Ryan Ulsh was the drummer of WAVVES that you might most remember from his appearance with Nathan at this year’s Primavera Festival.

That was the length of time between the release of the band’s acclaimed second album, “Wavvves” (Fat Possum), and the night at a Barcelona festival when his touring drummer, Ryan Ulsh ...

Although he's a solo act, it takes a band to replicate the Wavves sound on stage. After onstage spats with former drummer Ryan Ulsh, Nathan began touring with Billy Hayes and Stephen Pope, who ...

As drummer Ryan struggled in vain to find a tempo for Nathan's seasick improvisation, the music slowly turned into a half-speed, instrumental approximation of the Wavves ballad "Weed Demon"-- a ...

So Wavves — Williams, joined live by Ulsh — had a lot to prove Wednesday night at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom, in their first U.S. appearance since Primavera. After strong opening sets ...

If we’re being honest, we sort of miss the dazed, barely-adept four-four that old drummer Ryan Ulsh brought to past Wavves anthems–not in a good ol days way, just in the sense that there was ...

Last month, Nathan Williams, the force behind the San Diego noise-pop entity Wavves, played a self-destructive mess of a set at Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival. As Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber ...

Then, in rapid succession: critical acclaim from media outlets such as Pitchfork, followed by the infamous Primavera festival meltdown (in which Williams took a reported drug cocktail of ecstasy and ...

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California punks Wavves have made some more lineup changes. While the group have had some stability for the last year, following exits from skinsmen Ryan Ulsh and Zach Hill, drummer Billy Hayes ...

Wavves frontman Nathan Williams has apologised for his bands disastrous performance at Barcelona‘s Primavera festival last Thursday (May 28). The band have cancelled their previously-scheduled ...