Switzerland. Read the rest of this entry »
Off to a crazy start for 2010. Six shows this month with Skidmore Fountain, Comic Tales of Tragic Heartbreak, and Foster McGinty, plus who know how many rehearsals and songwriting sessions. Read the rest of this entry »
Working again with the fabulous Chip Kidd and Mars Trillion, collectively known as artbreak. Amazing show at the NYC performance space Dixon Place. Chip is one of the world’s foremost graphic designers (see www.goodisdead.com), so it’s only natural Read the rest of this entry »
I’ll be returning to Europe for four week at the end of April with Young Love recording artists Setting Sun and Quitzow. I toured with both bands through the US and Europe last year, very much looking forward to the return. We’ll be hitting the Continent and UK hard – at last, my French degree comes in handy!
Well, drumming just doesn’t get much better than this – Bernard Purdie demonstrating his world-famous beat…
