“WHEN YOU’RE PLANNING IN A 3-PIECE BAND, you’ve got to make each instrument count,” says Emma Anzai of Sick Puppies.

There are those of us who stay busy, and then there’s Jonathan Hischke.

The year was 1996.

YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT GREAT electric bassists coming from the University of Miami, but not so much about classical upright bassists and Miami University’s symphony orchestra.

In her time off from Smashing Pumpkins, Nicole Fiorentino hit the studio to complete the impressive debut album for her band, the Cold & Lovely.

SINCE HIS ARRIVAL ON THE ISLE OF MANHATTAN in 1971, by way of his native San Antonio and the University of Miami, Will Lee’s professional life has been all about songs.

Beginning with the opening riff of “Dark Cloud” and spanning the course of this eight-song LP, Nicole Fiorentino cranks up the intensity of her melodic, alternative riffage on the latest from the Cold And Lovely.

THIS WAS A GREAT ISSUE FOR TWO (unrelated) guys named Lee: Geddy and Will.