New York City-based experimental duo Blues Control is made up of Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho. Cho is a classically trained pianist. Waterhouse, a self-taught musician, started playing guitar and ...

Blues Control are now working on a new album of their own, and it will be their first release on Drag City. The album’s called Valley Tangents and it’s due out on LP/CD/casette on June 19. Download ...

Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho are Blues Control, the Queens, New York duo that makes a righteous racket with guitars, organs, tape loops, drones, and beats. Capable of creating pristine grooves or ...

Blues Control’s Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse make a tremendous clatter with keyboards, guitars and synths. The Queens, N.Y., duo started grabbing cool-kid support way before last year’s Drag City ...

Kurt Vile & the Violators played without a doubt one of the best sets at the July 4th Woodsist Festival. Having heard only his fragile sounding acoustic material beforehand, the bluesy screeches and ...

In terms of cringeworthy musical clichés, stating that “the blues” is a state of mind ranks near the top of the list. Thankfully, Queens-based duo Blues Control gets into the best kind of headspace ...

NYC improv rockers Blues Control's new video for their jazzy jam "Love's A Rondo" features a dancer named Tarik, who goes by Allstar the MTA Mime when he performs on NYC's 4 and 5 trains on the ...

lea and russ return, new label, new elements but still blues control at heart. 'valley tangents' finds a home in the ever deepening stable at drag city and it's the duo's most expansive, varied and ...

Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state ...